Terriers, Eagles Set to Clash Thursday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will host Boston University on Thursday night at the Newton Campus Soccer Field. The game is slated for a 7 p.m. start and it will be live on ACCNX, which streams live on the ESPN App.

Game 3 | Boston College vs Boston University
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 | 7:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.

A WIN OVER BOSTON UNIVERSITY WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 3-0 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 23-5-1 all-time in games against Boston University and 20-5-1 in contests in which both schools had varsity programs.
• Give BC its sixth consecutive win in the series against BU.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• Boston University is 1-0-1 on the year, opening up the season with a 2-0 win at Northeastern on Aug. 19 before battling UMass Lowell to a 1-1 tie on Monday night.
• Jenna Oldham was named the Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year ... the forward led the Terriers during the 2021 spring slate with five points on one goal and three assists ... the senior is currently tied for the team lead in points with two assists.
• BU has received goals from three different players so far this season.
• The Terriers went 2-2-1 overall during the 2021 spring slate.
• Now in her 27th season as the head coach at BU, Nancy Feldman has guided the Terriers to 14 NCAA tournaments, 13 regular season conference titles and 13 conference tournament titles.

SERIES HISTORY VS BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• Boston College holds a record of 22-5-1 all-time in games against Boston University.
• The Eagles and Terriers have met 25 times as varsity clubs, with BC going 19-5-1 in those contests (since 1995).
• BC is riding a five-game winning streak in the series against BU.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Eagles topped UMass, 3-1, on Monday afternoon in the home opener.
• After a scoreless first half, the teams combined for four goals over the final 15 minutes of the game.
• Linda Boama opened the scoring in the 74th before Ella Richards made it 2-0 for BC in the 79th... Richards then responded to a Minutewomen equalizer with her second of the game, putting home her third of the year in the 88th to quell the UMass comeback.
• It was the second consecutive game with a goal for both Boama and Richards.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt made four saves to move to 2-0-0 on the year.

FIRSTS
• Through the first two games of the 2021 season, several Eagles have recorded some firsts.
• In the season opener at Iona on Aug. 19, Linda Boama scored twice, notching the first and second goals of her career with the brace ... also in that game, Ella Richards scored her first career goal while Jessica Carlton and Taliyah Walker picked up their first points with assists.
• Wiebke Willebrandt made her first career start at Iona and earned her first career shutout with four saves.
• Graduate students Haley Thomas and Abby McNamara made their BC debuts at Iona.
• Éabha O'Mahony, Andi Barth, Richards, Sarai Costello, Carlton and Walker all made their collegiate debuts at Iona.

2021 CAPTAINS
• The Eagles are led by Jenna Bike, Mia Karras and Michela Agresti in 2021.
• This is the second consecutive year that Bike and Karras are captaining the Eagles while Agresti is a first-time captain.
• In 2021, Bike started all 14 contests for the Eagles in her return to the pitch from injury ... the graduate student finished second on the team in scoring with 10 points on four goals and two assists.
• Karras, a graduate student, played and started all 14 of BC's contests last season.
• Agresti has started all 32 game that BC has played in her first two seasons on the Heights ... the defender has played at least 90 minutes in 31 of 32 games.

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.

ACTIVE SCORING LEADERS
• Jenna Bike is BC's active scoring leader with 38 points on 14 goals and 10 assists.
• Sam Smith is the second-highest active scorer with 31 points on 13 goals and five assists.

Terriers, Eagles Set to Clash Thursday Night

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Players Mentioned

Michela Agresti

Andi Barth

Jenna Bike

Linda Boama

Jessica Carlton

Sarai Costello

Mia Karras

Abby McNamara

Ella Richards

Sam Smith

Haley Thomas

Taliyah Walker

Wiebke Willebrandt