Boston College Athletics
No. 24 Women's Soccer Stuns No. 12 Virginia
October 20, 2006 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 20, 2006
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No. 24 Boston College started the weekend off right as the Eagles defeated No. 12 Virginia, 1-0, in an important ACC match-up tonight. The Eagles are now 10-5-1 and 4-3-1 in the ACC, while the Cavaliers are now 9-5-2 and 4-3-1 in the ACC. The win puts the Eagles in a three-way tie for third place in the ACC with Virginia and Clemson. BC has the edge with victories over both teams.
The Eagles play Virginia Tech next on Sunday, Oct. 22 in Blacksburg, VA (1 p.m.). Boston College will end the regular season at home on Friday, October 27 at 7 p.m. vs. Maryland.
Boston College got on the board early in the game. Freshman Gina DiMartino put home a cross from sophomore Caitlin Hiler at 14:11 to give the Eagles an early 1-0 lead. DiMartino now has 12 goals on the season and leads the Eagles with 26 points. She has now scored a goal in four of the Eagles last five games.
The Cavaliers almost go on the board in the 26th minute when Kelly Quinn drilled a shot toward the goal but sophomore keeper Sarah Buonomo came up with the save. Buonomo kept the Eagles in the lead with another save at 33:27 off an offering from Alex Singer.
The second half, Virginia had an early corner kick but a shot off the cross by Jess Rostedt was turned away by Buonomo at 56:52. DiMartino almost got No. 2 in the match when she was on the other end of another Hiler corner kick. This time the Virginia goalkeeper Christina de Vries came up with the save at 70:02.
Eight minutes later Virginia had a chance to even the score but Buonomo made another stop on Rostedt. Buonomo (5-3-1) finished the match with five saves and earned her fifth shutout of the season, while the de Vries for Virginia had one save and is now 9-5-2 on the year.
