Boston College and Stony Brook had barely started their warm up stretches in the NCAA Quarterfinal game when Mother Nature decided to provide the perfect backdrop. Clear skies quickly darkened, turning more and more gray until a light drizzle opened up into outright downpours. It produced an unforgiving soak that didn't give up through much of the afternoon.
At various points, the rain only got more intense and stronger. It was something prophetic.
A game billed as two of the best pound-for-pound rosters in the nation traded goals, knockout punches and heavy blows. 60 minutes solved nothing, and the Eagles and Seawolves - the only teams to finish the regular season undefeated in Division I - went to sudden victory overtime, where BC's Dempsey Arsenault slammed home what became the final difference in a see-saw, 12-11, victory.