No. 2 Boston College Women’s Lacrosse Survives Late Comeback Attempt by Stony Brook, Advances to Quarterfinals

Rachel Clark extended the Eagles’ lead with a goal with 7:26 to go, followed by a score by Kylee Colbert at 6:14 and Mia Mascone at 1:49. 

Both teams scored two goals apiece in the second quarter. LoPinto notched her third goal of the day with 8:46 to go in the half to put the Eagles up 6-0. 

Stony Brook got on the board with two unanswered goals in the final five minutes, one by Charlotte Wimoth and the other by Olivia Schorr to make the score 6-2 in favor of the Eagles.

Boston College’s Devon Russell tallied a goal as time expired in the quarter to give the Eagles the 7-2 lead going into halftime.  

In the second half, momentum shifted towards the Seawolves. Stony Brook outscored Boston College 3-1 in the third quarter.

The first goal of the stretch was by Kylie Budke with 12:34 to go. After Clark responded with a goal of her own with 10:10 to go in the quarter, the Seawolves tacked on a pair of scores by Wilmouth and Courtney Maclay in the final 2:25 to cut into their deficit 8-5 heading into the final 15 minutes of play. 

Stony Brook’s Haydin Eisfield put the team within two 8-6 with 12:49 to go in the contest, however a pair of goals by Clark in the final five minutes cemented the win for the Eagles. The first came with 4:27 to go and the second was an empty netter with 52 seconds remaining. 

The Seawolves added a final goal to their score with 2:03 to go by Maclay. 

Next up, Boston College will host either No. 7 Yale or Syracuse in the quarterfinals on Thursday.