No. 3 Clemson Up Next For Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The No. 21/30 Boston College men's soccer team will head to South Carolina to play No. 3 Clemson on Friday night at the Historic Riggs Field in an ACC showdown. BC and Clemson will kick off at 7:00 p.m. on the ACC Network Extra.

BC stands at 7-3-3 overall and 1-3-2 in the ACC after a hard-fought 3-2 overtime loss at Louisville last Friday night. It was the Eagles first loss in overtime since 2017.

No. 3 Clemson (12-1-1, 4-1-1 ACC) is coming off a 5-0 home victory over Radford on Tuesday. Junior Robbie Robinson, who leads the ACC in scoring with 33 points (13g, 7a), had one goal and three assists vs. Radford. The Tigers have scored 16 goals in the last three games. They have scored four or more goals in seven games this season.

The young Eagles are still ranked in two polls this week. BC is 21^st ranked by Top Drawer Soccer and 30^th in the College Soccer News Top 30. The team is receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Poll this week.

The Tigers are ranked third by the United Soccer Coaches, fifth by Top Drawer Soccer, fourth by College Soccer News and eighth in the Soccer America poll.

GAME INFORMATION
No. 21/30 Boston College (7-3-3, 1-3-2) at No. 3 Clemson (12-1-1, 4-1-1 ACC)
Friday, Oct. 25, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Historic Riggs Field | Clemson, South Carolina
Live Stream | Live Stats

BC vs. CLEMSON
- This will be the 19th game against the Clemson Tigers. BC is 4-9-5 against Clemson.
- The first meeting between BC and Clemson took place on October 25, 2005. Clemson posted a 2-0 win. - BC's first win over the Tigers took place on Oct 31, 2008 in a 2-0 win at home. Then senior Alejandro Bedoya had two assists in the win.
- In the last four matches, BC has a 1-2-1 record.
- Last season, BC defeated Clemson, 3-2, at home. Simon Enstrom '19 scored twice, tying the game in the 71st minute before firing home the game-winner with a minute to play. It was the Eagles first win over Clemson since 2009.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- GK, So., Christian Garner
- D, So., Tyshawn Rose
- D, Jr., David Longo
- D, Fr., Victor Souza
- D, Sr., Joe Kellett
- M, Fr., Michael Suski
- M, So., Alex Mieles
- M, So., Jesus Sahagun
- M, Sr., Lasse Lehmann
- F, Sr., Adam French
- F, Fr., Stefan Sigurdarson

LAST GAME
- Boston College fell to Louisville, 3-2, in overtime on the road despite two goals from freshman Stefan Sigurdarson.
- BC held the lead twice in the match behind goals from freshman Stefan Sigurdarson. Louisville tied match twice in the second half, including a goal in the 89th minute to send the game into overtime.
- The Cardinals scored the game-winner in the 104th minute to pick up their second ACC win.

CAPTAINS
-Five Eagles will serve as the BC captains this season - seniors Lasse Lehmann, Joe Kellett, Heidar Aegisson, Adam French and junior David Longo. Aegisson is the only two-time captain as he served as a team leader in 2018.

CORNER KICKS
- BC is currently in a three-way tie for ninth place in the ACC with Syracuse and Virginia Tech.
- In the second week of the NCAA Soccer RPI released on Monday, Boston College is at 29. Nine ACC teams are in the top 30 and four are in the top 10.
- Freshman Stefan Sigurdarson tallied two goals against Louisville last Friday. It was the second time this season two goals, the first vs. Wake Forest. Sigurdarson leads BC with six goals and two assists for 14 points. He is the highest scoring freshman since Simon Enstrom '19 posted eight goals and three assists for 19 points in 2015.
- Sophomore Tyshawn Rose was credited with two assists on both goals by Stefan Sigurdarson against Louisville. The two assists were the defenders first two collegiate points. Rose, who has started the last five game, has played in every game this season. As a freshman, he played in 16 games.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Christian Garner has played the last seven games (3-1-3). He has recoded three shutouts. In the tie against No. 1 UVA last week, he had a career-high nine saves. He earned the Eagle of the Week honors this past week.
- Five players - David Longo, Joe Kellett, Victor Souza, Stefan Sigurdarson and Lasse Lehmann - have started every game this season.
- Stefan Sigurdarson and Victor Souza - are the only freshmen to start every game this season.

UP NEXT
- Boston College will return home to play at Harvard on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Eagles will return home for the final regular season game against Syracuse on Friday at 7 p.m. Prior to the match the program will honor seven seniors – Lasse Lehmann, Heidar Aegisson, Joe Kellett, Adam French, Callum Johnson, Ronaldinho Diniz and Rafa Salama.

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Players Mentioned

Heidar Aegisson

Alejandro Bedoya

Ronaldinho Diniz

Simon Enstrom

Adam French

Christian Garner

Callum Johnson

Joe Kellett

Lasse Lehmann

David Longo

Alex Mieles

Tyshawn Rose

Jesus Sahagun

Rafael Salama

Stefan Sigurdarson

Victor Souza

Michael Suski