The Eagle defenders began clearing the ball to midfield to its forwards, creating two-on-two and three-on-three breakaways for themselves on several occasions.
Guarino almost scored just minutes before her actual goal on a similar play.
"I think they felt they were the better team," B.C. Coach Alison Foley said. "But I feel that we had the first most dangerous chance [in the match]. After that, we knew we could play with them for the rest of the game."
Guarino collected a pass from sophomore teammate Rachel Parri at the 43:45 mark and ripped a blast that squirted through Gunther's hands and into the Crimson net to give the Eagles the decisive score.
"We were just trying to work around their system with a quick counter-attack, and I was just lucky that it went in," Guarino said.
This one goal cushion allowed Boston College to play a very conservative defensive strategy in the second half.
The Crimson was never able to penetrate through this firewall of defenders in the second half despite spending the majority of the 45 minutes in Eagle territory.
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