The University of Southern California is headed to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second straight season after scoring the final four goals of the game to beat No. 3 seed Florida 15-12 in a physical contest that featured 67 fouls and five yellow cards.

In a game that featured five ties and four lead changes, the Trojans came up big when it mattered most. Florida took its final lead of the game on a goal by Caroline Benitez with 7:07 remaining, but the Trojans answered just a minute later to tie the game 12-12 on Drew Jackson’s goal. Jackson scored an extra-man goal with 4:22 to play to give USC a lead and Gabby McMahon wrapped up the victory with two late goals.

Cynthia Del Core led the Trojans with four goals and scored the game-tying goals at 10-10 and 11-11 in the second half after Florida had taken leads. Kerrigan Miller added three goals, and buried both of her free position shots, helping USC convert on 5-of-6 free position shots.

Gussie Johns, a member of the U.S. national team, was a major factor in the game, making 14 saves to help USC overcome a 34-24 advantage for Florida in shots.

Sammi Burgess led Florida (17-3) with a goal and four assists, and Mollie Stevens, Allie Pavinelli and Carli Marsh all had two goals.

USC advances to play Boston College, which avenged an early-season loss and routed No. 6 seed Syracuse 21-10. It was just the third win ever for BC (15-6) over the Orange and the first in the postseason (ACC or NCAA).

Five different Eagles registered hat tricks with Kayla O’Connor netting three goals and three assists in the first half to stake BC to a 12-7 lead. O’Connor finished with a career-high seven points (3g, 4a) and Sam Apuzzo (5g, 2a) matched her point total. Kate Weeks (4g, 2a) and Kenzie Kent (3g, 3a) each had six-points afternoons

Zoe Ochoa (5) and Lauren Daly (8) split halves and combined for 13 saves for the Eagles. Devon Parker led Syracuse (15-7) with four points (2g, 2a) and Nicole Levy and Alie Jimerson each had two goals.

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No. 8 seed Stony Brook turned to the Ohlmiller sisters, as they have done often this season, to pull away from Northwestern 13-9 to earn the school’s first trip to the NCAA quarterfinal round. It’s a remarkable accomplishment for a team that lost 100-goal scorer Courtney Murphy to injury earlier this season.

“This is big. I think this puts our program at a different level,” said Stony Brook coach Joe Spallina. “Now it’s about going in as the eight seed, like we’ve been given, and go play the No. 1 seed in their place, in their barn, and for us to go out and take care of business.”

Stony Brook fell behind 5-3 early in the game, and trailed 7-6 early in the second half before getting on track. Kylie Ohlmiller scored her 75^th goal of the season just 29 seconds after Northwestern had taken it final lead to tie the game 7-7 and less than a minute later fed Samantha DiSalvo for a goal that gave Stony Brook a lead it would not relinquish.

Ohlmiller finished with two goals and four assists to run her NCAA-record single season points total to 157. Her sister, Taryn, had three goals and assist. At least one of Ohlmillers was involved in nine of Stony Brook’s 13 goals.

Danita Stroup had three goals for Northwestern and Megan Kinna had five assists for the Wildcats who finished the season 11-10 after playing most of the year without the injured Selena Lasota.

Stony Brook (20-1) will carry a 15-game winning streak into next weekend’s game at Maryland.

No. 1 seed Maryland scored four goals in the first eight minutes of the game and the first seven goals of the game on its way to a 21-6 victory over High Point. The 20-0 Terps were led by Megan Whittle with five goals, and also got four goals from Kacie Longo and three goals and two assists from Zoe Stukenberg. High Point, which finished 16-4 after losing its first three games of the season, was led by Erica Perrotta’s three points (2g, 1a).

Beating someone three times in one season is never an easy task, and Princeton had to withstand a Cornell comeback, torrential rain and a lightning delay to beat its Ivy League rival for the third time in 2017. The No. 5 seeded Tigers won 11-9 to improve to 15-3 for the season. Princeton has won its last five games, with three of those wins coming against Cornell.

Princeton scored five straight goals in the first half to take a 5-2 lead, and led 9-6 midway through the second half, but Cornell scored back-to-back goals just 1:03 apart to tie the game 9-9 on Ida Farinholt’s goal with 4:27 remaining in regulation.

Olivia Hompe won the ensuing draw for Princeton and threw a long pass to Elizabeth George who buried the go-ahead goal just 23 seconds later as rain began to fall. As the skies opened up with heavier rain, Ellie DeGarmo made a save that led to another George goal, putting the Tigers up 11-9 with 2:08 to play. Shortly after the next draw, the game was stopped for lightning.

Goal! George from Hallett and it's 11-9 Princeton with 2:08 to play. pic.twitter.com/7gRXQcV6nU

— Princeton WLAX (@princetonwlax) May 14, 2017

Thirty minutes later the teams returned to sunny skies, but DeGarmo made two saves down the stretch to send Princeton into the semifinals.

George led Princeton with four goals and DeGarmo made 15 saves. Cornell (13-6) was led by Farinholt with three goals.

Princeton will face Penn State next weekend after the Nittany Lions survived a comeback attempt in a 19-14 win over James Madison. The Nittany Lions (16-3) are headed to the NCAA quarterfinals for the third straight season and will be attempting to reach the semifinals for the second straight year.

Penn State was flat out dominant in the first 15 minutes, moving out to an 8-1 lead, but JMU (13-7) scored three goals in the final 4:09 of the first half to pull within 9-6 at the break. The Dukes carried the run into the second half, scoring three more in a row to tie the game 9-9.

The Nittany Lions responded with five straight goals, but JMU wasn’t going anywhere. The Dukes kept battling back, and trailed by just two goals, 16-14, with 7:42 remaining. Penn State finally put it away, scoring three goals in the final five minutes.

Madison Carter led Penn State with eight points on six goals and two assists and she also pulled in 12 draw controls. Katie O’Donnell had four goals for PSU. Kristen Gaudian led JMU with four goals.

Defending national champion North Carolina jumped out to a 6-1 lead on its ACC rival Virginia and cruised to a 23-12 victory. It was a season-high in goals for the Tar Heels (17-2), surpassing the 21 goals it scored in a win over the Cavaliers on March 11.

Carly Reed had six goals and Marie McCool added five goals and two assists to lead the onslaught. Besser Dyson led Virginia (12-9) with three goals. The Tar Heels will meet Navy in the quarterfinals. Navy dominated Massachusetts 23-11 on Sunday.

NCAA Division I Second Round Scores

No. 1 Maryland 21, High Point 6
No. 2 North Carolina 23, Virginia 12
USC 15, No. 3 Florida 12
No. 4 Penn State 19, James Madison 14
No. 5 Princeton 11, Cornell 9
Boston College 21, No. 6 Syracuse 10
No. 8 Stony Brook 13, Northwestern 9
Navy 23, Massachusetts 11