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Apuzzo's Last-Second Goal Secures Perfect Regular Season
April 19, 2018 | Lacrosse
The All-American scores with 1.7 seconds left to take win over No. 16 Syracuse Thursday night
NEWTON, Mass. – All-American Sam Apuzzo scored the final of her five goals with 1.7 seconds left in the game to lift the No. 2 Boston College lacrosse team to a 13-12 victory over No. 16 Syracuse on Thursday night at the Newton Campus Fields. Her fourth goal tied the game minutes earlier.
With the win, Boston College (17-0, 7-0 ACC) completed a perfect regular season and matched its program record for single-season victories with 17, originally set last year in 24 games. Additionally, the ACC victory over the Orange sealed the Eagles' first-ever perfect conference record and secured their outright claim on the 2018 ACC Regular-Season title.
Apuzzo factored in eight of BC's 13 goals on the night, scoring a game-high five and adding three assists. She netted BC's final three goals, including the game-tying and game-winning tallies in the final 3:11 of the game.
In an all-around effort, Apuzzo also registered a career-high six caused turnovers – including the game-changing SU turnover with 24 seconds remaining to give possession back to BC which set up her game-winner as time wound down. Additionally, Apuzzo collected a game-high seven draw controls.
Syracuse (8-8, 0-6 ACC) used three different runs in the game to pull even at 3-3, 7-7 and 11-11 before the Orange staked their first lead of the game at 12-11 with 5:19 to play. Apuzzo evened the scoring at 12-12 with 3:11 left, then Lauren Daly made a key save on Syracuse's following push and the BC defense forced the vital turnover with seconds to play that led to the win.
Tess Chandler scored three goals for BC, while Kaileen Hart added one goal and two assists. Dempsey Arsenault had three assists, while Emma Schurr scored two goals in the winning effort.
Daly moved to 17-0 on the season with the seven-save effort, while Syracuse goalie Asa Goldstock made 12 saves in defeat.
No. 2 Boston College 13, No. 16 Syracuse 12
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Newton Campus Field | Newton, Mass.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
TURNING POINTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Sam Apuzzo - 8
Goals: Sam Apuzzo - 5
Assists: Sam Apuzzo and Dempsey Arsenault - 3
Draw Controls: Sam Apuzzo - 7
Ground Balls: Dempsey Arsenault – 4
Caused Turnovers – Sam Apuzzo - 6
Saves: Lauren Daly - 7
Syracuse
Points: Mary Rahal - 4
Goals: Mary Rahal - 4
Assists: Vanessa Costantino - 3
Draw Controls: Emily Hawryschuk and Neena Merola - 5
Ground Balls: Ella Simkins – 4
Caused Turnovers: Sam Swart and Kerry Deliese - 2
Saves: Asa Goldstock - 12
TEAM RECORDS
Syracuse: 8-8, 0-6 ACC
Boston College: 17-0, 7-0 ACC
UP NEXT
The Eagles will open the 2018 ACC Championship in one week on Thursday, April 26, when the top-seeded BC squad will face the tournament's No. 8 seed – which will either be Syracuse or Louisville – at 11 a.m. All the games will be televised on the Raycom Sports Network and all games will be played at Duke's Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.
With the win, Boston College (17-0, 7-0 ACC) completed a perfect regular season and matched its program record for single-season victories with 17, originally set last year in 24 games. Additionally, the ACC victory over the Orange sealed the Eagles' first-ever perfect conference record and secured their outright claim on the 2018 ACC Regular-Season title.
Apuzzo factored in eight of BC's 13 goals on the night, scoring a game-high five and adding three assists. She netted BC's final three goals, including the game-tying and game-winning tallies in the final 3:11 of the game.
In an all-around effort, Apuzzo also registered a career-high six caused turnovers – including the game-changing SU turnover with 24 seconds remaining to give possession back to BC which set up her game-winner as time wound down. Additionally, Apuzzo collected a game-high seven draw controls.
Syracuse (8-8, 0-6 ACC) used three different runs in the game to pull even at 3-3, 7-7 and 11-11 before the Orange staked their first lead of the game at 12-11 with 5:19 to play. Apuzzo evened the scoring at 12-12 with 3:11 left, then Lauren Daly made a key save on Syracuse's following push and the BC defense forced the vital turnover with seconds to play that led to the win.
Tess Chandler scored three goals for BC, while Kaileen Hart added one goal and two assists. Dempsey Arsenault had three assists, while Emma Schurr scored two goals in the winning effort.
Daly moved to 17-0 on the season with the seven-save effort, while Syracuse goalie Asa Goldstock made 12 saves in defeat.
No. 2 Boston College 13, No. 16 Syracuse 12
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Newton Campus Field | Newton, Mass.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Sam Apuzzo netted a game-high eight points from five goals and three assists to pace the Eagles … she also added a career-high six caused turnovers – including a stop that led to her eventual game-winning goal – and seven draw controls
- The Eagles limited the Orange to just 14-of-21 success in clear attempts while going 12-for-13 themselves
- The BC victory was the team's 17th on the season, matching the program's best season win total which was originally set in 2017 in 24 games
- The Eagles claimed the 2018 ACC Regular-Season Championship outright with the win
TURNING POINTS
- Tied at 12-12 after Sam Apuzzo tied the game with 3:11 left, Lauren Daly made a point-blank save on Sam Swart's go-ahead effort with 2:05 to go
- With 24 seconds left in the game and tied at 12-12, Sam Apuzzo forced Syracuse goaltender Asa Goldstock out of bounds just inside the midfield line, causing a turnover and returning the ball to the Eagles
- With 1.7 seconds left, Apuzzo collected Taylor Walker's pass inside, turned and faked before finding space past Goldstock while falling down to win the game for BC
HOW IT HAPPENED
- BC jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game as Kaileen Hart, Tess Chandler and Sam Apuzzo all netted tallies.
- Syracuse then shut down BC for the next 13:10 while using goals from Neena Merola, Emily Hawryschuk and Taylor Gait to tie the score at 3-3 with 14:55 left
- Emma Schurr's goal kickstarted a 4-0 BC run with 13:06 left in the first, which also included goals by Apuzzo, Chandler and Cara Urbank, and the Eagles held a 7-3 lead with 8:35 to go
- Syracuse again rallied, clawing all the way back at 7-7 with 3:36 left in the first before Chandler's goal with 21 seconds left in the first sent BC into the intermission up 8-7
- Schurr and Taylor Walker pushed the lead to 10-7 on the other side of halftime, but yet again Syracuse came back to tie the game at 10-10 with 19:06 left behind a strike from Riley Donahue and a pair from Mary Rahal
- After almost six minutes of back-and-forth scoreless action, Apuzzo's third of the day put BC ahead at 11-10 with 13:26 to go, but Rahal again tied the score at 9:14
- Sam Swart's second of the day with 5:19 gave Syracuse its first lead of the day at 12-11, but after winning the ensuing draw, Hawryschuk turned the ball over in the Eagles' end, sending BC on the attack before Apuzzo's fourth of the day evened the score at 12-12
- Syracuse won the next draw and after a pair of quick BC fouls, Swart's go-ahead effort from point-blank range was stopped by BC goalie Lauren Daly
- With BC setting up for a late shot in the Orange end, Dempsey Arsenault was hit on the head on a drive to the cage, sending Merola off for 2:00 with a yellow card. Arsenault's ensuing free-position attempt clanged off the pipe, and Syracuse recovered the ground ball near the draw circle.
- SU used a timeout to regroup and had goalie Asa Goldstock bring the ball out deep into the midfield, where Apuzzo and Urbank collapsed on her near the sideline, forcing her out of bounds and creating the game-changing turnover with 24 seconds left
- BC set up for the shot before time expired and with seconds ticking down, Walker dumped the ball into Apuzzo in front where she faked a shot before sending the game-winning tally past Goldstock as she fell down with 1.7 seconds to go
TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Sam Apuzzo - 8
Goals: Sam Apuzzo - 5
Assists: Sam Apuzzo and Dempsey Arsenault - 3
Draw Controls: Sam Apuzzo - 7
Ground Balls: Dempsey Arsenault – 4
Caused Turnovers – Sam Apuzzo - 6
Saves: Lauren Daly - 7
Syracuse
Points: Mary Rahal - 4
Goals: Mary Rahal - 4
Assists: Vanessa Costantino - 3
Draw Controls: Emily Hawryschuk and Neena Merola - 5
Ground Balls: Ella Simkins – 4
Caused Turnovers: Sam Swart and Kerry Deliese - 2
Saves: Asa Goldstock - 12
TEAM RECORDS
Syracuse: 8-8, 0-6 ACC
Boston College: 17-0, 7-0 ACC
UP NEXT
The Eagles will open the 2018 ACC Championship in one week on Thursday, April 26, when the top-seeded BC squad will face the tournament's No. 8 seed – which will either be Syracuse or Louisville – at 11 a.m. All the games will be televised on the Raycom Sports Network and all games will be played at Duke's Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.
Team Stats
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Turnovers
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Caused Turnovers
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16
Draw Controls
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Free-Position Shots
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Ground Balls
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Game Leaders
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