Boston College
No. 17 NC State
Eagles Return Home to Host No. 17 NC State
October 04, 2018 | Men's Soccer
It's the fourth consecutive game against a ranked opponent for BC.
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Boston College (2-3-3, 1-3-0 ACC) is coming off a two-game conference road trip that included stops at then No. 9 Duke and No. 20 Notre Dame. The Eagles dropped both of those games, falling 3-2 to the Blue Devils and 1-0 to the Fighting Irish. All eight of BC's contests this season have been decided by one goal or less. This will mark the fourth consecutive game against a ranked opponent for the Eagles.
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NC State (6-2-2, 1-2-1 ACC) is coming off a 0-0 tie with James Madison at home on Tuesday night. It was the second consecutive tie for the Wolfpack after a 2-2 affair with Louisville on Sept. 28. Gabriel Machado leads NC State with 10 points on four goals and two assists, with three of his scores going for game-winners. On the whole, the Wolfpack has nine different goal scorers and 12 players with points. Leon Krapf has seen all of the time in goal for the team, posting a .940 goals against average, .744 save percentage and five shutouts with his 6-2-2 record.
The Eagles will host Harvard on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Newton Campus Fields in the penultimate non-conference regular season game of the season for BC.
Boston College (2-3-3, 1-3-0 ACC) vs. No. 17 NC State (6-2-2, 1-2-1 ACC)
Friday, Oct. 6, 2018 | 7 p.m.
Newton Campus Fields | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT NC STATE
• The 17th-ranked 'Pack is coming off a 0-0 tie with James Madison at home on Tuesday night, marking the second consecutive tie for the team after a 2-2 affair with Louisville last weekend.
• Gabriel Machado leads NC State with 10 points on four goals and two assists, with three of his scores going for game-winners.
• On the whole, the Wolfpack has nine different goal scorers and 12 players with points.
• Leon Krapf has seen all of the time in goal for the team, posting a .940 goals against average, .744 save percentage and five shutouts with his 6-2-2 record.
• NC State has been ranked as high as fourth in the country this season. The team was picked to finish fourth in the ACC Atlantic Division and eighth of 12 teams overall according to the preseason coaches' poll.
THE SERIES vs. NC STATE
• The Eagles enter Friday night's meeting with the Wolfpack – the 16th – with an edge of 7-5-3 in the all-time series.
• The squads first met in 2004, a non-conference game in Newton a year before the Eagles joined the ACC, and played to a 0-0 stalemate.
• In conference play, the Eagles are 7-4-2.
• The last four meetings between the teams have gone to at least one overtime, including last year's 0-0- draw in Raleigh.
• BC holds a mark of 5-0-2 in Newton. The last time the teams played in Newton, Trevor Davock scored a hat trick for the Eagles in a 5-4 overtime win on Oct. 29, 2016.
A WIN OVER NC STATE WOULD . . .
• Bump BC to 3-3-3 overall and halt a three-game losing streak for the Eagles.
• Move BC's record in the all-time series to 8-5-3 overall and 6-0-2 at home.
• Give the program and overall record of 439-388-105 and 280-230-63 under head coach Ed Kelly.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Eagles dropped a third consecutive game on Friday, Sept. 28, being edged by then No. 20 Notre Dame, 1-0, in South Bend.
• After a scoreless first half, Aiden McFadden took just four minutes of the second half to put the Fighting Irish up, 1-0.
• Lasse Lehmann was issued a red card in the waning moments of the game.
• It marked the first game of the season in which Callum Johnson was held without a shot attempt.
• All eight of BC's games this season have been decided by one goal or less.
