Eagles Earn Road Win Over Princeton

PRINCETON, N.J. – Behind two first-half goals from Sam Smith, the Boston College women's soccer team topped Princeton, 2-1, on Sunday night at Myslik Field.

The teams were scoreless through the opening 30 minutes of the game before Smith scored in the 31st and 34th minutes for a 2-0 BC lead. Princeton's Caroline Noonan found the back of the net six minutes later to cut the Tigers' deficit to one by the half. The Eagles earned a few good looks in the early goings of the second half but the score held up at 2-1. In the 73rd minute, Jade Ruiters was issued a second yellow card on the night. While BC was a player down for the remainder of the game, the Eagles held on for the road win.

Allie Augur – who was big in cutting off crosses and corners – finished with two saves for BC while Natalie Grossi had two for Princeton.

Boston College will now return home for a three-game home stand, beginning with Northeastern at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Boston College 2, Princeton 1
September 1, 2019
Princeton, N.J. | Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium

HOW IT HAPPENED

31' | From about 30 yards out from goal, Emily Langenderfer sent a ball over the top and back into the box. As the ball bounced up in the air the near the penalty spot, Smith surged onto it and struck a left-footed shot into the net.
34' | Riley Lochhead drove down the left wing and then took a touch with the ball to beat the defender to the end line before sending a low cross back toward the goal for Smith to redirect to the far post.
40' | After Augur made the initial save on a header, a back-healed ball deflected to a free Noonan for a touch at the left post.

GAME NOTES

Boston College is now 2-3-0 in the all-time series against Princeton with a 2-0-0 mark in regular season meetings with the Tigers.
This marked the first time that Princeton has lost a home opener in five seasons (Sept. 5, 2014 vs. Rutgers).
Sam Smith has now scored in three out of four contests for BC this season … in each of those contests, the freshman has scored the game-winning goal.
Smith's brace marked the first for a BC freshman since Olivia Vaughn did it at Louisville on Sept. 25, 2016.
Allie Augur moves to 3-0-0 on the year … the rookie finished with two saves.
Riley Lochhead now has two assists on the season.
Emily Langenderfer's assist marked her first point of 2019.
This is just the second time since the 2009 season that BC has started a season with four consecutive wins (2018).
Boston College held the 4-3 lead in shots on goal while both squads had five corner kicks … the BC back line drew Princeton into two offside whistles.

Records: Boston College 4-0, Princeton 1-1
Attendance: 432

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Team Stats

Sam Smith

Emily Langenderfer

Riley Lochhead

Gaby Carreiro

Players Mentioned

Allie Augur

Emily Langenderfer

Riley Lochhead

Jade Ruiters

Sam Smith

Olivia Vaughn

Players Mentioned

Allie Augur

Emily Langenderfer

Riley Lochhead

Jade Ruiters

Sam Smith

Olivia Vaughn