Sunday, May 27
Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium in Stony Brook, NY
Noon
Boston College
22-2
15
vs
16
James Madison University
22-1
1
2
F
Boston College
8
7
15
James Madison
8
8
16
Eagles Fall, 16-15, to James Madison in NCAA Championship Game
May 27, 2018 | Lacrosse
Boston College finishes its stellar season with a 22-2 record
GAME INFORMATION
James Madison scored four unanswered goals in the second half, erasing BC's two-goal advantage, as it captured the 2018 NCAA Championship, 16-15.
The Eagles took their largest lead of the game after Emma Schnurr (27:32) and Tess Chandler (26:28) made it 10-8 early in the second half. Â But JMU would respond with four unanswered goals and held a 12-10 advantage after a goal with 14:58 left in regulation.
After nearly 15 scoreless minutes for the Eagles, Sam Apuzzo found Dempsey Arsenault with 10:59 to go, making it 12-11. Â But JMU would score two more times - at the 9:47 and 7:02 marks - to build a 14-11 lead.
BC's Hannah Hyatt was called for a yellow card with less than five-and-a-half minutes to go.  Playing short-handed, the BC defense forced a JMU turnover at the 5:21 mark. Apuzzo gathered the groundball and was fouled, setting up her third goal of the game - a free possession tally with 5:09 to play.
A foul at the 4:11 mark set up Taylor Walker's third goal of the afternoon, helping BC trim the deficit to 14-13, but JMU would push it back to a two-goal lead - 15-13 - at the 3:22 mark.
BC kept fighting, as Kaileen Hart took a delivery from Arsenault with 2:44 to play to make it 15-14. Â JMU scored again with 1:05 left, but the Eagles won the ensuing draw control and put pressure on the Dukes' defense. Â Apuzzo's shot with 51 seconds left just missed but BC retained possession and after a back-and-forth fight for possession, manufactured a goal by Chandler with 22 ticks to play, making it 16-15.
In the first half, JMU jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Arsenault got BC on the board first at the 22:06 mark on a pass from Schnurr.
The Dukes would jump out to a 4-1 lead less than 10 minutes into the game, holding the Eagles scoreless for nearly four minutes. Â A Lauren Daly save on JMU's Haley Warden with 16:44 left set up a scoring possession for the Eagles which would kickstart the Eagles' offense. Â
Walker would score on a free possession goal for BC at the 15:42 mark, cutting the deficit to 4-2. Â Less than a minute later, Apuzzo cut through the middle of the scoring zone, taking a pinpoint pass from Walker to make it 4-3 with 14:59 to play. Â Just 37 seconds later, Cara Urbank would tie it at 4-4, beating JMU goalkeeper Molly Dougherty in front of the goal on a pass out of the double team by Apuzzo at 14:12.
BC extended its run to four unanswered goals, taking its first lead at 5-4 as Chandler gathered a pass from Hart, scoring on a man-up situation at 13:11. Â After being held scoreless for over eight minutes, JMU would tally three straight goals, taking 7-5 advantage with 8:13 left in the half.
Chandler's quick stick goal at 4:42 ended BC's scoreless drought, taking a pass from Apuzzo and making it 7-6. Â But JMU would respond on next possession to maintain two-goal advantage (8-6) at 3:57
Apuzzo's second goal of the game - on a pass from Arsenault with 2:55 to play - made it a one-goal game, at 8-7.  BC would tie it up before the half, on two spectacular plays by Walker. The junior midfielder would maintain a BC possession on a groundball pickup off a JMU save with 1:31 left.  Walker would send it into the half knotted at 8-8, scoring with less than 50 seconds to play off an entry pass from Schnurr.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse National Championship Final
- No. 3 James Madison 16, No. 4 Boston College 15
- Records: BC (22-2) | JMU (22-1)
- Sunday, May 27, 2018 | Kenneth P. LaVelle Stadium | Stony Brook, N.Y.
- Attendance: 7,532
James Madison scored four unanswered goals in the second half, erasing BC's two-goal advantage, as it captured the 2018 NCAA Championship, 16-15.
The Eagles took their largest lead of the game after Emma Schnurr (27:32) and Tess Chandler (26:28) made it 10-8 early in the second half. Â But JMU would respond with four unanswered goals and held a 12-10 advantage after a goal with 14:58 left in regulation.
After nearly 15 scoreless minutes for the Eagles, Sam Apuzzo found Dempsey Arsenault with 10:59 to go, making it 12-11. Â But JMU would score two more times - at the 9:47 and 7:02 marks - to build a 14-11 lead.
BC's Hannah Hyatt was called for a yellow card with less than five-and-a-half minutes to go.  Playing short-handed, the BC defense forced a JMU turnover at the 5:21 mark. Apuzzo gathered the groundball and was fouled, setting up her third goal of the game - a free possession tally with 5:09 to play.
A foul at the 4:11 mark set up Taylor Walker's third goal of the afternoon, helping BC trim the deficit to 14-13, but JMU would push it back to a two-goal lead - 15-13 - at the 3:22 mark.
BC kept fighting, as Kaileen Hart took a delivery from Arsenault with 2:44 to play to make it 15-14. Â JMU scored again with 1:05 left, but the Eagles won the ensuing draw control and put pressure on the Dukes' defense. Â Apuzzo's shot with 51 seconds left just missed but BC retained possession and after a back-and-forth fight for possession, manufactured a goal by Chandler with 22 ticks to play, making it 16-15.
In the first half, JMU jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Arsenault got BC on the board first at the 22:06 mark on a pass from Schnurr.
The Dukes would jump out to a 4-1 lead less than 10 minutes into the game, holding the Eagles scoreless for nearly four minutes. Â A Lauren Daly save on JMU's Haley Warden with 16:44 left set up a scoring possession for the Eagles which would kickstart the Eagles' offense. Â
Walker would score on a free possession goal for BC at the 15:42 mark, cutting the deficit to 4-2. Â Less than a minute later, Apuzzo cut through the middle of the scoring zone, taking a pinpoint pass from Walker to make it 4-3 with 14:59 to play. Â Just 37 seconds later, Cara Urbank would tie it at 4-4, beating JMU goalkeeper Molly Dougherty in front of the goal on a pass out of the double team by Apuzzo at 14:12.
BC extended its run to four unanswered goals, taking its first lead at 5-4 as Chandler gathered a pass from Hart, scoring on a man-up situation at 13:11. Â After being held scoreless for over eight minutes, JMU would tally three straight goals, taking 7-5 advantage with 8:13 left in the half.
Chandler's quick stick goal at 4:42 ended BC's scoreless drought, taking a pass from Apuzzo and making it 7-6. Â But JMU would respond on next possession to maintain two-goal advantage (8-6) at 3:57
Apuzzo's second goal of the game - on a pass from Arsenault with 2:55 to play - made it a one-goal game, at 8-7.  BC would tie it up before the half, on two spectacular plays by Walker. The junior midfielder would maintain a BC possession on a groundball pickup off a JMU save with 1:31 left.  Walker would send it into the half knotted at 8-8, scoring with less than 50 seconds to play off an entry pass from Schnurr.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Sam Apuzzo finished with three goals, upping her BC record-setting total to 88 on the season.  The 88 goals are third highest among Division I players in 2018.
- The junior attacker - and Tewaaraton Award finalist - finished the 2018 campaign second in the nation in draw controls with 163.
- Tess Chandler closed out her Boston College career with a team-high four goals on the afternoon. Â The redshirt senior from Hopkinton, Mass. finishes her career with 121 goals - including 50 his season. Â Fourteen of those 50 came during the run to the NCAA Championship game.
- Taylor Walker also added three goals on four shots for the Eagles in the championship game.  The three goals tied her single-game high on the season. Walker also recorded hat tricks against North Carolina and Duke.
- Dempsey Arsenault had another full stat line for the Eagles. Â The junior had two goals, three assists, eight draw controls, and a ground ball.
- Lauren Daly made six saves in goal for BC. Â Her counterpart - Molly Dougherty - stopped seven shots.
- James Madison held a 33-24 edge in shots. Â Both teams put 22 shots on-goal.
- Boston College made 20 draw controls, to 13 for James Madison.
- On free-position shots, BC was 4-for-7 while JMU was 0-for-1.
Team Stats
BC
JMU
Shots
24
33
Turnovers
18
11
Caused Turnovers
4
11
Draw Controls
20
13
Free-Position Shots
7
1
Ground Balls
13
13
Game Leaders
G
4
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
3
A
4
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
3
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
3
CT
0
G
2
A
3
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
1
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