Two dozen+ alumni, current students, incoming students, parents, siblings, and kids got together last Saturday for what we hope will be the annual beach bonfire on Mission Bay.
A couple of bonfire “vibe” photos came in recently.
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Chapter Mass
Two dozen plus San Diego Eagles and family members attended the Chapter Mass this morning. Celebrated by local Jesuit Rev. Lucas Sharma, the Mass took place in the Saint Thérése Chapel on the campus of Cathedral Catholic High School. Our host was Kevin Calkins ’00, president of Cathedral Catholic.
Following Communion, the congregation made a Eucharistic Procession outside the chapel.
And following Mass, the group enjoyed refreshments at the ZAK, a pavilion and park on campus dedicated to the memory of Zak Myers, a 2011 graduate of Cathedral Catholic.
With the annual frequency of the Mass interrupted by the pandemic, the chapter hopes to renew the Mass as an annual event.
Lax are National Champions!
The Boston College women’s lacrosse team defeated (previously) #1 Northwestern today, 14-13 to win the NCAA championship. It is the Eagles’ second national title (the earlier was in 2021). They won it in their seventh consecutive national championship game.
BC fell into a 6-0 hole in the first quarter against a team that had beaten them solidly, 18-6, in last year’s title game and had won 14-11 at BC on February 29. They closed it to being down by two, 8-6, at the half, but Northwestern (18-2) used the third period to expand the lead to 10-7.
The Eagles didn’t tie the game until a Rachel Clark goal made it 11-11 with 11:05 remaining in the game. Andrea Reynolds’ goal with 9:39 left put BC ahead 12-11 for the first time and for good. BC’s Kayla Martello put the Eagles up by two, 13-11, at 5:55, but the Wildcats countered at 4:56 to make it 13-12. Mckenna Davis pushed it up to 14-12 with 4:02 left and, despite a NU goal with 59 seconds left, BC held on for the win.
Martello scored five goals and sophomore goalie Shea Dolce made nine saves, including a couple of spectacular ones late in the game. Reynolds, Davis, Clark, and Emma LoPinto each added two goals, and Ryan Smith added one.
The Eagles finished the season 20-3, with no win obviously bigger then today’s.