No. 22 Eagles Host No. 6 Wake Forest Friday Night

Friday, October 2

Newton, Mass.

7:00 PM

Boston College

Wake Forest

No. 22 Eagles Host No. 6 Wake Forest Friday Night

October 01, 2015 | Men's Soccer

Eagles look to extend unbeaten streak to five

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Match Notes

BC LOOKS TO EXTEND UNBEATEN STREAK TO FIVE
• Boston College, ranked No. 22 in the latest Soccer America poll, will host No. 6 Wake Forest on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Newton Campus Field.
• The two teams have split 12 matches since Boston College joined the ACC in 2005. The all-time record in the series is 5-5-2.
• The Demon Deacons have won the last two matches by a combined score of 6-1, including a 4-1 triumph last season in Winston-Salem.
• The Eagles have gone unbeaten in their last four matches, most recently tying down at Rhode Island Tuesday night, 1-1.
• Wake Forest has started the season 7-1-1 with the lone loss coming against Elon.

EAGLES, RHODE ISLAND TIE ON TUESDAY
• Junior Zeiko Lewis scored the Boston College goal in the 17th minute in a 1-1 tie at Rhode Island on Tuesday.
• He is now tied for the team lead in goals (4) with freshman Trevor Davock.
• Sophomore Mohammed Moro and freshman Abe Bibas were credited with assists on the strike.
• Senior Alex Kapp made five saves in goal in his second start of the season.
• Boston College forced URI keeper Nils Liefhelm to make a couple of early saves before Lewis struck in the 17th minute when he beat him to the near post.
• In the 26th minute, a BC foul in the box gave Rhode Island a penalty kick. Carlo Davids took the chance and shot wide of the target.
• Seven minutes later, Dominik Richter forced a turnover in the midfield and found Emil Jesman Sunde. He fed it back to Richter for the goal to tie the match.
• The Rams had a 10-5 advantage in shots in the second half but Kapp made four saves to get the match into overtime.
• BC took all seven shots in the two overtime periods but couldn't secure the game-winner.
• Davock had four of the shots and URI's Liefhelm was forced to make three saves.

LAST TIME vs. WAKE FOREST
• Wake Forest scored three goals in the first half en route to a 4-1 victory over Boston College last season at Spry Stadium.
• Cole DeNormandie scored for the Eagles with Phil Sandgren getting the assist.
• Wake Forest got on the board in the sixth minute with the benefit of an own goal. Philip Parker sent a cross into the box that was deflected into BC's net by one of its own defenders.
• DeNormandie equalized the match in the 32nd minute when he finished off a pass from Sandgren, but the Demon Deacons responded 1:54 later with what proved to be the game-winning goal. Jon Bakero found the back of the net with assists from Kris Reaves and Jared Odenbeck.
• Wake Forest wasn't done in the first half as it scored again in the 42nd minute. Bakero scored his second goal with the help from Ricky Greensfelder and Jacori Hayes.
• Mohammed Moro forced the Wake keeper to make a save in the 54th minute but the Demon Deacons put the match away for good five minutes later when Greensfelder scored a goal on a dish from Michael Gamble.
• BC got six more shots off in the final 30 minutes but could not find the net. Alec Ferrell made two of his three saves in that span for the Demon Deacons.
• Junior Alex Kapp made four saves goal for the Eagles.

THE GREEN TEAM
• Boston College sports 14 freshmen on its 2015 roster, the most of any team in the ACC.
• North Carolina and Pittsburgh have 11 freshmen on their squads while NC State and Syracuse have 10.
• Through seven games this season, nine of the 14 freshmen have seen time on the pitch.
• Freshman Trevor Davock is tied for the team lead with four goals, four assists and 12 points. His three game-winning goals are a team-best.
• Simon Enstrom ranks third on the team in goals (3) and points (8).
• Freshmen Derek Lyons and Tommy Garcia-Morillo both scored a goal in a 4-1 win at Virginia Tech.
• Freshman Joshua Forbes has also recorded an assist.
• 38 of BC's 56 points - 68 percent - have come from freshmen and sophomores.

DAVOCK'S NUMBERS
• Freshman Trevor Davock is tied for the team lead with four goals, four assists and 12 points. His three game-winning goals are a team-best.
• He has nine points in the last five matches.
• Davock ranks third in the ACC in assists, fourth in points and sixth in goals. He also ranks 26th in the nation in assists and 35th in points.

LEWIS GETS HOT
• Junior Zeiko Lewis is tied for the team lead with four goals, four assists and 12 points. He has eight points in the last three matches.
• He set career highs with two goals and five points in a 3-1 win against Connecticut on September 22.
• He ranks third in the ACC in assists, fourth in points and sixth in goals. He also ranks 26th in the nation in assists and 35th in points.
• Lewis has been a crucial part of the BC offense the last three seasons. His 18 career assists rank eighth all-time at Boston College.
• As a freshman, he earned numerous honors including: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Second Team, ACC Freshman of the Year, All-ACC Second Team, All-ACC Freshman Team and Soccer America All-Freshman First Team.
• Lewis led the ACC in assists (11) and assists per game (0.61) that year, and ranked 10th in the conference in points (17).
• He ranked third in the country in assists per game and fourth in assists.
• Last year, Lewis was an All-ACC Second Team player with three goals and three assists.

ENSTROM EMERGES
• Freshman Simon Enstrom scored seven of his eight points in two matches against Boston University and #23 SMU.
• He scored twice in Boston College's 3-2 win at BU on August 31. He scored in the 16th minute and notched the game-winner to break a 2-2 tie in the 80th minute.
• He then recorded a goal and an assist in the Eagles' 4-2 upset win over #23 SMU.

AMPADU'S TWO GOALS
• Senior Atobra Ampadu got his first start of the season against #23 SMU and made it count.
• He scored the Eagles' first two goals just 25 seconds apart to give BC a 2-1 lead in the 24th minute. It was his first two-goal game at Boston College.
• After the Mustangs scored the match's first goal in the 13th minute, Ampadu equalized the match 10 minutes later. He took a pass from freshman Simon Enstrom and sent a cross near the goal line from the right side. The keeper got to it, but deflected it into the back of his own net to make it 1-1.
• Just 25 seconds later, Ampadu had a brilliant strike from more than 30 yards away that beat the diving keeper to give BC a 2-1 lead.

KELLY APPROACHING 300 WINS
• Head coach Ed Kelly has a career record of 297-215-61 in his 31st year of coaching collegiate soccer. His record at BC is 257-202-55 in his 28th season.
• Kelly would become the 19th active coach and the third in the ACC with 300 career coaching victories.
• He currently ranks 45th all-time in coaching wins with 297.