Since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in the mid-2000s, Boston College had only ever earned one title in any sport (men’s soccer in 2007). That all changed this spring when national powerhouse Boston College women’s lacrosse finally broke through their elite conference and took home the program’s first ever ACC Championship.
BC entered the game as the #4 team in the nation and on a huge winning streak, but the bane of their existence in the postseason always seems to be the North Carolina Tarheels, who were ranked #3. UNC beat BC in 2022’s national championship game and multiple other times in the past several years, so these teams know each other extremely well and every match-up between them is an emotional one.