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2019 WOMEN'S LACROSSE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BOSTON COLLEGE VS. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

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Photo by: John Quackenbos

Photo by: John Quackenbos

Photo by: John Quackenbos

Photo by: Mike Gridley

Sam Apuzzo

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Attack
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
West Babylon, N.Y.
High School:
West Babylon

APUZZO’S CAREER HIGHS
Points: 10, four times, last at Navy (3/6/19)
Goals: 9 vs. Navy (2/27/18)
Assists: 7 at Massachusetts (2/8/17)
Ground Balls: 5, twice, last vs. Harvard (2/25/17)
Draw Controls: 17 vs. Louisville (4/26/18)
Caused Turnovers: 6 vs. Syracuse (4/19/18)

AS A SENIOR (2019)
Voted a team captain ... named to the Preseason All-ACC Team ... named the US Lacrosse Preseason Player of the Year and a Preseason All-America First Team selection ... Tewaaraton Finalist ... named a Midseason First Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse ... an All-ACC First Team selection ... named to the ACC All-Tournament Team ... IWLCA Attacker of the Year ... IWLCA First Team All-American ... ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... earned her second consecutive ACC Attacker of the Year award ... recorded three goals and an assist in season-opening win vs. Boston University (Feb. 9) ... propelled the Eagles to erase a 7-2 deficit and win, 14-12, adding seven goals at Syracuse (Feb. 16) ... became BC's all-time leading goal scorer, surpassing Covie Stanwick's 196 with her fifth goal of the day at Syracuse ... Tallied four goals and three assists, won 12 draws at UMass (Feb. 21) ... had six points vs. Harvard (Feb. 23) through four goals and two assists, also grabbed nine draws .. tied the all-time points record with 309 after a 10-point performance through eight goals and two assists vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 27) ... led all players with five goals and two assists for seven points vs. Southern California, when she became BC's all-time career points leader (March 1) ... outscored the entire Navy offense in an 18-5 win on the road with eight goals and two assists for 10 points (March 6) ... had two goals and season-high 12 draws in win at Northwestern (March 9) ... tallied three goals and one assist vs. Georgetown, also causing three turnovers and winning seven draws (March 16) ... had a game-high four goals vs. UAlbany, including one just 32 seconds into the game, while also adding two assists (March 19) ... led all goal-scorers with five and won game-high eight draws in win over North Carolina (March 23) ... earned a feature on the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day with a behind-the-back goal with the shot clock expiring in a win over Virginia while leading all goal-scorers with six (March 30) ... earned her second ACC Offensive Player of the Week honor (April 2) ... tallied a game-high three goals and picked up a season-high four ground balls in win over Notre Dame (April 3) ... tallied four goals and three assists for seven points in win over Duke (April 6), also picking up four ground balls, causing one turnover and winning three draws ... had three goals and three assists at Virginia Tech (April 13) while causing two turnovers and winning four draws ... tallied one goal and won four draws against Yale (April 16) ... added one goal and one helper in back-to-back games over Louisville (April 20, 24) ... won a season-high 13 draws against Louisville in the regular season finale (April 20) ... tallied three goals against Syracuse in the ACC Semifinals (April 26) and three more against North Carolina in the championship (April 28) ... led the Eagles to an NCAA Second Round take down of Colorado, putting up seven goals and one assist, picking up four ground balls, causing five turnovers and winning 13 draws (May 12) ... propelled the comeback win over Princeton in the quarterfinals, winning a season-high 14 draws and putting up three consecutive goals in 2:15 to give the Eagles a lead at halftime (May 18) ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
First BC lacrosse player to win the Tewaaraton Award ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List member ... a Tewaaraton Award Top 25 List member ... The Honda Lacrosse Award honoree ... All-ACC Attacker of the Year ... All-ACC First Team selection ... All-ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Led BC’s lacrosse teams to the NCAA Final Four, including lacrosse’s second trip to the National Championship game ... All-NCAA Tournament Team ... All-ACC Tournament Team ... Preseason All-ACC team ... Helped lead BC to a perfect regular season (17-0) and the 2018 ACC Regular Season Championship ... an IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team honoree ... posted a career-best in points (129), goals (88) and assists (41) ... broke the program’s single season goal scoring record with the 88 goals – she set the record last year with 81 ... set the program’s single season points scored record (129), which she set last year with 119 points ... broke the program’s single season draw control record (163) & the single game record when she had 17 in the ACC Tournament vs. Louisville ... tied the single season record for most assists with 41 helpers ... led the ACC in points (129), goals (88), GWG (9), second in total DCs (163) and 4^th in assists (41) ... set a new program record with nine goals vs. Navy on Feb. 27 ... notched double-figures in DCs in five games – had five or more DCs in 16 games ... had nine goals, eight assists, 17 points, and 36 DCs in four NCAA Tournament games ... third in the nation in points, third in goals scored, sixth in points per game (5.38), 10^th in draw controls per game (6.79), 2^nd in total draw controls and 19^th in assists ... second on the Eagles All-Time List for career points with 273, passing Lauren Miller ’02 who posted 272 ... second on the Eagles All-Time List for goals scored with 189, just eight away from breaking Covie Stanwick’s ’15 record of 196 career goals ... third on the All-Time List for career assists with 84 ... owns the new career draw control record at BC with 267 ... An Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement honoree ... ACC Honor Roll Recipient.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
IWLCA First-Team All-American ... IWCLA First-Team All-Northeast Region ... All-ACC First Team ... Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (April 4) ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention ... started all 24 games in 2017 and led the nation in goals (80) and was second in points (119) ... finished third in scoring in the 2017 NCAA Tournament with 26 points, while ranking second in goals (16) and fifth in assists (10) … became the fastest player in program history to record 100 career points (25 games) … the first player at Boston College to reach the 100-point plateau in a single season … her 119 points and 80 goals were new BC single-season records, while her 39 assists were the second most in a single season … led the team in draw controls (71) while adding 32 ground balls and 23 caused turn-overs … was 16-for-26 in free-position shots … recorded at least four points in 18 of 24 games … notched seven or more points in five games … registered seven games with five or more goals … had a career- and season-high 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) at No. 16 Massachusetts (Feb. 8) in the second game of the season … led the Eagles with five points (two goals, three assists) at No. 5 Syracuse (Feb. 11) ... was 3-for-5 on free-position shots and finished the game with a career-high six goals against Boston University (Feb. 15) ... netted five goals in the first half and added two assists to help cap off the comeback win at UConn (Feb. 22) ... recorded five goals and four assists at Navy (March 4), including a seven-point second half ... tallied a team-high six points at No. 1 Maryland (March 8), scoring four and assisting on two while winning a game-high seven draws ... caused a career-high four turnovers against Monmouth (March 15), while notching three points (two goals, one assist). ... finished the game with six points (three goals, three assists) and tied her career high in draw controls (8) against Yale (March 29) ... tied her career high with six goals against No. 17 Virginia (April 1) and earned ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week ... finished with five goals and recorded her 100^th career point at Dartmouth (April 12) … tallied five points (four goals, one assist) against No. 11 Notre Dame (April 22) and was 2-for-3 on free-position shots ... guided the offense in the second half, scoring five goals as she finished the game with a team-high six points against No. 14 Notre Dame (April 27) in the ACC Championship Quarterfinals ... tallied her 92nd point of the season, breaking the program record (91) previously set by Laura Costello in 2010 against No. 2 North Carolina (April 28) in the ACC Semifinals, while finishing with four goals on the day ... recorded seven points (three goals, four assists) against Canisius in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (May 12) and became the first player in program history to reach 100 points in a season ... collected seven points (five goals, two assists) at No. 9 Syracuse (May 14) in the NCAA Second Round to lead all players ... tallied two goals and two assists in the 20-14 win over USC (May 20) in the NCAA Quarterfinals ... posted two goals and two assists against Navy in the NCAA Semifinal (May 26) … scored four goals and added four ground balls and matched her career high with eight draw controls against No. 1 Maryland in the NCAA Championship (May 28) … earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Started all nine games she played before a season-ending injury prematurely ended her year … posted 25 points from 21 goals and added four assists … added 33 draw controls, 11 ground balls and four caused turnovers ... in her first collegiate game, tallied four goals, including the eventual game winner, while adding five ground balls and four draw controls against Boston University (Feb. 12) ... became the first Eagle to record a hat trick in her first collegiate game since Sarah Mannelly did so on February 16, 2013 against Holy Cross... registered four points on three goals and an assist at Holy Cross (Feb. 17) while registering a career-high eight draw controls … matched a career high with four goals and added two ground balls, four draw controls and her first collegiate caused turnover against Navy (March 5) ... had one goal and four draw controls at No. 2 Florida (March 11) ... set a then career high with six points (four goals, two assists) while tallying five draw controls and causing a turnover at Stetson (3/13) ... recorded three goals and an assist in upset of No. 3 Syracuse (3/19), which netted her Inside Lacrosse National Rookie of the Week accolades.

BEFORE BC
Was a five year starter for Coach Colleen Kilgus at West Babylon HS ... scored 375 career goals, including 107 her senior season to lead all Long Island scorers ... four-year varsity captain ... two-time United States Lacrosse All-American and Under Armour All-American ... named to Newsday All-Long Island team her junior and senior season... named all-division team as an eighth grader ... four-time all-conference performer ... three-time high school MVP ... also played for Long Island Top Guns Black Team.

PERSONAL
Samantha Apuzzo ... one of Michael and Rosemary Apuzzo's four children alongside Michael, Daniel and Chris ... enrolled in the Morrissey School of Arts and Science … recipient of the Donna and Frank Doyle Scholarship Fund.

APUZZO’S CAREER HIGHS
Points: 10, four times, last at Navy (3/6/19)
Goals: 9 vs. Navy (2/27/18)
Assists: 7 at Massachusetts (2/8/17)
Ground Balls: 5, twice, last vs. Harvard (2/25/17)
Draw Controls: 17 vs. Louisville (4/26/18)
Caused Turnovers: 6 vs. Syracuse (4/19/18)

AS A SENIOR (2019)
Voted a team captain ... named to the Preseason All-ACC Team ... named the US Lacrosse Preseason Player of the Year and a Preseason All-America First Team selection ... Tewaaraton Watch List selection ... recorded three goals and an assist in season-opening win vs. Boston University (Feb. 9) ... propelled the Eagles to erase a 7-2 deficit and win, 14-12, adding seven goals at Syracuse (Feb. 16) ... became BC's all-time leading goal scorer, surpassing Covie Stanwick's 196 with her fifth goal of the day at Syracuse ... Tallied four goals and three assists, won 12 draws at UMass (Feb. 21) ... had six points vs. Harvard (Feb. 23) through four goals and two assists, also grabbed nine draws .. tied the all-time points record with 309 after a 10-point performance through eight goals and two assists vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 27) ... led all players with five goals and two assists for seven points vs. Southern California, when she became BC's all-time career points leader (March 1) ... outscored the entire Navy offense in an 18-5 win on the road with eight goals and two assists for 10 points (March 6) ... had two goals and season-high 12 draws in win at Northwestern (March 9) ... tallied three goals and one assist vs. Georgetown, also causing three turnovers and winning seven draws (March 16) ... had a game-high four goals vs. UAlbany, including one just 32 seconds into the game, while also adding two assists (March 19) ... led all goal-scorers with five and won game-high eight draws in win over North Carolina (March 23) ... earned a feature on the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day with a behind-the-back goal with the shot clock expiring in a win over Virginia while leading all goal-scorers with six (March 30) ... earned her second ACC Offensive Player of the Week honor (April 2).

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
First BC lacrosse player to win the Tewaaraton Award ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List member ... a Tewaaraton Award Top 25 List member ... The Honda Lacrosse Award honoree ... All-ACC Attacker of the Year ... All-ACC First Team selection ... All-ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Led BC’s lacrosse teams to the NCAA Final Four, including lacrosse’s second trip to the National Championship game ... All-NCAA Tournament Team ... All-ACC Tournament Team ... Preseason All-ACC team ... Helped lead BC to a perfect regular season (17-0) and the 2018 ACC Regular Season Championship ... an IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team honoree ... posted a career-best in points (129), goals (88) and assists (41) ... broke the program’s single season goal scoring record with the 88 goals – she set the record last year with 81 ... set the program’s single season points scored record (129), which she set last year with 119 points ... broke the program’s single season draw control record (163) & the single game record when she had 17 in the ACC Tournament vs. Louisville ... tied the single season record for most assists with 41 helpers ... led the ACC in points (129), goals (88), GWG (9), second in total DCs (163) and 4^th in assists (41) ... set a new program record with nine goals vs. Navy on Feb. 27 ... notched double-figures in DCs in five games – had five or more DCs in 16 games ... had nine goals, eight assists, 17 points, and 36 DCs in four NCAA Tournament games ... third in the nation in points, third in goals scored, sixth in points per game (5.38), 10^th in draw controls per game (6.79), 2^nd in total draw controls and 19^th in assists ... second on the Eagles All-Time List for career points with 273, passing Lauren Miller ’02 who posted 272 ... second on the Eagles All-Time List for goals scored with 189, just eight away from breaking Covie Stanwick’s ’15 record of 196 career goals ... third on the All-Time List for career assists with 84 ... owns the new career draw control record at BC with 267 ... An Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement honoree ... ACC Honor Roll Recipient.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
IWLCA First-Team All-American ... IWCLA First-Team All-Northeast Region ... All-ACC First Team ... Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (April 4) ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention ... started all 24 games in 2017 and led the nation in goals (80) and was second in points (119) ... finished third in scoring in the 2017 NCAA Tournament with 26 points, while ranking second in goals (16) and fifth in assists (10) … became the fastest player in program history to record 100 career points (25 games) … the first player at Boston College to reach the 100-point plateau in a single season … her 119 points and 80 goals were new BC single-season records, while her 39 assists were the second most in a single season … led the team in draw controls (71) while adding 32 ground balls and 23 caused turn-overs … was 16-for-26 in free-position shots … recorded at least four points in 18 of 24 games … notched seven or more points in five games … registered seven games with five or more goals … had a career- and season-high 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) at No. 16 Massachusetts (Feb. 8) in the second game of the season … led the Eagles with five points (two goals, three assists) at No. 5 Syracuse (Feb. 11) ... was 3-for-5 on free-position shots and finished the game with a career-high six goals against Boston University (Feb. 15) ... netted five goals in the first half and added two assists to help cap off the comeback win at UConn (Feb. 22) ... recorded five goals and four assists at Navy (March 4), including a seven-point second half ... tallied a team-high six points at No. 1 Maryland (March 8), scoring four and assisting on two while winning a game-high seven draws ... caused a career-high four turnovers against Monmouth (March 15), while notching three points (two goals, one assist). ... finished the game with six points (three goals, three assists) and tied her career high in draw controls (8) against Yale (March 29) ... tied her career high with six goals against No. 17 Virginia (April 1) and earned ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week ... finished with five goals and recorded her 100^th career point at Dartmouth (April 12) … tallied five points (four goals, one assist) against No. 11 Notre Dame (April 22) and was 2-for-3 on free-position shots ... guided the offense in the second half, scoring five goals as she finished the game with a team-high six points against No. 14 Notre Dame (April 27) in the ACC Championship Quarterfinals ... tallied her 92nd point of the season, breaking the program record (91) previously set by Laura Costello in 2010 against No. 2 North Carolina (April 28) in the ACC Semifinals, while finishing with four goals on the day ... recorded seven points (three goals, four assists) against Canisius in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (May 12) and became the first player in program history to reach 100 points in a season ... collected seven points (five goals, two assists) at No. 9 Syracuse (May 14) in the NCAA Second Round to lead all players ... tallied two goals and two assists in the 20-14 win over USC (May 20) in the NCAA Quarterfinals ... posted two goals and two assists against Navy in the NCAA Semifinal (May 26) … scored four goals and added four ground balls and matched her career high with eight draw controls against No. 1 Maryland in the NCAA Championship (May 28) … earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Started all nine games she played before a season-ending injury prematurely ended her year … posted 25 points from 21 goals and added four assists … added 33 draw controls, 11 ground balls and four caused turnovers ... in her first collegiate game, tallied four goals, including the eventual game winner, while adding five ground balls and four draw controls against Boston University (Feb. 12) ... became the first Eagle to record a hat trick in her first collegiate game since Sarah Mannelly did so on February 16, 2013 against Holy Cross... registered four points on three goals and an assist at Holy Cross (Feb. 17) while registering a career-high eight draw controls … matched a career high with four goals and added two ground balls, four draw controls and her first collegiate caused turnover against Navy (March 5) ... had one goal and four draw controls at No. 2 Florida (March 11) ... set a then career high with six points (four goals, two assists) while tallying five draw controls and causing a turnover at Stetson (3/13) ... recorded three goals and an assist in upset of No. 3 Syracuse (3/19), which netted her Inside Lacrosse National Rookie of the Week accolades.

BEFORE BC
Was a five year starter for Coach Colleen Kilgus at West Babylon HS ... scored 375 career goals, including 107 her senior season to lead all Long Island scorers ... four-year varsity captain ... two-time United States Lacrosse All-American and Under Armour All-American ... named to Newsday All-Long Island team her junior and senior season... named all-division team as an eighth grader ... four-time all-conference performer ... three-time high school MVP ... also played for Long Island Top Guns Black Team.

PERSONAL
Samantha Apuzzo ... one of Michael and Rosemary Apuzzo's four children alongside Michael, Daniel and Chris ... enrolled in the Morrissey School of Arts and Science … recipient of the Donna and Frank Doyle Scholarship Fund.