Boston College Athletics
Women's Soccer To Play at Harvard
September 01, 2015 | Women's Soccer
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
The Boston College women's soccer team is coming off a 1-1 west coast road swing. With one day of recovery, the Eagles will travel to play at Harvard on Wednesday night (7 p.m.) at the Harvard Soccer Stadium. The game will be streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network.
The Eagles (3-1-0) defeated Pacific on Sunday, 6-0, behind three goals from McKenzie Meehan. The red shirt junior had six goals in four games. Alex Johnson earned the win in goal with five saves.
The first game of the trip to California saw the Eagles lost to No. 2 Stanford, 4-0, after playing a man-down through three quarters of the match. BC traveled back home on Monday and used Tuesday to recover from the long trip.
BC vs. Harvard
Boston College has won the last three matches against Harvard. Coach Alison Foley is 7-5-2 coaching against Harvard. BC's record since 2005 is 6-0-1. The two teams have not played a match since the 2012 season when BC defeated the Crimson, 8-1.
Team Captains
Boston College's team captains for the season are: red-shirt junior forward McKenzie Meehan, senior defender Coco Woeltz and senior midfielder Jana Jeffrey.
BC By The Numbers
• 3-0 When scoring first
• 0-1 When opponent scores first
• 3-0 Leading at the half
• 0-1 Trailing at the half
• 1-0 At home
• 2-1 At away
• 0-0 Neutral sight
• 2-2 PK's attempted & made
Free Kicks
McKenzie Meehan was named to the Hermann Trophy watch list. This is the third consecutive season Meehan has been named to the watch list ... Junior Hayley Dowd was named to the All-ACC preseason list. She led the team in scoring with 14 goals and three assists for 31 points ... This is Coach Alison Foley's 20th overall season coaching but No. 19 as the Eagles head coach. In the last five years, her team is 10-1-2 in season openers since BC joined the ACC ... In four games, Boston College has taken 58 shots, while opponents have taken 54 ... Rookies Gaby Carreiro, Amber Stearns and first year players Lauren Berman and have started every game this season ... Remember to follow the team on social media -- Twitter/@bc_wsoc; Instagram/@bc_wsoccer and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BCWSOCCER.
