Boston College Hosts Wake Forest on Thursday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will close out the regular season on Thursday night when it hosts Wake Forest at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.

Kick off is set for 7 p.m., and the match will stream live on ACCNX.

Game 18 | Boston College vs Wake Forest
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 | 7:00 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.

A WIN OVER WAKE FOREST WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series with Wake Forest to 9-8-2 overall including a mark of 7-3-1 in home games.
• Move the Eagles to 6-8-4 overall and 2-7-1 in ACC play.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College brings an overall record of 5-8-4 and an ACC mark of 1-7-1 into Thursday night's meeting with Wake Forest.
• The Eagles played twice last week, traveling to face Miami and Clemson.
• BC fell to the Hurricanes 1-0 on Thursday night ... it was BC's first loss this season when out-shooting the opponent ... BC then dropped a 3-0 match at Clemson.
• Six different Eagles have scored in Sam Smith (6), Emily Sapienza (4), Ella Richards (3), Andi Barth (2), Claire Mensi (2) and Sydney Segalla.
• Smith has a team-leading 12 points and six
goals ... she also leads BC with 32 shots and 17 shots on goal.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt is 5-8-3 with a 1.59 goals against average, .728 save percentage, 67 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 WAKE FOREST
• Wake Forest enters Thursday night's game with an overall mark of 9-6-2 and a record of 3-6-0 in ACC play.
• The Demon Deacons fell to #5 Notre Dame, 3-0, on Sunday night … the squad has picked up ACC wins over Miami (2-0), Syracuse (2-0) and Clemson (4-1).
• Olivia Stowell leads Wake Forest with 14 points off of five goals and four assists … Alex Wood also has five goals and has chipped in two assists for 12 total points … Giovanna DeMarco (4-2-10) gives Wake Forest a third double-digit point getter.
• Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks has started all 17 contests for the Demon Deacons, going 9-6-2 with a .778 save percentage, 0.79 goals against average … she has eight solo shutouts on the year and combined with Madison Howard for one other.

SERIES HISTORY VS WAKE FOREST
• Boston College has a record of 8-8-2 in the all-time series with Wake Forest with a mark of 6-3-1 at home.
• These two teams first met on Oct. 2, 2005, with the Demon Deacons coming to Newton and pulling out a 2-1 win.
• Last season, Wake Forest picked up a 1-0 win in Newton ... the previous two meetings both ended in ties, 3-3 and 1-1.
• Fourteen of the 18 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal.
• The Eagles own the longest win streak in the series at five games.
• In addition to being a Wake Forest men's soccer alumni, BC head coach Jason Lowe spent five seasons on Tony da Luz's staff.
• Sam Smith has one career goal against the Demon Deacons.

THE LOWE DOWN
• Boston College head coach Jason Lowe is a 1998 graduate of Wake Forest ... Lowe served as a goalkeeper for the Demon Deacons men's soccer squad from 1994-97.
• Additionally, he spent five years on Tony da Luz's staff, starting as an assistant coach in 2014 before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2017 season.
• The Demon Deacons made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, reaching the round of 32 in 2017, and upset No. 2 seed West Virginia en route to the Sweet 16 in 2018.

Boston College Hosts Wake Forest on Thursday Night

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Players Mentioned

Andi Barth

Claire Mensi

Ella Richards

Emily Sapienza

Sydney Segalla

Sam Smith

Wiebke Willebrandt