Panthers Up Next for Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will travel to Pitt on Thursday, Oct. 21 for a match with the Panthers.

Kick off at Ambrose Urbanic Field is set for 6 p.m., and the conference clash will air live on ACC Network.

Game 16 | Boston College at Pitt
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2020 | 6:00 p.m.
Ambrose Urbanic Field | Pittsburgh, Pa.

A WIN OVER PITT WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 8-7-1 overall on the year and to 2-6-0 in ACC play.
• Bump BC's record in the series against Pitt to 12-2-0 with a mark of 7-2-0 on the road.

ABOUT PITT
• The Panthers enter Thursday's match at 9-6-0 overall and 2-5-0 in ACC play.
• Pitt last played at Syracuse on Monday, picking up a 4-2 road win.
• The Panthers opened up the year with five consecutive wins, including a 3-2 overtime win at No. 16 Oklahoma State before falling at No. 6 TCU, 1-0 ... Pitt picked up its first ACC victory of the year in September with a 2-0 win at Miami.
• Sarah Schupansky leads Pitt in scoring with 18 points on seven goals and four assists ... 14 different players have scored a goal for the Panthers while eight players have multiple goals.
• Katherine Robinson has played the majority of minutes in goal, going 5-6-0 with a .738 save percentage, 1.50 goals against average and two solo shutouts ... Caitlyn Lazzarini is 3-0-0 with a 1.15 goals against average, .692 save percentage and one solo shutout.
• The Panthers were tabbed seventh in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll.

SERIES HISTORY VS PITT
• Boston College has a record of 11-2-0 in the all-time series with Pitt ... the Eagles are 5-0-0 in Newton and 6-2-0 in Pittsburgh.
• These two teams first met on Oct. 11, 1997 with BC getting a 2-0 road win.
• In last year's meeting in Pittsburgh, the Panthers held off the Eagles for a 4-3 win ... Pitt opened the scoring but goals from Sam Smith and Mia Karras put BC up 2-1 by the 20th minute ... the Panthers then scored two goals early in the second half and then responded to a Jenna Bike goal for a 4-3 win.
• Karras has three career goals, all coming against Pitt.

UP NEXT
• After facing Pitt, the Eagles will head to Virginia Tech on Sunday, Oct. 24 before returning home to host Clemson for the regular season finale on Thursday, Oct. 28.

ACC ROAD WIN RECAP
• The Eagles picked up their first conference win of the season on Saturday afternoon at Louisville, 2-1.
• Laura Gouvin's corner kick in the 17th minute gave BC a 1-0 lead and then Jenna Bike's strike early in the second half made it 2-0 ... Louisville pulled a goal back late but the Eagles held on.
• Wiebke Willebrandt finished with four saves for the Eagles.

ACTIVE SCORING LEADERS
• Jenna Bike is BC's active scoring leader with 47 points on 18 goals and 11 assists.
• Sam Smith is the second-highest active scorer with 39 points on 17 goals and five assists.

PUTTING IN THE TIME
• Haley Thomas leads Boston College field players in minutes played with 1,306 while captain Michela Agresti has put in 1,305 ... Thomas has played 90 minutes or more in 12 games this season while Agresti has played at least 90 minutes in 11 games this season, including the last nine straight.
• Two other Eagles in Éabha O'Mahony (1,055) and Sonia Walk (1,086) have also broken the 1,000-minute mark.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt has played all 1,377 minutes for the Eagles.

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
• The Eagles are a diverse group, having five different countries and 14 different states represented on the team roster of 28.
• The most represented state for BC is Massachusetts, which is called home by six players ... five Eagles hail from California ... 12 states can claim one Eagle each.
• Canada has two players represented while Iceland, Ireland and Germany each have one representative on the roster ... 23 players are from the United States.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Jenna Bike leads BC and ranks fourth in the ACC in shots with 44 ... her 2.93 shots per game average is good for sixth.
• BC has seven different goal scorers and 17 different point getters on the year.
• Three Eagles have combined for six four-point games for BC this season, with Ella Richards doing it four times and Linda Boama and Samantha Agresti once each.
• Ella Richards ranks fifth in the ACC in points (20) and sits tied for sixth in goals (8).
• Linda Boama is tied for sixth in the ACC in points (19) and third in points per game (1.58) while tying for sixth in goals (8) and third in goals per game (0.67).
• Wiebke Willebrandt's season and career-high 12 saves at No. 1 Florida State on Sept. 18 marked the second most in a game by an ACC goalkeeper this season.
• Willebrandt earned her first career win and shutout in her first career start with four saves at Iona on Aug. 19 ... the last Eagle goalkeeper to do the same was Erin Seppi against Stony Brook on Aug. 25, 2016.
• BC's 15 goals in the first four games marked the most for the team through the first four games of the year since BC scored 15 goals over the first four games of the 2015 season.

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Players Mentioned

Michela Agresti

Samantha Agresti

Jenna Bike

Linda Boama

Laura Gouvin

Mia Karras

Ella Richards

Sam Smith

Haley Thomas

Sonia Walk

Wiebke Willebrandt