No. 5 North Carolina Comes to Newton on Senior Day

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College men's soccer team will host No. 5 North Carolina on Friday night at the Newton Campus Soccer Fields. The Eagles will recognize seven seniors in a pregame ceremony before the 7 p.m. kickoff.

Boston College (4-5-3, 2-4-0 ACC) goes into Friday's game looking to break a two-game skid after losses at then No. 2 Wake Forest on Oct. 5 (1-0) and at No. 20 UConn on Oct. 16 (3-2). This is the third consecutive contest against a ranked opponent for the Eagles and seventh in the last eight overall.

North Carolina (10-2-1, 4-1-0 ACC) is coming off a 4-0 win over Winthrop on Oct. 16, ending a two-game winless streak of its own. The ACC preseason favorites have three players in double-digit points, including Giovanni Montesdeoca's team-high 15 on six goals and three assists. The Tar Heels are undefeated this season when scoring at least one goal.

After this final regular season home game, Boston College will be back in action on Tuesday, Oct. 23, traveling to the University of Rhode Island for the final non-conference game of the year. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Boston College (4-5-3) vs. No. 5 North Carolina (10-2-1, 4-1-0 ACC)
Friday, Oct. 19 | 7 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Fields | Newton, Mass.

ABOUT UNC
• North Carolina is coming off a 4-0 home win over Winthrop on Tuesday night … Jack Skahan scored his first career hat trick in the non-conference win.
• The Tar Heels had entered that match against Winthrop 0-1-1 in the last two matches after drawing with Old Dominion, 1-1, and falling at NC State, 1-0.
• UNC is undefeated this season when scoring at least one goal … the team has had two 1-1 draws and the two losses came in 1-0 defeats to Indiana and NC State.
• The Tar Heels were tabbed as the ACC favorite in this year's preseason poll, garnering 10 first place votes in the overall poll and 11 of 12 in the Coastal Division poll.

THE SERIES vs. UNC
• Friday's game marks the 17th meeting between Boston College and North Carolina, with the Tar Heels holding a lead of 11-4-1 in the all-time series.
• The Eagles and Tar Heels last met on Nov. 6, 2016 in the ACC Tournament Semifinals, with Zeiko Lewis' 58th minute goal lifting BC to a 1-0 win.
• The squads first met in 1981, with UNC getting a 4-2 road win.
• BC's first win in the series came in 2007 in a 2-1 overtime win in Carey, N.C. … that win was the first of three consecutive wins for the Eagles in the series before a tie and seven straight UNC wins before BC's 1-0 win in the 2016 ACC Tournament.

A WIN OVER UNC WOULD . . .
• Bump BC to 5-5-3 overall and 3-4-0 in ACC play.
• Move the Eagles' record in the all-time series with the Tar Heels to 5-11-1.
• Give the program an overall record of 441-390-105 and 282-232-63 under head coach Ed Kelly.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Eagles traveled to Storrs, Conn. on Tuesday, Oct. 16 to take on the UConn Huskies … UConn used a three-goal cushion to hold off a BC comeback for a final 3-2 win.
• It was BC's first non-conference loss of the 2018 season.
• Kristofer Konradsson scored twice in the final 12 minutes of the match and BC fired off two more shots in the final five minutes but couldn't find an equalizer.
• BC outshot UConn 16-6 (and 10-5 on frame) … it was the fourth consecutive game in which the Eagles outshot the opponent.
• Antonio Chavez Borrelli finished with two saves for the Eagles.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
• All 12 of BC's regular season games this season have been decided by one goal or less (as were both preseason contests).
• This is the longest such streak to open a season on record for the program.
• Under head coach Ed Kelly, the Eagles have opened up a season with five straight one goal or less games three times (2008, 2002, 1991).
• Four of BC's games this season have had 1-0 score lines, with the Eagles going 2-2-0 in those contests.
• In the 2016 season, 14 of BC's 21 games were decided by one goal or less.

FORMIDABLE FOES
• Friday's game against No. 5 North Carolina marks the Eagles' third straight contest against a team ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
• Seven of BC's last eight games have been against ranked opponents.
• Last season, the Eagles played seven games against squads that were ranked.
• From Sept. 14 to Oct. 5, the Eagles played four consecutive games against ranked conference opponents (No. 7 Louisville, No. 9 Duke, No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 17 NC State).

ENSTROM COMING IN CLUTCH
• In all four of the Eagles' wins this season, Simon Enstrom has scored the game-winning goal.
• The senior's brace lifted BC to a 2-1 win over Quinnipiac in the season opener while his 89th minute goal earned a win over Clemson on Sept. 7 and his 61st did it against NC State on Oct. 5.
• Against Harvard on Oct. 9, Enstrom's second minute goal stood to be the game-winner.
• Enstrom also has two key game-tying goals on the season, doing it against Boston University on Aug. 27 with an 87th minute score and versus Holy Cross on Sept. 11.

CHAVEZ BORRELLI EARNS BACK-TO-BACK SHUTOUTS
• With his two save performance against Harvard on Oct. 9, Antonio Chavez Borrelli earned his second consecutive shutout.
• On Oct. 5 against then No. 17 NC State, the sophomore wasn't tasked with making a save but was crucial nonetheless on corners in preserving the clean sheet.
• Chavez Borrelli's shutout streak – and the team's – lasted 222:59, the longest for the Eagles since back-to-back shutouts on Aug. 25, 2017 (Quinnipiac) and Aug. 27, 2017 (Boston University) and a loss against UNH on Sept. 1, 2017 that lasted 209:10.
• While Chavez Borrelli was a part of the back-to-back shutouts last year, this year was the first time he played a full 90 minutes to earn both individual shutouts.
• He is the first BC goalkeeper to record back-to-back individual shutouts since Alex Kapp did it on Sept. 4, 2014 (Quinnipiac) and Sept. 7, 2014 (Rhode Island).

KONRADSSON KONNECTS
• Freshman Kristofer Konradsson scored his first career goal in the 79th minute of BC's game at UConn on Oct. 16 and then added another in the 84th for his first career brace.
• With the four-point outing, Konradsson moved into second place on the team in scoring with two goals and a team-high four assists.
• He is also second on the team in shots (28) and shots on goal (10).
• It was BC's third brace of the season, with Simon Enstrom earning the other two.

DAVOCK FINDING FORM
• Trevor Davock's goal against No. 2 Wake Forest on Oct. 12 was his first of the season and first since Oct. 29, 2016 … in that 5-4 win over NC State, Davock registered a hat trick.
• He is now third on the team in points with five, collecting one goal and three assists while registering seven shots on goal.
• The redshirt junior missed all but three games last season due to injury and undergoing offseason surgery.

No. 5 North Carolina Comes to Newton on Senior Day

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Players Mentioned

Antonio Chavez Borrelli

Trevor Davock

Simon Enstrom

Kristofer Konradsson