Home Stretch Kicks off vs. Wildcats Friday

No. 13 Boston College (6-6, 2-3 ACC) vs. New Hampshire (3-9, 1-3 America East)
Friday, October 14 | 6 p.m. ET
Newton Field Hockey Complex | Newton, Mass.

STICK IT TO CANCER NIGHT

Friday night is the field hockey team's annual Stick it to Cancer night
As part of a national campaign, the Eagles will help raise awareness for the National Foundation for Cancer Research
The Eagles will don selected pink accessories in the game, including socks, tape and warm-up tops to show their support

HOMECOMING WEEKEND

Boston College returns home this weekend after playing its last three games on the road
BC is entering the final stretch of the season that sees the team play four of its final six games at the Newton Field Hockey Complex before the team heads to the ACC Championship
So far this season, BC has played nine games away from home: six road games and three neutral-site games
BC is 4-2 in true road games this season with the two losses coming at No. 1 Syracuse (3-1 on Sept. 9) and No. 3 Duke (6-2 on Sept. 30)
The Eagles are also 1-2 in neutral site games with a win over No. 14 Stanford (3-2 in OT on Sept. 10), and losses to No. 16 Northwestern (2-1 on Sept. 2) and No. 6 Maryland (3-1 on Sept. 4)
BC is just 1-2 at home this year, with the win against No. 3 North Carolina (2-1 on Sept. 16) in the team's home opener ... however, BC has lost its last two home games, both in overtime: 2-1 to No. 16 Virginia on Sept. 23 and 3-2 to Massachusetts on Sept. 25

AGAINST NEW HAMPSHIRE
TEAM NOTES

The Eagles are 21-7-1 all-time against the Wildcats, including a 12-1- 1 mark at home
BC has won the last six meetings overall dating back to the 2010 season ... Boston College is also 13-1 in the last 14 meetings, and 18-3 in the last 21
The teams have met once every season since 2002, and have played each other 28 of the last 29 seasons with 2001 the only year the programs haven't met
Boston College and New Hampshire met once in the NCAA Tournament - the 1998 first round in Storrs, Conn. - which was BC's second-ever NCAA Tournament win and which granted the Eagles their second NCAA Elite Eight berth

PLAYER NOTES

Eryn McCoy is the Eagles' active scoring leader against the Wildcats, netting five goals in three prior meetings ... she has recorded back-to-back two-goal efforts in 2014 and 2015
Lucy Lytle, Emily McCoy and Brittany Sheenan have each added single goals against UNH
Frederique Haverhals collected two assists in the Eagles' 4-2 win in 2015, while Chelcie Mendonca has one assist from the 2014 meeting

COACHING NOTES

Head coach Kelly Doton is 1-0 against New Hampshire as a head coach
Eagles assistant coach Emma Compagna is a 2016 graduate of UNH and starred along the Wildcats' front line for four seasons

ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULES IN THE NATION

Entering the weekend, Boston College has the nation's third-toughest schedule this season
Overall, BC's opposition – past and future – has a .662 winning percentage, which is the third-hardest cumulative total in the nation
The Eagles' past opponents have a combined .667 winning percentage, while its future opponents have a .653 winning percentage so far – the sixth-hardest schedule remaining
So far this season, BC has played eight ranked teams in 12 games, including a stretch of five straight from Sept. 2 through Sept. 16
Through 12 games, the Eagles are 2-4 against ranked teams with the two wins coming against No. 3 North Carolina and No. 8 Louisville

RPI RANKING SHEDS LIGHT ON EAGLES' SEASON

Boston College is ranked No. 12 in the most recent RPI (ratings percentage index), the team's highest ranking yet this season
The Eagles were ranked No. 15 in the first release (Sept. 18), before falling to No. 21 on Sept. 25 ... BC improved to No. 16 last week before coming in at No. 12 this week
The RPI rankings are heavily weighted in the selection of the at-large berths to the 16-team NCAA Tournament

LYTLE LIGHTING IT UP OF LATE

Sophomore Lucy Lytle has scored seven of her eight goals in the last six games, and enters Friday's game with a six-game goal streak in tact
As a freshman, she notched four goals in 22 games
Lytle was a member of the U.S. Under-19 Women's National Team last spring when it toured Germany in May
In 34 career games, Lytle has scored 12 goals and added two assists for 26 career points

McCOYS CRACKING CAREER TOP 10

Senior twins Emily and Eryn McCoy are making their marks on the Eagles' career scoring lists
Last Friday, Eryn recorded one goal and one assist to push her career point total to 81 points (32 goals, 17 assists) and take over 10th place on the Eagles' top 10 career points list ... she passed Sara York '06 who had 79 points (36g, 7a) in three seasons from 2003 to 2005
Emily comes into Friday's game with 76 points from 31 goals and 14 assists, ranking 12th on the Eagles' career scoring chart
On BC's career goals chart, Eryn is now two back of 10th place with 32 goals … Julie Ober '95 and Janna Anctil '11 both occupy 10th place with 34 goals each ... Emily is three goals back of 10th place with 31 goals

DENNEHY DIPS INTO UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY

With injuries striking two of the Eagles' regular right backs, head coach Kelly Doton called on midfielder Elizabeth Dennehy to fill the role in last weekend's two games
Dennehy had previously made 29 appearances, all in the midfield , where she scored three goals and added one assist
Friday's 3-1 win at No. 8 Louisville was her first collegiate start along the backline, and she helped hold the Cardinals to a single goal and 10 shots (below their 17.9 per game average coming in)
Sunday, she helped back the Eagles' second shutout of the season as Indiana was allowed just four shots and a single penalty corner ... the Hoosiers averaged 14.6 shots coming into the match

HAMPSCH SETTLING IN THE CAGE

Audra Hampsch is settling into the No. 1 goalkeeper job this year after All-American and four-year starter Leah Settipane graduated last year
Hampsch has started all 12 games so far, posting a 6-6 record, a 1.90 goals against average and .739 save percentage
She has also earned two shutouts - Sept. 26 at Quinnipiac and Oct. 9 at Indiana, both 2-0 road wins
Entering the weekend, her 65 saves leads the ACC while her 5.42 saves per game average ranks second in the conference and 29th nationally among all goalkeepers, while her save percentage was 16th nationally

SUPER SOPHOMORES

The Eagles' sophomore class has been stellar this year
All six of them – Elizabeth Dennehy, Kaitie Fink, Ymke Rose Gote, Frederique Haverhals, Carly Kauffman and Lucy Lytle – have played in all 12games
Lytle ranks second on the team in scoring with eight goals, while Fink is tied for the team lead in assists with 4
Haverhals tallied her first goal of the season on Friday to go with her two assists, while Gote has added one assist
Kauffman has been an anchor in the defensive midfield all season, while Dennehy has been instrumental the last two games starting as the right back because of injuries

HAVERHALS HAS IT

Sophomore Frederique Haverhals is this week's ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week, picking up her first weekly ACC honor of her career
She has started all 12 games this season at back, after starting all 22 games last season as a freshman
This year, she has scored one goal (which she netted last Friday) and has added three assists after posting a 17-point effort last season from four goals and nine assists
Haverhals was one of just four players last season to start all 22 games, and is one of six to start all 12 games so far this year
The Dutchwoman was an NFHCA second-team all-region honoree last year

LIGHTNING STRIKING TWICE - FOR THE THIRD TIME

When Frederique Haverhals was announced as the ACC's co-Defensive Player of the Week, it marked the second time this season an Eagle earned league weekly honors
This is just the third season in the Eagles' 12-year ACC history that BC has drawn more than one weekly honor after Chelcie Mendonca picked up co-defensive player of the week honors on Sept. 20
In 2005, Bob Dirks (Sept. 26) and Crystal Frates (Oct. 24) earned offensive player of the week honors
In 2014, Eryn McCoy (Oct. 21) and Emily McCoy (Oct. 28) copped back-to-back weekly offensive honors
Additionally, Haverhals' honor was just the Eagles' 13th weekly honor from the ACC in field hockey since joining the league in 2005 ... BC was not honored with a weekly award in either 2007 or 2011

FINK FINDING A WAY TO HELP

Sophomore Kaitie Fink shares the team lead in assists, all of which have come in a substitutes role
Fink has three assists in the last six games to move into a share of the team's assist lead with Eryn McCoy
So far this year, Fink has appeared in all 12 games and made one start - against Massachusetts on Sept. 25
Last season as a freshman, Fink made a single appearance

MATHERSON'S TIMELY SCORING

Brooke Matherson has had a knack for the timely goal this season
Both of her strikes have been insurance goals to secure 2-0 road wins
The junior opened the season by scoring the Eagles' second goal at Quinnipiac on Sept. 26 to wrap up the two-goal shutout
Last weekend, she added the team's insurance goal at Indiana to again help the team post the 2-0 road win
Matherson has appeared in 10 games this season, and 28 in her career ... she has four career goals and two assists for 10 career points

UP NEXT

Boston College continues its three-game homestand with a game against No. 14 Boston University on Sunday, Oct. 16
Push back is set for 1 p.m. ET
This will be the Eagles' first home game broadcast on ACC Network Extra, which is available on WatchESPN

Home Stretch Kicks off vs. Wildcats Friday

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Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Dennehy

Kaitie Fink

Ymke Rose Gote

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Carly Kauffman

Lucy Lytle

Brooke Matherson

Emily McCoy

Eryn McCoy

Chelcie Mendonca

Leah Settipane

Brittany Sheenan

Home Stretch Kicks off vs. Wildcats Friday

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Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Dennehy

Kaitie Fink

Ymke Rose Gote

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Carly Kauffman

Lucy Lytle

Brooke Matherson

Emily McCoy

Eryn McCoy

Chelcie Mendonca

Leah Settipane

Brittany Sheenan

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