No. 19 Eagles Host Clemson In ACC Quarters

GAME INFORMATION
Clemson at No 19 Boston College
RECORDS: BC (14-3-1) | Clemson (11-7-1, 6-4-0)
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018
TIME: 1 p.m.
LIVE STATS

The Boston College women's soccer team will host Clemson on Sunday at the Newton Soccer Field in the quarterfinal of the ACC Tournament.

BC finished the regular season at 14-3-1 and a 6-3-1 conference record to place fourth overall.

Clemson (6-4-0) defeated Syracuse, 3-0, on Thursday night and tied Louisville for fifth place with 18 points. The tie was broken by goal differential in overall conference games. Clemson had the edge and clinched the No. 5 seed with a plus-six goal differential.

The winner of the BC-Clemson game will advance to the ACC semifinal to play the winner of top-seeded UNC and No. 8 Virginia Tech on Friday, Nov. 2 (5:30 p.m.) at Wake Med Park in Cary, North Carolina.

The Eagles and Clemson earlier this season. BC picked up a 2-1 victory on Sept. 30 at Clemson. Junior Olivia Vaughn scored two goals in the win. The game-winner came in the 82nd minute of the match.

ABOUT THE TEAM
- Boston College is currently No. 19 in the United Coaches Poll and is now No. 20 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. The Eagles RPI is at 19.
- Boston College has out-scored opponents, 43-11.
- BC has out-shot opponents, 272-158.
- Sophomore Sam Coffey finished the regular season leading the ACC in goals (12), assists (14) and points (38).
- Junior Olivia Vaughn tallied her single season career-high with nine goals and 19 points this season.
- Eleven different players have scored for the Eagles this season.
- Graduate senior Alexis Bryant has a GAA of 0.63 and has been credited with eight of the 10 teams' shutouts this season.
- Junior Jenna Bike tallied three assists vs. Pittsburgh last week. It was the second time this season a BC player recorded three helpers in a game. Sam Coffey had three in a 5-0 victory over Albany on August 23.

BC vs. CLEMSON
- BC has played Clemson have played 15 times. BC has a 9-4-1 lead in the series.
- The two teams first met in 2005 with BC earning a 2-1 victory.
- This will be the second-time BC and Clemson met in the ACC tournament. The Tigers defeated BC, 2-1 on Nov. 1, 2006 at the ACC Tournament in North Carolina.

PROBABLE STARTERS
GK – Alexis Bryant
DEF – Elysa Virella, Gianna Mitchell, Kayla Duran, Mijke Roelfsema
MID – Jillian Jennings, Kayla Jennings, Sam Coffey
FOR – Jenna Bike, Olivia Vaughn, Gaby Carreiro

GAME DAY INFO
- BC vs. Clemson – Newton Soccer Field
- Tickets will be sold at the BC-Clemson game at 1 p.m.
- Adults: $10 (over 18)
- Youth: Free (18 and under)
- Students: Free with student ID

No. 19 Eagles Host Clemson In ACC Quarters

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Players Mentioned

Jenna Bike

Alexis Bryant

Gaby Carreiro

Sam Coffey

Kayla Duran

Jillian Jennings

Kayla Jennings

Gianna Mitchell

Mijke Roelfsema

Olivia Vaughn

Elysa Virella