Boston College Athletics
Women's Soccer To Host First ACC Match vs. Virginia
September 17, 2011 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 17, 2011
Chestnut Hill, MA - The No. 18 Boston College women's soccer team opens ACC play Sunday afternoon when it hosts No. 14 Virginia. Game time for the match is 1 p.m. at Newton Soccer Field. Fans can follow the match by game tracker, Twitter/BCSportsNews or WZBC radio (BC Radio). Admission is free.
Boston College (5-0-2) is looking to extend its unbeaten streak. BC has not let up a goal since the first game of the season where the Eagles tied Boston University 1-1. The Eagles have earned six shutouts. BC has won the last three games by a combined score of 11-0 (5-0 vs. Vermont, 4-0 vs. Colgate, 2-0 vs. Dartmouth).
Virginia is coming off an impressive 4-1 win over No. 8 Maryland on Thursday night. Caroline Miller had two goals, including the game-winner. She leads Virginia with nine goals and three assists this season.
BC vs. Virginia
A match between BC and Virginia is always competitive. Though BC has won six of the eight matches since joining the ACC, the games are always decided by one goal. The one game that broke all conventional thinking between the two teams happened on October 3, 2010, when Virginia defeated BC, 3-2 in overtime. The Eagles bounced back from that tough loss with a 1-0 win over the Cavaliers at the ACC Tournament on Nov. 3.
Home Sweet Home
The Eagles are unbeaten at home in the last 11 games, dating back to the 2010 season. In the last four years, BC is 29-0-4 in non-conference games at home. Since joining the ACC the Eagles are 20-7-3 vs. conference teams at home. The Eagles are 54-9-9 overall at home since the 2005 season.
ALS Fundraiser
Boston College will host the first ACC match of the season against Virginia on Sunday, September 18 at 1 p.m. Throughout the match the Boston College women's soccer team will accept donations for the fight against Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. The women's soccer team fundraising event is to honor the life of William Bouchelle, the father of senior midfielder Julia Bouchelle, who lost his battle to the disease three years ago.
Corner Kicks
• BC head coach Alison Foley picked up another victory vs. Dartmouth on Wednesday night to give her 198 career victories. She needs two more to reach 200 career victories. Foley needs just six more wins to get to 200 victories at BC.
• The Eagles team has outshot their opponents this season, 130-39. BC has also outscored its opponents 14-1.
• Senior Jillian Mastroianni has earned six shutouts this season. She now has a goals-against-average of 0.13. Mastroianni now has 39 career shutouts, a new program record. She has also won 54 games while in goal for BC, another program record.
• Junior Kristen Mewis has notched a point in the last three games. She has a goal or assists in four of the five wins this season. She also had three game-winning assists.
• Eleven players have recorded a point this season. Kristen Mewis leads BC with four goals and three assists, while Patrice Vettori has two goals and one assists for five points. Junior midfielder Alicia Blose is the third leading scorer with two goals, while Victoria DiMartino has one goal and two assists.
• In the win over Dartmouth, freshman Rachel Davitt earned her first career start.
• Senior defender Alaina Beyar is the only field player to have played in every minute of every game this season.
