Thursday, September 19
Tallahassee, Fla.
7:00 PM
Boston College
at
Florida State
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Eagles Head to No. 6 Florida State For ACC Opener
September 17, 2019 | Women's Soccer
Thursday night's game - the first conference contest for both teams - will air live on the ACC Network.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will have its first ACC test of the season on Thursday night, traveling to Florida State for a 7 p.m. match. The game can be seen on national television on ACC Network, and a list of updated cable providers can be found on www.getaccn.com. It will also be streaming via the ESPN App.
Boston College at Florida State
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 | 7:00 p.m.
Seminole Soccer Complex | Tallahassee, Fla.
A WIN OVER FLORIDA STATE WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 8-0-1 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 4-13-3 in the all-time series with the Seminoles and 3-1-1 in the last five meetings.
• Move BC to 1-0-0 in ACC play.
ABOUT FLORIDA STATE
• The 6-2-0 Seminoles are coming off a 5-0 home win over Villanova on Sunday afternoon ... Yujie Zhao scored twice for FSU to become the team's third student-athlete to record a multi-goal game this season ... Brooke Bollinger made two saves for her second shutout of the season.
• The defending national champions are led in scoring by Deyna Castellanos who has five goals and four assists ... Jenna Nighswonger has three goals and three assists while Zhao has three goals and one assist.
• FSU has outscored the opponent 18-6 in the last five games while going 4-1-0.
• FSU's two losses on the year came in neutral site meetings with No. 4 UCLA (2-1) and No. 5 USC (3-2).
• The Seminoles were tabbed second in the ACC Preseason Coaches' Poll after receiving 185 points and eight first-place votes ... FSU has won five of the last six ACC championships.
SERIES HISTORY VS FLORIDA STATE
• Boston College has a record of 3-13-3 in the all-time series with Florida State.
• Fourteen of the 19 meetings have been decided by one goal or less.
• The teams first met on Nov. 12, 2004 in the NCAA tournament ... after a scoreless regulation and overtime, the Eagles topped the Seminoles 3-1 in penalty kicks to advance.
• Last season's meeting saw BC earn a 2-1 win in Newton ... Gaby Carreiro converted a penalty kick in the 51st minute and then Jenna Bike responded to FSU's penalty kick conversion with the game-winning goal in the 74th minute.
• BC is 2-1-0 in the last three meetings with FSU, topping the Seminoles in 2018 and 2016 but falling on the road in 2017.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will return home to host two conference games against Miami on Thursday, Sept. 26 and Louisville on Sunday, Sept. 29.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College moved to 7-0-1 on the 2019 season with a 2-0 win at Mississippi State.
• Olivia Vaughn scored the game-winning goal in the 67th minute while Emily Langenderfer added an insurance goal in the 76th.
• Allie Augur made five saves for the second consecutive game to earn her third shutout of the season.
• Jillian Jennings and Francesca Venezia registered assists for the Eagles.
• The win marked the program's first over a team from the SEC.
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• BC was receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Association Poll and ranked 19th in the TopDrawerSoccer poll.
• 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.
• With her goal against Mississippi State on Sept. 15, Olivia Vaughn eclipsed 50 career points ... the senior now has 23 goals and five assists for 51 points ... Vaughn is BC's active career points leader.
• 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.
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 eight games of the season, 12 different players have notched at least one point for the Eagles.
• BC has nine 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.
LOCHHEAD WITH THE ASSIST
• 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 junior's previous career best was her three set during her 2018 sophomore season.
• Lochhead's four assists sit tied for fourth in the ACC.
Boston College at Florida State
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 | 7:00 p.m.
Seminole Soccer Complex | Tallahassee, Fla.
A WIN OVER FLORIDA STATE WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 8-0-1 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 4-13-3 in the all-time series with the Seminoles and 3-1-1 in the last five meetings.
• Move BC to 1-0-0 in ACC play.
ABOUT FLORIDA STATE
• The 6-2-0 Seminoles are coming off a 5-0 home win over Villanova on Sunday afternoon ... Yujie Zhao scored twice for FSU to become the team's third student-athlete to record a multi-goal game this season ... Brooke Bollinger made two saves for her second shutout of the season.
• The defending national champions are led in scoring by Deyna Castellanos who has five goals and four assists ... Jenna Nighswonger has three goals and three assists while Zhao has three goals and one assist.
• FSU has outscored the opponent 18-6 in the last five games while going 4-1-0.
• FSU's two losses on the year came in neutral site meetings with No. 4 UCLA (2-1) and No. 5 USC (3-2).
• The Seminoles were tabbed second in the ACC Preseason Coaches' Poll after receiving 185 points and eight first-place votes ... FSU has won five of the last six ACC championships.
SERIES HISTORY VS FLORIDA STATE
• Boston College has a record of 3-13-3 in the all-time series with Florida State.
• Fourteen of the 19 meetings have been decided by one goal or less.
• The teams first met on Nov. 12, 2004 in the NCAA tournament ... after a scoreless regulation and overtime, the Eagles topped the Seminoles 3-1 in penalty kicks to advance.
• Last season's meeting saw BC earn a 2-1 win in Newton ... Gaby Carreiro converted a penalty kick in the 51st minute and then Jenna Bike responded to FSU's penalty kick conversion with the game-winning goal in the 74th minute.
• BC is 2-1-0 in the last three meetings with FSU, topping the Seminoles in 2018 and 2016 but falling on the road in 2017.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will return home to host two conference games against Miami on Thursday, Sept. 26 and Louisville on Sunday, Sept. 29.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College moved to 7-0-1 on the 2019 season with a 2-0 win at Mississippi State.
• Olivia Vaughn scored the game-winning goal in the 67th minute while Emily Langenderfer added an insurance goal in the 76th.
• Allie Augur made five saves for the second consecutive game to earn her third shutout of the season.
• Jillian Jennings and Francesca Venezia registered assists for the Eagles.
• The win marked the program's first over a team from the SEC.
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• BC was receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Association Poll and ranked 19th in the TopDrawerSoccer poll.
• 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.
• With her goal against Mississippi State on Sept. 15, Olivia Vaughn eclipsed 50 career points ... the senior now has 23 goals and five assists for 51 points ... Vaughn is BC's active career points leader.
• 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.
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 eight games of the season, 12 different players have notched at least one point for the Eagles.
• BC has nine 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.
LOCHHEAD WITH THE ASSIST
• 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 junior's previous career best was her three set during her 2018 sophomore season.
• Lochhead's four assists sit tied for fourth in the ACC.
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