Huskies Up Next for Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will close out its three-game homestand on Sunday afternoon with a 1 p.m. match against the UConn Huskies at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.

The game can be watched live on ACCNX, which streams live on the ESPN App.

Game 4 | Boston College vs UConn
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 | 1:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.

A WIN OVER UCONN WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 4-0-0 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 7-27-2 in the all-time series with UConn and 3-1-1 in the last five meetings.
• Give BC a 3-0-0 start at home for the third time in the last five seasons (2019 and 2018).

ABOUT UCONN
• UConn has played two games so far, earning a pair of 2-1 wins in Storrs over Central Connecticut State and La Salle.
• Jada Konte has scored two goals for UConn to lead the way with four points ... Duda Santin and Abbey Jones have each scored once ... Kaitlyn Mahoney has played seventy-five percent of the team's minutes in goal, going 1-0-0 with a .875 save percentage and 0.67 goals against average.
•The Huskies were tabbed third in the All-BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• Jessica Mazo, a junior, was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST team ... she was a First Team Selection during UConn's spring 2021 season, putting up seven points on two goals and three assists.
• UConn finished its 2021 spring slate with a record of 8-3-1 with a 6-2-1 mark in BIG EAST play.

SERIES HISTORY VS UCONN
• Boston College holds a record of 6-27-2 in the all-time series with UConn ... three of BC's wins in the series have come in the last seven meetings.
• This marks the first meeting between the two teams in eight years ... BC and UConn last faced off on Aug. 28, 2013, with the Eagles falling 1-0 in Newton.
• Three of BC's six wins in the series have come in the last seven meetings.
• Three of the last five meetings have gone to overtime while the last six matches have been decided by one goal or less.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Linda Boama has scored in each of the first three games of the season ... it's the first three-game goal scoring streak for the Eagles since Olivia Vaughn during the 2019 season (Sept. 15-Sept. 26) ... she is the first Eagle to score in the first three games of the season since Victoria DiMartino scored in the first four games of the 2009 season.
• BC has five different goal scorers and 10 different point getters through the first three games of the season.
• Wiebke 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 with three saves against Stony Brook on Aug. 25, 2016.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College topped Boston University on Thursday night in Newton, taking the Battle of Comm Ave with a 3-1 score.
• Samantha Agresti opened the scoring in the 24th minute and then Linda Boama finished in the 29th minute for the eventual game-winner ... Jenna Bike added an insurance goal early in the second half.
• Wiebke Willebrandt finished with four saves to move to 3-0-0 on the year.

FIRSTS
• Through the first three 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.
• Thomas went on to record her first assist as an Eagle in a win over BU on Aug. 26.
• Éabha O'Mahony, Andi Barth, Richards, Sarai Costello, Carlton and Walker all made their collegiate debuts at Iona.

AN OPENER TO REMEMBER
• Boston College opened up the 2021 season with a 5-0 win at Iona on Thursday.
• Linda Boama scored twice for BC, notching the first and second goals of her career with the brace ... Ella Richards and Sam Smith also found the back of the net while the team was credit with a team goal off an Iona defender.
• Wiebke Willebrandt made four saves in her first collegiate appearance for her first career shutout.
• In addition to Willebrandt, Éabha O'Mahony also made her first collegiate start and appearance while Andi Barth, Ella Richards, Sarai Costello, Jessica Carlton and Taliyah Walker all made their collegiate debuts off the bench.
• Graduate students Haley Thomas and Abby McNamara made their BC debuts.

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.

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Players Mentioned

Michela Agresti

Samantha 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