No. 3/2 Eagles Jump Back into ACC Play at Louisville

No. 3/2 Boston College at Louisville
Records: Louisville – 5-3/0-2 ACC; BC – 9-0/1-0 ACC
When: Saturday, March 17, 2018
Where: UofL Lacrosse Stadium, Louisville, Ky.
Time: 12 p.m.

SERIES HISTORY
- The Eagles and the Cardinals began their rivalry on March 11, 2015.
- In the all-time series, BC holds a 2-1 advantage – the Cardinals won the 2016 matchup between the squads.
- Two of the three previous games have gone into overtime – BC won the first, and Louisville won the second.
- Each team has been victorious at home, neither slating a road win against each other.

LAST TIME VS. LOUISVILLE
- An unranked BC team beat the then-No. 15/20 ranked Louisville, 14-11.
- Then-senior Kayla O'Connor led scoring with five goals, which included a natural hat trick in the first half.
- Kaileen Hart had seven points in the game off two goals and five assists, while Sam Apuzzo picked up six draw controls.
- Eagles went into the break with a 10-5 lead after opening the game with nine unanswered goals.
- Though the Cardinals outscored the Eagles in the second half, 6-4, it was not enough and the Eagles grabbed their eight win of 2017.

NEED TO KNOW
- The last time the Eagles opened the season 8-0 was in 2015, when the squad went on to win 10 straight.
- With this season's nine wins, the Eagles have achieved their second longest win streak in program history.
- Last time out, BC notched a 19-8 win at San Diego State in which Apuzzo scored her 200th career point. The junior is going into the game with 203 career points, tying her for seventh in career points in program history.
- Hart became the 25th member of BC's 100 Point Club after boosting the Eagles by 10 points in their 22-12 victory over Brown on Feb. 24. The senior now has 118 career points.
- Already this season, Apuzzo has set the new program record for most goals in an individual game with nine in the Eagles win over Navy on Feb. 27. In the Feb. 24 win over Brown, she set the new program record for draw controls in a game with 11.
- Apuzzo is first in the nation with 59 points and 43 goals on the season.
- Hart, Apuzzo and senior Tess Chandler have slated at least a goal in every game.

NEXT UP
- BC gets back on the mid-week grind, travelling to Yale on Tuesday, March 20 at 1 p.m. The game will be live streamed on Ivy League Network.

No. 3/2 Eagles Jump Back into ACC Play at Louisville

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Players Mentioned

Sam Apuzzo

Tess Chandler

Kaileen Hart

Kayla O'Connor