Eagles Hit The Road For Final Regular Season Game

NEWTON, MASS. – The Boston College women's soccer team will play at Pittsburgh on Thursday night at 7 p.m. on the final regular season match. The game can be seen live on the ACC Network Extra.

Boston College (9-8-1, 3-5-1 ACC) needs a victory over Pittsburgh to remain in contention for the ACC Tournament. The Eagles will also need Florida State to defeat Clemson and NC State to defeat Louisville in order to advance to the ACC Tournament.

The Eagles are coming off a tough 2-1 home loss to Virginia. BC took a 1-0 lead on a goal by sophomore Jenna Bike. The speedster scored off a beautifully placed ball over the UVA defense from freshman Sam Coffey.

It looked like BC took a 2-0 lead when Carly Leipzig scored minutes later on a beautiful one-timer off a cross from senior Lauren Berman. A late offside call negated the goal. Six minutes later, UVA tied the match and the Cavs then scored the game-winner in the 71^st minute.

PROBABLE STARTERS
GK: Alexis Bryant
D: Allyson Swaby, Gianna Mitchell, Madison Kenny, Elysa Virella
M: Sam Coffey, Kayla Jennings, Lauren Berman, Jenna Bike
F: Holly Confalone,

GAME NOTES
- Boston College is 1-4 in the last five games. The Eagles have lost to No. 16 FSU (3-0), No. 3 UNC (4-1), No. 4 Duke (2-1), and earned a 3-1 victory over Miami on the road on Oct. 8. In the run, Boston College has been out-scored, 12-6.
- Junior Alexis Bryant has six shutouts this season. The Eagles goalkeeper now has 13 career shutouts and is now 6th overall on the all-time list behind Arianna Criscione '07 with 14. The all-time record is held by Jillian Mastroianni '12 with 44.
- The Eagles have played the full season without regular starters Gaby Carreiro and Jade Ruiters. Both players were injured prior to the 2017 season. Carreiro started played in 38 games with 37 starts. She led the team with eight assists as a sophomore. She had two goals and five assists as a rookie in 2015.
- Boston College is fourth in the country in corner kicks with a 7.67 average. The team is also ranked 90th overall in shots per game (14.78) and 79th in shots on goal per game (6.89).
- Rookie Sam Coffey is 38th in the country and second in the ACC in assists (7) and she is 63rd in shots on goal per game (1.72). She leads the team in scoring with five goals, seven assists for 17 points. She is the highest scoring rookie since McKenzie Meehan had 18 points in 2012. She is the first BC rookie to lead the team in scoring since Victoria DiMartino scored 14 goals, six assists or a team-high 34 points in 2009. Kia McNeill also led the team in scoring in her rookie season with 10 goals, two assists for 22 points in 2004.
- Junior Carly Leipzig started her third game this season against Virginia. The Eagles forward goal in the second half was called back on an offside call. Leipzig has scored two goals in the last three games. She has a personal-high of four goals and an assist for nine points this season.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Berman

Jenna Bike

Alexis Bryant

Gaby Carreiro

Sam Coffey

Holly Confalone

Kayla Jennings

Madison Kenny

Carly Leipzig

McKenzie Meehan

Gianna Mitchell

Jade Ruiters

Allyson Swaby

Elysa Virella