ACC Opener for Eagles on Sunday at 1

GAME INFORMATION
LOUISVILLE AT BOSTON COLLEGE
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017
TIME: 1 p.m.
WHERE: Newton Soccer Field
LIVE STATS
VIEW: ACC Network

ACC ACTION BEGINS
- Boston College will host Louisville in the ACC opener on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Newton Soccer Field.
- This will be the fourth meeting between BC and Louisville.
- BC leads the overall series, 2-1.
- Last year Louisville defeated Boston College, 3-2, in overtime on the Cardinals home field.
- BC won the first meeting between the two teams in 2014, 1-0, at Louisville.

LAST TIME OUT
- Boston College defeated St. John's, 1-0, behind Lauren Berman's goal with six minutes left in the match. It was Berman's fifth goal of the season, third game-winning goal. The goal came off a long throw in by junior transfer Elysa Virella. Junior Alexis Bryant had four saves in her second straight shutout.
- Boston College and St. John's first played in 1989. Boston College earned a 4-0 victory.
- The two teams have played 18 times. BC leads the overall series, 12-5-1. Coach Foley is 5-3-1 against St. John's.
- The last time the two teams played was in 2015 with St. John's picking up a 2-1 overtime victory at the Newton Soccer Field.
- St. John's is coming off a 2-1 loss to Lehigh on Sunday night. Lehigh scored both goals in the first half, including one eight minutes into the match.

THIS PAST WEEK
- The Eagles played three consecutive games against in-city rivals - Northeastern, Harvard and Boston University.
- BC went 2-1 with wins over Northeastern (2-1) and Boston University (3-0). Harvard defeated BC 1-0 on Thursday night.
- Eagles rookie Sam Coffey collected one goal and two assists in the three games. She has scored a goal or assist in four games. Coffey has also had two games where she had multiple assists.
- Junior goalkeeper Alexis Bryant had six saves in the Eagles 3-0 victory over crosstown rival Boston University on Thursday. It was her strongest game of the season.
- Senior Lauren Berman continues to be one of the Eagles steadiest players this season. She is averaging 88 minutes per game. The Canton native has scored four goals with two assists for 10 points. Two of her goals are off PK's.

PROBABLE STARTERS
GK – Alexis Bryant
D – Madison Kenny, Allyson Swaby, Gianna Mitchell, Elysa Virella
M – Lauren Berman, Mijke Roelfsema, Sam Coffey, Kayla Jennings
F – Jenna Bike, Olivia Vaughn

UP NEXT
Boston College will head this week to play NC State Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Berman

Jenna Bike

Alexis Bryant

Sam Coffey

Kayla Jennings

Madison Kenny

Gianna Mitchell

Mijke Roelfsema

Allyson Swaby

Olivia Vaughn

Elysa Virella