Boston College
UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell Up Next For Eagles
August 24, 2019 | Women's Soccer
BC will continue its season-opening three-game stand in Newton on Sunday night against the River Hawks.
The game will be available for streaming on ACCNX, which streams live on the ESPN App.
Boston College vs. UMass Lowell
Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 | 5:30 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT UMASS LOWELL
• UMass Lowell is coming off a season-opening, 2-1 loss at Niagara on Thursday night ... Lily Fabian scored for the River Hawks while Lauren Huff recorded two saves.
• The River Hawks were picked to finish fourth in the America East Preseason Coaches' poll, the highest preseason ranking for the squad since joining the Division I Level ahead of the 2013 season.
• UML went 7-9-5 overall in 2018 with a 4-3-1 mark in conference play.
• The River Hawks qualified for their first-ever America East Tournament in 2018 and climbed all the way to the title game, falling to UAlbany.
SERIES HISTORY VS UMASS LOWELL
• This will be the first-ever meeting between Boston College and UMass Lowell.
• The Eagles are 38-18-6 all-time against current America East Teams.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College earned its eighth consecutive season-opening victory - and extended its unbeaten streak in openers to 13 games - on Thursday night with a 2-1 win over UMass.
• The win marked the first career head coaching victory for Jason Lowe.
• Freshman Samantha Agresti opened the scoring with her first career goal in the fifth minute while classmate Sam Smith fired the game-winner home in the 88th.
• BC started five rookies, with Samantha Agresti, Smith, Michela Agresti, Sydney Moore and Allie Augur all getting the first collegiate action of their careers.
• Augur earned the win with three saves.
IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• BC athletic teams went a combined 2-1-1 against UMass Lowell squads during the 2018-19 school year.
• The Eagles are 38-18-6 all-time against current America East Teams.
UP NEXT
• BC will close out its season-opening three-game home stand against cross-town rival Boston University on Thursday, Aug. 29 with a 5:30 p.m. match.
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.
2019 CAPTAINS
• The Eagles will be led by the trio of Gaby Carreiro, Erin Convery and Kayla Jennings in 2019.
• Carreiro and Jennings are now in their second year as captains after first receiving an armband in 2018 ... Convery is a first-year captain.
BC BITS
• Boston College finished the 2018 season with an overall record of 14-5-1 and a conference mark of 6-3-1.
• The Eagles earned the program's 19th-ever NCAA tournament bid.
• The 2019 season marks the first under head coach Jason Lowe.
• BC added 11 new faces to the 2019 roster, with nine rookies and two transfers landing on the Heights.
• Senior forward Olivia Vaughn is BC's active scoring leader with 44 points on 20 goals and four assists.
