Boston College Athletics
Women's Soccer To Host Harvard
September 11, 2014 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 11, 2014
BC vs. Harvard
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 12
TIME: 4 p.m.
WHERE: Newton Soccer Field
TWITTER/BC_WSOC
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
The Boston College women's soccer team will host Harvard (3-0) on Friday at 4 p.m. in the first home game of the 2014 season at Newton Soccer Field. The Eagles are currently riding a five-game road win streak and are 6-1-0 on the season.
BC vs. Harvard
Since 1990, Harvard leads the overall series vs. Boston College, 10-8-2. The Eagles have won the last three outings by a goal margin of 13-2. The two teams played twice in 2009 - once during the regular season (BC 4-1) and then in the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 13 (BC, 1-0). In the 2008 season the two teams battled to a double-overtime 1-1 draw. Since joining the ACC, BC has not lost to Harvard.
The Streak
Boston College has won games at Jacksonville (1-0), at North Florida (5-0), at Northeastern (1-0), at Milwaukee (2-0) and at Illinois State (4-1). In the run, sophomore Hayley Dowd has scored five goals with two assists, while senior Stephanie McCaffrey has three goals and four assists. Junior Lauren Bernard has recorded one goal and four assists, while senior goalkeeper Alexandra Johnson has made 19 saves and has a GAA of 0.21.
BC has not won five consecutive games since the 2011 season when the Eagles had seven victories in a row from Sept. 4 to October 6.
Awards and Polls
• BC is receiving votes in this week NSCAA Poll and TopDrawerSoccer.com. BennettRank.com ranks the Eagles in 15th.
• Hayley Dowd earned ECAC Offensive Player of the Week honors as well as being named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week.
• Stephanie McCaffrey was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honor roll last week.
Corner Kicks
• Senior Stephanie McCaffrey has moved into a tie with April Parker '96 with 30 career goals, fifth all-time. Her team-high five assists pushes her career helper total to 24, which ties her with Jenny Maurer '06 in sixth all-time.
• It's not unusual for the Eagles to have a rookie in the starting lineup. Senior Casey Morrison started in 2011 and earned All-ACC Rookie Team honors. Prior to Morrison, Alyssa Pember `12, Hannah Cerrone '11 and Caroline Walden `09 all stepped in immediately. This year the Eagles have two rookies - Madison Kenny and Allyson Swaby.
• Remember you can follow the BC Women's Soccer team in FACEBOOK/BCWSOCCER, TWITTER/@BC_WSOC and INSTAGRAM/BC_WSOC.
