Selena Lasota scored five goals and Mallory Weisse made 14 saves, as fifth-ranked Northwestern capped a big week with a 15-11 victory over sixth-ranked Notre Dame in South Bend on Saturday night.

Izzy Scane and Lauren Gilbert added three goals and an assist apiece for the Wildcats, who never trailed in the contest billed as one of opposing strengths in Northwestern’s No. 1-ranked offense (18.21 GPG) and Notre Dame’s No. 2-ranked defense (6.80 GAA). The Wildcats’ 15 goals were the most the Fighting Irish have allowed this season.

Northwestern, coming off of another top-10 win Thursday against Michigan, scored four of the first five goals in the second half to open up a six-goal lead it would not relinquish.

UNC Throttles Duke

Three-time defending ACC women’s lacrosse champion North Carolina has a full head of steam going into the conference tournament. After silencing Syracuse in a top-10 matchup last week, the third-ranked Tar Heels throttled Tobacco Road rival Duke 19-5 on Saturday.

Jamie Ortega scored six goals to go with two assists, and Olivia Ferrucci added five goals in the victory for North Carolina, which clinched the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament behind Boston College.

The Tar Heels, Notre Dame and Syracuse all finished 5-2 in the conference and will be seeded in that order based on secondary tiebreaker criteria. Virginia is the No. 5 seed, followed by Duke, Virginia Tech and Louisville.

All eight teams will vie for the ACC championship next weekend, with quarterfinals Wednesday, semifinals Friday and championship game Sunday in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The quarterfinal matchups will be Boston College-Louisville, Syracuse-Virginia, North Carolina-Virginia Tech and Notre Dame-Duke.

In other results Saturday:

• No. 1 Boston College polished off its second consecutive undefeated regular season, defeating Louisville 19-6. Dempsey Arsenault scored six goals and Sam Apuzzo corralled 13 draws for the Eagles, who have won 36 straight regular season games dating back to April 18, 2017.

• No. 7 Virginia scored the final six goals of the game to defeat Virginia Tech 13-10. Maggie Jackson had a career-high five assists and became the Cavaliers’ all-time draw control leader with 292, including 10 against the Hokies.

• No. 12 Loyola clinched the top seed in the Patriot League tournament and home field advantage throughout the conference playoffs with a 17-9 win over Colgate.

• Diana DeVita scored the game-winning goal with 29 seconds remaining to lift Fairfield to a 12-11 win over Canisius, as the Stags finished a perfect 8-0 in the MAAC. Fairfield has won nine straight games overall, its longest winning streak since 2009.

• Army secured a top-four seed in the Patriot League tournament, a program first as the Black Knights continued a breakthrough season with a 15-9 win over Boston University.

• Emma DeGennaro scored four of her five goals in the second half to help Brown overcome an 8-4 deficit and defeat Harvard 10-9. The Bears went on a 6-1 run over the last 15 minutes to pull off the comeback.

• Cincinnati defeated Vanderbilt 18-15 for its seventh straight win, the longest streak in program history. The Bearcats and 16th-ranked Florida are both unbeaten in AAC play heading into next weekend’s regular season finale.

Nike/US Lacrosse
Division I Women’s
Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 1 Boston College 19, Louisville 6
No. 3 North Carolina 19, Duke 5
No. 5 Northwestern 15, No. 6 Notre Dame, 11
No. 7 Virginia 13, Virginia Tech 10
No. 10 Penn 21, Columbia 7
No. 11 Princeton 19, Yale 4
No. 12 Loyola 17, Colgate 9
No. 13 Navy 21, Lafayette 5
No. 14 Dartmouth 15, Cornell 8
No. 16 Florida 16, UConn 5
No. 18 USC 16, Arizona State 10

Other Scores

Albany 23, Hartford 5
American 17, Holy Cross 13
Army 15, Boston University 9
Brown 10, Harvard 9
Campbell 11, Radford 6
Central Michigan 21, Kent State 5
Cincinnati 18, Vanderbilt 15
Coastal Carolina 8, Detroit Mercy 3
Davidson 21, Saint Bonaventure 2
Duquesne 19, La Salle 11
Fairfield 12, Canisius 11
Furman 22, Howard 0
Georgetown 18, Old Dominion 4
High Point 17, Winthrop 6
Jacksonville 21, Mercer 6
Kennesaw State 15, Stetson 6
Lehigh 13, Bucknell 10
Longwood 22, Presbyterian 6
Manhattan 7, Niagara 6 (2OT)
Marist 15, Iona 10
Monmouth 19, Quinnipiac 12
Mount St. Mary’s 19, Bryant 8
New Hampshire 20, Vermont 14
Ohio State 11, Rutgers 7
Robert Morris 15, LIU Brooklyn 8
Saint Francis 14, Sacred Heart 13
San Diego State 16, Fresno State 15
Temple 18, East Carolina 5
UMass 21, George Washington 9
UMBC 11, UMass Lowell 5
Villanova 17, Butler 5
Virginia Commonwealth 13, George Mason 12
Wagner 17, Central Connecticut 6
Wofford 19, Delaware State 6