BC, Mississippi State Set to Clash on Sunday in Starkville

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will hit the road on Sunday, Sept. 15, when the Eagles wrap up non-conference play at Mississippi State. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. ET at the MSU Soccer Field. The game will be available for streaming on SEC Network+, which streams live on the ESPN App.

Boston College at Mississippi State
Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 | 12:30 p.m.
MSU Soccer Field | Starkville, Miss.

A WIN OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 7-0-1 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 1-0-0 in the all-time series with the Bulldogs.
• Move BC to 1-2-0 all-time against current SEC teams.

ABOUT MISSISSIPPI STATE
• The 5-2-0 Bulldogs are coming off a 1-0 win over South Alabama on Thursday night.
• Monigo Karnley scored the game's lone goal in the 46th minute...Gabby English started in goal for MSU but was sent off with a red card in the 20th minute, giving way to Katie Moore who made two saves for the win.
• MaKayla Waldner leads the Bulldogs with five goals ... Monigo has two goals and three assists ... Waldner has recorded three game-winning goals ... MSU has 14 different players with at least one point.
• The Bulldogs opened up the year with a 4-0 win over Alabama A&M before losing to BYU, 4-1 ... after three straights wins, the squad suffered a 4-0 setback to Memphis before topping South Alabama.
• MSU is coming off its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2018 ... the Bulldogs went 9-7-2 overall and had a 2-6-2 mark in SEC play.
• James Armstrong is in his first year as head coach at Mississippi State.

SERIES HISTORY VS MISSISSIPPI STATE
• This is the first-ever meeting between Mississippi State and Boston College.
• The Eagles are 0-2-0 all-time against current SEC teams ... BC has dropped games to Vanderbilt and Georgia.
• The last time a Boston College team played a Mississippi State team came on March 7, 2018 when softball fell to then No. 23-ranked Bulldogs, 4-3.

UP NEXT
• The Eagles will open up ACC play on Thursday, Sept. 19 at defending National Champion Florida State.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College moved to 6-0-1 on the 2019 season with a 1-1 overtime draw with Providence.
• Gianna Mitchell headed home her third goal of the season early in the second half but the Friars tied the game up in the 88th minute.
• Allie Augur made five saves in the tie, including three in the first half and two in overtime.
• Riley Lochhead tallied her fourth assist of the season, giving her a new career-high.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• The last time a Boston College team played Mississippi State team came on March 7, 2018 when softball fell to then No. 23-ranked Bulldogs, 4-3.
• The Eagles are 0-2-0 all-time against current SEC teams ... BC has dropped games to Vanderbilt and Georgia.
• BC was receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Association Poll and ranked 18th in the TopDrawerSoccer poll.
• Riley Lochhead set a new career-high in single-season assists with her fourth of the year in BC's 1-1 tie with Providence on Sept. 12.
• 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.

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.

SPREAD THE WEALTH
• Through the first seven games of the season, 12 different players have notched at least one point for the Eagles.
• 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 the 2018 and 2017 seasons.
• Each class on the 2019 BC roster has contributed at least one goal so far this season.
• 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.

BC, Mississippi State Set to Clash on Sunday in Starkville

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Players Mentioned

Allie Augur

Riley Lochhead

Gianna Mitchell

Olivia Vaughn