2008 Banquet Celebration
On Friday evening, we honored the 2008 team and all its accomplishments at the Needham Sheraton in Needham, MA. We welcome back the Class of 2008, Shauna Culhane, Catharine Saylor & Courtney Zwirko, as well as the current team and virtually all of the parents! It was a great evening of dinner, honors, and looking toward the future.
Four annual team awards were also announced including: the Coaches' Award, the Baldwin Award, the Golden Eagle Award and the 2008 Scholar. The Coaches' Award was given to Jenna McCabe '09, the Baldwin Award was awarded to Catharine Saylor '08, the Golden Eagle Award was bestowed upon Lauren Fitzpatrick '09 & Jenna McCabe '09, and Emily Hannigan was named the 2008 Scholar.
We also took the opportunity to thank the Class of 2008 for their contributions to the program over the last four years. They graduate as the final class to compete in both the Big East Conference and the ACC, helping to guide BC into its conference transition and beat its first top-10 ranked opponent, North Carolina, last year! We are truly grateful to Shauna, Catharine, and Courtney for all they have done for Boston College Lacrosse!
UNH Tournament
After a day of rest on Saturday, and a great win by the BC Football Team over rival VA Tech, we headed up north to Durham, NH and took on the Wildcats of UNH, as well as the Minutemen of UMass. It was a cold start to the morning, but your Eagles came out ready to play. Sheila
Serafino '11 played in the goal for the first half and was an absolute wall! With the help of a stingent BC defense, and great teamwork on the draw controls, the Eagles headed into halftime ahead and with a shutout! The second half was a little less BC-like, but the team still maintained the same level of intensity and made some necessary adjustments and improvements. We reached 2 of our 3 goals for the game, which was crucial, and we headed into our game with UMass knowing what changes we needed to make. All-in-all it was a good start to the day! The scrimmage against UMass immediately followed, and once again, the Eagles came out ready to play. UMass is a tough and feisty team that played just that way all scrimmage long; however, we maintained our composure and took care of business. Smart p
lays were happening on both ends of the field from Peyton Killeen flip-passing balls to teammates for goals to Hannah Alley reading the defense well for a backdoor goal, to Kristin Igoe & Blair Clancy patiently riding an attacker all the way back to the 50 yard line on a double team...the team was focused and determined to leave their mark on the Minutemen! For the first time this fall, the Eagles put together two halves that we consistent and focused. It was a great stepping-stone as we head into our final week of fall practice and final tournament this coming weekend at Georgetown.
The Eagles all did an excellent job of executing on Sunday and achieveing the goals set forth by the senior class ahead of time. At the end of the day, all three goals were achieved and the 2009 team continues to make great strides in the right direction!
We are now in the final days of the fall season with only one practice remaining and a "Fun-Day-Thursday" where the Seniors take charge! Then, it is off to Georgetown to play Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and James Madison on Saturday, October 25th.
Thanks to all who celebrated with us on Friday evening and who cheered us on in NH on Sunday! See you in the Nation's Capital!
-Bowen
lays were happening on both ends of the field from Peyton Killeen flip-passing balls to teammates for goals to Hannah Alley reading the defense well for a backdoor goal, to Kristin Igoe & Blair Clancy patiently riding an attacker all the way back to the 50 yard line on a double team...the team was focused and determined to leave their mark on the Minutemen! For the first time this fall, the Eagles put together two halves that we consistent and focused. It was a great stepping-stone as we head into our final week of fall practice and final tournament this coming weekend at Georgetown.The Eagles all did an excellent job of executing on Sunday and achieveing the goals set forth by the senior class ahead of time. At the end of the day, all three goals were achieved and the 2009 team continues to make great strides in the right direction!
We are now in the final days of the fall season with only one practice remaining and a "Fun-Day-Thursday" where the Seniors take charge! Then, it is off to Georgetown to play Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and James Madison on Saturday, October 25th.
Thanks to all who celebrated with us on Friday evening and who cheered us on in NH on Sunday! See you in the Nation's Capital!
-Bowen
