While the BC women’s lacrosse team has played in the last five consecutive national championship games, and won the 2021 title, the Eagles had never won the ACC championship tournament . . . until today. They defeated North Carolina 11-9.

As has been their wont recently, the Eagles fell behind in the first half, but stifled their opponent in the second half. Down today 7-4 at halftime, BC allowed only two goals to the Tarheels in the third quarter and shut them out in the fourth, while scoring seven of their own. The Eagles outshot UNC 25-15 (13-4 in the second half) and held the Tarheels scoreless for the last 22 minutes and 57 seconds of the game.

Kayla Martello led the Eagles with three goals. Courtney and Cassidy Weeks each had two goals, as did Andrea Reynolds, while McKenna Davis and Belle Smith each added one goal.

After a 6-3 start to the regular season, including a 15-6 loss to then-#1 North Carolina, the Eagles closed out the regular season with a seven-game winning streak, including a 17-16 win over then-#1 Syracuse in the finale, to finish 13-3 (8-1 in the ACC). They continued the streak in the ACC tournament to finish with 10 straight wins.

In the ACC tournament, BC held each opponent’s goals to single digits.

The Eagles now awaits seeding in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship.