Eagles, Crimson Set to Meet Thursday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will make the short trip over the Charles River on Thursday night to face undefeated Harvard. The Crimson and Eagles are set to kickoff at 7 p.m. and the game will air live on NESN and streamed live on ESPN+, which is available on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

Game 7 | Boston College at Harvard
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 | 7:00 p.m.
Jordan Field | Cambridge, Mass.

A WIN OVER HARVARD WOULD . . .
• Move Boston College to 6-1-0 on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 16-17-3 all-time against Harvard with a mark of 7-9-1 on the road.

ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard enters Thursday night's game at 3-0-0 after topping St. John's, 3-2, in overtime on Sunday afternoon to remain undefeated.
• The Crimson opened up the 2021 season with a win against Fairfield (1-0) and a win at Boston University (3-0).
• Angela Caloia has scored three goals and added one assist to lead Harvard with seven points ... four other players have found the back of the net.
• Three different goalkeepers have seen time, with Anna Karpenko seeing the majority of the minutes while going 1-0-0.
• As a team, Harvard has fired off 59 shots in three games while limiting opponents to 18.
• Harvard was picked to finish second in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll.
• Chris Hamblin is in his sixth season as the head coach at Harvard.

SERIES HISTORY VS HARVARD
• This is the first meeting between Boston College and Harvard since Sept. 7, 2017 ... Harvard took that game, 1-0, in Cambridge to snap BC's six-game winning streak and a 10-game unbeaten streak in the series.
• The teams first met during the 1981 season, with Harvard taking both matches.
• BC is 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings and has won nine of the last 11.

RICHARDS (THE ROOKIE)
• Ella Richards leads the Eagles with 14 points on a team-high six goals and two assists.
• The freshman ranks tied for first among ACC players in points per game (2.33), goals (6) and goals per game (1.00).
• Richards has scored six goals in the first six games of the season, including braces against UMass and Kennesaw State ... she also had a one goal, two assist outing against UConn.
• She scored her first career game-winning goal against UMass.

HELLO, LINDA
• Linda Boama has recorded five goals and three assists for 13 points through the first six games of the season.
• The sophomore began the season by scoring at least one goal in each of the first four games ... she was 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.
• Boama has recorded a point in five out of six contests, including a pair of one goal, one assist outings.
• She has three game-winning goals on the year, which ranks second in the nation.
• Boama was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 31 after helping BC to a 3-0-0 week with three goals and two assists.

IT'S WORTH NOTING
• Ella Richards ranks tied for first among ACC players in points per game (2.33), goals (6) and goals per game (1.00).
• Linda Boama's three game-winning goals ranks second overall in the country.
• BC has seven different goal scorers and 14 different point getters through the first six games of the season.
• BC's 15 goals in the first four games marked 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.
• 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 against Stony Brook on Aug. 25, 2016.
• Willebrandt ranks first in the ACC in save percentage (.871) and saves per game (4.50).

ABOUT LAST WEEK
• Boston College traveled south for two games last week.
• BC suffered its first loss of the year on Thursday night, going toe-to-toe with #12 South Carolina before ultimately falling 1-0 ... the Gamecocks cleaned up a loose corner in the 73rd minute for the game-winning goal.
• On Sunday, the Eagles topped Kennesaw State, 4-0, behind two goals from Ella Richards and one each from Sam Smith and Abby McNamara ... Smith's score marked her first game-winning goal of the season and fourth of her career.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt finished with six saves in both contests.

ACTIVE SCORING LEADERS
• Jenna Bike is BC's active scoring leader with 40 points on 15 goals and 10 assists.
• Sam Smith is the second-highest active scorer with 37 points on 16 goals and five assists.

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.

Eagles, Crimson Set to Meet Thursday Night

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Players Mentioned

Jenna Bike

Linda Boama

Abby McNamara

Ella Richards

Sam Smith

Wiebke Willebrandt