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April 22, 2007
The Virginia Cavaliers held Boston College scoreless for 29 minutes in the middle of the contest to pull away from a 3-3 tie and open up an 11-3 lead before defeating the Eagles 13-6 in Newton, Mass. Blair Weymouth led the offensive charge for the No. 7 Cavaliers (13-3, 3-2 ACC) with four goals and two assists, including three goals and an assist in that 8-0 run. Jessy Morgan had four caused turnovers and Jess Wasilewski had six ground balls to lead the Cavaliers defensively. BC (5-9, 1-4 ACC) was led by Katie Monaghan’s 11 saves.
The Virginia defense started the scoring for the Cavaliers as Morgan caused a turnover and Brittany Kalkstein scooped up the loose ball in the arc. After Virginia settled the offense, Weymouth drove in from the top and scored at 23:27, putting UVa up 1-0. A Wasilewski pickup of a loose ball in the defensive arc started a clear that saw Megan Havrilla take the ball in from the left after the Cavaliers set their offense, scoring to put the `Hoos up 2-0. The Eagles tied the game with a pair of strikes from Elizabeth Kadison and Lauren Costello in a span of 73 seconds.
Another Wasilewski ground ball made its way to Duff in the transition, and the first-year took the ball into the offensive zone where her shot went wide, but Ashley McCulloch scooped it right up and dumped it to Kate Breslin, who scored to put the Cavaliers back on top two minutes after the Eagles equalized. Costello’s second goal off an 8-meter one minute after Breslin’s goal tied the game up at 3-3.
A draw control by Katie Shannon started the Virginia run that spanned both halves. Virginia took the ball into the offensive zone where Breslin rolled the crease to put the Hoos ahead for good. Claire Bordley caused a turnover and picked up the ground ball and started a clear; at the other end of the field Kalkstein eluded her defender and accepted a pass from Weymouth as she cut to the goal, scoring two minutes after Breslin to open up a two-goal lead. Wasilewski again got control of a dropped pass in the Virginia defensive arc to start a clear, and at the other end she was able to quickstick a goal off a pass from Duff to give UVa a 6-3 lead at halftime.
A McBrearty save to start the second half led to Kalkstein’s second goal as Virginia cleared the ball and in the transition Havrilla fed Kalkstein, who rocketed a shot to the upper 90 for the Cavaliers’ seventh goal of the game, which came 1:20 into the second half. A Morgan caused turnover and ground ball in the Virginia arc started a UVa possession, and in the Hoos’ offensive arc the Cavaliers drew a shooting space foul. Weymouth converted the shot for an 8-3 lead. Wasilewski intercepted a pass on an attempted clear and fed the ball back to Weymouth, who went in alone for the goal less than two minutes after her previous strike.
Again it was Wasilewski who started the next scoring play, knocking down a pass that was collected by Alice Hughey. Virginia cleared the ball and set the offense; the ball was knocked down but an alert Breslin scooped up the ball and dumped it to Weymouth, who scored her third goal in a span of four minutes to open up a 10-3 lead.
A Boston College foul gave the ball to the Cavaliers in their arc and Virginia cleared the ball to the other end where Marye Kellerman dumped the ball into Kaitlin Swagart, who scored at 16:01 to continue the streak. Boston College stopped the run with an 8-meter goal by Rachel Tinquist at 12:09 left to play.
Shannon again won the ensuing draw and got the ball to Weymouth, who fed Swagart, who scored 53 seconds after Tinquist to answer for the Cavaliers. Sarah Hackman won the draw for the Cavaliers, who then possessed the ball in their offensive zone for the next nine minutes. Virginia tacked on its final goal as Wasilewski fed a cutting Megan O’Malley at 1:55 for UVa’s 13th goal. BC won the draw and the teams exchanged possessions briefly before Kadison scored off an assist from Costello with under a minute to play for the final score of 13-6.
Virginia (3-2 ACC) and Boston College (1-4 ACC) will both travel to Chapel Hill to compete in the ACC Tournament next week. Final pairings of the tournament will be announced by the conference office after Maryland (3-1 ACC) plays Virginia Tech (0-4 ACC) on Sunday; Duke (4-1 ACC) defeated UNC (3-2 ACC) on Friday night. Quarterfinal action on Thursday will pit the No. 3 seed against the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed against the No. 5 seed.
Linescore 1 2 F (records)Virginia 6 7 13 (13-4, 3-2 ACC)Boston Coll. 3 3 6 (5-9, 1-4 ACC)
Scoring summary:23:37 V Weymouth (—) 1-016:22 V Havrilla (—) 2-015:49 B Kadison (—) 2-114:36 B Costello (—) 2-212:11 V Breslin (McCulloch) 3-211:21 B Costello (8m) 3-310:20 V Breslin (—) 4-38:19 V Kalkstein (Weymouth) 5-34:25 V Wasilewski (Duff) 6-328:40 V Kalkstein (Havrilla) 7-326:29 V Weymouth (8m) 8-324:49 V Weymouth (Wasilewski) 9-322:03 V Weymouth (—) 10-316:01 V Swagart (Kellerman) 11-312:09 B Tinquist (8m) 11-411:16 V Swagart (Weymouth) 12-46:15 B Spatola (8m) 12-51:55 V O’Malley (Wasilewski) 13-50:56 B Kadison (Costello) 13-6
Scoring: VA: Weymouth 4-2=6, Wasilewski 1-2=3; Kalkstein 2-0=2; Breslin 2-0=2; Swagart 2-0=2; Havrilla 1-1=2; O’Malley 1-0=1; Duff 0-1=1; McCulloch 0-1=1; Kellerman 0-1=1
BC: Costello 2-1=3; Kadison 2-0=2; Spatola 1-0=1; Tinquist 1-0=1
Keepers: VA McBrearty (57 mins, 7 saves, 5 GA); Hairfield (3 mins, 1 save, 1 GA) BC: Monaghan (60 mins, 11 saves, 13 GA)
Draws: VA 10, BC 11Total shots: VA 34, BC 19Field shots: VA 27, BC 15Ground balls: VA 22, BC 16Caused turnovers: VA 13, BC 9Turnovers: VA 15, BC 228-meter attempts: VA 9, BC 58-meter shots: VA 7, BC 4Clearing: VA 14/20; BC 12/14Fouls: VA 17, BC 28