Boston College
19-1
University of North Carolina
15-3
Eagles Fall to Tar Heels in ACC Championship Game
April 28, 2019 | Lacrosse
BC will await its NCAA Tournament seeding, with the selection show coming on May 5.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. –  Top-seeded Boston College dropped its first game of the season, 15-13, to #3 North Carolina in the title game of the 2019 ACC Championship, held at Alumni Stadium. North Carolina won its fourth consecutive ACC title and spoiled BC's quest for a first conference tournament championship.
The Eagles jumped out to a 5-0 lead less than seven minutes into the first half, but the Tar Heels chipped away, outscoring BC 15-8 the rest of the way.
After a Sheila Rietano goal on a free position made it 6-1 with 21:18 to play in the first half, UNC tallied five consecutive goals over the next 10-plus minutes to tie the match at 6-6 with 9:52 left in the half.
Boston College would answer with three unanswered goals, as Jordan Lappin scored off a rebounded shot from Kenzie Kent with 7:32 to go. Â Kent would then score on back-to-back BC possessions, putting the Eagles up 9-6 with 1:19 left in the period. UNC's Scottie Rose Growney tapped one in with 27 ticks remaining to make it 9-7 at the break.
Six minutes into the second half, Carolina scored three times to take a 10-9 lead with 23:54 to go. Â Dempsey Arsenault tied it for BC at the 20:29 mark, taking a pass from Kent and driving right. The Tar Heels responded 36 seconds later, going back up 11-10. Â But Sam Apuzzo scored on a free position with 18:41 to knot it at 11-11.
Carolina would again tally three unanswered goals, leading 14-11 with 8:14 to go.  BC mounted a strong comeback, as Arsenault and Lappin would each score to cut the deficit to one - 14-13 - with 5:56 to play. Â
UNC's Katie Hoeg made it a 15-13 game with 2:03 to play, as she scored her third goal of the afternoon on a drive from behind the net.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: #3 North Carolina 15, #1 Boston College 13
Records: Boston College 19-1 (7-0 ACC), North Carolina 17-3 (5-2 ACC)
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Alumni Stadium
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
BC 1, UNC 0: 28:32 - Apuzzo takes the Arsenault pass and marches through the scoring area.
BC 2, UNC 0: 26:49 - Apuzzo on the free position, left side, back of the net.
BC 3, UNC 0: 25:54 - Urbank from Lappin; from right post to lower left.
BC 4, UNC 0: 24:30 - Urbank takes the centering pass from Kent and then goal.
BC 5, UNC 0: 23:18 - Walker with the chip shot off the deck to the upper left corner
BC 5, UNC 1: 22:30 - Ferrucci rotates into the middle of the scoring area and scores
BC 6, UNC 1: 21:18 - Rietano on a free position, right down the middle
BC 6, UNC 2: 18:01 - Mastroianni takes pass from Hoeg on the left side
BC 6, UNC 3: 17:30 - Hoeg goes from behind the net, left side
BC 6, UNC 4: 15:33 - Ortega takes the pass from Growney and fires from the left side
BC 6, UNC 5: 11:03 - Warehime takes centering pass from Hoeg
BC 6, UNC 6: 9:52 - Bowe with the studder step move inside the scoring area
BC 7, UNC 6: 7:32 - Lappin redirects the rebound point-blank off the Kent shot
BC 8, UNC 6: 2:13 - Kent straight down the middle of the scoring areBC 9, UNC 6: 1:19 - Kent drives from right to left and puts one top shelf
BC 9, UNC 7: 27.0 - Growney taps one in off a misplay in front of the goal
SECOND HALF
BC 9, UNC 8: 27:05 - Warehime drives left side; scores right side
BC 9, UNC 9: 24:52 - Klages left-to-right at the top of the 8-meter fan
UNC 10, BC 9: 23:54 - Hoeg takes pass from Ferrucci and scores right side
BC 10, UNC 10: 20:29 - Arsenault takes the pass from Kent and drives right
UNC 11, BC 10: 19:53 - Bowe wraps around from behind the cage, right side
BC 11, UNC 11: 18:41 - Apuzzo gets one on free position; muffed save by UNC GK
UNC 12, BC 11: 17:48 - Warehime breaks down the center, converts pass from Ortega
UNC 13, BC 11: 13:46 - Warehime right-to-left, goes lower left corner
UNC 14, BC 11: 8:14 - Klages takes flip pass at top of fan, scores right side
UNC 14, BC 12: 7:19 - Arsenault with the spin move reversal
UNC 14, BC 13: 5:56 - Lappin drives left side on the free position
UNC 15, BC 13: 2:03 - Hoeg with a drive from the back of the goal to upper left corner
GAME NOTES
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For the second straight year, Boston College fell to North Carolina in the ACC Championship game.
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The Eagles drop to 4-17 all-time versus the Tar Heels. Â BC earned a 14-8 victory in Chapel Hill during the regular season on March 23.
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Sam Apuzzo led BC with three goals on the day - her second straight game with a hat trick.
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Dempsey Arsenault, Cara Urbank, Jordan Lappin and Kenzie Kent each tallied two goals.
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Apuzzo has scored at least one goal in 75 of her 76 career games played. Â She has 104 points so far in 2019.
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Arsenault has recorded at least one point in 46 consecutive contests for the Eagles.
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BC outscored their opponents 341-198 through the first 20 games of the season.
GAME LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Sam Apuzzo, Dempsey Arsenault, Kenzie Kent, Jordan Lappin, 3
Goals: Sam Apuzzo, 3
Assists: Three with 1 (Arsenault, Lappin, Kent)
Draw Controls: Sam Apuzzo, 5
Ground Balls: Sam Apuzzo, Jordan Lappin, 3
Caused Turnovers: Brooke Troy, 2
Saves: Abbey Ngai, 4
North Carolina
Points: Katie Hoeg, 5
Goals: Gianna Bowe, Katie Hoeg, Tayler Warehime, 3
Assists: Katie Hoeg, Scottie Rose Growney, 2
Draw Controls: Kayla Wood, 5
Ground Balls: Gianna Bowe, Emma Trenchard, 2
Caused Turnovers: Emma Trenchard, 2
Saves: Elise Hennessey, 7
UP NEXT
The Eagles await the announcement of the 2019 NCAA Championship field, revealed on Sunday, May 5 at 9 p.m. on NCAA.com. Â The top eight teams will be seeded, and the top six seeds receive first round byes, while the 7- and 8-seed will host first-round games.
The tournament begins with opening-round games on May 7 and 8 before the first round commences May 10. Â The championship will continue at campus sites for the second round (May 12) and quarterfinals (May 18-19) as teams look to earn a trip to Baltimore for the national semifinals.
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