Saturday, October 5
Raleigh, N.C.
7:00 PM
Boston College
at
NC State
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NC State Next Road Test Up For Eagles
October 01, 2019 | Women's Soccer
BC will head to Raleigh, N.C. for an ACC road fixture against the Wolfpack.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team hits the road on Saturday, Oct. 5 when the Eagles travel to Raleigh, N.C. to take on NC State. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be live on ACCNX – which streams live on the ESPN App. This is the first of two consecutive ACC road games for Boston College (8-2-1, 1-2-0 ACC) while it marks the first ACC home game of the year for NC State (5-4-2, 0-1-2 ACC).
Boston College at NC State
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 | 7:00 p.m.
Dail Soccer Field/Track Complex | Raleigh, N.C.
A WIN OVER NC STATE WOULD . . .
• Move the Eagles to 9-2-1 overall on the year and 2-2-0 in ACC play.
• Bump BC to 14-3-0 in the all-time series with NC State.
ABOUT NC STATE
• The 5-4-2 Wolfpack has played four consecutive road contests, with the last three coming at ACC schools.
• NC State has played three ACC conference games, with all three decided by one goal or less ... after opening up with a 1-1 tie Duke, the Wolfpack had a 1-0 loss at UNC before another 1-1 tie at Wake Forest.
• Tziarra King has a team-high 22 points on nine goals and four assists ... Ricarda Walking is second on the team with seven points off of one goal and a team-leading five assists ... King was a member of the ACC Preseason All-ACC Team.
• Jessica Berlin has played the majority of time in goal for NC State, posting a 0.93 goals against average and a .730 save percentage.
• Tim Santoro is in his seventh season as the head coach of the Wolfpack ... he has guided the team to three consecutive NCAA tournament berths, including a pair of Sweet 16 appearances (2016, 2018).
• In the Preseason ACC Coaches Poll, NC State was tabbed fourth among the league's 14 teams.
SERIES HISTORY VS NC STATE
• Boston College has a record of 13-3-0 in the all-time series with NC State.
• The teams first met in 1985, with BC earning 2-1 win ... NC State earned its first win in the next meeting in 1990 before the Eagles went on an 11-game winning streak.
• In last year's meeting on Oct. 7, 2018, BC won 2-0 ... current Eagle Olivia Vaughn scored in the home contest.
• Gaby Carreiro scored her first career goal against NC State on Sept. 27, 2015 ... the then-freshman curled home the game-winning goal in the 85th minute for a 1-0 BC road win.
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe (2014-18) and NC State head coach Tim Santoro (2008-2012) both served on the coaching staff at Wake Forest prior to taking their current positions.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will remain on the road, traveling to Pitt on Oct. 10.
• BC will return home for two games, hosting Wake Forest (Oct. 13) and North Carolina (17).
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College fell to then-No. 22 Louisville on Sunday afternoon, 2-1, in Newton ... the visiting Cardinals scored two first half goals and fended off a late BC rally for the win.
• Gaby Carreiro converted a penalty kick in the 89th minute and the Eagles immediately came back down the field to earn a corner but Louisville defended the late chance ... Carreiro's PK conversion marked the second consecutive game she converted from the spot.
• BC out-earned Louisville 12-4 in corner kicks.
• It was the first-ever meeting in the series that did not include a shutout.
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe (2014-18) and NC State head coach Tim Santoro (2008-2012) both served on the coaching staff at Wake Forest prior to taking their current positions.
• BC was receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Association Poll.
• The Eagles have scored the first goal of the game in 10 of 11 contests this season.
• BC has 13 players with at least one point and nine players with at least one goal.
• Sam Smith's eight goals is good for a tie for third overall in the ACC ... her three game-winning goals ties for the league lead.
• Allie Augur's four shutouts place her tied for second overall among ACC goalkeepers.
• With her goal against Mississippi State on Sept. 15, Olivia Vaughn eclipsed 50 career points ... the senior now has 26 goals and five assists for 57 career points ... Vaughn is BC's active career points leader.
• BC's four goals against FSU on Sept. 19 marked the most the Seminoles conceded in a match since a 4-3 loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 19, 2017.
ABOUT HEAD COACH JASON LOWE
• Jason Lowe was named the program's fifth head coach on Jan. 9, 2019.
• Lowe arrived on the Heights after serving on the coaching staff at Wake Forest since 2014, including 2017 and 2018 as associate head coach.
• The Shaker Heights, Ohio native helped the Demon Deacons reach the NCAA tournament Round of 32 in 2017 and the Sweet 16 in 2018.
• Prior to Wake Forest, Lowe served as an assistant coach at Alabama for five seasons and two years at Emory.
• Lowe served as a goalkeeper for the Wake Forest men's soccer team from 1994-97.
• In addition to receiving his bachelor's degree in 1998, Lowe also earned his MBA from Wake Forest in 2002.
SMITH SCORES
• Freshman Sam Smith is eighth in the ACC with her 17 points.
• The Hanson, Mass. native has scored eight goals and assisted on one other.
• Smith's eight goals tie for third in the ACC.
VALUABLE VAUGHN
• Senior forward Olivia Vaughn is BC's active scoring leader with 57 points on 26 goals and five assists.
• Vaughn has notched two braces so far this season, doing it against UMass Lowell (Aug. 25) and Miami (Sept. 26) ... she now has six for her career.
• Vaughn recorded a career-high 21 points on a career-best 10 goals and one assist as a junior ... she also recorded a career-high 65 shots.
• She tallied a career-high two assists as a sophomore in 2017.
• The Montclair, N.J. native has played in all 70 of BC's contests since arriving on the Heights.
CAPTAIN CARREIRO
• Midfielder Gaby Carreiro has tied her career-high in goals scored this season with three.
• The tri-captain scored one against Boston University on Aug. 29 ... she has also gone 2-for-2 on penalty kicks, converting against Miami (Sept. 26) and Louisville (Sept. 29).
• Through 11 games, Carreiro has three goals and two assists for eight points ... her career high is 10 points, which came during the 2016 season on one goal and eight assists.
Boston College at NC State
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 | 7:00 p.m.
Dail Soccer Field/Track Complex | Raleigh, N.C.
A WIN OVER NC STATE WOULD . . .
• Move the Eagles to 9-2-1 overall on the year and 2-2-0 in ACC play.
• Bump BC to 14-3-0 in the all-time series with NC State.
ABOUT NC STATE
• The 5-4-2 Wolfpack has played four consecutive road contests, with the last three coming at ACC schools.
• NC State has played three ACC conference games, with all three decided by one goal or less ... after opening up with a 1-1 tie Duke, the Wolfpack had a 1-0 loss at UNC before another 1-1 tie at Wake Forest.
• Tziarra King has a team-high 22 points on nine goals and four assists ... Ricarda Walking is second on the team with seven points off of one goal and a team-leading five assists ... King was a member of the ACC Preseason All-ACC Team.
• Jessica Berlin has played the majority of time in goal for NC State, posting a 0.93 goals against average and a .730 save percentage.
• Tim Santoro is in his seventh season as the head coach of the Wolfpack ... he has guided the team to three consecutive NCAA tournament berths, including a pair of Sweet 16 appearances (2016, 2018).
• In the Preseason ACC Coaches Poll, NC State was tabbed fourth among the league's 14 teams.
SERIES HISTORY VS NC STATE
• Boston College has a record of 13-3-0 in the all-time series with NC State.
• The teams first met in 1985, with BC earning 2-1 win ... NC State earned its first win in the next meeting in 1990 before the Eagles went on an 11-game winning streak.
• In last year's meeting on Oct. 7, 2018, BC won 2-0 ... current Eagle Olivia Vaughn scored in the home contest.
• Gaby Carreiro scored her first career goal against NC State on Sept. 27, 2015 ... the then-freshman curled home the game-winning goal in the 85th minute for a 1-0 BC road win.
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe (2014-18) and NC State head coach Tim Santoro (2008-2012) both served on the coaching staff at Wake Forest prior to taking their current positions.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will remain on the road, traveling to Pitt on Oct. 10.
• BC will return home for two games, hosting Wake Forest (Oct. 13) and North Carolina (17).
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College fell to then-No. 22 Louisville on Sunday afternoon, 2-1, in Newton ... the visiting Cardinals scored two first half goals and fended off a late BC rally for the win.
• Gaby Carreiro converted a penalty kick in the 89th minute and the Eagles immediately came back down the field to earn a corner but Louisville defended the late chance ... Carreiro's PK conversion marked the second consecutive game she converted from the spot.
• BC out-earned Louisville 12-4 in corner kicks.
• It was the first-ever meeting in the series that did not include a shutout.
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe (2014-18) and NC State head coach Tim Santoro (2008-2012) both served on the coaching staff at Wake Forest prior to taking their current positions.
• BC was receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Association Poll.
• The Eagles have scored the first goal of the game in 10 of 11 contests this season.
• BC has 13 players with at least one point and nine players with at least one goal.
• Sam Smith's eight goals is good for a tie for third overall in the ACC ... her three game-winning goals ties for the league lead.
• Allie Augur's four shutouts place her tied for second overall among ACC goalkeepers.
• With her goal against Mississippi State on Sept. 15, Olivia Vaughn eclipsed 50 career points ... the senior now has 26 goals and five assists for 57 career points ... Vaughn is BC's active career points leader.
• BC's four goals against FSU on Sept. 19 marked the most the Seminoles conceded in a match since a 4-3 loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 19, 2017.
ABOUT HEAD COACH JASON LOWE
• Jason Lowe was named the program's fifth head coach on Jan. 9, 2019.
• Lowe arrived on the Heights after serving on the coaching staff at Wake Forest since 2014, including 2017 and 2018 as associate head coach.
• The Shaker Heights, Ohio native helped the Demon Deacons reach the NCAA tournament Round of 32 in 2017 and the Sweet 16 in 2018.
• Prior to Wake Forest, Lowe served as an assistant coach at Alabama for five seasons and two years at Emory.
• Lowe served as a goalkeeper for the Wake Forest men's soccer team from 1994-97.
• In addition to receiving his bachelor's degree in 1998, Lowe also earned his MBA from Wake Forest in 2002.
SMITH SCORES
• Freshman Sam Smith is eighth in the ACC with her 17 points.
• The Hanson, Mass. native has scored eight goals and assisted on one other.
• Smith's eight goals tie for third in the ACC.
VALUABLE VAUGHN
• Senior forward Olivia Vaughn is BC's active scoring leader with 57 points on 26 goals and five assists.
• Vaughn has notched two braces so far this season, doing it against UMass Lowell (Aug. 25) and Miami (Sept. 26) ... she now has six for her career.
• Vaughn recorded a career-high 21 points on a career-best 10 goals and one assist as a junior ... she also recorded a career-high 65 shots.
• She tallied a career-high two assists as a sophomore in 2017.
• The Montclair, N.J. native has played in all 70 of BC's contests since arriving on the Heights.
CAPTAIN CARREIRO
• Midfielder Gaby Carreiro has tied her career-high in goals scored this season with three.
• The tri-captain scored one against Boston University on Aug. 29 ... she has also gone 2-for-2 on penalty kicks, converting against Miami (Sept. 26) and Louisville (Sept. 29).
• Through 11 games, Carreiro has three goals and two assists for eight points ... her career high is 10 points, which came during the 2016 season on one goal and eight assists.
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