Meehan, Dowd Lead Eagles To A 2-0 Victory Over Cincinnati

Friday, September 2

Newton, Mass.

7:00 PM

Boston College

4-0-1

Cincinnati

3-2-0

Team	1	2	Final F
CIN	0	0	0
Boston College	1	1	2

Photo by: John Quackenbos

Meehan, Dowd Lead Eagles To A 2-0 Victory Over Cincinnati

September 02, 2016 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 2, Cincinnati 0
Records: Boston College (4-0-1), Cincinnati (3-2-0
Location: Newton Soccer Field, Newton, Mass.
Attendance: 554

Hayley Dowd and McKenzie Meehan scored to lead Boston College to a 2-0 victory over non-conference foe Cincinnati on Friday night in front of 554 fans at the Newton Soccer Field. The win was Coach Alison Foley's 250^th career win at Boston College. She arrived at BC in 1997 and has an overall record of 250-128-37 while at the Heights.

Boston College is now 4-0-1 while Cincinnati is now 3-2-0 on the season.

TURNING POINT

Senior Hayley Dowd scored her second goal of the season in the 43^rd minute off a beautiful pass from Lauren Berman to give BC a 1-0 lead.

HOW IT HAPPENED

- The Eagles scored when Jade Ruiters won the loose ball in the box. She one-touched the ball to Lauren Berman, who was outside the box. Berman turned and fed Hayley Dowd to the right of the Cincinnati goalkeeper Claudia Eustaquio. Dowd ripped a right-footed shot to the far corner, to give BC the 1-0 lead.

- BC controlled the tempo of the game and had a 9-2 edge in shots. The Eagles also had three corners kicks while not yielding a corner to the Bearcats.

- Cincinnati came out with energy at the start of the second half. In the first four minutes, the Bearcats two corners and five shots. BC's goalkeeper Alexis Bryant came up with two big saves during the pressure. The most impressive stop came in the 50^th minutes on a one-timer from six yards out by Jordan Cotleur. The rebound was cleared by Samantha Hiatt, which then set up a counter attack that resulted in a header by Meehan that just went wide of the goal.

- Senior McKenzie Meehan made it 2-0 with her fourth goal of the season. Meehan pounced on a loose ball that was mishandled by the Cincinnati goalkeeper. Meehan never gave up on the play and put the loose ball in the back of the net in the 58^th minute.

- After Meehan's goal, the Eagles defense held Cincinnati to just three shots, two on goal. Bryant again turned away a solid chance from Bearcat Gabrielle LoPresti in the 78^th minute.

GAME NOTES

- Senior McKenzie Meehan scored her 50^th career goal. Meehan now has 106 career points and needs just 11 points to become the program's all-time leader in points scored.

- Eagles sophomore goalkeeper Alexis Bryant earned the win and is now 3-0-1. She now has two shutouts (vs. Providence & vs. Cincinnati).

- Hayley Dowd now has two goals this season, 34 career goals and 77 career points. She is 10^th in program history in points scored and fourth in goals scored. Dowd's goal was her 11^th career game-winning goal.

- The Eagles had 10 shots on goal (21 overall shots), while Cincinnati was held to three shot (10 overall shots). Hayley Dowd led the offense with seven shots, while Meehan had four.

- Sophomore Carly Leipzig earned her first career start. She had two shots in the game.

UP NEXT

- BC will host Pacific on Sunday afternoon at noon.