Holy Cross Up Next for Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College men's soccer team will travel to Worcester to play at Holy Cross on Tuesday night at Linda Johnson Smith Stadium. The non-conference contest will kick off at 7 p.m.

The Eagles (3-0-0) come into the game looking for the fourth consecutive win of the season. BC is averaging 18.5 shots a game and have held opponents to just 9.5 shots a game. The Eagles defense has let up only one goal in three games.

Holy Cross (0-2-0) enters Tuesdays contest after a 2-1 loss at home against UMass Lowell last Thursday. The Crusaders opened up the 2019 season with a 3-0 loss at Santa Clara.

Boston College at Holy Cross
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 | 7 p.m.
Worcester, Mass. | Linsa Johnson Smith Stadium

THE SERIES vs. HOLY CROSS
• This will be the 34^th game between Holy Cross and Boston College. The Eagles lead the overall series, 24-6-3.
• The first meeting between the two teams took place on October 10, 1967. BC defeated Holy Cross, 2-0, on its home field.
• In the last six meetings, the Eagles hold a 3-1-2 record.
• Last season, BC tied the Crusaders, 1-1, at the Newton Soccer Field. Boston College had a 32-7 edge in shots in the match.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Boston College is coming off a 2-1 victory over Rhode Island on Thursday night.
• Freshman Stefan Sigurdarson scored from 22 yards out with four minutes to play. It was his first career goal as well as game-winning goal. He now has one goal and one assist in three games.
• Boston College tallied 23 shots, while URI had 10. The Eagles also had a 9-5 edge in corner kicks.

ON DEFENSE
• The back four for the Eagles have been in sync from the first game. The foursome of – senior Joe Kellett, senior Heidar Aegisson, junior David Long and freshman Victor Santos – have formed a strong backline in front of first year goalkeeper Giacomo Piccardo.
• The Eagles have let up only one goal in three games. The defense has also only given up nine total shots, including just one vs. URI on Thursday.
• All four defenders have played every minute of every game this season.

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.

THROW INS
• Boston College is averaging 18.3 shots per game while holding opponents to 9.7.
• In three games, BC has scored three goals in the first 15 minutes of the game. The fastest goal this season was Adam French's goal in the ninth minute in the win over Quinnipiac (Aug. 29).
• In the first three games, four different players have registered a goal – Kristofer Konradsson, Amos Shapiro-Thompson, Stefan Sigurdarson and Adam French. Three different players have tallied an assist –Mike Suski, Lasse Lehmann and Sigurdarson.
• BC is third in the ACC in goals-against-average (0.33). UVA leads the conference (0.00), while Duke is second (0.25).
• Sophomore midfielder Kristofer Konradsson was named to the All-ACC Preseason team.
• Under head coach Ed Kelly, the Eagles are 19-11-2 in season openers after the win over Quinnipiac. Kelly is now 284-235-64 in his 32 years at Boston College.

HISTORY LESSON
• Sherron Manswell scored in sudden death overtime to snap a 1-1 tie with Virginia Tech and lead Boston College to its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory on September 8, 2006.

UP NEXT
• Boston College will hit the road for its first ACC game on Saturday, Sept. 14 at NC State at 7 p.m. Fans can view the live stream on ACCNX.

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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