Eagles Play at Notre Dame In ACC Tournament

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Boston College men's soccer team opens postseason play on Tuesday in the first round of the ACC Tournament. The ninth-seeded Eagles will travel to face eighth-seeded Notre Dame at Alumni Stadium. The teams will kick off at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.

The Eagles moved into ninth place with a 2-1 win over Syracuse on Friday night. Freshman Michael Suski scored the game-winner in the 78^th minute. Freshman Stefan Sigurdarson had two assists in the match, while sophomore goalkeeper Christian Garner had four saves (4-1-3).

The winner of Tuesday's contest will advance to meet the top seed Clemson on Sunday, Nov. 10 in South Carolina.

ACC TOURNAMENT - GAME INFORMATION
No. 9 Boston College at No. 8 Notre Dame
Boston College (8-4-3, 2-4-2) | Notre Dame (9-6-1, 3-5-0)
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 | 2:00 p.m.
Alumni Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana
Live Stream | Live Stats |

BC vs. NOTRE DAME
- This will be the 15th meeting between Boston College and Notre Dame.
- BC is 4-9-1 vs. the Irish in the overall series. The Eagles are 2-4-0 on the road and 1-3-1 in the last five meetings against Notre Dame.
- The two teams last played in 2018 with the Irish earning a 1-0 victory on Sept. 28.
- BC last defeated Notre Dame on October 3, 2014 on the road. Then sophomore Isaac Normesinu scored the lone goal in the 15th minute of the game. It was an upset as the Irish were ranked No. 1 at the time.

LAST TIME OUT
- Boston College freshman Michael Suski scored in the game-winner in the 78th minute to lead the Eagles past Syracuse, 2-1, at home. It was Suski's third goal and first game-winning goal.
- The Eagles were down 1-0 after Syracuse scored in the 33rd minute on a free kick from Ryan Raposo from 22 yards out. BC was handed a second blow when senior Joe Kellett was served a red card in the 41st minute.
- Down a man, Boston College responded as freshman Amos Shapiro-Thompson scored off a beautiful set up from Stefan Sigurdarson in the 42nd minute and the game was tied at 1-1.
- Despite being down a man, Boston College continued to press forward. The game evened out when Syracuse was served a red card as Nyal Higgins left the game in the 72nd minute.
- Sophomore Christian Garner improved to 4-1-3 in goal as he made four saves in the win.

STEF DOING STEF THINGS
- Stefan Sigurdarson, a native of Iceland, leads the BC with 6 goals and 4 assists for 16 points.
- He has scored two goals twice this season - vs. #3 Wake Forest and RV Louisville.
- On Friday, Siguardarson set up both goals in the win over Syracuse.
- Sigurdarson is the first freshman to lead the team in scoring since Simon Enstrom '19. Enstrom finished the 2015 season with nine goals and three assists. In 2014, then-rookie Zeiko Lewis led BC with three goals and 11 assists for 17 points.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- GK, So., Christian Garner
- D, So., Tyshawn Rose
- D, Jr., David Longo
- D, Fr., Victor Souza
- D, Sr., Joe Kellett
- M, So., Jesus Sahagun
- M, So., Kristofer Konradsson
- M, Fr., Amos Shapiro-Thompson
- M, Sr., Lasse Lehmann
- F, Sr., Adam French
- F, Fr., Stefan Sigurdarson

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.

EAGLES IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
-The Eagles finished the season with a 2-4-2 record in fifth place in the Atlantic Division. No. 9 BC will play at No. 8 Notre Dame (3-5-0 ACC) on Tuesday at 2 p.m. The winner will travel to Clemson to play on Nov. 10.
- Last season BC finished with a 2-5-1 record and lost to NC State in the first round of the ACC Tournament.
- BC won the regular season ACC Championship in 2007 and captured the tournament tile as well that season. BC went 7-1-0 in the regular season of the conference in 2007.
- The most recent success in the ACC, the Eagles advanced to the semifinal round in 2016. BC defeated Virginia Tech on penalty kicks (4-3), followed by a 1-0 win over UNC on the road. The Eagles eventually fell to Clemson in South Carolina.

TEAM NOTES
- BC's RPI as of Monday, Nov. 4 was at 19.
- Since joining the ACC, BC is 46-58-19 in conference play.
- Three defenders –David Longo and Victor Souza – have played started every game and played every minute of every game this season. Five players – David Longo, Joe Kellett, Victor Souza, Stefan Sigurdarson and Lasse Lehmann – have started every game.
- Sophomore Tyshawn Rose recorded his first college points vs. Louisville. He was credited with two assists in the 3-2 OT loss.

UP NEXT
- The winner of the BC-Notre Dame match will travel to South Carolina to play at Clemson on Sunday, Nov. 10.

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Players Mentioned

Heidar Aegisson

Simon Enstrom

Adam French

Christian Garner

Joe Kellett

Kristofer Konradsson

Lasse Lehmann

David Longo

Tyshawn Rose

Jesus Sahagun

Amos Shapiro-Thompson

Stefan Sigurdarson

Victor Souza

Michael Suski