Boston College Athletics
Friday, September 30
South Bend, IN
6:00 p.m.
Boston College
at
Notre Dame
Photo by: Alastair Ingram
Eagles and Irish Clash Friday Night on ACC Network
September 29, 2022 | Men's Soccer
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College travels to South Bend, Indiana for an ACC battle against Notre Dame on Friday night at 6 p.m., which will air nationally on ACC Network.
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH
• Notre Dame enters the matchup at 4-3-1 overall and 1-2-0 in the ACC
• The Fighting Irish is coming off an 8-0 home victory over Kalamazoo on Tuesday as eight different players found the back of the net
• ND fell 1-0 at home to North Carolina in conference play last Saturday
• Paddy Burns leads the team in both goals (4) and points (8), while KK Baffour ranks second in scoring with seven points
• Bryan Dowd has played all but 45 minutes in net with a 4-3-1 record, 1.20 goals against average and .690 save percentage
SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College is 4-10-2 against the Fighting Irish as the schools head into the 17th all-time meeting in series history
• Last year, the schools drew 1-1 in Newton as Boston College played a man up for 75 minutes but had to settle for a point
• The Eagles are 2-6-0 in eight previous visits to South Bend, the last of which was a 2-1 double OT defeat in the first round of the 2019 ACC Tournament
• Seven of the last eight matches between the teams have been decided by a goal or less, including each of the last three
CLIMBING THE RANKS
• With six goals in his first eight games of 2022, Stefan Sigurdarson is tied for ninth in the entire country in total goals
• The senior has 22 career goals at Boston College and is tied with Sherron Manswell for eighth in program history
• Sigurdarson is only the 11th player in program history to score 20 goals and trails Charlie Davies by two goals for seventh place
• The Icelandic striker assisted on Nacho Dominguez's goal against Louisville on Sept. 16 for a total of 13 points, which ranks 21st nationally
UP NEXT
• Boston College plays its first game of October next Friday night at home under the lights against NC State on ACCNX at 7 p.m.
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SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH
• Notre Dame enters the matchup at 4-3-1 overall and 1-2-0 in the ACC
• The Fighting Irish is coming off an 8-0 home victory over Kalamazoo on Tuesday as eight different players found the back of the net
• ND fell 1-0 at home to North Carolina in conference play last Saturday
• Paddy Burns leads the team in both goals (4) and points (8), while KK Baffour ranks second in scoring with seven points
• Bryan Dowd has played all but 45 minutes in net with a 4-3-1 record, 1.20 goals against average and .690 save percentage
SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College is 4-10-2 against the Fighting Irish as the schools head into the 17th all-time meeting in series history
• Last year, the schools drew 1-1 in Newton as Boston College played a man up for 75 minutes but had to settle for a point
• The Eagles are 2-6-0 in eight previous visits to South Bend, the last of which was a 2-1 double OT defeat in the first round of the 2019 ACC Tournament
• Seven of the last eight matches between the teams have been decided by a goal or less, including each of the last three
CLIMBING THE RANKS
• With six goals in his first eight games of 2022, Stefan Sigurdarson is tied for ninth in the entire country in total goals
• The senior has 22 career goals at Boston College and is tied with Sherron Manswell for eighth in program history
• Sigurdarson is only the 11th player in program history to score 20 goals and trails Charlie Davies by two goals for seventh place
• The Icelandic striker assisted on Nacho Dominguez's goal against Louisville on Sept. 16 for a total of 13 points, which ranks 21st nationally
UP NEXT
• Boston College plays its first game of October next Friday night at home under the lights against NC State on ACCNX at 7 p.m.
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Players Mentioned
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