Eagles Return Home To Host UNH

Friday, September 1

Newton, Mass.

4:00 PM

Boston College

New Hampshire

Photo by: John Quackenbos

August 31, 2017 | Men's Soccer

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No. 22 Men's soccer hosts the Wildcats, also 2-0 on the season

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 22 Boston College men's soccer team returns to action on Friday afternoon when the Eagles host New Hampshire at 4 p.m. at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.

The Eagles and Wildcats have not met since 1989 and both enter Friday's contest with identical 2-0 records. Last weekend, BC cracked the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 after back-to-back 4-0 wins over Quinnipiac at home and Boston University on the road. UNH topped Colgate and Northeastern by 1-0 score lines last weekend, needing overtime to overcome the Huskies.

No. 22 Boston College vs. New Hampshire
Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 | 4 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.

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AGAINST NEW HAMPSHIRE

Friday's game will be the teams' first meeting since 1989
Ed Kelly faced the Wildcats in each of his first two seasons at BC - 1988, 1989 - before resurrecting the series this year
Between 1978 and 1989, the program met 11 times with BC leading the series 7-3-1, including a 4-1-1 mark at home and a 3-2-0 record in Durham

HOT START

BC is 2-0-0 to start a season for the third year in a row, and in undefeated after two games for the fifth straight year
In each of the last three seasons, BC has gone undefeated in each of its first three games: 3-0-0 in 2016 and 2015, 2-0-1 in 2014

CLAIMING CLEAN SHEETS

Boston College has posted back-to-back shutouts to open the season, allowing just nine shots on goal in the two contests against Quinnipiac and New Hampshire
The last time BC opened the season with back-to-back defensive shutouts was 1978 – a 2-0 win over Stonehill and a 2-0 win at Nichols

ACING THE ATTACK

With four goals in each of its first two games, this is the first time BC has scored at least four goals in back-to-back games since 2006
That season, the Eagles topped Quinnipiac 5-1 and NC State 5-1 on Sept. 26 and 29, respectively

ENSTROM'S ENGINE GETS GOING

Simon Enstrom has wasted little time opening expanding his scoring account this season
In the team's first two games, he has a team-high six points from two goals and two assists and has picked up three points in each of the two contests
Last Friday in the season opener, he took Younes Boudadi's poke pass ahead and first-timed it past the Quinnipiac goaltender on the near post for his first goal of the year ... he also added an assist on Joshua Forbes' goal
On Sunday at Boston University, he had the secondary assist on Nikita Bondar's goal - the game's second - and then tallied the team's final goal to push the score to 4-0

CALLUM'S CALM DELIVERY

Callum Johnson enters Friday's game ranked second on the team in scoring with five points (two goals, one assist)
In each of the Eagles' two games, he's launched long-range shots that have found the back of the net.
On Friday against Quinnipiac, his 25-yard squirming shot found the upper 90, and then on Sunday, he sent a hard, heavy shot on target at BU from 25 yards and again converted
In 2016 as a freshman, he had three goals in 21 games, and now has two goals in two games this season

BOUDADI GETS HIS DEFENSIVE DUE

For his efforts on both sides of the ball last weekend, Younes Boudadi claimed ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Monday
It was his first conference honor of his career, and the Eagles' first weekly award since October 2016 when Trevor Davock was the Offensive Player of the Week
On top of playing a key role in the team's two defensive shutouts, he also added three assists - the first points of his career - in the Eagles' pair of 4-0 wins

NEWCOMERS MAKING A MARK

The Eagles' newcomers have been making their mark this season already
Nikita Bondar has already registered one goal and one assist, with at least one point in each game
Heidar Aegisson has started both games in the central midfield, and recorded two assists - both coming in the season opener against Quinnipiac
Beto Luna also picked up his first assist of his career on Sunday at BC with the primary set-up on Bondar's goal
Anthony Chavez Borrelli has entered both games at halftime in goal, making a total of six saves - including five against Quinnipiac - to preserve shutouts
Jose Palomo and Ian Buehler also made their collegiate debuts at BU on Sunday

FORBES SET FOR HIS RETURN

Joshua Forbes is set to return this weekend after sitting out Sunday's game at BU while serving a one-game red card suspension
Last Friday against Quinnipiac, he tallied his first goal of the season - and his first goal in almost a full calendar year - when he first-timed Simon Enstrom's backheeled pass just inside the area
However, 20 minutes later, he was shown a straight red card for his response to a play while attempting to save a ball going over the end line