Cross-Town Battle at No. 16 Harvard On Tap Thursday

No. 12 Boston College (9-7, 3-3 ACC) at No. 16 Harvard (10-4, 5-0 Ivy)
Thursday, October 27 | 6 p.m.
Berylson Field, Boston, Mass.

DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME

Boston College has one weekend of games remaining in the regular season: one away and one home
BC will close the regular-season with a pair of ranked opponents: Thursday at No. 16 Harvard (10-4) and against No. 3 Connecticut (15-0) on Sunday, Oct. 30
Next Thursday, Nov. 3, BC will face No. 8 Virginia in the quarterfinals of the 2016 ACC Championship at Wake Forest's Kentner Stadium, at 4 p.m.

AGAINST HARVARD
Overall: 20-8 (Home: 11-2, Away: 9-6)

Team Notes
- The Eagles are 20-8 all-time against Harvard … at home BC is 11-2 against the Crimson and 9-6 at Harvard's Boston facilities
- The teams have met every season since 1987, except 2011
- BC has won the last 11 meetings between the two programs, dating back to 2004 … in that stretch, the Eagles are 6-0 on the Crimson's home field and 5-0 at home
Player Notes
- Six active players have recorded points against Harvard
- Emily McCoy leads all current Eagles with five points (2 goals, 1 assist) against the Crimson … she has contributed in each of the last three outings: a goal in 2015, an assist in 2014 and a goal in 2013
- Eryn McCoy picked up a pair of assists – both of AshLeigh Sebia goals – in the 2013 meeting
- Last year, Frederique Haverhals and Brittney Sheenan each scored single goals, while Ymke Rose Gote and Lucy Lytle both recorded assists in the 5-0 win
- Audra Hampsch has not faced the Crimson
Coaching Notes
- Head coach Kelly Doton is 1-0 against Harvard

MILESTONES IN ACC PLAY THIS YEAR

Boston College met and established new bests in ACC field hockey play this year
In the regular season, BC matched its best-ever finish in the nation's toughest field hockey conference, going 3-3 ... the Eagles also posted a 3-3 mark in 2014
BC has earned two wins in ACC play three different seasons: 2006, 2010, 2012
Additionally, the Eagles gained the No. 3 seed in the ACC Championship, the team's highest-ever seed in the conference's annual tournament
Three times previously BC was the No. 4 seed (2006, 2007 and 2012), but had been the No. 7 seed each of the last three years (2013, 2014, 2015)

EAGLES OUT-PERFORM COACHES' PROGNOSTICATIONS

Boston College was chosen to finish seventh in the ACC this season according to the preseason coaches poll
However, the Eagles finished tied for third with North Carolina, Virginia and Louisville, all who finished the year with a 3-3 conference mark

TOUGHER FROM HERE ON OUT

Entering the final weekend of play, Boston College boasts the nation's second-toughest schedule this season
Overall, BC's opposition – past and future – has a .668 winning percentage, which was the second-hardest cumulative total in the nation behind Virginia's opponents (.679 winning percentage)
The Eagles' past opponents had a combined .646 winning percentage, the fifth-hardest mark
However, its future opponents (Harvard and UConn) have a combined .839 winning percentage entering the weekend – denoting the nation's hardest remaining schedule still to be played
BC's regular-season schedule includes 12 ranked opponents in 18 games, including a stretch of five straight from Sept. 2 through Sept. 16 and four of the final five opponents to close the regular-season
Through 16 games, the Eagles are 4-6 against ranked teams with the wins coming against No. 14 Stanford, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 8 Louisville and No. 16 Wake Forest
At the ACC Championship, all of the Eagles' potential opponents - including quarterfinal foe No. 8 Virginia - would be ranked opponents. Every ACC team has been ranked in 44 straight NFHCA Polls, a streak dating to October of 2012.

HIGHEST RPI RANK AS SEASON'S END APPROACHES

Boston College is ranked a season-high No. 11 in the most recent RPI (ratings percentage index)
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 (Oct. 1), then No. 12 (Oct. 8) before dipping to No. 13 last week
The RPI rankings are heavily weighted in the selection of the at-large berths to the 16-team NCAA Tournament

EAGLES ARE THE OPPOSITE OF ROAD WEARY

When Boston College travels cross-town on Thursday, they'll do it with confidence away from the Newton Field Hockey Complex
The Eagles are 5-2 on the season in true road games, and 6-3 overall in games away from their home field
BC has won its last three road games (at No. 8 Louisville, Indiana and Providence), out-scoring their hosts 7-2 in those games
Six of the team's games against ranked opponents have come away from home so far, with wins over No. 14 Stanford and No. 8 Louisville adding to the team's road success

OVERTIME TESTS

Five of the Eagles' 16 games have gone to overtime this season, including one double-OT game
BC is 2-3 in games where the extra session is needed
And oddity of the Eagles' OT record, however, is that all three of their overtime losses have come at home, while both of their wins have come in road or neutral games
BC has taken wins against No. 14 Stanford (neutral) and Providence (away), while falling to No. 16 Virginia, Massachusetts and No. 14 Boston University at home.

Cross-Town Battle at No. 16 Harvard On Tap Thursday

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Players Mentioned

Ymke Rose Gote

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Lucy Lytle

Emily McCoy

Eryn McCoy

AshLeigh Sebia

Cross-Town Battle at No. 16 Harvard On Tap Thursday

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Players Mentioned

Ymke Rose Gote

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Lucy Lytle

Emily McCoy

Eryn McCoy

AshLeigh Sebia

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