Road Swing Ends Sunday at Virginia Tech

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will close out a three-game road trip with a match at Virginia Tech on Sunday, Oct. 24. Kick off at Thompson Field is set for noon, and it will air live locally on NESN+ and stream on on ACCNX, which streams live on the ESPN App.

Game 17 | Boston College at Virginia Tech
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 | 12:00 p.m.
Thompson Field | Blacksburg, Va.

A WIN OVER VIRGINIA TECH WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 8-8-1 overall on the year and to 2-7-0 in ACC play.
• Bump BC's all-time record in the series against Virginia Tech to 9-6-3 with a mark of 5-2-2 on the road.

ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH
• The Hokies are coming off of a 5-0 win over Miami at home on Thursday night and enter Sunday's game with an overall record of 9-5-2 and a mark of 3-3-2 in ACC play.
• Emily Gray leads Virginia Tech in scoring with 28 points on 11 goals and six assists ... Gray has scored four game-winning goals.
• A pair of Hokies in Tori Powell and Nicole Kozlova have both chipped in seven goals, with Powell adding five assists for 19 points and Kozlova adding three assists for 17 points.
• Alia Skinner has started all 16 contests for Virginia Tech, going 9-5-2 with a .735 save percentage, 1.113 goals against average and four solo shutouts.
• The Hokies had a 1-0 win over a No. 12 South Carolina squad on Sept. 12 and battled a No. 4 UNC squad to a 2-2 tie on Sept. 23 and No. 2 Duke to a 1-1 tie on Sept. 26.

SERIES HISTORY VS VIRGINIA TECH
• Boston College has a record of 8-6-3 in the all-time series with Virginia Tech ... the Eagles are 4-2-2 on the road against the Hokies.
• The teams first met on Oct. 14, 2001, with the Eagles earning a 2-0 home win.
• BC began the series with a five-game unbeaten streak, opening up with three wins before two ties ... the three games mark a series-best winning streak for either team.
• In last year's meeting in Newton, the Hokies picked up a 3-0 win ... after a scoreless first half, the visitors scored in the 61st and 66nd minute before adding an insurance goal in the 83rd.
• Thirteen of the 17 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal or less.

UP NEXT
• The Eagles will return home to host Clemson for the regular season finale on Thursday, Oct. 28.

BIKE'S BIT
• Jenna Bike sits third on the team in scoring with 11 points on four goals and three assists.
• The two-year captain is BC's active career scoring leader with 47 points on 18 goals and 11 assists.
• Bike, who is in her sixth year on the Heights and currently pursuing her third degree, has played in 87 career games which is good for a tie for ninth all-time in program history.

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 1,396 while captain Michela Agresti has put in 1,395 ... Thomas has played 90 minutes or more in 13 games this season while Agresti has played at least 90 minutes in 12 games this season, including the last 10 straight.
• Three other Eagles in Sonia Walk (1,163), Samantha Agresti (1,068)and Éabha O'Mahony (1,055) and have also broken the 1,000-minute mark.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt has played all 1,467 minutes for the Eagles.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Defender Éabha O'Mahony is currently away on Irish National Team duty ... the freshman is part of the Ireland squad taking part in FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifying.
• Jenna Bike leads BC and ranks fourth in the ACC in shots with 46 ... her 2.88 shots per game average is good for ninth.
• Bike has played in 87 career games which is good for a tie for ninth all-time in program history.
• 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 seventh in the ACC in points (20) and sits tied for seventh in goals (8).
• 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.
• 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.

BEYOND BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College is represented on the national and pro level by several former players.
• Kristie Mewis '13 plays professionally for the Houston Dash of the NWSL while also seeing time with the U.S. Women's National Team ... Mewis was a member of the bronze-medal winning squad at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
• Allyson Swaby '18 plays for AS Roma in Serie A, the highest league of women's soccer in Italy ... Swaby also plays for the Jamaican Women's National Team, suiting up and starting for the Reggae Girls at the 2019 Women's World Cup.
• Hayley Dowd '17 plays her professional soccer for Djurgardens IF, the top league in Sweden.
• Arianna Criscione '07 is a goalkeeper for Paris Saint-Germain in Division 1 Feminine, the top division of French soccer.
• Rachel Newborough '19 suits up for Charlton Athletic in the FA Women's Championship, the second-highest division of women's soccer in England ... Newborough has also been capped for the Northern Ireland Women's National Team.

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Players Mentioned

Michela Agresti

Samantha Agresti

Jenna Bike

Linda Boama

Ella Richards

Sam Smith

Haley Thomas

Sonia Walk

Wiebke Willebrandt