No. 2-seed Maryland women’s lacrosse and No. 3-seed Boston College had an answer for every punch thrown in each other’s direction. With a spot in the national championship on the line at Homewood Field in Baltimore, the two sides jostled for momentum down the stretch.
Both teams traded goals like clockwork in the second half, but it was Boston College who pieced together four straight at a crucial time. With 3:06 remaining, a goal by the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner Charlotte North knotted the game up at 16.
Then, a costly turnover by Maryland set up the reigning national champs with a chance to win the game with five seconds separating the shot clock and game clock.