Eagles Wrap Up Regular Season Friday at No. 20 Syracuse

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. –The Boston College men's soccer team hits the road on Friday, Oct. 26, when the Eagles wrap up the 2018 regular season at No. 20 Syracuse. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, which is available via WatchEspn.com or the ESPN App.

Boston College (4-7-3, 2-5-0 ACC) is coming off a 2-1 loss at Rhode Island on Tuesday night. The lightning-delayed match had all three goals scored in the second half, with Simon Enstrom's ninth of the year equalizing in the 56th minute only to see the Rams win it out of the delay with an 80th-minute goal.

While No. 20 Syracuse (7-5-3, 1-4-2) had its six-game unbeaten streak snapped on Tuesday night with a 3-2 loss to Clemson, the Orange is 4-3-3 in the last 10 games. Syracuse has not lost back-to-back contests all season. Goalkeeper Hendrik Hilpert was named the National Player of the Week and the ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 9 after five-save and four-save performances in wins over then No. 1 Wake Forest and Akron.

Boston College will learn its ACC Tournament seeding and opponent after the conclusion of two conference contests that will be played on Saturday, Oct. 27. The Eagles are currently tied for ninth in the overall standings - fourth in the Atlantic Division - with Pitt and have six points to Syracuse's five.

Boston College (4-7-3. 2-5-0 ACC) at No. 20 Syracuse (7-5-3, 1-4-2)
Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 | 7 p.m.
SU Soccer Complex | Syracuse, N.Y.

ABOUT SYRACUSE
• Twentieth ranked Syracuse had a six-game unbeaten streak snapped on Tuesday night, falling in an ACC game to Clemson, 3-2.
• Three players are in double-digit scoring, with Tajon Buchanan's 20 points on eight goals and four assists leading the way … overall, 15 players have at least one point.
• Hendrk Hilpert has played nearly every minute in goal for the Orange, going 7-5-3 with a 0.692 save percentage and a 1.28 goals against average.
• The Orange, which welcomed back 16 players from the 2017 squad, was picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic Division in the ACC Preseason Coaches' Poll.

THE SERIES vs. SYRACUSE
• Boston College and Syracuse have squared off 29 times prior to Friday's game, with the Eagles holding an edge of 16-12-1 in the all-time series.
• The squads first met on Nov. 14, 1982, with the Eagles falling in overtime, 1-0, in the home contest.
• BC is 7-9-0 all-time against the Orange on the road.
• Last year in Newton, Callum Johnson scored just minutes into overtime to lift the Eagles to a 2-1 win … Simon Enstrom earned assists on both of BC's goals in that match … Antonio Chavez Borrelli made three saves in the win, which was his first career ACC victory.

A WIN OVER SYRACUSE WOULD . . .
• Bump BC to 5-7-3 overall and 3-5-0 in ACC play.
• Move the Eagles' record in the all-time series to 17-12-1 and give them a mark of 8-9-0 in the series on the road.
• Give the program an overall record of 441-392-105 and 282-234-63 under head coach Ed Kelly.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College played its final non-conference game of the regular season on Oct. 23, falling on the road to Rhode Island, 2-1.
• The lightning-delayed match had all three goals scored in the second half, with Simon Enstrom's ninth of the year equalizing in the 56th minute only to see the Rams win it out of the delay with an 80th-minute goal.
• Jesus Sahagun, Ronaldinho Diniz and goalkeeper Christian Garner made their first career starts in the match … Garner's start was his first career appearance.
• Elliot Smith Hastie made his first appearance of the season when he came on as a substitute late in the first half … he went on to play 53 minutes.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
• Thirteen of BC's 14 regular season games this season have been decided by one goal or less.
• The first 12 games of 2018 were decided by one goal or less, the ongest 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.

Eagles Wrap Up Regular Season Friday at No. 20 Syracuse

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Players Mentioned

Antonio Chavez Borrelli

Ronaldinho Diniz

Simon Enstrom

Christian Garner

Callum Johnson

Jesus Sahagun

Elliot Smith Hastie