Eagles, Friars Set to Meet on Thursday Night in Newton

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will host its former Big East rival Providence on Thursday night at the Newton Campus Soccer Field. The non-conference game, which is set to kick off at 5:30 p.m., will be available for streaming on ACCNX – which streams live on the ESPN App.

Boston College vs. Providence
Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 | 5:30 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.

A WIN OVER PROVIDENCE WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 7-0-0 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 26-3-3 in the all-time series with the Friars.
• Give BC the program its third start of 7-0-0 since the 1981 season.

ABOUT PROVIDENCE
• The 3-2-0 Friars are coming off a 1-0 double overtime win over UMass Lowell last Thursday night ... Hannah McNulty scored the game's lone goal in the 103rd minute while Shelby Hogan made six saves for the shutout.
• McNulty has a team-best two goals for four points and 12 shots on goal ... the Friars have also received goals from Christina Rodgers and Elayna Grillakis.
• Hogan has played every minute in goal for Providence and has a 3-2-0 record, 0.58 goals against average and two shutouts.
• All five of Providence's matches have been decided by one goal, including a pair of 1-0 losses to UMass and Rutgers, a pair of 1-0 overtime wins over UMass Lowell and Hartford and a season-opening 2-1 win over UConn.
• Sam Lopes is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Friars in 2019, having guided the program to five winning seasons and five straight appearances in the BIG EAST tournament.
• Providence, tabbed third in the BIG EAST Coaches' Poll, went 11-6-3 overall in 2018.

SERIES HISTORY VS PROVIDENCE
• Boston College holds a record of 25-3-3 in the all-time series with Providence.
• The Eagles and Friars first clashed on Oct. 7, 1983, with BC earning a 6-0 win.
• BC and Providence last met on Aug. 19. 2016 in Providence ... BC came away with a 4-1 win ... Kayla Jennings scored twice in the game and Gaby Carreiro had two assists.

UP NEXT
• BC will embark on a two-game road trip, with the first stop coming at Mississippi State on Sunday, Sept. 15.
• The Eagles will open up ACC play on Thursday, Sept. 19 at defending National Champion Florida State.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• The Eagles have scored four goals in the opening 10 minutes of a game in 2019.
• BC has yet to concede a goal in the first 30 minutes of a contest this season.
• Olivia Vaughn is sitting just one point shy of 50 for her career ... the senior has 49 points on 22 goals and five assists.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College moved to 6-0-0 on the 2019 season with a 2-0 win over New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon in Newton.
• Francesca Venezia's first career goal in the 61st minute would prove to be the game-winning goal ... Sam Smith's fifth goal of the season locked up the win in the 77th.
• Maddie Murphy and Allie Augur combined for the shutout ... Augur played the first half, making two saves, while Murphy closed out the final 45 minutes for the win.

SPREAD THE WEALTH
• Through the first six games of the season, 12 different players have notched at least one point for the Eagles...that ties for third most in the ACC behind UNC (13) and Wake (13)
• BC now has eight different goal scorers on the season and three players with at least two goals.
• BC had 14 total point-getters in both the 2018 and 2017 seasons.
• Each class on the 2019 BC roster has contributed at least one goal so far this season ... the Class of 2023 has scored six goals (42.86%).
• Through the first three games of the 2019 season, Boston College received goals from seven different players and at least one point from 11 different Eagles.
• It marked the first time BC has had at least seven different goal scorers through the first three games of the season since 2010 ... seven different Eagles found the back of the net through the first three games of that season that ended in the College Cup.

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.

Eagles, Friars Set to Meet on Thursday Night in Newton

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Players Mentioned

Allie Augur

Gaby Carreiro

Kayla Jennings

Maddie Murphy

Sam Smith

Olivia Vaughn

Francesca Venezia