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Eagles Set to Host Harvard on Tuesday Night
October 08, 2018 | Men's Soccer
Non-conference foe makes the short trip to Newton.
The Eagles (3-3-3, 2-3-0 ACC) are coming off four consecutive conference games against ranked opponents. On Saturday, BC ended a three-game skid by taking down then-ranked No. 17 NC State, 1-0, behind Simon Enstrom's 61st minute header.
Harvard (3-7-0, 1-1-0, Ivy) is coming off a 4-2 loss to Cornell on Oct. 6, falling to the Big Red after a hat trick from Charles Touche.
The Crimson and Eagles have two shared opponents thus far in 2018, with both teams playing Providence and Boston University. BC tied both the Friars (1-1) and Terriers (3-3) while Harvard earned two wins against Providence (2-1) and BU (2-1 OT).
After hosting Harvard, Boston College will begin a two-game road swing starting with a trip to conference foe Wake Forest on Friday, Oct. 12.
Boston College (3-3-3, 2-3-0 ACC) vs. Harvard (3-7-0, 1-1-0 Ivy)
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 | 7 p.m.
Newton Campus Fields | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard last played on Saturday, Oct. 6, falling 4-2 to Ivy League rival Cornell
• Freshman Alfred Perez leads the team with six points on two goals while three other players have four points each.
• Harvard has had seven different goal scorers this season and each game-winning goal has come from a different player.
• Three players have seen time in goal for the Crimson, with Matt Freese seeing the majority of the time … Freese is 3-3-0 with a 1.54 goals against average and a.756 save percentage.
• Entering the season, Harvard returned three of its top five point scorers from 2017.
THE SERIES vs. HARVARD
• Since 1978, the Eagles and Crimson have met 24 times, with BC holding an edge of 11-9-4 in the series.
• The Eagles are 6-3-1 at home against Harvard and 5-5-3 at the Crimson's facilities.
• Last year, behind Simon Enstrom's hat trick, BC snapped a three-game losing streak in the series. It was Enstrom's first career hat trick.
• The programs have met every season since 2009.
A WIN OVER HARVARD WOULD . . .
• Bump BC to 4-3-3 overall and keeps the Eagles unbeaten in non-conference play with a record of 2-0-3.
• Move BC's record in the series to 12-9-4 overall and 7-3-1 at home.
• Give the program an overall record of 440-388-105 and 281-230-63 under head coach Ed Kelly.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College earned its first win of the season over a ranked opponent last time out, defeating then No. 17 NC State, 1-0, on Oct. 5 in Newton.
• Simon Enstrom headed home the game-winning goal off of a Kristofer Konradsson corner kick in the 61st minute.
• It was BC's first win over a ranked opponent since the Eagles defeated No. 4 North Carolina, 1-0, on Nov. 6, 2016 in the ACC Tournament.
• The one-goal affair was the 10th consecutive meeting between the two teams decided by one goal or less.
• The win moved BC to 8-5-3 in the all-time series and 6-0-2 at home against the Wolfpack.
• The close battle marked the sixth time this season that BC entered halftime tied with the opponent.
• It was the Eagles' fourth consecutive game with a ranked opponent.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
• All nine 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).
• Three of BC's games this season have had 1-0 score lines, with the Eagles going 1-2-0 in those contests.
ENSTROM COMING IN CLUTCH
• In all three 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.
• 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.
