Thursday, October 29
Newton, Mass.
6:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Virginia
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Cavaliers, Eagles Set to Meet Thursday Night in Newton
October 24, 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. 10 Virginia on Thursday night at the Newton Campus Soccer Field. The game can be seen on national television on ACC Network, and a list of updated cable providers can be found on www.getaccn.com.
All home 2020 BC athletics events will be closed to the public due to Covid-19 protocols.
Game 7 | Boston College vs No. 10 Virginia
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 | 6:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT VIRGINIA
• Virginia enters Thursday night's meeting with an overall record of 5-2-1 and a mark of 3-2-1 in the ACC.
• The Cavaliers last played on Oct. 18, falling on the road at No. 2 Florida State, 4-3 ... UVA found itself down 2-0 before clawing back to tie it up 3-3 before FSU found the winner in the 81st minute.
• Alex Spaanstra has a team-leading four goals for eight points ... nine different players have scored for the Cavaliers while 15 different players have recorded at least one point.
• Three different goalkeepers have seen time for UVA, with Laurel Ivory playing the majority of the minutes ... Ivory is 2-2-1 with a 1.91 goals against average and a .524 save percentage to go with 11 saves in 472 minutes of action ... Cayla White has started three games, going 3-0-0 with two shutouts.
• Steve Swanson has been at the helm of the Cavaliers since 2000 ... he has led UVA to 20 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
SERIES HISTORY VS VIRGINIA
• Boston College has a record of 8-9-2 in the all-time series with Virginia.
• The squads first met on Sept. 18, 1982 with the Eagles topping the Cavaliers 1-0 ... BC went on to go unbeaten in the first six meetings with Virginia at 5-0-1.
• The teams met last year in Charlottesville, with the Cavaliers earning a 6-1 win ... Gaby Carreiro scored the lone goal for the Eagles, marking the only goal that UVA gave up in the run of play in an ACC contest in 2019 and snapping a 775:01 minute shutout streak.
• The Cavaliers last came to Newton in 2017, earning a 2-1 win over the Eagles ... Jenna Bike put BC up 1-0 in the 51st minute before UVA scored twice over the final 35 minutes for the win ... that was also the last time that the Cavaliers played an NCAA contest on a turf surface.
A WIN OVER VIRGINIA WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Virginia to 9-9-2 overall.
• Move the Eagles to 2-5-0 overall.
UP NEXT
• BC will close out the eight-game fall ACC slate against Virginia Tech at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1 in Newton.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College earned its first win of the season on Thursday, Oct. 22 with a 3-1 win at Syracuse.
• The Orange struck first but Jenna Bike's penalty kick conversion in the 21st minute and Laura Gouvin's first career goal 20 minutes later put BC up at the break ... Emily Knous then added an insurance goal for the Eagles in the 6th minute.
• Gouvin's and Knous' tallies were both their first as an Eagle while Nye Day earned her first collegiate point with an assist on Gouvin's winner.
• It marked the first time that BC won a game when the opponent scored first since Sept. 30, 2018 in a 2-1 win at Clemson.
• Goalkeeper Allie Augur made three saves for BC.
BIKE IS BACK
• After missing all of 2019 due to injury, forward Jenna Bike has returned to the pitch for the Eagles this fall.
• The captain scored her first goal of the season on Oct. 8 at Pitt ... it was her first goal since scoring the game-winning goal against Florida State on Sept. 23, 2019.
• Bike's strike against No. 1 UNC on Oct. 18 ended a 499-minute shutout streak for the Tar Heels.
• The graduate student then converted the first penalty kick attempt of her career in a 3-1 win at Syracuse for her team-leading third goal of the year ... she also had seven shots, with five on goal.
• She was named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27 for her efforts against the Orange ... it was her second career weekly conference honor (2018).
• Bike now has 13 goals in her career.
SOME FIRSTS
• Laura Gouvin scored her first career goal - and first career game-winning goal - in BC's win at Syracuse on Oct. 22 ... BC now has two players on the roster who scored the game-winning goal with their first collegiate goal in Gouvin and Sam Smith.
• Gouvin's first collegiate point came with an assist at Pitt on Oct. 8.
• Jenna Bike attempted and converted her first career penalty kick in BC's 3-1 win at Syracuse on Oct. 22.
• Nye Day earned her first collegiate point with an assist on Laura Gouvin's goal at Syracuse on Oct. 22.
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.
• Freshman Emma Goggins played her first collegiate minutes against No. 1 UNC on Oct. 18, appearing as a substitute and playing 12 minutes.
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.
All home 2020 BC athletics events will be closed to the public due to Covid-19 protocols.
Game 7 | Boston College vs No. 10 Virginia
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 | 6:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
ABOUT VIRGINIA
• Virginia enters Thursday night's meeting with an overall record of 5-2-1 and a mark of 3-2-1 in the ACC.
• The Cavaliers last played on Oct. 18, falling on the road at No. 2 Florida State, 4-3 ... UVA found itself down 2-0 before clawing back to tie it up 3-3 before FSU found the winner in the 81st minute.
• Alex Spaanstra has a team-leading four goals for eight points ... nine different players have scored for the Cavaliers while 15 different players have recorded at least one point.
• Three different goalkeepers have seen time for UVA, with Laurel Ivory playing the majority of the minutes ... Ivory is 2-2-1 with a 1.91 goals against average and a .524 save percentage to go with 11 saves in 472 minutes of action ... Cayla White has started three games, going 3-0-0 with two shutouts.
• Steve Swanson has been at the helm of the Cavaliers since 2000 ... he has led UVA to 20 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
SERIES HISTORY VS VIRGINIA
• Boston College has a record of 8-9-2 in the all-time series with Virginia.
• The squads first met on Sept. 18, 1982 with the Eagles topping the Cavaliers 1-0 ... BC went on to go unbeaten in the first six meetings with Virginia at 5-0-1.
• The teams met last year in Charlottesville, with the Cavaliers earning a 6-1 win ... Gaby Carreiro scored the lone goal for the Eagles, marking the only goal that UVA gave up in the run of play in an ACC contest in 2019 and snapping a 775:01 minute shutout streak.
• The Cavaliers last came to Newton in 2017, earning a 2-1 win over the Eagles ... Jenna Bike put BC up 1-0 in the 51st minute before UVA scored twice over the final 35 minutes for the win ... that was also the last time that the Cavaliers played an NCAA contest on a turf surface.
A WIN OVER VIRGINIA WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Virginia to 9-9-2 overall.
• Move the Eagles to 2-5-0 overall.
UP NEXT
• BC will close out the eight-game fall ACC slate against Virginia Tech at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1 in Newton.
LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College earned its first win of the season on Thursday, Oct. 22 with a 3-1 win at Syracuse.
• The Orange struck first but Jenna Bike's penalty kick conversion in the 21st minute and Laura Gouvin's first career goal 20 minutes later put BC up at the break ... Emily Knous then added an insurance goal for the Eagles in the 6th minute.
• Gouvin's and Knous' tallies were both their first as an Eagle while Nye Day earned her first collegiate point with an assist on Gouvin's winner.
• It marked the first time that BC won a game when the opponent scored first since Sept. 30, 2018 in a 2-1 win at Clemson.
• Goalkeeper Allie Augur made three saves for BC.
BIKE IS BACK
• After missing all of 2019 due to injury, forward Jenna Bike has returned to the pitch for the Eagles this fall.
• The captain scored her first goal of the season on Oct. 8 at Pitt ... it was her first goal since scoring the game-winning goal against Florida State on Sept. 23, 2019.
• Bike's strike against No. 1 UNC on Oct. 18 ended a 499-minute shutout streak for the Tar Heels.
• The graduate student then converted the first penalty kick attempt of her career in a 3-1 win at Syracuse for her team-leading third goal of the year ... she also had seven shots, with five on goal.
• She was named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27 for her efforts against the Orange ... it was her second career weekly conference honor (2018).
• Bike now has 13 goals in her career.
SOME FIRSTS
• Laura Gouvin scored her first career goal - and first career game-winning goal - in BC's win at Syracuse on Oct. 22 ... BC now has two players on the roster who scored the game-winning goal with their first collegiate goal in Gouvin and Sam Smith.
• Gouvin's first collegiate point came with an assist at Pitt on Oct. 8.
• Jenna Bike attempted and converted her first career penalty kick in BC's 3-1 win at Syracuse on Oct. 22.
• Nye Day earned her first collegiate point with an assist on Laura Gouvin's goal at Syracuse on Oct. 22.
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.
• Freshman Emma Goggins played her first collegiate minutes against No. 1 UNC on Oct. 18, appearing as a substitute and playing 12 minutes.
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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