Boston College
6-3
Maryland
5-0
Winning Streak Ends at Three as Maryland Remains Unbeaten
March 08, 2017 | Lacrosse
BC trailed by one at the half but could not keep the Terps off the board.
GAME INFORMATION
Score:Â No. 1 Maryland 21, Boston College 13
Records: Maryland 5-0 (0-0 Big Ten); Boston College 6-3 (0-2 ACC)
Location: Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, College Park, Md.
Attendance: 509
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Kaileen Hart continued her strong play on offense, tallying a career-high four goals while picking up an assist in the first half.
- Sam Apuzzo led the scoring for the Eagles and recorded a six-point performance (4G, 2A) while winning a team-high seven draws.
- Kayla O'Connor marked her third game in a row with a hat trick, finishing the game with three goals on five shots
TURNING POINT
- Maryland used a six-goal run in the opening 6:43 of the second half to give the Terps its largest lead of the game at that time.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Maryland's defense started strong and kept BC of the scoreboard for the opening 12 minutes of the game and scored four times to take the early lead.
- The Eagles bounced back as O'Connor ended the scoreless streak at 18:14. The Eagles added three more goals to tie the game 4-4 with 12:30 left in the half.
- After the teams traded goals, Maryland scored three goals in 1:36 of play to regain the lead, 8-5.
- In the final minutes, Hart netted her second and third goals of the game to cut the lead to one.
- The Eagles out shot the Terps 18-12 in the first half but trailed, 8-7.
- Maryland went on a 6-0 run to start the half and took a 14-7 lead with 23:16 to play.
- BC continued to fight but Maryland would not allow its lead to be cut to less than five as it outscored BC 7-6 in the final 20 minutes of the game.
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TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points:Â Sam Apuzzo, 6
Goals:Â Sam Apuzzo and Kaileen Hart, 4
Assists: Sam Apuzzo, 2
Draw Controls:Â Sam Apuzzo, 7
Ground Balls: Zoe Ochoa and Elizabeth Miller, 3
Saves:Â Zoe Ochoa, 4
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Maryland
Points:Â Zoe Stukenberg, 9
Goals:Â Zoe Stukenberg and Caroline Wannen, 5
Assists: Zoe Stukenberg, 4
Draw Controls:Â Zoe Stukenberg and Kali Hartshorn, 6
Ground Balls:Â Zoe Stukenberg and Morgan Torggler, 4
Saves:Â Megan Taylor, 7
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UP NEXT
Boston College has a bye week and will return to action against Monmouth on Wednesday, March 15 at 3 p.m. The game will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
