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FINAL SCORE: No. 6 Boston College 13, Vermont 10 | Box Score | CatamounTV Highlights
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Sixth-ranked Boston College held off Vermont for a 13-10 victory in a cold and windy non-conference women's lacrosse tilt Saturday afternoon at Virtue Field. Vermont suffered its first loss of the season, moving to 1-1 overall, while Boston College improved to 3-0 on the year.
 
Jessica Roach topped the Catamounts with four scores in the contest, and now has 99 goals in her Vermont career. Danielle Seifert added three goals and Vanessa VanderZalm chipped in with a goal and an assist. Sophomore Alison Bolt and Alex Bernier registered the other Catamount goals in the tilt.
 
Covie Stanwick paced Boston College with six points on four goals and a pair of assists, and Tess Chandler also registered four goals in the contest. Mikaela Rix and Caroline Margolis tallied two points (1 g, 1 ast) apiece.
 
Meg Hopkins posted an eight-save performance in her second consecutive start for UVM, while Zoe Ochoa made seven stops to earn the win for Boston College.
 
Roach and Seifert gave Vermont an early advantage with the first two scores of the contest, before the Eagles answered with three goals from three different scorers.
 
Midway through the first half, Bolt netted her first of the game to begin a run of three straight scores for the Catamounts. Bernier and Roach followed with a goal apiece as Vermont opened a 5-3 lead at the 11:56 mark.
 
Chandler and Kate Weeks responded with a goal each for the Eagles to tie the game up at 5-5 heading into halftime.
 
The Eagles tallied three of the opening four goals of the second half, including a pair from Chandler, to take an 8-6 lead with 25 minutes remaining. Seifert halted the Boston College run by registering back-to-back goals in a span of two minutes to even things back up at 8-8. 
 
With Boston College holding a 10-8 advantage, VanderZalm and Roach netted two of the game's next three goals to bring Vermont back within one score, 11-10.
 
Both defenses held strong in the ensuing nine-plus minutes of play, and with Vermont still trailing by one, the Catamounts pulled goalie Meg Hopkins for an extra defender. Chandler earned a free-position attempt with just over a minute remaining and scored on the empty net to put the Eagles ahead 12-10.
 
An insurance goal in the final minute gave the Eagles a three-goal advantage, which they held on to for the 13-10 win.
 
The Catamounts outshot the Eagles by a 28-22 margin in the contest.
 
Vermont is back in action on Wednesday (Feb. 25) for a matchup at Siena at 3 p.m. Live stats of the contest are available by clicking here.
 
NOTES: Neither team held more than a two-goal advantage in the contest until the final minute ... With one more goal this season, Jessica Roach would become the sixth Catamount to reach 100 career goals in program history … Head Coach Jen Johnson sits four wins shy of becoming the program's all-time winningest coach.