Boston College Athletics
Women's Soccer To Play at Wake Forest, Duke
October 22, 2014 | Women's Soccer
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
The Boston College women’s soccer team will hit the road for two games in North Carolina. The Eagles will play at Wake Forest on Thursday night in Winston-Salem at 7 p.m. Two days later, Boston College will be at Duke in Durham on Sunday afternoon for a 1 p.m. game.
Boston College is currently 10-6-0 overall and 3-4-0 in the conference for sixth place. After the two-game road swing, BC will host Notre Dame in the final regular season game on Nov. 1 (7 p.m.).
Wake Forest is coming off an upset victory over No. 10 Virginia Teach on October 18. Senior Kim Marshall scored her first career goal in the victory. The Demon Deacons are now 4-8-2 overall and 2-4-1 in the conference.
Thursday’s game will be live streamed from the Wake Forest Athletics website.
BC vs. Wake Forest
- BC leads the overall series, 6-4. The Eagles are 4-2 at home against Wake Forest.
- The Eagles won last year’s matchup, 1-0, behind a goal from McKenzie Meehan in the 23rd minute. At the time the Demon Deacons were ranked ninth in the country.
Probable Starters
GK – Alexandra Johnson (0.73 GAA)
D – Coco Woeltz (16 starts)
D – Allyson Swaby (16 starts)
D – Madison Kenny (15 starts)
D/M – Meg MacDonald – (2 g, 1 a)
M/D – Lauren Bernard (career-high six assists)
M – Meg MacDonald – (2 g, 1 a)
M – Jillian Lutz (career-high 12 starts)
M – Rosie DiMartino (career-high 15 starts)
M – Jana Jeffrey (3 goals)
F – Hayley Dowd (ACC leading 12 goals)
F – Stephanie McCaffrey (2nd leading scorer – 6 g, 6 a, 18 pts.)
Game Notes
- Boston College is ranked 74th in the country in scoring offense (1.81) and 64th in total goals.
- Lauren Bernard and Stephanie McCaffrey lead the team in assists with six apiece. The two are tied for 8th in the ACC in assists.
- Hayley Dowd has five game-winning goals, which is tops in the ACC and eighth in the country. She is also 14th in the country in goals scored with 12.
- Senior Alexandra Johnson is currently 45th in the country in goals-against-average at 0.73. She also has five shutouts this season.
- This marks the 17th consecutive season in which Coach Foley’s teams have won 10 or more games.
- Fans, remember to follow the Eagles on Twitter/@BC_WSOC and Instagram/@BC_WSOC.
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