FINAL SCORE: (1) Boston College 4, (5) Vermont 3 (2OT)
BOSTON – Boston College's Andie Anastos ended the longest Hockey East semifinal game in league history with a goal 3:03 into the second overtime session as the Eagles defeated Vermont 4-3 at Walter Brown Arena on the campus of Boston University.
 
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The Eagles opened the scoring on the power play 6:12 into the opening frame. Hockey East Player of the Year Megan Keller passed from the point down low to Anastos, who one-timed a pass through the slot to Kenzie Kent. Kent one-timed the pass from Anastos for her eighth goal of the season past Vermont's Madison Litchfield.
 
Boston College established a two-goal cushion 2:03 into the second period on a broken play. Caitrin Lonergan attempted a pass into the slot that was blocked by a Vermont defender, but the puck came right back to Lonergan and she was able to shuffle a soft backhand in the net for her 15^th goal of the season.
 
The Catamounts got one back on their own power play midway through the middle frame. Vermont cycled the puck around the point to Taylor Willard. Willard fired a high wrist shot towards the net, with traffic in front Boston College's Katie Burt didn't see it and it went straight in for Willard's fourth goal of the year. Ève-Audrey Picard and Sammy Kolowrat earned assists on the tally, which came at the 8:28 mark of the second.
 
Less than two minutes later the Eagles struck again to regain their two-goal lead. Serena Sommerfield retrieved a puck in the neutral zone and fed Makenna Newkirk as she cut into the Vermont zone. Newkirk was kept to the outside by a Vermont defender but she fired a wicked wrist shot past Litchfied for her 14^th goal of the year.
 
With 3:42 left in the second period the Catamounts cut the lead back to one with another power play tally. Again the play originated with Willard at the point, she fired a hard low wrist shot that Burt stopped with her blocker. The rebound fell to Ali O'Leary who backhanded it in for her first career collegiate goal.
 
6:40 into the third period the Catamounts equalized with another power play tally. Amanda Drobot took a feed from Daria O'Neill and fired a shot towards the net from the point. With a lot of traffic in front the puck caromed in off Alyssa Gorecki for the game-tying goal.
 
Both teams had chances to win the game in regulation, but after 60 minutes the teams were knotted at three apiece. It was the first Hockey East semifinal to require overtime since 2011.
 
In the first overtime period the Eagles controlled the play outshooting Vermont 17-4. Litchfield, who was announced as a Hockey East Second Team All-Star last night, was fantastic and stopped everything she faced.
 
Early in the second overtime the Eagles clinched their third consecutive title game appearance off a broken play in front of the Vermont net. Kent fired a wrist shot towards the goal and Anastos stopped the puck, turned and beat Litchfield with a quick backhander.
 
"I'm so incredibly proud of this group," said head coach Jim Plumer. "We saved our best for last. It was a heartbreaking way to end the season but we can hold our heads high knowing we left it all out there on the ice. Congrats to our seven seniors for the tremendous contribution they made to our program."
 
Vermont's senior class of Rachael Ade, Victoria Andreakos, Bridget Baker, Cassidy Campeau, Sarah Kelly, Casey Leveillee, and Madison Litchfield played their final game in the green and gold this afternoon. The senior class holds the program record with 57 wins, including all four postseason wins in Division I program history.