Eagles to Host Clemson in Friday's ACC Opener

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College men's soccer team will have its first ACC test of the season on Friday night, hosting Clemson for a 7 p.m. kick off. The game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra – available at WatchESPN.com or the ESPN app.

The meeting marks the first conference contest for both the Eagles and the Tigers. BC (1-0-2, 0-0-0 ACC) is coming off a 1-1 double overtime tie at Providence on Aug. 31 – the second consecutive double overtime tie after a 3-3 affair with crosstown rival Boston University on Aug. 27. Against the Friars, Beto Luna tallied the first goal of the season in the seventh minute for an early lead but Providence evened the scored by the half. Antonio Chavez Borrelli was stellar in goal, making a career-high nine saves to preserve the tie.

ABOUT CLEMSON
• Clemson (3-1-0, 0-0-0 ACC) topped Villanova, 2-0, on Sept. 3 behind goals from Kimarni Smith and John Murphy.
• The Tigers have won three straight games entering Friday night's match with the Eagles.
• Goalkeeper Jonny Sutherland was named to the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List – one of four goalkeepers on the 32-player list – and midfielder John Murphy Jr. was named to TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Best XI Freshman squad.
• Clemson was picked to finish second in the ACC's Atlantic Division, receiving four first-place votes from the coaches.

THE SERIES vs. CLEMSON
• Friday's game will be the 18th meeting between the two teams, all of which have come since BC joined the ACC in 2005.
• The Tigers hold a 9-3-5 edge in the all-time series, but the Eagles have a 3-1-3 mark at home.
• Last year, the team's met on Sept. 15 in South Carolina, with Clemson using a second half goal to earn the 1-0 home win.
• The Eagles won three-straight meetings in 2008 and 2009 – the team's only victories in the series (all three wins have come in Newton).
• In 2015 and 2016, the teams played in the regular season and then gain in the conference playoffs.

A WIN OVER CLEMSON WOULD . . .
• Move BC to 2-0-2 overall and 1-0-0 in ACC play.
• Bump BC's all-time record to 438-385-104 and head coach Ed Kelly's record at BC to 279-227-62.
• Give the Eagles their first win in the series since a 2-0 win at home on Oct. 9, 2009.

LAST TIME OUT
• BC made the short drive to Providence on Aug. 31, coming out of the non-conference match with a 1-1 tie.
• Beto Luna scored his first goal of the season off a Callum Johnson floater pass in the seventh minute but the Friars tied it up before halftime, 1-1.
• The 75th minute saw Luna be issued a red card and the Eagles were forced to play with 10 men for the remainder of the match.
• Antonio Chavez Borrelli made a career-high nine saves – including three in overtime – to preserve the tie.
• With his goal, Luna became BC's fourth goal scorer of the season, and the Eagles now have seven players with at least one point.

ENSTROM CONTINUES TO CLIMB BC CAREER CHARTS
• With three goals through three games in 2018, senior Simon Enstrom continues to climb up the BC career scoring charts.
• With 62 career points (24 goals, 12 assists), he is now tied for seventh all-time in program history with Jay Hutchins.
• Enstrom's 25 goals is good for sixth all-time in program history, one spot ahead of Charlie Davies (25) and one spot behind Charlie Rugg (28).
• Enstrom's brace against Quinnipiac in the season opener marked the fifth multi-goal game and the ninth multi-point game of his career.
• The captain's single-game points record is six after his first career hat trick last year at Harvard on Oct. 10.

Eagles to Host Clemson in Friday's ACC Opener

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Antonio Chavez Borrelli

Simon Enstrom

Callum Johnson

Beto Luna