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Top-Seeded Eagles Head to Durham for ACC Championship
April 24, 2018 | Lacrosse
Eagles will face Louisville in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 11 a.m.
PASSING SHOTS
SERIES HISTORY
LAST TIME VS. LOUISVILLE
BC AT THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Boston College enters the ACC Championship as the tournament's No. 1 seed for the first time in program history ... BC capped the league season with its first-ever perfect 7-0 year en route to the regular-season title
- Last time out, the Eagles notched their program-record 17th consecutive victory with the 13-12 victory over Syracuse
- Boston College comes into the ACC Championship with a 3-12 all-time record in the event, advancing to the semifinals three times (2011, 2013 and 2017)
- The Eagles' 17 wins has tied the program's single-season win total, which was originally set in 2017
- Sam Apuzzo ranks second in the nation in points (99) and goals (68) and is 28th in assists (31) ... Dempsey Arsenault is ranked 19h in points (72) and 35th in goals (48) ... Kaileen Hart ranks 44th in points (62) and 43rd in assists (26)
- While the Eagles' offense ranks eighth nationally averaging 16.00 goals per game, BC's defense is ranked No. 11 nationally with a 9.12 goals allowed per game mark ... the Eagles have allowed 12 or fewer goals in 15 of 17 games, and 9 or fewer goals in eight games
- On Tuesday, Sam Apuzzo won her league-leading fourth ACC weekly honor of the season, taking home Offensive Player of the Week honors ... she also earned the nods on March 6, March 27 and April 17
- Sam Apuzzo and Dempsey Arsenault have combined for 180 of BC's 271 draw controls this season ... Apuzzo's 100 DCs mark the highest single-season total in BC history ... Arsenault's 80 DCs are the third-highest single-season total in program history ... both have set the school single-game DC record this year, first Apuzzo at 11 then Arsenault with 12 on March 17
- Tess Chandler has netted a career-high 32 goals this season, and scored her 100th career goal on Saturday, April 14 against Virginia Tech
- Apuzzo comes into the week with 243 career points and is fifth on the Eagles' career scoring chart, five points back of fourth place (Lauren Costello '10, 248 pts.)
- Dempsey Arsenault enters Thursday's game with 97 career points and is looking to become the newest member of the Eagles' 100-Point Club
- BC's 2018 schedule is currently the 11th toughest in the nation as its opponents have a combined .618 winning percentage ... BC has played 10 ranked teams, going 10-0 so far against ranked foes
- Seven Eagles were recognized by Inside Lacrosse in the publication's Midseason All-America rankings ... Apuzzo, Arsenault and Elizabeth Miller all garnered first-team honors, while Lauren Daly, Carly Bell, Hannah Hyatt and Brooke Troy all earned honorable mention recognition
SERIES HISTORY
- BC is 3-1 all-time against Louisville as the series began in 2015 upon the Cards' entry into the ACC
- BC is 2-0 at home and 1-1 on the road against Louisville
- Boston College won the first-ever meeting between the teams, a 16-15 win in overtime in Newton on March 11, 2015
- Louisville took the second meeting - a 7-6 overtime win at U of L in 2016
- BC has won the last two meetings: a 14-11 win in Newton in 2017, and the 19-10 victory in Louisville earlier this season
- Thursday's game will be the teams' first-ever in postseason play
LAST TIME VS. LOUISVILLE
- The teams last met on March 17 in Louisville with the Eagles claiming a 19-10 road victory
- After Dempsey Arsenault and Tess Chandler put BC up 2-0 with the Eagles' first two goals, Louisville tied it up at 2-2
- After Arsenault scored her second of the half, the Cardinals scored three straight to close first half and go into halftime with a 5-3 advantage
- After the break, BC scored the first four goals, including a pair by Kaileen Hart, to take a 7-5 lead
- Julia Wood's goal pulls the Cards within one before Chandler and Cara Urbank tallied back-to-back to put BC up 9-6
- Wood's third of the day started a quick two-goal burst by U of L, but BC then rattled off eight straight goals to extend a 17-8 advantage
- The teams traded goals in the final three minutes to push the final score to 19-10
- Dempsey Arsenault broke the BC single-game draw control record with 12 ... she also shared the scoring lead (3-2-5) with Kaileen Hart (4-1-5) ... Tess Chandler (4G), Emma Schurr (3-1-4)
- Lauren Daly made 11 saves in the win
BC AT THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Boston College comes into the ACC Championship with a 3-12 all-time record in the event, advancing to the semifinals three times (2011, 2013 and 2017)
- Prior to this year, the Eagles' highest seed was No. 3 in 2013
- The Eagles are 3-9 all-time in the first round/Quarterfinals, and 0-3 in the semifinals ... BC has never advanced to the championship game
- BC's three quarterfinal victories have come against Virginia Tech (2011, 2013) and Notre Dame (2017) ... the Eagles are 0-2 against Duke, 0-4 against UNC, 0-2 vs. Syracuse and 0-2 against former ACC member Maryland
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