A second-half comeback boosted the No. 2 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team to conclude a perfect four-game homestand with a 15-13 victory over No. 19 Boston College Saturday.
Trailing by two goals at halftime, the Tar Heels outscored Boston College 11-7 in the second half to win for the 10th time in a row at Fetzer Field.
What happened?
Facing one of the top-scoring offenses in the country, UNC (9-1, 2-0) exchanged a pair of goals with Boston College (8-4, 1-3) in the opening minutes, and the two teams were tied more than halfway through the first half. But the Eagles, led by senior attacker Kate Weeks, scored four of the game’s next six goals, as the visitors led by as many as three in the first half.
Weeks, who entered Saturday’s contest averaging 3.45 goals per game, found the back of the net three times in the opening half. The Tar Heels, however, entered the break on a high-note thanks to a score by senior attacker Sydney Holman that came in the final second of the half to cut Boston College’s lead to two.
The momentum from that goal continued into the second half, and a dominant performance by sophomore midfielder Kara Klages helped power the UNC offense.
Having recorded only two goals on the season before Saturday, Klages scored a pair in a 21-second span and assisted senior midfielder Sammy Joe Tracy’s game-tying goal with 24:22 remaining.
From there, UNC head coach Jenny Levy’s squad never looked back.
Four goals in a span of 5:10 helped the Tar Heels build their advantage to four, as Holman added her second score, while junior midfielders Maggie Bill and Marie McCool joined sophomore defender Caroline Wakefield to get involved in the action.
