Southern Road Swing Begins at South Carolina

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will kick off a three-game road slate with a trip to #12 South Carolina on Thursday night. The game is slated for a 7 p.m. start and it will be live on SEC+, which streams live on the ESPN App.

Game 5 | Boston College at #12 South Carolina
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 | 7:00 p.m.
Stone Stadium | Columbia, S.C.

A WIN OVER SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 5-0-0 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 2-2-0 all-time against current SEC teams.
• Move BC to 1-0-0 in the all-time series with South Carolina.
• Give BC a 2-0-0 start on the road

ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA
• The Gamecocks enter Thursday night with an overall record of 3-0-0 after opening up the 2021 season with three consecutive road victories ... South Carolina began the year with a 3-0 win at the College of Charleston and followed it up with a 3-1 win at East Carolina and a 2-1 win at NC State.
• Three players in Eveleen Hahn, Jyllissa Harris and Corinna Zullo all have two goals apiece to lead the Gamecocks ... Lauren Chang has three assists on the year.
• Heather Hinz has played the majority of minutes in goal, going 3-0-0 with a .857 save percentage and a 0.36 goals against average.
• Shelley Smith is in her 21st season as the head coach of South Carolina ... the Gamecocks were picked to finish third in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll.

SERIES HISTORY VS SOUTH CAROLINA
• This is the first-ever meeting between South Carolina and Boston College.
• The Eagles are 1-2-0 all-time against current SEC teams ... BC earned a 2-0 win over Mississippi State on Sept. 15, 2019 and dropped games to Vanderbilt and Georgia.

UP NEXT
• The Eagles will next head to Kennesaw State to square off against the Owls at noon on Sunday, Sept. 5.
• BC will close out the three-game road slate with a match at Harvard at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Linda Boama has scored in each of the first four games of the season ... she is the first Eagle to score in the first four games of the season since Victoria DiMartino scored in the first four games of the 2009 season.
• BC has five different goal scorers and 12 different point getters through the first three games of the season ... three Eagles have scored multiple goals.
• 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 UConn, 4-1, on Sunday, Aug. 29 to move to 4-0-0 on the year.
• Sam Smith, Linda Boama, Ella Richards and Laura Gouvin found the back of the net for BC ... Boama scored the game-winning goal, her third winner of the season.
• Wiebke Willebrandt finished with four saves to move to 4-0-0 on the year.

HOT START(S)
• Several Eagles are off to fast starts through the first four games of the season.
• Linda Boama has scored a goal in each of the first four games and has added two assists to lead the Eagles with 12 points.
• Rookie Ella Richards has scored four goals in four games and recorded two assists.
• BC's 15 goals in the first four games marks 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.

FIRST THINGS FIRST
• Through the first four 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.
• Costello earned her first career point with an assist against UConn on Aug. 29.

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.

SISTER ACT
• The Eagles have two sets of sisters on the roster this season.
• Samantha and Michela Agresti are in their third season together as Eagles.
• Sophomore Emma Goggins is joined this season by her younger sister, Kate Goggins.

Southern Road Swing Begins at South Carolina

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Players Mentioned

Michela Agresti

Andi Barth

Jenna Bike

Linda Boama

Jessica Carlton

Sarai Costello

Emma Goggins

Kate Goggins

Laura Gouvin

Mia Karras

Abby McNamara

Ella Richards

Sam Smith

Haley Thomas

Taliyah Walker

Wiebke Willebrandt