BC Hits the Road to Face Miami, Clemson

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will play two ACC road matches this week, heading to Miami on Thursday night and Clemson on Sunday afternoon.
Both games will air on ACC Network Extra.

Game 16 | Boston College at Miami
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 | 6:00 p.m.
Cobb Stadium | Coral Gables, Fla.

Game 17 | Boston College at Clemson
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022 | 1:00 p.m.
Historic Riggs Field | Clemson, S.C.

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series with Miami to 13-4-3 with a record of 6-3-2 on the road.
• Move the Eagles to 6-6-4 overall and 2-5-1 in ACC play.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College enters Thursday night's contest with an overall record of 5-6-4 and a mark of 1-5-1 in ACC play after battling #21 Pitt to a 1-1 tie in Newton on Saturday night.
• Twelve total Eagles have at least one point while seven Eagles have at least three points.
• Six different Eagles have scored in Sam Smith (6), Emily Sapienza (4), Ella Richards (3), Andi Barth (2), Mensi (2) and Sydney Segalla.
• Smith has a team-leading 12 points and six goals ... she also leads BC with 29 shots and 16 shots on goal.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt is 5-6-3 with a 1.53 goals against average, .738 save percentage, 59 saves and a career-high three shutouts.
• BC's four ties this season are the most for the Eagles in a single season since 2007 (11-5-4).
• Head coach Jason Lowe is in his fourth season as head coach of the Eagles.

ABOUT MIAMI
• Miami enters Thursday night's contest with an overall mark of 4-6-3 and a record of 1-5-1 in ACC play.
• The Hurricanes battled NC State to a 3-3 tie on the road on Saturday.
• Miami's conference win came on Oct. 6 with a 3-1 win at home against Virginia Tech.
• Lauren Meeks and Chloe O'Neill are tied for the team lead in scoring with six points each off of three goals apiece.
• Jackie Koerwitz (1-1-3), Megan Morgan (1-1-3) and Emma Pidding (0-3-3) have each chipped in three points.
• Melissa Dagenais has played every second in goal for Miami, going 4-6-3 with a .776 save percentage, 1.31 goals against average, 59 saves and four shutouts.

SERIES HISTORY VS MIAMI
• Boston College has a record of 12-4-3 in the all-time series with Miami ... the Eagles are 7-1-1 at home against the Hurricanes and 5-3-2 on the road.
• BC has not played at Miami since 2018 when it battled to a 1-1 tie.
• The longest winning streak in the series is three games, which BC has done twice ... the Eagles are 2-1-1 in the last five meetings.
• The teams first met on Sept. 26, 1999 in Newton, with BC earning a 3-0 win.
• The teams last met on Oct. 2, 2021 in Newton, with Miami's late winner breaking a six-game BC unbeaten streak in the series.
• Sam Smith has one career goal against the Hurricanes while Samantha Agresti and Michela Agresti both have one assist ... all three players registered their point(s) in a 4-0 BC win on Sept. 26, 2019.

ABOUT CLEMSON
• Clemson will host Duke on Thursday night, entering that game with an overall record of 7-4-3 and an ACC mark of 3-3-1.
• Caroline Conti leads the Tigers with 12 points off of four goals and four assists … Renee Lyles with 11 points from four goals and three assists and Makenna Morris with three goals and four assists for 10 points give Clemson three double-digit point getters.
• Halle Mackiewicz has started all 14 contests in goal for Clemson, going 7-4-3 with a 1.33 goals against average, .727 save percentage, 48 saves and four solo shutouts.

SERIES HISTORY VS CLEMSON
• Boston College has a record of 8-7-1 in the all-time series with Clemson, with marks of 4-3-1 at home and 4-2-0 on the road.
• The squads first met on Sept. 25, 2005, with the Eagles topping the Tigers, 2-1, on the road.
• The teams met last year in Newton on Oct. 28, 2021 in what was BC's season finale ... Clemson picked up a 4-1 win.
• Samantha Agresti scored for BC in last year's meeting while Sam Smith has one assist coming out of a 2019 meeting with Clemson.
• Ten of the 16 meetings have been decided by one goal or less and seven of the meetings have featured a shutout, with five of those shutouts belonging to Boston College.

LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College hosted #21 Pitt on Saturday night, battling to a 1-1 tie on Senior Night.
• Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 15th minute with her sixth goal of the season.
• Pitt was able to find an equalizer in the 74th minute.
• Wiebke Willebrandt finished with five saves.
• Smith, Sarai Costello, Éabha O'Mahony, Laura Gouvin, Samantha Agresti and Michela Agresti all went the full 90 for the Eagles.

UP NEXT
• Boston College will return home on Thursday, Oct. 27 to host Wake Forest in a 7 p.m. contest at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.

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Players Mentioned

Michela Agresti

Samantha Agresti

Andi Barth

Sarai Costello

Laura Gouvin

Ella Richards

Emily Sapienza

Sydney Segalla

Sam Smith

Wiebke Willebrandt