Midweek Game At Yale Next For Eagles

Wednesday, April 6

New Haven, Conn.

4:00 PM

Boston College

Yale

April 05, 2016 | Lacrosse

BC looks for third straight win over Ivy League foe dating back to 2011

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College travels to New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday to take on a 5-5 Yale squad while looking to avoid the team's first three game losing streak since February 2013. It will be Eagles first matchup with the Bulldogs since 2012.

BOSTON COLLEGE (6-5, 1-4 ACC)
AT YALE (5-5, 2-1 IVY)

April 6 | 4 p.m. | New Haven, Conn.

GAME NOTES:

The maroon and gold fell one spot to No. 11 in the IWLCA and five spots to No. 13 in the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll after their comeback effort at Virginia fell just short. Nine BC opponents remain ranked in the top-20 of both the IWLCA and LM polls this week, including six ACC opponents. The nine opponents now listed in the top-20 continue to be the most this season.
In the latest statistics, BC is ranked fourth in the ACC in scoring offense (12.27 goals/game) and points per game (16.55) while they are fifth in assists per game (4.27) and draw controls per game ( 13.82). The Eagles 0.443 free position percentage is third best in the ACC.
Caroline Margolis' 0.636 free position is eighth best in the nation while Molly Erdle's 2.00 caused turnovers per game is ranked 18th in the nation. Despite missing the past two games, Sam Apuzzo's mark of 3.67 draw controls per game is 31st in the nation.
Yale enters the game with BC owning a 5-5 record, including going 2-1 against Ivy League opponents to date this season. Coming off a 13-7 loss to Albany on Saturday, the Bulldogs and Eagles share one mutual opponent in Massachusetts, who they lost to, 13-3, on February 27.
Boston College is seeking its fourth win in 14 tries against Yale this week and its first win since 2012. BC is 3-10 all-time against the Bulldogs. After winning the inaugural matchup in 1992, 7-5, the Eagles fell in the next 10 games, held between 1993 and 2008. BC has won the last two games against Yale in the series, in 2011 and 2012, by a combined score of 34-9.
On her second save at Virginia, junior GK Zoe Ochoa became the ninth netminder in program history to amass 200 career stops. Sarah Mannelly moved into sole possession of fifth place in BC career goals, netting her 156th career tally at 7:19 of the second half at Virginia, which surpassed Brooke Blue's record of 155, set between 2010 and 2014. So far this season, Mannelly has jumped from eighth place to fifth place on the program's goal list and is now seven shy of Lauren Costello's 164 career goal mark set between 2007 and 2010, the fourth most goals in program history.
Mannelly also moved into sole possession of fifth place on the program's all-time points list on Saturday. With two goals and two assists, the New Canaan, Conn. native has amassed 219 career points, which surpassed Kristin Igoe's 218 career points, collected from 2008-2012. Mannelly is only three points shy of fourth place on the career points list, currently held by Mikaela Rix (2012-15).
Caroline Margolis moved into sole possession of sixth place on the career assists list with her 51st career helper at Virginia. Since the beginning of the 2015 season, Margolis has assisted on 41 BC goals. Her 51st surpassed Kristin Igoe's 50 career assists between 2008-2012.
Kate Weeks continues to have her best season to date. At Virginia on April 2, the junior tallied a career high four goals and bumped her season total to 20. She currently leads the team with seven multi-goal games. Against Syracuse two weeks prior, she matched her total from her freshman and sophomore years combined.

LAST TIME OUT:

At Virginia on Saturday, the Eagles scored 10 second half goals and outshot the Cavaliers 33-24, but were unable to convert an offensive possession in the final minute and fell, 15-14. Kate Weeks tallied a career high four goals while Molly Erdle (4 draw controls) and Brooke Troy (4 ground balls) each set new personal bests. ?

UP NEXT:

BC will wrap up its three game road trip when they head to Durham, N.C. on Saturday to take on the Duke Blue Devils. Ranked as the nation's 15th best team in the IWLCA polls this week, the Eagles look for their third victory in four years over Duke. Opening draw is scheduled for 12 pm at Koskinen Stadium.

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