Weekly Roundup: March 21, 2018

In a year that has already seen so many breakout performances across the Boston College sports landscape, none may have been greater than that of Daryl Watts, who last Saturday was the first freshman in history to win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as women's hockey's national player of the year.

The 18-year-old forward from Toronto lead the country in scoring and posted the second highest single-season point total in the program's history, with 42 goals and 40 helpers.

"Being mentioned in the same conversation as the women and legends who've won this award in the past – some of whom I've looked up to for years – is a lot to take in," said Watts, who became only the seventh player in NCAA history with a 40-40 season.

Watts became only the second Eagles player to take home the honor, joining Alex Carpenter who captured the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2015.

"We're thrilled for Daryl," noted head coach Katie Crowley. "She came to Boston College and made a significant impact on our game in just her first season. This is a historic award in that she's the first freshman to be the national player of the year, but she hasn't rested on her success at all this year."

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The Eagles baseball team (7-11, 2-4 ACC) had to wait an extra week and a day to finally christen the new fields at the Baseball/Softball Complex at the Brighton Fields, but made up for lost time by ultimately playing two games in the span of one.

Though hooked with a 7-4 loss to Northeastern, Boston College battled the Huskies in an 18-inning affair that allowed ample time to showcase the team's new digs.

"We've driven by it multiple times during the winter and the fall," said junior catcher Gian Martellini. "But, it's awesome to get on it and finally play."

The Eagles twice tied the game up, including a 14th inning RBI single from senior Jake Palomaki, but were unable to match Northeastern's three-spot in the 18th.

"It's great to be one the new field. It's been a long time coming," Palomaki said. "That one was tough, but I think we battled every pitch, every inning."

It was BC's second straight extra inning loss after falling to 22nd-ranked Virginia on Sunday, 10-9, in 10 innings.

The Eagles, who welcome Virginia Tech to Brighton for three this weekend, did salvage a 6-2 win over the Cavaliers in their three-game set this past weekend.

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The winter sports seasons came to it's conclusion when the men's hockey team was unable to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament following a 4-3 overtime loss to Boston University in the Hockey East semifinals.

The Eagles, who finished with a 21-14-3 (18-6-0 HEA) mark on the year, did earn some deserved hardware for their efforts this season.

Freshman forward Logan Hutsko, Boston College's leading scorer on the year and a unanimous selection to the Hockey East All Rookie Team, was named the conference's Rookie of the Year after notching 12 goals and a team-best 19 helpers.

Head coach Jerry York was named Hockey East Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his storied career, while junior captain Casey Fitzgerald, the '47 Brand Best Defensive Defenseman in the conference, was named a Hockey East Second-Team All-Star, while junior Michael Kim and sophomore goalie Joseph Woll received Third Team honors.

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Lacrosse keeps rolling with the nation's best record, 11-0, after picking up wins over Louisville and Yale over the past week.

The 11 wins to open the season marks the longest winning streak in program history for the second-ranked Eagles, who are 2-0 in the ACC.

Junior Sam Apuzzo leads the nation with 44 goals and is tied for 15th in the country with 18 assists.

The Eagles have six games remaining on their regular-season schedule, including five against ranked ACC opponents.

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The Eagles' softball team (9-15, 0-3 ACC) got swept on their weekend trip to Durham, losing three heartbreaking one-loss games to Duke.

Despite the losses, Jess Dreswick continues to shine from the rubber, notching seven complete games in 21 starts, with a 2.40 ERA and 96 strikeouts on the year.

Though eager to follow in the baseball team's footsteps of opening their new field in Brighton, the team will unfortunately be forced to wait a little bit longer after their upcoming weekend series versus Virginia was moved in anticipation of impending weather.

The three-game set will now take placed at Warrior Softball Diamond at Martone-Mejail Field at Merrimack College in North Andover with 10 a.m. game times on Friday and Sunday, and a 5 p.m. first pitch on Saturday.

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Following a Friday loss to Duke at home, the women's tennis team (7-6, 1-5 ACC) rebounded with a 4-3 over No. 44 Clemson last Saturday for their first ACC victory of the season.

The intense affair saw the pairs of Jackie Urbinati and Elene Tsokilauri, and Asiya Dair and Natasha Irani snatch huge doubles matches to clinch victory for the Eagles.

"Every match in the ACC is so tough and beating Clemson is a great win for us," stated head coach Nigel Bentley.

The men's team (7-5, 0-3 ACC) picked up losses on the road against Virginia and Louisville over the weekend, but host Virginia Tech on Friday and Duke on Sunday in Weymouth.

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