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Boston College Set to Host Syracuse on Thursday Night
October 03, 2022 | Women's Soccer
The Eagles will host the Orange at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will continue with ACC play this week when it hosts Syracuse University on Thursday at the Newton Campus Soccer Field.
The match, which is set for a 5:30 p.m. start, will air live on ACCNX.
Game 13 | Boston College vs Syracuse University
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 | 5:30 p.m.
Newton Campus Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.
A WIN OVER SYRACUSE WOULD . . .
• Bump Boston College's record in the all-time series against Syracuse to 11-4-2 overall and 9-0-2 as the home team in the series.
• Move the Eagles to 5-5-3 overall and 1-4-0 in ACC play.
• Bump head coach Jason Lowe to 2-0-0 all-time against the Orange.
ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College enters Thursday's contest with an overall record of 4-5-3 and 0-4-0 in ACC play.
• Thursday night will mark the first meeting between Boston College and Syracuse since 2020.
• The Eagles played a single game last week, hosting #16 Notre Dame on Thursday and falling, 3-0.
• The Eagles are coming off four consecutive game 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.
• Six different Eagles have scored in Sam Smith (5), Emily Sapienza (4), Ella Richards (3), Andi Barth (2), Claire Mensi and Sydney Segalla.
• Laura Gouvin leads BC in assists with three.
• Twelve total Eagles have at least one point while six Eagles have at least three points.
• Smith has a team-leading 10 points and five goals ... she also leads BC with 24 shots and 12 shots on goal.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt is 4-5-2 with a 1.77 goals against average, .712 save percentage, 47 saves and two shutouts.
• Head coach Jason Lowe is in his fourth season as head coach of the Eagles.
ABOUT SYRACUSE
• Syracuse enters Thursday night's contest with an overall mark of 8-4-0 and a record of 1-2-0 in ACC play.
• The Orange played at Wake Forest this past Sunday, falling 2-0.
• Syracuse earned its first ACC win of the season on Sept. 25, topping Miami at home, 3-1.
• Chelsea Domond leads Syracuse in points (15), goals (5) and assists (5) … Erin Flurey is second on the team in scoring with nine points off of four goals and one assist … Flurey has a team-leading three game-winning goals while Domond has scored two game-winning goals.
• Goalkeeper Shea Vanderbosch has seen the majority of minutes for the Orange … the first-year player is 7-3-0 with a 0.80 goals against average, .843 save percentage, 43 saves and three solo shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY VS SYRACUSE
• Boston College has a record of 10-4-2 in the all-time series with Syracuse.
• The squads first met in 1996, with the Eagles earning a 2-0 win in Newton.
• Syracuse and Boston College last met on Oct. 22, 2020 in Syracuse ... the Eagles came away with a 3-1 win ... Syracuse scored first but BC then scored three unanswered goals for the win ... Laura Gouvin notched her first career goal with the game-winning score.
• The Eagles hold a record of 2-4-0 as the road team in the series while going 8-0-2 as the home team.
• Five of the 16 contests have needed extra time, with two of the games ending in 0-0 ties and BC earning two overtime wins to Syracuse's one.
• Of the 16 meetings in the series, 12 of them have featured at least one shutout ... BC has posted nine clean sheets in the series.
