Boston College Athletics
Thursday, October 15
Newton, Mass.
4:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Duke
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will host No. 5 Duke on Thursday, Oct. 15 for a 4 p.m. match against the Blue Devils. The game will be live on NESN as well as ACCNX – which streams live on the ESPN App – as well as Fox Sports South. All home 2020 BC athletics events will be closed to the public due to Covid-19 protocols.
The game will also be the program's inaugural Pink Card Match. The team will be wearing pink jerseys which will be auctioned here, and donations can also be made here, with 80 percent of the proceeds going to support the Newton-Wellesley Auerbach Breast Center.
Game 4 | Boston College vs No. 5 Duke
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT DUKE
• Duke enters Thursday's contest with an overall mark of 3-1-2 and a record of 1-1-2 in ACC contests ... the Blue Devils tied Virginia (1-1) and Wake Forest (0-0) while falling to UNC (0-2) and topping Clemson (1-0) ... Duke also had a non-conference 4-3 win over Wake Forest and a 2-0 non-conference win over Virginia Tech.
• Marykate McGuire leads Duke with seven points on two goals and three assists while Caitlin Cosme has a team-high three goals ... McGuire's 19 shots lead the team.
• Five different Blue Devils have scored while seven have registered an assist.
• Ruthie Jones has seen the majority of time in goal, going 2-1-2 with three shutouts, a .850 save percentage and 17 saves.
• Robbie Church has been the head coach at Duke since 2001, leading the team to a pair of ACC championships and three NCAA College Cup appearances.
SERIES HISTORY VS DUKE
• Boston College has a record of 4-11-3 in the all-time series with Duke ... the Eagles are 3-3-2 in Newton against the Blue Devils.
• These two teams first met on Sept. 23, 1990 with Duke earning a 3-0 win.
• BC and Duke last met on Oct. 21, 2018, with the Blue Devils earning a 2-1 win in Durham, N.C.
• The Eagles have scored at least one goal in 12 of the 18 meetings with the Blue Devils.
A WIN OVER DUKE WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Duke to 5-11-3.
• Move the Eagles to 1-3-0 overall.
• Give BC a third consecutive win in the home-opener and move the team to 3-1-1 in the last five openers in Newton.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will remain home on Sunday, Oct. 18 to face North Carolina.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College last played on Thursday, Oct. 8 at Pitt, falling to the Panthers, 4-3, in a thriller.
• Sam Smith tied a career-high with four points in the game, tallying her first goal of the season and adding a career-high two assists.
• Jenna Bike scored her first goal since Sept. 23, 2019 ... the captain missed all of 2019 due to injury.
• Mia Karras also found the back of the net for BC, tallying her third career goal, with all three coming against Pitt.
• Freshman Laura Gouvin had an assist for her first collegiate point ... Alison Heckman earned her first career collegiate assist.
BC DEBUTS
• Rookies Zoie Allen, Linda Boama, Rebecca Groseibl, Laura Gouvin and Sonia Walk along with juniors Emily Knous and Megan Crevoiserat all made their Boston College debuts on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Notre Dame.
• Allen, Boama, Groseibl, Gouvin and Walk were making their collegiate debuts while transfers Knous and Crevoiserat were making their first appearance in the Maroon & Gold.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Egan made her collegiate debut on Oct. 8 at Pitt, coming on in the second half and making two saves in 17 minutes of action.
• Junior Nye Day made her collegiate debut on Oct. 8 at Pitt, playing four minutes as a first-half substitute.
FIRST TIME OUT
• Boston College kicked off its eight-game ACC slate last weekend, traveling to face Notre Dame and Louisville ... the Eagles fell 2-0 in Indiana on Thursday and 2-0 in Kentucky and Sunday.
• The Fighting Irish scored two goals in the first half in what was the first meeting between the two teams since 2015 ... Allie Augur made a career-high eight saves for the Eagles ... the sophomore goalkeeper had six stops in the first half.
• On Sunday, the Cardinals scored once in each half for the win ... Louisville held a narrow 10-9 lead in shots ... Augur finished with two saves while Jillian Jennings had a game-high four shots for the Eagles.
AUGUR'S EIGHT
• In Boston College's first game of the year at Notre Dame on Oct. 1, sophomore goalkeeper Allie Augur made a career-high eight saves.
• The sophomore made six saves in the first half.
• Her previous career-high was seven, set on Sept. 29, 2019 against No. 6 Florida State.
• It also marked the most saves in a single game for a BC goalkeeper since Alexis Bryant had 10 saves against Virginia on Oct. 18, 2015.
The game will also be the program's inaugural Pink Card Match. The team will be wearing pink jerseys which will be auctioned here, and donations can also be made here, with 80 percent of the proceeds going to support the Newton-Wellesley Auerbach Breast Center.
Game 4 | Boston College vs No. 5 Duke
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT DUKE
• Duke enters Thursday's contest with an overall mark of 3-1-2 and a record of 1-1-2 in ACC contests ... the Blue Devils tied Virginia (1-1) and Wake Forest (0-0) while falling to UNC (0-2) and topping Clemson (1-0) ... Duke also had a non-conference 4-3 win over Wake Forest and a 2-0 non-conference win over Virginia Tech.
• Marykate McGuire leads Duke with seven points on two goals and three assists while Caitlin Cosme has a team-high three goals ... McGuire's 19 shots lead the team.
• Five different Blue Devils have scored while seven have registered an assist.
• Ruthie Jones has seen the majority of time in goal, going 2-1-2 with three shutouts, a .850 save percentage and 17 saves.
• Robbie Church has been the head coach at Duke since 2001, leading the team to a pair of ACC championships and three NCAA College Cup appearances.
SERIES HISTORY VS DUKE
• Boston College has a record of 4-11-3 in the all-time series with Duke ... the Eagles are 3-3-2 in Newton against the Blue Devils.
• These two teams first met on Sept. 23, 1990 with Duke earning a 3-0 win.
• BC and Duke last met on Oct. 21, 2018, with the Blue Devils earning a 2-1 win in Durham, N.C.
• The Eagles have scored at least one goal in 12 of the 18 meetings with the Blue Devils.
A WIN OVER DUKE WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Duke to 5-11-3.
• Move the Eagles to 1-3-0 overall.
• Give BC a third consecutive win in the home-opener and move the team to 3-1-1 in the last five openers in Newton.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will remain home on Sunday, Oct. 18 to face North Carolina.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College last played on Thursday, Oct. 8 at Pitt, falling to the Panthers, 4-3, in a thriller.
• Sam Smith tied a career-high with four points in the game, tallying her first goal of the season and adding a career-high two assists.
• Jenna Bike scored her first goal since Sept. 23, 2019 ... the captain missed all of 2019 due to injury.
• Mia Karras also found the back of the net for BC, tallying her third career goal, with all three coming against Pitt.
• Freshman Laura Gouvin had an assist for her first collegiate point ... Alison Heckman earned her first career collegiate assist.
BC DEBUTS
• Rookies Zoie Allen, Linda Boama, Rebecca Groseibl, Laura Gouvin and Sonia Walk along with juniors Emily Knous and Megan Crevoiserat all made their Boston College debuts on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Notre Dame.
• Allen, Boama, Groseibl, Gouvin and Walk were making their collegiate debuts while transfers Knous and Crevoiserat were making their first appearance in the Maroon & Gold.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Egan made her collegiate debut on Oct. 8 at Pitt, coming on in the second half and making two saves in 17 minutes of action.
• Junior Nye Day made her collegiate debut on Oct. 8 at Pitt, playing four minutes as a first-half substitute.
FIRST TIME OUT
• Boston College kicked off its eight-game ACC slate last weekend, traveling to face Notre Dame and Louisville ... the Eagles fell 2-0 in Indiana on Thursday and 2-0 in Kentucky and Sunday.
• The Fighting Irish scored two goals in the first half in what was the first meeting between the two teams since 2015 ... Allie Augur made a career-high eight saves for the Eagles ... the sophomore goalkeeper had six stops in the first half.
• On Sunday, the Cardinals scored once in each half for the win ... Louisville held a narrow 10-9 lead in shots ... Augur finished with two saves while Jillian Jennings had a game-high four shots for the Eagles.
AUGUR'S EIGHT
• In Boston College's first game of the year at Notre Dame on Oct. 1, sophomore goalkeeper Allie Augur made a career-high eight saves.
• The sophomore made six saves in the first half.
• Her previous career-high was seven, set on Sept. 29, 2019 against No. 6 Florida State.
• It also marked the most saves in a single game for a BC goalkeeper since Alexis Bryant had 10 saves against Virginia on Oct. 18, 2015.
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