Sunday, October 18
Newton, Mass.
1:00 PM
Boston College
vs
North Carolina
Photo by: Matthew Scott Hawley
Top-Ranked North Carolina Comes to Newton on Sunday
October 16, 2020 | Women's Soccer
All home 2020 BC athletics events will be closed to the public due to Covid-19 protocols.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will host No. 1 North Carolina on Sunday at the Newton Campus Soccer Field. The conference clash will air live on ACCNX – which streams live on the ESPN App. All home 2020 BC athletics events will be closed to the public due to Covid-19 protocols.
The team's pink game-worn pink jerseys from the game against No. 5 Duke on Thursday, Oct. 15 will be auctioned here through Sunday and donations can also be made here, with 80 percent of the proceeds going to support the Newton-Wellesley Auerbach Breast Center.
Game 5 | Boston College vs No. 1 North Carolina
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 | 1:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA
• North Carolina enters Sunday's game with a mark of 5-0-0, picking up wins over Wake Forest (4-1), Virginia Tech (1-0), Duke (2-0), Clemson (2-0) and Syracuse (2-0).
• The Tar Heels used goals from Talia Dellaperuta and Libby Moore and a fourth consecutive shutout from Claudia Dickey for the 2-0 win over the Orange.
• Rachel Jones leads UNC with three goals and two assists for eight points while nine total players have at least point point and seven players have scored at least one goal.
• The Tar Heels have received a game-winning goal from five different players.
• Maycee Bell, Emily Fox and Brianna Pinto were named to the Preseason All-ACC team.
• Anson Dorrance is in his 44th year of coaching soccer at UNC ... UNC has won 21 NCAA national championships.
• The Tar Heels went 24-2-1 in 2019 and finished as the national runner-up.
SERIES HISTORY VS NORTH CAROLINA
• Boston College has a record of 1-19-0 in the all-time series against North Carolina.
• The squads first met in 1981, with the Tar Heels topping the Eagles, 8-1 ... the teams went on to meet three more times in the next eight years before a hiatus in the series until joining the ACC in 2005.
• The lone Eagles' win in the series came in 2010, with BC topping UNC, 3-2, in Chapel Hill ... a then fourth-ranked BC squad took down top-ranked UNC behind goals from Kristie Mewis, Alaina Beyar and Victoria DiMartino.
• In last year's meeting, UNC scored in the eighth minute and then again in the 19th on a penalty kick before adding third goal in the 80th minute for a 3-0 win ... Lotte Wubben-Moy scored one goal and converted from the spot for the Tar Heels.
• Ten of the 20 meetings have been decided by one goal and seven of the last 10 matches have been decided by one goal.
A WIN OVER NORTH CAROLINA WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against UNC to 2-19-0.
• Move the Eagles to 1-4-0 overall.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will travel to Syracuse on Thursday, Oct. 22 for a 7 p.m. game against the Orange.
• BC will then close out the eight-game ACC slate with a pair of home games against Virginia (Oct. 29) and Virginia Tech (Nov. 1).
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College last played on Thursday, hosting Duke in the first game of the year at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.
• The Eagles took fifth-ranked Duke into overtime but the Blue Devils scored five minutes into extra time to eke out a 1-0 win.
• Allie Augur made seven saves for the Eagles.
• Sam Smith led BC with two shots while Emily Knous registered one, giving her at least one in every game this season.
• It marked the second consecutive one-goal game in the series between the Blue Devils and the Eagles … four out of the last five meetings have been decided by one goal and 13 out of the 19 all-time meetings have been decided by one goal or less.
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 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 team's pink game-worn pink jerseys from the game against No. 5 Duke on Thursday, Oct. 15 will be auctioned here through Sunday and donations can also be made here, with 80 percent of the proceeds going to support the Newton-Wellesley Auerbach Breast Center.
Game 5 | Boston College vs No. 1 North Carolina
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 | 1:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA
• North Carolina enters Sunday's game with a mark of 5-0-0, picking up wins over Wake Forest (4-1), Virginia Tech (1-0), Duke (2-0), Clemson (2-0) and Syracuse (2-0).
• The Tar Heels used goals from Talia Dellaperuta and Libby Moore and a fourth consecutive shutout from Claudia Dickey for the 2-0 win over the Orange.
• Rachel Jones leads UNC with three goals and two assists for eight points while nine total players have at least point point and seven players have scored at least one goal.
• The Tar Heels have received a game-winning goal from five different players.
• Maycee Bell, Emily Fox and Brianna Pinto were named to the Preseason All-ACC team.
• Anson Dorrance is in his 44th year of coaching soccer at UNC ... UNC has won 21 NCAA national championships.
• The Tar Heels went 24-2-1 in 2019 and finished as the national runner-up.
SERIES HISTORY VS NORTH CAROLINA
• Boston College has a record of 1-19-0 in the all-time series against North Carolina.
• The squads first met in 1981, with the Tar Heels topping the Eagles, 8-1 ... the teams went on to meet three more times in the next eight years before a hiatus in the series until joining the ACC in 2005.
• The lone Eagles' win in the series came in 2010, with BC topping UNC, 3-2, in Chapel Hill ... a then fourth-ranked BC squad took down top-ranked UNC behind goals from Kristie Mewis, Alaina Beyar and Victoria DiMartino.
• In last year's meeting, UNC scored in the eighth minute and then again in the 19th on a penalty kick before adding third goal in the 80th minute for a 3-0 win ... Lotte Wubben-Moy scored one goal and converted from the spot for the Tar Heels.
• Ten of the 20 meetings have been decided by one goal and seven of the last 10 matches have been decided by one goal.
A WIN OVER NORTH CAROLINA WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against UNC to 2-19-0.
• Move the Eagles to 1-4-0 overall.
UP NEXT
• The Eagles will travel to Syracuse on Thursday, Oct. 22 for a 7 p.m. game against the Orange.
• BC will then close out the eight-game ACC slate with a pair of home games against Virginia (Oct. 29) and Virginia Tech (Nov. 1).
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College last played on Thursday, hosting Duke in the first game of the year at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.
• The Eagles took fifth-ranked Duke into overtime but the Blue Devils scored five minutes into extra time to eke out a 1-0 win.
• Allie Augur made seven saves for the Eagles.
• Sam Smith led BC with two shots while Emily Knous registered one, giving her at least one in every game this season.
• It marked the second consecutive one-goal game in the series between the Blue Devils and the Eagles … four out of the last five meetings have been decided by one goal and 13 out of the 19 all-time meetings have been decided by one goal or less.
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 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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