Boston has another championship team.
The Boston College women's lacrosse team won its first national championship Sunday, beating Syracuse 16-10 in the title game in Towson, Maryland.
This was the fourth straight tournament that the Eagles had reached the national championship game, but they had fallen in the previous three in 2017, 2018 and 2019, losing twice to Maryland and once to James Madison. The 2020 tournament and much of the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Senior attacker Charlotte North led BC with six goals in the game and broke the NCAA single-season goals record in the process, finishing the season with 102 in 21 games.
This was BC's first NCAA national title in a sport other than men's hockey, where the Eagles have won five.
"I'm so proud of our whole program," said head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein. "All the girls, all the alums, all the people that got us here, the administration. It's just been such a whirlwind for the last few years. Every member of the BC lacrosse program won a championship today. Every one of their family members, everybody. We inched our way year after year, picked up the pieces, persisted, pivoted when we needed to, and now we're here."
