Eagles To Play Princeton on Saturday in NCAA Tourney
November 13, 2015 | Women's Soccer
Eagles-Tigers to play at 7 p.m.
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Boston College at Princeton
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015
7 p.m.
Live Stream
The Boston College women's soccer team will travel to New Jersey to play at Princeton on Saturday night in a first round game of 2015 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament. The Eagles (11-6-2, 5-3-2 ACC) and Princeton (13-3-1, 6-0-1) both received votes in this week's NSCAA poll. The Eagles RPI was at 38, while the Tigers is at 31.
This is the 18th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the women's soccer program. Boston College has been to nine Sweet 16's, three Elite Eight's and of course the 2010 College Cup.
BC placed seventh in the ACC and went 2-1-1 in the final four games. Three of those games went into overtime with junior McKenzie Meehan scoring two game-winning goals and one game-tying goal. In the 2-2 overtime tie against then No. 3 ranked Florida State, BC became the only ACC team to score two goals against the Seminoles in the regular season.
BC is led by two of the most dynamic scorers in the country – McKenzie Meehan and Hayley Dowd. Meehan is in the midst of a record-breaking season with 16 goals, three assists for 35 points. She is no the all-time leading scorer in program history with 45 goals and second in points scored with 95 career points. A native of Rhode Island, Meehan is also one goal from tying the game-winning goal record of 16, currently held by Brooke Knowlton '10. An All-ACC first team selection, Meehan is currently sixth in the country in goals scored and 15 the in points scored.
Dowd, an All-ACC second team selection, is just as dangerous. The junior from Peabody has 12 goals and two assists for 26 points. She is third in the ACC in goals scored (12) and fifth in points (26). in the ACC. Dowd has scored four game-winning goals and is now ninth in the program in goals scored with 26.
The Eagles currently start five first-year players – goalkeeper Alexis Bryant, midfielders Gaby Carreiro, Lauren Berman, Amber Stearns and Shea Newman. Bryant, who has started every ACC match, is the starting keeper and has a GAA of 1.62 with a 6-5-2 record. Carreiro, Berman, Stearns and Newman make up the Eagles midfield. Careirro has two goals and a team-high five assists, while Berman has two goals and four assists. Newman has four assists.
The defense is buoyed by sophomore Allyson Swaby. She missed a few games with an injury but returned for the run at the end of the season. Madison Meehan, a senior, is the lone defender to have started every game this season. Senior Coco Woeltz and sophomore Madison Kenny are the two outside backs.
Princeton won an automatic bid having won the Ivy League Championship.
This will be the fourth time Boston College and Princeton have met. The Tigers lead the overall series, 2-1.
The two teams first played in the 1983 NCAA Tournament as BC won, 2-0. In 2002, BC lost to Princeton, 1-0, during the regular season. In 2004 the Eagles fell to the Tigers, 2-0 in the NCAA Tournament.
BC and Princeton had two common opponents – Harvard and Columbia. The Eagles defeated Harvard, 2-1 on Sept. 2 and Columbia, 2-0, on Sept. 4. The Tigers defeated Harvard, 2-1, on October 24 and Columbia, 3-1, on October 17.
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Boston College at Princeton
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015
7 p.m.
Live Stream
The Boston College women's soccer team will travel to New Jersey to play at Princeton on Saturday night in a first round game of 2015 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament. The Eagles (11-6-2, 5-3-2 ACC) and Princeton (13-3-1, 6-0-1) both received votes in this week's NSCAA poll. The Eagles RPI was at 38, while the Tigers is at 31.
This is the 18th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the women's soccer program. Boston College has been to nine Sweet 16's, three Elite Eight's and of course the 2010 College Cup.
BC placed seventh in the ACC and went 2-1-1 in the final four games. Three of those games went into overtime with junior McKenzie Meehan scoring two game-winning goals and one game-tying goal. In the 2-2 overtime tie against then No. 3 ranked Florida State, BC became the only ACC team to score two goals against the Seminoles in the regular season.
BC is led by two of the most dynamic scorers in the country – McKenzie Meehan and Hayley Dowd. Meehan is in the midst of a record-breaking season with 16 goals, three assists for 35 points. She is no the all-time leading scorer in program history with 45 goals and second in points scored with 95 career points. A native of Rhode Island, Meehan is also one goal from tying the game-winning goal record of 16, currently held by Brooke Knowlton '10. An All-ACC first team selection, Meehan is currently sixth in the country in goals scored and 15 the in points scored.
Dowd, an All-ACC second team selection, is just as dangerous. The junior from Peabody has 12 goals and two assists for 26 points. She is third in the ACC in goals scored (12) and fifth in points (26). in the ACC. Dowd has scored four game-winning goals and is now ninth in the program in goals scored with 26.
The Eagles currently start five first-year players – goalkeeper Alexis Bryant, midfielders Gaby Carreiro, Lauren Berman, Amber Stearns and Shea Newman. Bryant, who has started every ACC match, is the starting keeper and has a GAA of 1.62 with a 6-5-2 record. Carreiro, Berman, Stearns and Newman make up the Eagles midfield. Careirro has two goals and a team-high five assists, while Berman has two goals and four assists. Newman has four assists.
The defense is buoyed by sophomore Allyson Swaby. She missed a few games with an injury but returned for the run at the end of the season. Madison Meehan, a senior, is the lone defender to have started every game this season. Senior Coco Woeltz and sophomore Madison Kenny are the two outside backs.
Princeton won an automatic bid having won the Ivy League Championship.
This will be the fourth time Boston College and Princeton have met. The Tigers lead the overall series, 2-1.
The two teams first played in the 1983 NCAA Tournament as BC won, 2-0. In 2002, BC lost to Princeton, 1-0, during the regular season. In 2004 the Eagles fell to the Tigers, 2-0 in the NCAA Tournament.
BC and Princeton had two common opponents – Harvard and Columbia. The Eagles defeated Harvard, 2-1 on Sept. 2 and Columbia, 2-0, on Sept. 4. The Tigers defeated Harvard, 2-1, on October 24 and Columbia, 3-1, on October 17.
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