Women's Soccer Season in Review

April 8, 1999

Game 1 -   # 5  UConn   1      September 2, 1998 -
                               Bowditch Field
       Boston College   0

(0-1, 0-1) UConn senior Margaret Tietjen scored the game's lone goal at 8:31 to lead the Huskies to a 1-0 victory in the season-opener for both teams. Courtney Schaeffer made seven saves for the Eagles.

Game 2 -   Arizona State    0     September 7, 1998 -
                                  Bowditch Field   
           Boston College   3

(1-1, 0-1) After a scoreless first half, the Eagles got their first goal of the season when freshman Morgan Page broke free behind the defense and powered the ball into the net. Page tallied the next two goals to record her first hat trick in her second collegiate game. Schaeffer made five saves to record her first shutout of the year.

Game 3 -   #22 James Madison  3      September 11, 1998 - Natick
                                     High School
             Boston College   2

(1-2, 0-1) The Eagles lost a heartbreaker when JMU's Aimee Grahe scored the game-winning goal with 59 seconds remaining. The Eagles led 1-0 and 2-1 but could not hold the lead as the Dukes scored two goals in the final seven minutes. Morgan Page scored her fourth goal in two games and Mary Guarino tallied her first goal of the season. Guarino also assisted on Page's goal.

Game 4 -  Seton Hall       0 (OT)   September 13, 1998 - Bowditch
                                    Field   
          Boston College   0

(1-2-1, 0-1-1) Courtney Schaeffer made the play of the game when she stoned a Seton Hall player from three yards with just 50 seconds remaining. Schaeffer made three saves to record her second shutout of the season, ninth of her career. The Eagles possessed the ball most of the game and outshot the Pirates 25-12.

Game 5 -  Boston College    4 (OT) September 16, 1998 - New Britain,
                                   Conn.   
         Central Conn.      3

(2-2-1, 0-1-1) Freshman Morgan Page scored two goals, including the gamewinner in overtime, to lead the Eagles to victory in their first road contest of the season. It was Page's fifth and sixth tallies of 1998. Junior Janice Collein gave BC a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute but Central Connecticut evened the score 11 minutes later. The game remained tied until the Lady Blue Devil's Jane McFarlane gave her team a 2-1 advantage.. Page netted her first goal five minutes later to tie the game. Junior Mary Guarino put the Eagles back in front with a penalty kick at 61:11. Central Connecticut tied the match at 3-3 and sent the game into overtime. Two minutes into the extra frame, Page won the game.

Game 6 -   Syracuse      0   September 18, 1998 -
                             Shea Field   
     Boston College      1

(3-2-1, 1-1-1) BC evened its BIG EAST record with a 1-0 victory over Syracuse. Junior Mary Guarino tallied her third goal of the season on a header that sailed over the Orangewomen's goalkeeper in the third minute. Guarnio's header came off a perfect cross from senior Kiera McKeon. Courtney Schaeffer made two saves to record her second consecutive BIG EAST shutout, her third shutout of the season.

Game 7 -   St. John's   0   September 20, 1998 - Natick High
                            School   
    Boston College      3

(4-2-1, 2-1-1) The Eagles increased their winning streak to three games with a 3-0 victory over winless St. John's. Sophomore Sarah Powell, playing on her high school field, began the scoring at 13:37 by heading in a cross from Meghan Moore. Junior Mary Guarino gave BC a two-goal advantage at 33:03. It was Guarino's third goal in the last three games, fourth in the last five contests. Morgan Page added an unassisted goal with less than five minutes remaining. BC outshot the Red Storm, 23-9. Courtney Schaeffer made five saves for her third consecutive BIG EAST shutout.

Game 8 -   Boston College   0   September 24, 1998 - Boston,
                                Mass.   
              #24 Harvard   2

(4-3-1, 2-1-1) Cross-town foe Harvard snapped BC's three-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory. Harvard's Naomi Miller and Gina Foster each tallied goals for the Crimson. Courtney Schaeffer made nine saves against the potent Harvard offense.

Game 9 -  Boston College  4  September 27, 1998 - Providence, R.I.   
          Providence      0

(5-3-1, 3-1-1) Freshman Morgan Page tallied the first two Eagle goals en route to a seven point performance. She added an assist on BC's third goal, scored by junior Mary Guarino. Junior Kristine Klagges capped the game's scoring in the 77th minute to finalize the score, 4-0. The Eagles outshot the Friars, 25-7. Courtney Schaeffer made five saves. It was her fourth consecutive BIG EAST shutout and the fifth shutout of the season. Schaeffer had not allowed a goal in a BIG EAST match in 481 minutes.

Game 10 -  Northeastern   0   September 29, 1998 - Bowditch
                              Field   
        Boston College    6

(6-3-1, 3-1-1) For the second time in a week the Eagles faced an out-of-conference, city-rival. BC routed Northeastern 6-0, outshooting the Huskies 21-5. Freshman Morgan Page notched her second collegiate hat trick and added an assist on Meghan Moore's game-winning tally. Junior Kristine Klagges and sophomore Gravity Goldberg also tallied goals. Courtney Schaeffer made two saves.

Game 11 -   Boston College  1 October 2, 1998 - Pittsburgh, Penn.   
            Pittsburgh      0

(7-3-1, 4-1-1) BC won its fourth consecutive BIG EAST game on a Meghan Moore goal with 23 seconds remaining in regulation. Moore's second goal of the season came off an assist from junior Janice Collein. The Eagles registered 14 shots to the Panthers 6. Courtney Schaeffer was only forced to make one save in her fifth consecutive BIG EAST shutout.

Game 12 - Boston College 0 (OT)October 4, 1998 - Morgantown, W.V.

West Virginia 0

(7-3-2, 4-1-2) The Eagles outshot the Mountaineers 27-18 but could not penetrate the goal in 120 minutes of BIG EAST action. Courtney Schaeffer made eight saves to preserve her sixth consecutive BIG EAST shutout, her third shutout of the week. After this game, she had not allowed a conference goal in 681 minutes. It was the second scoreless tie of the season for BC (Seton Hall).

Game 13 -  #2 Notre Dame     3  October 9, 1998 - Natick High School   
           Boston College    1

(7-4-2, 4-2-2) BC scored on every shot it took...unfortunately they managed only one shot against second-ranked Notre Dame. After a scoreless first half, Notre Dame's Monica Geraldo took command of the game. She scored the game's first goal in the 54th minute and gave the Irish a 2-0 lead 12 minutes later. Meghan Moore brought the Eagles within one goal in the 86th minute. Notre Dame's Jenny Streifer ended any hope of a BC comeback with her goal 62 seconds later. Courtney Schaeffer made 12 saves.

Game 14 -Loyola (Chi.)    1   October 10, 1998 - Natick High
                              School   
         Boston College   4

(8-4-2, 4-2-2) BC resumed its winning ways with a 4-1 victory over Loyola (Chi.). Junior Mary Guarino tallied one goal and two assists and classmate Janice Collein added two assists. The Eagles led 3-0 at halftime and stretched their lead to four goals when senior Megan Burns scored her first goal of the season. Brandy Manza and Rachael Klemanski also scored for BC. Courtney Schaeffer made two saves in her 59 minutes in goal. Senior Alice Lehne saw her first action of the season, making four saves in 31 minutes.

Game 15 -  Boston College    1   October 16, 1998 - Villanova,
                                 Penn.   
           Villanova         2

(8-5-2, 4-3-2) Villanova's Sarah Rowland scored two goals to lead the Pirates over Boston College, 2-1. Freshman Morgan Page tallied her 13th goal of the season to tie the game with 10 minutes remaining, but Rowland struck for her second goal in the 89th minute. Courtney Schaeffer made 7 saves.

Game 16 -   Boston College   1   October 18, 1998 - Piscataway,
                                 N.J.   
            Rutgers          1

(8-5-3, 4-3-3) BC took a 1-0 advantage in the 60th minute with freshman Meghan Moore's fourth career goal but could not hold the lead. Rutgers' Shannon Gleason scored 10 minutes later to knot the game at 1-1, where it would finish. The Eagles fired five shots in the overtime sessions but could not muster the final goal. Courtney Schaeffer made four saves for BC.

Game 17 -   New Hampshire    2  October 21, 1998 - Bowditch
                                Field   
            Boston College   3

(9-5-3, 4-3-3) Sophomore Jillian Livolsi thwarted a New Hampshire comeback with her goal at 66:50 to give the Eagles a 3-2 victory over New Hampshire. BC dominated the early part of the game, outshooting the Widlcats 8-2 in the first half. Two of those shots found the back of the net. Freshman Morgan Page put BC ahead with her 14th goal of the season in the eighth minute. Junior Brandy Manza increased the lead to 2-0 with her tally at 31:38. Sophomore Rachael Klemanski notched two assists, including one on Livolsi's gamewinner.

Game 18 -  Boston College  3   October 25, 1998 - Washington,
                               D.C.
           Georgetown     0

(10-5-3, 5-3-3) Junior Brandy Manza tallied two second-half goals to lead the Eagles to a 3-0 victory in their final BIG EAST match of the season. Sophomore Katie Murphy began the scoring with her first career goal off an assist from Mary Guarino. Guarino also assisted on Manza's first goal. Sophomore Courtney Schaeffer made six saves to record her ninth shutout of the season, the seventh in 11 BIG EAST matches.

Game 19 -   Boston College   3 (OT) October 28, 1998 - Providence,
                                    R.I.   
            Brown            2

(11-5-3, 5-3-3) The Eagles traveled to Providence to battle Brown University in their final regular season game. Brown's Emily Dreblow gave the Bears an early lead when she converted a penalty kick opportunity at the 9:34 mark. The Eagles fell behind 2-0 before sophomore Sarah Powell scored BC's first goal two minutes after halftime. Junior Janice Collein netted the equalizer with less than 10 minutes to play in regulation. The Eagles struck again 12 minutes into overtime when freshman Morgan Page ended the game with her blast from 12 yards. Courntey Schaeffer made four saves in her 11th victory of the fall. BC outshot Brown, 24-13.

Game 20 -   Boston College 2   November 3, 1998 - South Orange, N.J.   
            Seton Hall     1   BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal

(12-5-3, 5-3-3) BC returned to the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time since 1994. The Eagles were the #5 seed and traveled to South Orange, N.J. to face the #4 seed Seton Hall. The Pirates took an early lead when Kelly Smith netted her 23rd goal of the season at the 8:01 mark. Seton Hall held on to a 1-0 lead until the the 70 minute mark when Mary Guarino scored off a Morgan Page assist. Page continued her strong play with a blast from 18 yards out to give BC a 2-1 lead. Courtney Schaeffer made seven saves and the defense held on to seal the win.

Game 21 - Connecticut      2   November 6, 1998 - Storrs, Conn.
          Boston College   0   BIG EAST Tournament Semifinal

(12-6-3, 5-3-3) UConn's Jana Carabino came off the bench to score two second-half goals that led to a 2-0 win over BC in the BIG EAST Tournament's semifinal-round. The Eagles and the Huskies were scoreless for 75 minutes before Carabino's header found its way past BC goalkeeper Courtney Schaeffer. Three minutes later, Carabino tallied the insurance goal to finish the Eagles. Schaeffer finished the game with five saves.

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