Eagles Head to NC State on Saturday

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team hits the road on Saturday, April 17 when the Eagles travel to Raleigh, N.C. to take on NC State. The game, which is set for a noon kick off at Dail Soccer Field, will be live on ACCNX, which is accessible via WatchESPN.com or the ESPN app.

Game 14 | Boston College at NC State
Saturday, April 17, 2021 | 12:00 p.m.
Dail Soccer Field | Raleigh, N.C.

A WIN OVER NC STATE WOULD . . .
• Bump BC's overall record to 4-9-1 with a mark of 3-2-1 in spring slate games.
• Give the Eagles a mark of 14-4-0 in the all-time series with the Wolfpack.

ABOUT NC STATE
• NC State enters Saturday's contest with a mark of 4-3-1 overall ... the Wolfpack last played on Sunday, April 11, falling on the road at Georgia, 1-0.
• NC State, who did not play in the fall season, opened up the year with a 2-0 win over Old Dominion on Feb. 7 and went on to a 4-0-1 start.
• Leyah Hall-Robinson leads NC State with five points on two goals and one assist while Denae Antoine has also chipped in two goals ... Jameese Joseph has four points with one goal and two assists.
• Goalkeeper Maria Echezarreta has played every minute for the Wolfpack, going 4-3-1 with a .59 goals against average, .762 save percentage and three shutouts.
• Tim Santoro is in his eighth season as the head coach of the Wolfpack ... he has guided the team to a pair of Sweet 16 appearances (2016, 2018).

SERIES HISTORY VS NC STATE
• Boston College has a record of 13-4-0 in the all-time series with NC State.
• The teams first met in 1985, with BC earning 2-1 win ... NC State earned its first win in the next meeting in 1990 before the Eagles went on an 11-game winning streak.
• In last year's meeting on Oct. 5, 2019, NC State earned a 2-0 home win with one goal in each half...it was just the fifth time in the series that a game was decided by more than one goal.
• Of the 17 meetings in the series between NC State and Boston College, 14 have featured a shutout ... the Eagles have posted 10 shutouts in the series.
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe (2014-18) and NC State head coach Tim Santoro (2008-2012) both served on the coaching staff at Wake Forest prior to taking their current positions.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College was last in action on Thursday, April 8 at Wake Forest, battling the Demon Deacons through two overtimes to a 1-1 deadlock ... it marked the third consecutive meeting in the series between Boston College and Wake Forest that went to overtime … 13 of the 17 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal or less.
• Sam Smith scored her fifth goal of the season for BC while Allie Augur finished with six saves.
• Wake Forest had the 25-11 lead in shots but BC held the 8-7 lead in shots on goal.

A BIT ABOUT BC
• Sam Smith leads Boston College in scoring with 12 points on a team-leading five goals and two assists.
• Jenna Bike has three goals and two assists for eight points.
• Freshman Laura Gouvin has two goals - both game-winners - and two assists for four points.
• Goalkeeper Allie Augur has started 12 of BC's 13 contests, going 3-8-1 with a 1.69 goals against average, .724 save percentage and two shutouts.

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
• The Eagles are a diverse group, having four different countries and nine different states represented on the team roster of 23.
• The most represented state for BC is Massachusetts, which is called home by six players.
• Canada has two players represented while Iceland and Germany each have one representative on the roster ... 20 players are from the United States.
• Four Eagles hail from California and two each from New Jersey and Connecticut while New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Colorado and Rhode Island all have one player represented on the roster.

2020-21 CAPTAINS
• The Eagles are led by the trio of Jenna Bike, Jillian Jennings and Mia Karras in 2020-21.
• All three players are first-year captains.
• Bike, who missed the 2019 season due to injury, was named to the United Soccer Coaches Association DI All-Region team as a junior ... she enters her final season on the Heights having appeared in 57 contests with 56 starts while notching 10 goals and 10 assists.
• Karras played in all 18 contests for the Eagles in 2019, a career-high, while making 16 starts and logging the third-most minutes among field players with 1,434 ... she recorded one goal and two assists and will enter her senior season with two goals and two assists.
• Jennings enters her senior season having appeared in all 58 games that BC has played over the last three years ... she has logged over 3,500 minutes for the Eagles while also recording eight assists and one goal ... in 2019, she started all 18 contests and recorded three assists ... her older sister Kayla Jennings was a two-year captain for BC.

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Players Mentioned

Allie Augur

Jenna Bike

Laura Gouvin

Jillian Jennings

Kayla Jennings

Mia Karras

Sam Smith