As the third quarter bled into the fourth on Friday night in Chestnut Hill, it looked like we were in for an almost-exact carbon-copy of last year’s national championship game.
A tight first half, followed by a second half in which Boston College wore down a depleted Syracuse roster for a relatively comfortable win. Jenny Markey even picked up a second yellow card and got ejected to mimic Emma Tyrrell doing the same last year.
The Orange, however, refused to let that be the story of this game.
While the No. 4 Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team ultimately lost an exciting, back-and-forth game of runs on Friday to the No.