Eagles Return Home for Siena on Tuesday Night

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College returns to the Newton Soccer Complex on Tuesday night to host the Siena Saints at 5:30 p.m. The game will air live on ACC Network Extra. BC enters the non-conference match at 2-1-0 through three games. Following home wins over Quinnipiac and Northeastern, the Eagles suffered their first loss on Saturday by a 3-0 final against UMass at Rudd Field in Amherst.

CLIMBING THE RANKS
• With four goals in his first three games of 2022, Stefan Sigurdarson now has 20 career goals at Boston College
• Sigurdarson is only the 11th player in program history to score 20 goals, trailing Jay Hutchins and David Sullivan by a goal for ninth place
• The senior is already halfway to his career-high of eight goals as a freshman in 2019 when he was All-ACC Third Team

HOME COOKING
• Boston College is riding an 11-match unbeaten streak (8-0-3) at home dating back to a 3-2 loss to top-ranked Clemson on March 27, 2021 (spring season)
• The Eagles have registered clean sheets against five of those 11 opponents
• BC is 2-0-0 in Newton thus far in 2022

SCOUTING THE SAINTS
• Siena is also coming off its first loss in three matches, a 4-0 road defeat to Providence in Rhode Island on Friday
• Coming off a 9-7-3 record last season under head coach Graciano Brito, the Saints began the year with one-goal wins over Sacred Heart and UMass Lowell
• A league-best three players were named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team, led by 2021 MAAC Rookie of the Year and a First Team All-MAAC selection midfielder Jacob Sandun Arachchige-Jensen
• Siena was chosen to finish fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll

SERIES HISTORY
• Boston College is 1-1-0 all-time against Siena entering the third meeting in series history and the first since 2009
• BC beat the Saints 3-1 in 1999 but fell 1-0 in double overtime in 2009, with both matches taking place in Newton

UP NEXT
• Boston College hosts reigning NCAA champion Clemson on Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the ACC opener

Eagles Return Home for Siena on Tuesday Night

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Stefan Sigurdarson