BALTIMORE — The energy of youth had been an advantage for the Maryland women’s lacrosse team for much of the spring. The inexperience of that youth might have caught up to it.
The Terps committed a series of turnovers while trying to protect a three-goal lead with 7:13 left in the fourth quarter, and reigning national champion Boston College scored the final four goals to escape with a 17-16 win in an NCAA Tournament semifinal before an announced 7,694 at Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Field in Baltimore.
Graduate student attacker Charlotte North, the 2021 Tewaaraton Award winner, scored two of her game-high six goals to fuel a comeback for the No. 3 seed Eagles (19-3) that tied the score at 16 with 3:06 remaining. Then redshirt junior midfielder Cassidy Weeks cemented the victory by dunking a pass from senior attacker Caitlynn Mossman with 18.8 seconds left.
