Trio of Apuzzo, Arsenault and Kent Leads No. 1 Boston College
Kenzie Kent (3g, 5a), Sam Apuzzo (4g, 3a) and Dempsey Arsenault (5g, 1a) combined for 21 points as No. 1 Boston College pulled away for a 20-12 victory over No. 14 Duke.
After Boston College (14-0, 5-0 ACC) scored the final two goals of the first half to take a 9-6 halftime lead, Duke came out strong in the second half with Abby Landry scoring back-to-back goals to pull back within one goal.
Duke kept it close, trailing 13-10 after Catherine Cordrey’s goal with 17:23 to play, but BC then ripped off seven straight goals to put the game out of reach.
No. 9 Penn Pulls Out Another Close One
Two weeks after stunning Princeton, Brown had No. 9 Penn on the ropes, but the Quakers scored the final three goals of the game, pulling out a 9-8 victory on Gabby Rosenzweig’s goal with 1:57 remaining in the contest.
Brown had two free position opportunities in the final two minutes, but Penn goalie Mikaila Cheeseman made saves on both shots to preserve the victory for the Quakers.
Rosenszweig led Penn (9-2, 3-0 Ivy) with three goals and three assists while KC Williams had a hat trick for Brown (6-6, 2-2).
Notable
• Jamie Ortega had six goals and three assists and No. 5 North Carolina scored 14 first half goals in a 17-6 victory over Louisville.
• No. 17 Florida won its fourth straight game as Sydney Pirreca scored a season-high four goals in an 18-9 win over Vanderbilt.
• Down two goals early in the second half, No. 18 Denver scored eight of the next nine goals to propel the Pioneers to a 12-9 win over Georgetown in a matchup of the two favorites in the Big East race. Quintin Hoch-Bullen had four goals and an assist for the Pioneers (10-2, 2-0 Big East).
• Siobhan Rafferty scored four goals as No. 19 Stony Brook won its third straight, beating Vermont 17-2.
• Albany scored the final three goals, including two in the final minute, in a 12-11 win over New Hampshire. Madison Conway had four goals and four assists and scored the game-winning goal with 15 seconds remaining.
• Columbia came back from a three-goal second half deficit to beat Harvard 15-14 in Ivy League action. Lindsey Ewertsen had three goals and four assists and scored the game-winning goal with 1:13 remaining in the game.
• After missing the last three games due to injury, Kailey Conry had 10 points on four goals and six assists as Boston University tied a school record with 23 goals in a 23-10 win over American.
• Keely Connors had 16 draw controls in Holy Cross’ 19-13 victory over Bucknell to become the school's all-time leader in draw controls with 217 for her career.
• Kaitlin Luccarelli had seven goals in Longwood’s 16-15 victory over Radford.
• Niagara scored four straight goals in the final nine minutes to beat Quinnipiac 15-14. Alex Leo scored the game-winning goal with 1:19 remaining in the game. Rachel MacCheyne scored six goals for the Purple Eagles.
• Winthrop improved to 2-0 in the Big South with its second straight overtime victory. Lauren Morris had six goals, including the game-winner in overtime in the Eagles 14-13 victory over Gardner-Webb.
Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20 Scoreboard
No. 1 Boston College 20, No. 14 Duke 12
No. 2 Maryland 14, No. 7 Michigan 3
No. 5 North Carolina 17, Louisville 6
No. 6 Northwestern 20, No. 15 Johns Hopkins 13
No. 9 Penn 9, Brown 8
No. 10 Loyola 16, No. 13 Navy 6
No. 16 Princeton 14, No. 20 Dartmouth 12
No. 17 Florida 18, Vanderbilt 9
No. 18 Denver 12, Georgetown 9
No. 19 Stony Brook 17, Vermont 2
Other Scores
Albany 12, New Hampshire 11
Army 16, Lafayette 14
Binghamton 13, UMass-Lowell 7
Boston University 23, American 10
Canisius 15, Iona 12
Cincinnati 14, East Carolina 5
Colgate 16, Lehigh 4
Columbia 15, Harvard 14
Cornell 18, Yale 12
Fairfield 10, Marist 9
High Point 26, Presbyterian 3
Holy Cross 19, Bucknell 13
Longwood 16, Radford 15
Marquette 16, Butler 3
Niagara 15, Quinnipiac 14
Siena 13, Monmouth 11
Temple 17, Connecticut 13
UC Davis 19, Fresno State 10
UMBC 16, Hartford 1
Villanova 17, Old Dominion 10
Winthrop 14, Gardner-Webb 13 (OT)