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BC to Host #21 Pitt on Saturday Senior Night
October 11, 2022 | Women's Soccer
Michela Agresti, Samantha Agresti, Sam Smith and Sydney Moore will be honored prior to the game.
CHESTNUT Hill, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will play its penultimate regular season home game on Saturday, Oct. 15 when #13 Pitt comes to town.
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The contest will also serve as the Eagles' Senior Night, with Samantha Agresti, Michela Agresti, Sydney Moore and Sam Smith being honored before the game.
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Kick off is set for 7 p.m., and the game will air live on ACCNX.
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Game 15 | Boston College vs #13 Pitt
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 | 7:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
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A WIN OVER PITT WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Pitt to 12-3-0 including a mark of 6-0-0 in home contests.
• Move the Eagles to 6-6-3 overall and 2-5-0 in ACC play.
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ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College enters Saturday's contest with an overall record of 5-6-3 and 1-5-0 in ACC play.
• The Eagles played two conference games last week, going 1-1-0.
• BC earned 1-0 win over Syracuse at home on Thursday night ... Claire Mensi scored her second goal of the season in the first half and then BC held Syracuse off the board the rest of the way for the win ... Wiebke Willebrandt made four saves for her third shutout of the season.
• On Sunday, the Eagles fell on the road at Louisville, 1-0.
• Six different Eagles have scored in Sam Smith (5), Emily Sapienza (4), Ella Richards (3), Andi Barth (2), Mensi (2) and Sydney Segalla.
• Laura Gouvin leads BC in assists with three.
• Twelve total Eagles have at least one point while seven Eagles have at least three points.
• Smith has a team-leading 10 points and five goals ... she also leads BC with 27 shots and 14 shots on goal.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt is 5-6-2 with a 1.57 goals against average, .730 save percentage, 58 saves and three shutouts ... her three shutouts mark a career-high.
• The Eagles recently played four consecutive games against a team ranked in the top-20 of the national poll … it was the first time since at least the 2013 season that BC played four consecutive games against ranked opponents.
• Head coach Jason Lowe is in his fourth season as head coach of the Eagles.
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ABOUT PITT
• The Panthers bring an overall record of 11-3-0 and an ACC mark of 4-2-0 into Saturday night's clash with the Eagles.
• Pitt is coming off of a 1-0 loss at Duke on Sunday … its lone other ACC loss came at North Carolina this past Thursday, with the Panthers dropping a 4-0 contest.
• Leah Pais has a team-leading 18 points off of seven goals and four assists … four Panthers total have hit double-digit scoring in Pais, Landy Mertz, Sarah Schupansky and Amanda West.
• Goalkeeper Caitlyn Lazzarini has started al 14 contests for Pitt this season … she sits at 11-3-0 with a 1.06 goals against average, .759 save percentage, 41 saves and four solo shutouts.
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SERIES HISTORY VS PITT
• Boston College has a record of 11-3-0 in the all-time series with Pitt ... the Eagles are 5-0-0 in Newton and 6-3-0 in Pittsburgh.
• These two teams first met on Oct. 11, 1997 with BC getting a 2-0 road win.
• In last year's meeting in Pittsburgh, the teams played a scoreless first half before the Panthers scored three times in the second half ... that games featured a 30-minute start time delay and then a 50-minute in-game lightning delay.
• Sam Smith has one goal and two assists against the Panthers, all coming in a 4-3 loss on Oct. 8, 2020 ... Laura Gouvin also had an assist in that game.
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The contest will also serve as the Eagles' Senior Night, with Samantha Agresti, Michela Agresti, Sydney Moore and Sam Smith being honored before the game.
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Kick off is set for 7 p.m., and the game will air live on ACCNX.
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Game 15 | Boston College vs #13 Pitt
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 | 7:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
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A WIN OVER PITT WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Pitt to 12-3-0 including a mark of 6-0-0 in home contests.
• Move the Eagles to 6-6-3 overall and 2-5-0 in ACC play.
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ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College enters Saturday's contest with an overall record of 5-6-3 and 1-5-0 in ACC play.
• The Eagles played two conference games last week, going 1-1-0.
• BC earned 1-0 win over Syracuse at home on Thursday night ... Claire Mensi scored her second goal of the season in the first half and then BC held Syracuse off the board the rest of the way for the win ... Wiebke Willebrandt made four saves for her third shutout of the season.
• On Sunday, the Eagles fell on the road at Louisville, 1-0.
• Six different Eagles have scored in Sam Smith (5), Emily Sapienza (4), Ella Richards (3), Andi Barth (2), Mensi (2) and Sydney Segalla.
• Laura Gouvin leads BC in assists with three.
• Twelve total Eagles have at least one point while seven Eagles have at least three points.
• Smith has a team-leading 10 points and five goals ... she also leads BC with 27 shots and 14 shots on goal.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt is 5-6-2 with a 1.57 goals against average, .730 save percentage, 58 saves and three shutouts ... her three shutouts mark a career-high.
• The Eagles recently played four consecutive games against a team ranked in the top-20 of the national poll … it was the first time since at least the 2013 season that BC played four consecutive games against ranked opponents.
• Head coach Jason Lowe is in his fourth season as head coach of the Eagles.
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ABOUT PITT
• The Panthers bring an overall record of 11-3-0 and an ACC mark of 4-2-0 into Saturday night's clash with the Eagles.
• Pitt is coming off of a 1-0 loss at Duke on Sunday … its lone other ACC loss came at North Carolina this past Thursday, with the Panthers dropping a 4-0 contest.
• Leah Pais has a team-leading 18 points off of seven goals and four assists … four Panthers total have hit double-digit scoring in Pais, Landy Mertz, Sarah Schupansky and Amanda West.
• Goalkeeper Caitlyn Lazzarini has started al 14 contests for Pitt this season … she sits at 11-3-0 with a 1.06 goals against average, .759 save percentage, 41 saves and four solo shutouts.
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SERIES HISTORY VS PITT
• Boston College has a record of 11-3-0 in the all-time series with Pitt ... the Eagles are 5-0-0 in Newton and 6-3-0 in Pittsburgh.
• These two teams first met on Oct. 11, 1997 with BC getting a 2-0 road win.
• In last year's meeting in Pittsburgh, the teams played a scoreless first half before the Panthers scored three times in the second half ... that games featured a 30-minute start time delay and then a 50-minute in-game lightning delay.
• Sam Smith has one goal and two assists against the Panthers, all coming in a 4-3 loss on Oct. 8, 2020 ... Laura Gouvin also had an assist in that game.
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