The University of Louisville women's lacrosse team fell 19-10 to No. 3 Boston College on Saturday afternoon at the UofL Lacrosse Stadium. Julie Wood and Tessa Chad led the Cardinals (6-4, 0-3) with three goals apiece while Kaileen Hart and Tess Chandler led Boston College (10-0, 2-0) with four goals each. "I thought for 45 minutes we hung with one of the nation's best," said head coach Scott Teeter. "We were able to run our systems and I thought our defense was on. Lexi Ball had an outstanding performance but then give BC credit they just kept on pushing and kept on pushing. We had some adversity today. We have to learn from this because the schedule doesn't get any easier." Boston College jumped out an early 2-0 lead to start the game. The Cardinals' Caroline Blalock picked up a ground ball on the Boston College side of the field, took the ball down the field and found Madison Hoover in front of the net for the first Louisville goal with 18:50 remaining in the first half to cut the Boston College lead to 2-1. Blalock scored with 10:53 remaining in the first half to knot the score at 2-2. A minute later the Golden Eagles scored on a free position to take a 3-2 lead. Hoover scored her second goal of the game with 7:06 left in the first half to tie the game at 3-3. The Cardinals took a 4-3 lead with 1:42 left in the first half Hoover found Chad for the go-ahead goal. Then with five seconds remaining in the half, Hoover found Wood who scored and put the Cards up 5-3 to end the first half. Louisville finished the first half with a 16-14 shot advantage and an 11-6 ground ball advantage. Lexi Ball finished the half with six saves while Boston College's Lauren Daly finished with eight. The Golden Eagles came out and went on a 4-0 run to start the second half and take a 7-5 lead with 19:09 left in the second half. Louisville cut the lead to one in the 18th minute with a goal from Wood. The Golden Eagles responded with a 2-0 run to take a 9-6 lead with 16 minutes remaining. Wood scored her third goal of the game with 15:20 remaining to cut the lead to 9-7. Then Chad scored on a free position goal to get the Cardinals within one with 12:43 left to play. The Golden Eagles extended the lead to 17-8 after an 8-0 run in a nine minute span. Chad scored off an assist from Hoover to end the Boston College run to cut the lead to 17-9 with just over three minutes remaining. The Golden Eagles scored on a free position shot to go up 18-9 with 2:51. Louisville answered with a goal from Emily Howell to cut the lead to 18-10 with 1:47 left to play. Then Boston College scored with 28 seconds left to play to go up 19-10. Boston College finished the game with a 38-26 shot advantage and a 21-9 advantage at the draw. Both teams finished with 11 saves while Louisville held an 18-14 advantage in ground balls. Louisville will be back in action on March 24 as the travel to Robert Morris.