Trip to Wake Forest Up Next for Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will hit the road on Thursday, April 8, traveling to Wake Forest to face the Demon Deacons. The game, which is set for a 1 p.m. kick off at Spry Stadium, will be live on ACCNX, which is accessible via WatchESPN.com or the ESPN app.

This will mark the 17th all-time meeting between Wake Forest and Boston College, with the Eagles holding a slight 8-7-1 edge in the series. The Demon Deacons are coming off a 4-1 loss at Georgia on Saturday, while the Eagles topped Northeastern, 1-0, in double overtime on April 1.

Game 13 | Boston College at Wake Forest
Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 1:00 p.m.
Spry Stadium | Winston-Salem, N.C.

A WIN OVER WAKE FOREST WOULD . . .
• Bump BC's overall record to 4-9-0 with a mark of 3-2-0 in spring slate games.
• Give the Eagles a mark of 9-7-1 in the all-time series with Wake Forest.

ABOUT WAKE FOREST
• The Demon Deacons enter Thursday's game with a mark of 5-7-1 after falling on the road at Georgia, 4-1, on Saturday.
• The game at Georgia marked the Deacs' fourth game of the spring, with the team going 2-2-0 in those contests.
• Sophie Faircloth leads Wake Forest with four goals and one assist for nine points ... Ryanne Brown has eight points on three goals and two assists and has scored two game-winning goals ... Shayla Smart has three goals and one assist for seven points.
• Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks has started all four games this spring ... she stands at 4-4-0 on the year with a .750 save percentage, 1.61 goals against average and four shutouts.
• Head coach Tony da Luz is in his 24th season as head coach of the Demon Deacons.

SERIES HISTORY VS WAKE FOREST
• Boston College has a record of 8-7-1 in the all-time series with Wake Forest ... the Eagles have a mark of 2-7-0 on the road.
• These two teams first met on Oct. 2, 2005, with the Demon Deacons coming to Newton and pulling out a 2-1 win.
• Last season, the teams battled to a 3-3 tie in Newton, marking the first-ever tie game in the series ... Kayla Jennings, Francesca Venezia and Gianna Mitchell scored for BC while Allie Augur made six saves ... Kayla Jennings' goal was assisted by Jillian Jennings, marking the first and only time the sisters teamed up for a goal.
• Twelve of the 16 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal.
• The Eagles own the longest win streak in the series at five games.
• In addition to being a Wake Forest men's soccer alum, BC head coach Jason Lowe spent five seasons on Tony da Luz's staff.

THE LOWE DOWN
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe is a 1998 graduate of Wake Forest ... Lowe served as a goalkeeper for the Demon Deacons men's soccer squad from 1994-97.
• Additionally, he spent five years on Tony da Luz's staff, starting as an assistant coach in 2014 before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2017 season.
• The Demon Deacons made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, reaching the round of 32 in 2017, and upset No. 2 seed West Virginia en route to the Sweet 16 in 2018.

UP NEXT
• Boston College will head to Rhode Island to face the Rams on April 11 ... the Eagles played the Rams in Newton on March 21, falling 3-2 in overtime.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College topped Northeastern, 1-0, in double overtime on Thursday, April 1 in Newton.
• Alison Heckman scored the game-winning goal in the 109th minute ... it was Heckman's first goal of the season and second of her collegiate career ... it was the first game-winning goal of her career.
• Zoie Allen registered her first collegiate point with the assist on Heckman's goal.
• It was BC's first overtime win since a 3-2 victory at Pitt on Oct. 26, 2017.
• Allie Augur finished with four saves for her second consecutive shutout and the sixth of her career.

A BIT ABOUT BC
• Sam Smith leads Boston College in scoring with 10 points on a team-leading four 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 11 of BC's 12 contests, going 3-8-0 with a 1.79 goals against average, .710 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.

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Players Mentioned

Zoie Allen

Allie Augur

Jenna Bike

Laura Gouvin

Alison Heckman

Jillian Jennings

Kayla Jennings

Sam Smith

Francesca Venezia