BC Hosts UMass Amherst on Tuesday at 4

GAME INFORMATION
Massachusetts at Boston College
UMASS (4-3-0, 0-0-0) | Boston College (4-2-0, 0-2-0)
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
WHERE: Newton Soccer Field, Newton, Mass.
TIME: 4:05 p.m.

Boston College will host cross-state rival Massachusetts on Tuesday, September 24 at the Newton Soccer Field (4 p.m.). This is the first meeting between the two teams since the 2007 season.

BC is coming off a tough 2-0 home loss to ACC foe Pittsburgh on Friday night. UMass played UMass Lowell on Saturday. The Minutemen lost to the River Hawks, 1-0.

BC vs. UMASS
- Boston College is 5-6-2 overall in the series with UMass.
- The last meeting between the two teams took place on Nov. 28, 2007 in the NCAA Tournament. BC lost, 2-1, at home. Alejandro Bedoya scored the Eagles lone goal. BC won the ACC Conference regular season and tournament that season.
- Prior to 2007, Boston College and Massachusetts last played in 1988. BC won the game, 2-1, at home.
- BC is 3-2-1 at home against UMass.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- GK, Fr., Giacomo Piccardo
- D, Sr., Heidar Aegisson
- D, Jr., David Longo
- D, Fr., Victor Souza
- D, Sr., Joe Kellett
- M, So., Kristofer Konradsson
- M, Fr., Amos Shapiro-Thompson
- M, So., Jesus Sahagun
- M, Sr., Lasse Lehmann
- F, Sr., Adam French
- F, Fr., Stefan Sigurdarson

CAPTAINS
• Four Eagles will serve as the BC captains this season - seniors Joe Kellett, Heidar Aegisson, Adam French and junior David Longo. Aegisson is the only two-time captain as he served as a team leader in 2018.

YOUTH MOVEMENT
Boston College has been starting five freshmen and two sophomores this season. Three of the rookies -Amos Shapiro-Thompson, Stefan Sigurdarson and Mike Suski - are leading the team offensively. Shapiro-Thompson has three goals for six points, Sigurdarson had one goal and two assists for four points and Suski has a goal and assist for three points.

Sophomore Jesus Sahagun scored the game-winner vs. Holy Cross. It was his first career goal.
Kristofer Konradsson, a sophomore, scored the game-winner at BU.

The other two starters are defender Victor Souza and goalkeeper Giacomo Piccardo. They both have played every minute of every game this season.

In the last two games, freshman Alejandro Zimmermann has stepped in to play in the back alongside Souza.

UP NEXT
• Boston College will hit the road for its third ACC game. The Eagles will play at Virginia Tech on Friday at 4 p.m. Fans can view the live stream on the ACC Network.

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Players Mentioned

Heidar Aegisson

Adam French

Joe Kellett

Kristofer Konradsson

Lasse Lehmann

David Longo

Giacomo Piccardo

Jesus Sahagun

Amos Shapiro-Thompson

Stefan Sigurdarson

Victor Souza

Michael Suski

Alejandro Zimmermann