2021 NCAA Tournament Bracket
TOWSON, Md. (theACC.com) – Boston College won its first national championship in program history Sunday, downing ACC rival Syracuse, 16-10, in the 2021 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship Game at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland. Making their fourth straight NCAA title game appearance, the fourth-seeded Eagles (18-3) pulled away in the second half for the victory.
Making their first title game appearance since 2014, the third-seeded Orange finished an impressive season with a 17-4 record.
Current ACC members have now won 16 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse titles. At least one ACC team has played in the national title game in 11 of the last 12 tournaments, and the ACC put two teams in the championship game for the fifth time (1998, 1999, 2013, 2014).
It is the sixth NCAA team title in Boston College athletics history and the first for a BC women's program. The BC men's hockey team has captured five national championships. Head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein joins Jerry York and John "Snooks" Kelley as the only coaches in Boston College history to lead the Eagles to an NCAA championship.
Senior attacker Charlotte North led Boston College with six goals and set an NCAA record for single-season goals with 102. North was named the tournament MVP.
Jenn Medjid, Belle Smith, Courtney Weeks and Cara Urbank each scored two goals for BC, while Caitlynn Mossman recorded four assists and Rachel Hall made nine saves.
Following a back-and-forth first half, BC led 9-8 at the half but then held Syracuse without a second-half goal for more than 12 minutes in building a 12-8 lead. Maddy Baxter briefly slowed the BC run with a goal at the 17:44 mark, but the Eagles' defense continued to clamp down and allowed just one more goal.
North broke the NCAA record for goals in a season with her 101st goal at the 16:39 mark of the second half, giving BC a 13-9 lead.
Sam Swart and Emma Ward led Syracuse with two goals each. With four saves Sunday, graduate student Asa Goldstock became Syracuse's career leader in saves with 663, surpassing Liz Hogan (660).
2021 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Friday, May 28 - Semifinals
#4 Boston College 11, #1 North Carolina 10
#3 Syracuse 21, #2 Northwestern 13
Sunday, May 30 - Championship (Towson, Md.)
#4 Boston College 16, #3 Syracuse 10