05-05-2025
Boston College lacrosse finds itself in familiar position as it begins title defense
If the Eagles can get back there this time around, they will be close to home at Gillette Stadium, which is hosting the Final Four for both the men's and women's tournaments May 23-26. BC lost the 2017 title game to Maryland in Foxborough.
The Eagles are 17-2 with both losses coming to top-seeded North Carolina, the most recent coming April 27 in the ACC Tournament final.
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Senior Rachel Clark leads BC with 91 goals, fourth-most in a season in program history, just 11 off the mark set by Charlotte North in 2021. Clark, who was recently named ACC Attacker of the Year, is also 16 points shy of the single-season mark of 129 set by Sam Apuzzo in 2018.
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Junior Shea Baker was named the ACC Defender of the Year and junior Shea Dolce was the conference's Goaltender of the Year.
UMass, which won the regular season and conference tournament in its final season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, will face Princeton on Friday in Baltimore.
Northwestern, which has been BC's opponent in each of the last two title games, is the No. 3 seed and earned the final bye.
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The Harvard men will visit sixth-seeded Syracuse on Sunday after earning an at-large bid following a 10-4 regular season. Among the wins for the Crimson was a 15-14 contest against the Orange.
