UNC Completes Season Sweep of BC in Dramatic National Championship
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It's hard to beat a defending national champion twice, let alone once. Three times in one season is almost unfathomable. For North Carolina, however, it was the only path to winning its...
Takeaways from BC's ACC Championship Loss
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Boston College lacrosse has looked the part of a repeat contender for most of the 2022 season. Against teams from North Carolina, however, the reigning defending national champion Eagles have proven to be...
BC Tabbed as No. 3 Seed in NCAA Tournament
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Not only did Boston College's loss to North Carolina Saturday cost the Eagles the ACC Championship, but it also dropped head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein's team to the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
BC...
Lopsided Third Quarter the Difference in BC's ACC Title Game Defeat
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Boston College head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein said earlier this week that the Eagles couldn't afford to be streaky during Saturday evening's ACC Championship against top-seeded and...
With ACC Championship on Tap, Eagles Driven by Program Firsts
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Boston College superstar attacker Charlotte North is the face of women's lacrosse, but North Carolina fifth year Jamie Ortega has piled up 34 more points in her career than North.
UNC goalie...
No. 2 UNC Fends off Late BC Comeback in front of Alumni Stadium Crowd
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Charlotte North had the ball with under 30 seconds to go Sunday afternoon. Boston College lacrosse was riding a game-changing, and potentially game-saving, 6-1 run that drew the...
Grant Says Ashton-Langford ‘Showed Great Heart’ in Chapel Hill
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Makai Ashton-Langford is having the best season of his career. And, after last weekend’s win over Virginia Tech, the graduate guard was amid the best scoring stretch of his collegiate days...
Takeaways from BC’s Loss to the Tar Heels
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Wednesday night marked the first time that North Carolina shot under 30% from the floor and still won. That’s not a good look for Boston College men’s basketball, especially not after the Eagles were two days...
Despite Impressive Defense, Scoring Droughts Plague Eagles at UNC
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Brevin Galloway followed a pair of free throws with a layup to cut Boston College men’s basketball’s deficit to three with 7:13 left Wednesday night in Chapel Hill. The Eagles were...
BC Returns to Action With Embarrassing Defeat to UNC
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A masked TJ Bickerstaff went up for a reverse layup, and the ball clanked off the rim. Boston College got a second chance at the basket, but Makai Ashton-Langford’s 3-pointer bounced off the...
Opponent Preview: No. 12 UNC
Andy Backstrom
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North Carolina’s Mack Brown called first-year Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley a “real superstar for the future” after practice on Wednesday, per Tar Heel Illustrated. The day before that, Hafley said that Brown has to be “one of...
Quick Hitters: What to Know About BC’s New ACC Slate
Andy Backstrom
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For the first time in ACC football history, teams will play a 10-game conference schedule. There are no divisions, Notre Dame is in the mix for a league championship, and crossover matchups are more common than...