No. 7 Field Hockey Hosts No. 8 Duke on Saturday
October 25, 2013 | Field Hockey
Oct. 25, 2013
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The seventh-ranked Boston College field hockey team will welcome eighth-ranked Duke to the Newton Campus Field Hockey Complex for its final regular-season home game on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Eagles (12-4, 1-3 ACC) will honor their five seniors before the start of the contest against the Blue Devils (11-4, 2-2 ACC).
The Eagles are facing a top-10 team for the sixth time in 2013. They are 2-3 against them and 4-4 against top-20 team this year. BC was ranked sixth in the nation for two weeks (Oct. 1-14), tying second-highest ranking in school history. The highest came in 2006 when the Maroon and Gold was ranked fourth.
BC and Duke have each won seven games in the all-time series with the Eagles take the last three of four. The Blue Devils tallied a 4-2 victory in 2011. Last year, BC defeated No. 21 Duke, 2-1, in Durham, N.C., in a game that was delayed due to lightening. Current junior Hannah Nedeau put the Eagles on the board with her first career goal in the 14th minute off an assist from now-senior Virgynia Muma. Blue Devil Brenna Rescigno tied the game as time expired in the first on a corner. Current sophomore AshLeigh Sebia scored just over a minute into the second stanza on a corner to give the Eagles the edge. Classmate Leah Settipane made nine saves in the victory.
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Junior midfielder Emma Plasteras leads the team in points (33), goals (11) and assists (11). She is tied for second in the ACC for points, tied for fourth in goals and tied for second in assists. Settipane is second in the league with four shutouts.
Duke is coming to the Heights after going 1-1 last weekend. The Blue Devils fell, 4-3, to sixth-ranked Virginia in Charlottesville, before returning home to defeat No. 13 Stanford, 2-0. Their two ACC wins came in a shootout victory against North Carolina and a 3-1 win over Wake Forest. Emmie Le Marchand leads the team and is tied for ninth in the ACC with 24 points. She has eight goals and eight assists, also the most on the Blue Devils. Goalie Lauren Blazing has a .818 save percentage, tops in the ACC. Her 1.24 goals-against average ranks fourth in the conference.
Before the start of the game, the Eagles will honor seniors Chapin Duke, Virgynia Muma, Hannah Mulvey, Pagie Norris and Nicole Schuster. While the game marks the last regular-season home game for BC, the Eagles are hosting the ACC Tournament for the second time in school history on November 7, 8 and 10.
