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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.Â
• 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.Â
• 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.Â
• 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.Â
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