Boston College Athletics
Women's Soccer At Louisville on Sunday at 1
October 11, 2014 | Women's Soccer
The Boston College women's soccer team will travel to Louisville to play the Cardinals on Sunday afternoon at Lynn Stadium at 1 p.m. The game will be aired on a regional sports network or NESN if you are in the New England area.
The Eagles are coming off a wild 6-3 loss to No. 4 Virginia on Thursday night. Hayley Dowd had two goals and Jana Jeffrey added one.
BC vs. Louisville
BC and Louisville have never played. It is the Eagles first trip to Kentucky. Louisville is currently 5-5-2 overall and 2-1-2 in the ACC.
The Cardinal is coming off a 1-0 victory over NC State on Thursday as Chinyelu Asher scored the game-winner in the 69th minute of play. The only common teams that BC and Louisville have played thus far are Florida State and Syracuse. BC lost to FSU, 2-0, on Sept 21 while Louisville lost to the Seminoles, 6-0, on Sept. 25. On September 19, Syracuse defeated Louisville, 1-0, while BC lost, 3-0, in New York on Oct. 4.
Coach Foley and Louisville coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes know each other well, as they have coached against each other in the 90's. Ferguson, who played at UConn from 1990-93, was an assistant coach for the Huskies from1997-99. She has been at Louisville since 2000. Foley took over the BC team in 1997.
Game Notes
• Boston College has an RPI of 29 this season. • Sophomore Hayley Dowd had two goals vs. UVA. She now has three multiple-goal games this season. She is tied in first for most goals in the ACC with 10 along with FSU's Berglind Thorvaldsdottir. Dowd is also tied with Virginia's Makenzy Doniak for points at 23. • Senior Stephanie McCaffrey is second in the ACC in shots (47) and fifth in points with 18. She is also ninth in the league in goals scored (6 goals). • BC is fifth in the conference in goals per game at 1.93 and sixth in assists at 1.36 per game. • Freshman Allyson Swaby has started every game this season on defense. Fellow rookie Madison Kenny has started 13 of 14 games on defense this season. • Six players - Stephanie McCaffrey, Hayley Dowd, Lauren Bernard, Meg MacDonald, Allyson Swaby and Coco Woeltz - are the only players to start every game this season. • Junior Lauren Bernard has started every game since her freshman year. She has 62 career starts. Bernard is one of the more versatile players on the roster as she has played up front, in the midfield and on defense for the Eagles. • Junior Coco Woeltz earned the NCAS (National Consortium for Academics and Sports) October Player of the Month. • Boston College returns home next week as the Eagles host NC State on Sunday, October 19 at 1 p.m.
