After the Hokies initially gained the lead, Boston College forward Alejandro Bedoya scored two consecutive goals in the second half to push the Eagles to victory.
More than 1,000 spectators were on hand to honor the team's seniors -- defender Taylor Walsh and midfielders Scott Dillie and Demanya Dogbey -- before the match. As for the game action, the Eagles out shot the Hokies 19-4 with Tech freshman goalkeeper Thomas St. Germain recording seven saves in the first 45 minutes of play, and nine total.
The teams remained scoreless until the 62nd minute when Dillie headed a ball off a cross from sophomore midfielder Clarke Bentley.
The Eagles recovered though, with Bedoya scoring off a free kick on the right side of the pitch in the 75th minute.
Almost 10 minutes later, Bedoya struck again to win the game for Boston College when he netted a ball that was received off a long pass from the midfield.
Bedoya finished the game with 11 shots, eight of which were on goal.
With the end of the regular season, Weiss and the Hokies turn their focus to the ACC Championship which begins Tuesday in Cary, N.C. against the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
-- by Ed Lupien
RECORDS APLENTY FOR SWIMMING AND DIVING
Three Hokies' records went down this weekend, as Tech swimming and diving swept its meet against Clemson at War Memorial Pool on Saturday. Both the men's and women's squads captured their second victories on the young season -- combining to win 21 events. Seniors Jordan McHorney, Megan Newell and Sara Smith along with junior Jessica Earl were victorious in the 200-meter medley relay with a time of 1:41.54. That broke the previous school record, set in the season's first meet.
Newell also won the 100- and 200-meter butterfly events. In the 100-meter fly, she managed to set a War Memorial Pool record with a time of 54.66. Newell clocked in with a mark of 2:02.88 in the 200-meter fly.
Smith, a senior, broke the pool record in the 200-meter individual medley, touching the wall in 2:03.45. To go along with a first-place effort in the 100-meter freestyle (50.36), Smith was runner-up in the 50-meter version of the same stroke (23.00).
Other winners on the women's swimming team included junior Sara Shapiro, who was crowned the 100-meter backstroke victor, as well as Kelly deMarrais, who was first to the wall in the 200-meter backstroke.
The men's swimming team also had its share of first-place finishers.
The 200-meter medley relay event was won by the quartet of senior Ian deToll, junior Jonathan Huss, sophomore Richard Ulatowski and freshman Charlie Higgins.
Individually, Higgins was first in the 100-meter back, while Huss registered a win in the 100-meter breaststroke.
In 20.68, Ulatowski claimed the top spot in the 50-meter freestyle. Junior Chip Hughes won the 200-meter freestyle event in 1:42.06.
Tech men swept the top three spots in three other events as well.
Sophomore Trey Stewart and freshmen Matt Baumler and Blake Trabuchi-Downey completed the top three in 200-meter butterfly.
The 100-meter freestyle was also dominated by the H2Okies. Trabuchi-Downey, junior Griffin Lutterbein and senior Ben Miller were part of this one-two-three finish for Tech.
Lastly, sophomore Carter Moore, Huss and freshman Nevin Cook were the top three in the 200-meter breaststroke race.
The diving squads also had their share of success on Saturday afternoon.
For the women, sophomore Sarah Milton won the 1-meter dive with a score of 281.10. She also claimed second in the 3-meter dive, behind freshman Cara Murnan.
It was the first victory of the season for Murnan, ending with a score of 304.88.
As for the men, junior Mikey McDonald finished on top in the 3-meter dive. He ended with a final score of 407.40.
The H2Okies return on Nov. 19-22 at the Volunteer Invitational, to be held in Knoxville, Tenn.
-- Brian Wright
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