BC, BU Set for Sunday Clash

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team will make the short trip down Commonwealth Avenue on Sunday to take on the Boston University Terriers.

The game, which is set for a 4 p.m. opening whistle, will air live on ESPN+.

Game 6 | Boston College at Boston University
Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022 | 4:00 p.m.
Nickerson Field | Boston

A WIN OVER BOSTON UNIVERSITY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College a 3-1-1 record on the year.
• Bump the Eagles to 24-5-1 all-time in games against Boston University and 21-5-1 in contests in which both schools had varsity programs.
• Push BC's unbeaten streak in the series against BU to seven games.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• BC enters Sunday with a 3-1-1 record after battling UMass to a 2-2 tie in Amherst on Thursday.
• Overall, six different Eagles have scored in Emily Sapienza (3), Sam Smith (3), Andi Barth (2), Ella Richards, Claire Mensi and Sydney Segalla while 12 total Eagles have at least one point.
• Smith has a team-leading 16 shots and eight shots on goal ... Smith has led BC in shots in each of the first three games of the season ... the captain has registered a shot attempt in 44 of 55 career games.
• Goalkeeper Wiebke Willebrandt is 3-1-1 with a 0.80 goals against average, .800 save percentage, 16 saves and two shutouts.
• The Eagles have out-cornered the opponent in four out of the first five games of the season, including a season-high 12 against Holy Cross on Aug. 28.
• Head coach Jason Lowe is in his fourth season as head coach of the Eagles.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers carry a 2-3-0 record in to Sunday's Battle of Comm Ave and are coming off a 1-0 loss at Yale on Thursday night.
• Abigail McNulty leads BU with five points on two goals and one assist while Giulianna Gianino has two goals ... McNulty has a team-high 10 shots.
• Gretchen Bennett and Celia Braun have both seen time in goal for BU ... Bennett is 1-2-0 with a 1.67 goals against average, .615 save percentage and eight saves while Braun is 1-1-0 with a 2.50 goals against average, .444 save percentage and four saves.
• Casey Brown is in her first season as head coach of the Terriers ... Brown replaced Nancy Feldman, who retired in April after 27 years at BU.

COMMON OPPONENTS
• The Terriers and Eagles have both taken on Northeastern and Michigan during the regular season.
• BC topped Northeastern (4-1) and fell to Michigan (1-0) while BU dropped both meetings with Northeastern (1-0) and Michigan (6-2).

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• Boston College holds a record of 23-5-1 all-time in games against Boston University.
• The Eagles and Terriers have met 26 times as varsity clubs, with BC going 20-5-1 in those contests (since 1995).
• BC is riding a six-game winning streak in the series against BU.
• The Eagles have shutout the Terriers in four out of the last five meetings.
• The squads faced off last year in Newton, with BC picking up a 3-1 win...current Eagle Samantha Agresti had a goal and an assist in that contest while Wiebke Willebrandt made four saves for the win.

CAPTAIN SMITH
• Senior Sam Smith is tied for the team lead in points with six off of her three goals.
• The captain is BC's active scoring leader with 46 points on 20 goals and six assists.
• Smith scored her 20th career goal against UMass on Sept. 1.
• Smith has a team-leading 16 shots and eight shots on goal ... Smith has led BC in shots in four out of BC's five games this season ... she has registered a shot attempt in 44 of 55 career games.

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
• The Eagles are a diverse group, having five different countries and 11 different states represented on the team roster of 27.
• The most represented state for BC is Massachusetts, which is called home by six players, while California has four representatives on the 2022 roster.
• Canada has two players represented while Iceland, Ireland and Germany each have one representative on the roster ... 22 players total are from the United States.

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Players Mentioned

Samantha Agresti

Andi Barth

Claire Mensi

Ella Richards

Emily Sapienza

Sydney Segalla

Sam Smith

Wiebke Willebrandt