Boston College
Miami
Eagles Gear Up For Thursday Night Clash With Miami
September 24, 2019 | Women's Soccer
The 7:00 p..m. conference clash comes exactly 20 years after the first-ever meeting between BC and Miami.
Kickoff at the Newton Campus Soccer Field is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be live on ACCNX – which streams live on the ESPN App.
The game against the Hurricanes will also mark International Night, with spectators encouraged to bring their home country's flag.
Boston College vs. Miami
Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 | 7:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
A WIN OVER MIAMI WOULD . . .
• Move the Eagles to 8-1-1 on the year and 1-1-0 in ACC play.
• Bump BC to 12-3-3 in the all-time series with Miami and push the squad's unbeaten streak in the series to six games.
ABOUT MIAMI
• 3-3-1 Miami is coming off a 2-0 loss at Virginia Tech in its ACC opener on Saturday night.
• Tia Dupont has a team-high eight points on two goals and team-leading four assists ... Kristina Fisher is second with two goals and two assists for four points.
• Seven players have registered at least one assist for Miami ... five players have scored at least two goals while nine players total have scored.
• Tyler Speaks has played the majority of time in goal for Miami, going 3-3-1 with a 1.34 goals against average and .774 save percentage ... Melissa Dagenais has played in four contests.
• The Hurricanes opened up the season with a pair of wins at the UTRGV Tournament before dropping a 2-1 game to Florida Atlantic ... the team's third loss came at non-conference Florida, 3-0.
• Head coach Sarah Barnes is in her second season as head coach of the Hurricanes.
• Miami was tabbed 12th in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll.
SERIES HISTORY VS MIAMI
• Boston College has a record of 11-3-3 in the all-time series with Miami ... the Eagles are 6-0-1 at home against the Hurricanes.
• The longest winning streak in the series is three games, which BC has done twice ... the Eagles are currently on a 2-0-3 game unbeaten streak in the series.
• The teams first met on Sept. 26, 1999 in Newton, with BC earning a 3-0 win.
• In last year's meeting at Miami, the squads battled to a 1-1 overtime tie.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will remain at home for another ACC clash, hosting Louisville at noon on Sunday, Sept. 29.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College went toe-to-toe with No 6 Florida State on Thursday night before ultimately falling, 5-4 ... it was the first loss of the season for BC.
• Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 11th minute before FSU took a 2-1 lead with five minutes to play ... Gianna Mitchell then scored in the 41st to even it up, 2-2, at the half.
• The teams traded goals again early in the second half - with Smith heading home her second of the game - and then FSU scored twice for a 5-3 lead with 20 minutes to play.
• Olivia Vaughn pulled BC back within one in the 86th minute but FSU held off the complete comeback.
• Allie Augur finished with a season-high seven saves ... BC had two team saves in the first half to finish with nine in the game.
• The game marked the ninth consecutive contest in which BC scored first.
• BC's four goals marked the most FSU has conceded in a match since a 4-3 loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 19, 2017.
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• BC was receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Association Poll and ranked 23rd in the TopDrawerSoccer poll.
• The Eagles have scored the first goal of the game in all nine contests this season.
• BC has 13 players with at least one point and nine players with at least one goal.
• With her goal against Mississippi State on Sept. 15, Olivia Vaughn eclipsed 50 career points ... the senior now has 24 goals and five assists for 53 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.
• BC's four goals against FSU on Sept. 19 marked the most the Seminoles conceded in a match since a 4-3 loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 19, 2017.
• Sam Smith's seven goals tie for third in the ACC.
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 nine games of the season, 13 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 thus 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 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 fifth in the ACC.
SMITH SCORES
• Freshman Sam Smith is tied for fifth in the ACC with her 15 points.
• The Hanson, Mass. native has scored seven goals and assist on one other for an average of 1.67 goals per game.
• Smith's seven goals tie for third in the ACC.
VALUABLE VAUGHN
• Senior forward Olivia Vaughn is BC's active scoring leader with 53 points on 24 goals and five assists.
• Vaughn recorded a career-high 21 points on a career-best 10 goals and one assist ... she also recorded a career-high 65 shots.
• She tallied a career-high two assists as a sophomore in 2017.
• The Montclair, N.J. native has played in all 68 of BC's contests since arriving on the Heights.
