
No. 12 Field Hockey Ready for Regular-Season Finale
October 29, 2016 | Field Hockey
Eagles will fete their six seniors prior to facing No. 3 Connecticut on Sunday
SENIOR DAY
LAST REGULAR-SEASON GAME
AGAINST CONNECTICUT
Overall: 12-22-1
Home: 6-9-1
Away: 6-9
Neutral: 0-4
THE 10-WIN STREAK STRETCHES ON ...
... AGAINST CONSISTENTLY HARD SCHEDULE
McCOYS MAKING WAVES IN THE RECORD BOOK
LYTLE LIGHTING IT UP
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- Sunday's game will be the Eagles' annual Senior Day
- The six seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony: Alexa Brazauskas, Leah Frome, Audra Hampsch, Emily McCoy, Eryn McCoy and Brittany Sheenan
LAST REGULAR-SEASON GAME
- Sunday's game is the Eagles' final regular-season game of the 2016 season
- BC will next face No. 8 Virginia in the quarterfinals of the 2016 ACC Championship on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. ... the 2016 ACC Championship will be contested at Wake Forest's Kentner Stadium
AGAINST CONNECTICUT
Overall: 12-22-1
Home: 6-9-1
Away: 6-9
Neutral: 0-4
- Team Notes
- BC trails Connecticut 12-22-1 in the all-time series between the team programs
- The Eagles are 6-9-1 at home against UConn, while they are 6-9 on the road in Storrs and 0-4 at neutral site games
- The teams met at least once every year while both were members of the BIG EAST Conference
- After BC joined the ACC in 2005, the teams played the first three seasons – 2005-07 – as non-conference opponents before picking the annual regional rivalry back up in 2010
- The teams have meet in the postseason a total of nine times, including five meetings in the BIG EAST Tournament and four showdowns in the NCAA Tournament … BC was 3-2 against UConn in the BIG East Tournament (including wins in the 1994 and 1997 championship games)
- UConn is 4-0 against the Eagles in NCAA play … the last three meetings – including the 2015 Elite Eight game – have been one-goal decisions
- Nine times the teams have played overtime, with the 2014 regular-season meeting advancing to penalty strokes – which BC won
- 23 of the 35 meetings have been decided by a single goal or less, including each of the last five
- Player Notes
- Four current players have registered points against Connecticut
- Eryn McCoy scored one of the Eagles' two goals during play in the 3-2 win in strokes in 2014
- Emily McCoy registered a pair of assists during her freshman season in 2013
- Brittany Sheenan added one of the Eagles' goals in 2014
- Brooke Matherson picked up an assist in the 2014 meeting
- Coaching Notes
- Kelly Doton is 0-2 against Connecticut
THE 10-WIN STREAK STRETCHES ON ...
- Boston College posted its 10th win of the season on Thursday night, topping No. 16 Harvard 4-1 on the road
- This marks the 17th straight year BC has reach the 10-win mark
- The last time BC did not collect double-digit wins was 1999, when the Eagles went 9-11 on the season
... AGAINST CONSISTENTLY HARD SCHEDULE
- BC has hit the 10-win mark for the 17th-straight year in spite of playing the nation's second-hardest schedule (see below)
- Of the Eagles' 18 regular-season opponents, 12 were or will be ranked at the time the teams played
- Adding in next week's ACC Championship - where all seven participants are ranked - the Eagles could play as many as 15 ranked opponents in 21 ranked games should BC advance to the final
McCOYS MAKING WAVES IN THE RECORD BOOK
- Senior twins Emily and Eryn McCoy are making their marks on the Eagles' career scoring lists
- The twins sit back-to-back on the points list, with Eryn currently in 10th, while Emily is 11th
- Eryn now has 83 career points (33 goals, 17 assists) ... she broke into the top 10 on Oct. 7 with a 1-goal, 1-assist effort in the 3-1 road win at No. 8 Louisville
- Emily comes into Sunday's game with 82 points from 33 goals and 16 assists ... she moved into 11th place on Thursday night with her two-goal effort to jump Sara York '09 who had 79 career points (36g, 7a)
- On BC's career goals chart, both Eryn and Emily are each one goal back of 10th place with 33 goals apiece … Julie Ober '95 and Janna Anctil '11 both occupy 10th place with 34 goals each.
LYTLE LIGHTING IT UP
- Sophomore Lucy Lytle leads the Eagles in scoring with 24 points, all coming on her 12 goals
- Her 12 goals are the team's most since Janna Anctil potted 14 in 2010 in 19 games
- 11 of her 12 goals have come in the last 11 games, and she also had a six-game scoring streak intact from Sept. 18 through Oct. 9
- 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 39 career games, Lytle has scored 16 goals and added two assists for 32 career points
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