Boston College Athletics
Wednesday, November 1
Durham, NC
6:00 PM
Boston College
at
Duke
Photo by: Alastair Ingram
Eagles Travel to Face No. 8 Duke in ACC First Round
October 31, 2023 | Men's Soccer
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 12 seed Boston College travels to Durham, North Carolina to face No. 5 seed and eighth-ranked Duke in the ACC First Round on Wednesday night. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium live on ACC Network Extra. Wednesday will mark the 17th all-time series meeting and fourth in the ACC Tournament.
ABOUT THE EAGLES
• Sophomore Augustine Boadi and junior Jonathan Murphy are tied for the squad lead in goals with three each, while rookie Xavier O'Neil joins that duo in a tie for the points lead with six
• O'Neil has a team-best four assists and scored his first collegiate goal last Friday night against defending national champion and No. 19 Syracuse in a 1-1 tie to close the regular season
• Fellow rookie Marco Dos Santos has chipped in a pair of assists and ranks tied for second on the team in shots with 20, behind O'Neil's 30 shots
• Senior Brennan Klein ranks sixth in the ACC in saves per game (2.8) and has four clean sheets
UNDERCLASS IMPACT
• The Eagles' roster consists of 20 combined underclassmen, including 11 freshmen
• Boston College's underclassmen have played roughly two-third's of the team's total minutes this season and more than three-quarters of the non-goalie field minutes (76%)
• BC's top three players in minutes played – CJ Williams (1,295), Moritz Gundelach (1,293) and Ted Cargill (1,289) – are all underclassmen and have combined for nearly 3,900 minutes
SERIES HISTORY
• The all-time series between Boston College and Duke is tied 8-8-0
• The Eagles are 2-5-0 all-time on the road against the Blue Devils, last winning in 2012
• BC has won all three previous meetings in the ACC Tournament, including the 2009 and 2010 ACC Quarterfinals (both 1-0) and 2011 ACC Semifinals (2-1)
• Overall, the schools have met just twice since 2016, both one-goal Duke victories in Durham
THE LAST MEETING
• Seventh-ranked Duke scored early in the second half and held off Boston College for a 1-0 ACC victory on Sept. 24 of last season at Koskinen Stadium
• Following a scoreless first half, Leon Musial made a point-blank save on Amir Daley early in the second half to force a Duke corner and keep the game scoreless
• Minutes later, Ruben Mesalles connected on a half-volley from the left wing and found the bottom right corner to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead in the 53rd minute
UP NEXT
• The winner advances to the ACC Quarterfinals to face No. 4 seed Clemson on Sunday at 6 p.m. in a match that will air live on ACC Network
ABOUT THE EAGLES
• Sophomore Augustine Boadi and junior Jonathan Murphy are tied for the squad lead in goals with three each, while rookie Xavier O'Neil joins that duo in a tie for the points lead with six
• O'Neil has a team-best four assists and scored his first collegiate goal last Friday night against defending national champion and No. 19 Syracuse in a 1-1 tie to close the regular season
• Fellow rookie Marco Dos Santos has chipped in a pair of assists and ranks tied for second on the team in shots with 20, behind O'Neil's 30 shots
• Senior Brennan Klein ranks sixth in the ACC in saves per game (2.8) and has four clean sheets
UNDERCLASS IMPACT
• The Eagles' roster consists of 20 combined underclassmen, including 11 freshmen
• Boston College's underclassmen have played roughly two-third's of the team's total minutes this season and more than three-quarters of the non-goalie field minutes (76%)
• BC's top three players in minutes played – CJ Williams (1,295), Moritz Gundelach (1,293) and Ted Cargill (1,289) – are all underclassmen and have combined for nearly 3,900 minutes
SERIES HISTORY
• The all-time series between Boston College and Duke is tied 8-8-0
• The Eagles are 2-5-0 all-time on the road against the Blue Devils, last winning in 2012
• BC has won all three previous meetings in the ACC Tournament, including the 2009 and 2010 ACC Quarterfinals (both 1-0) and 2011 ACC Semifinals (2-1)
• Overall, the schools have met just twice since 2016, both one-goal Duke victories in Durham
THE LAST MEETING
• Seventh-ranked Duke scored early in the second half and held off Boston College for a 1-0 ACC victory on Sept. 24 of last season at Koskinen Stadium
• Following a scoreless first half, Leon Musial made a point-blank save on Amir Daley early in the second half to force a Duke corner and keep the game scoreless
• Minutes later, Ruben Mesalles connected on a half-volley from the left wing and found the bottom right corner to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead in the 53rd minute
UP NEXT
• The winner advances to the ACC Quarterfinals to face No. 4 seed Clemson on Sunday at 6 p.m. in a match that will air live on ACC Network
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