Eagles Take on SMU in First Round of the ACC Tournament

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College men's soccer (6-4-6, 1-4-3 ACC) travels to Texas on Wednesday to take on SMU in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. and the game will stream live on ACC Network Extra.

UPSET VICTORY OVER UNC
• BC ended the regular season with a 1-0 upset victory over No. 8 North Carolina this past Friday evening
• Marci Killeen scored his first goal as an Eagle with a 30-yard strike in the 87th minute
• Brennan Klein made six saves in goal to earn the shutout
• It was the first win for BC over a ranked opponent since 2019

PLAYOFFS
• Boston College enters the ACC Tournament as the 13-seed
• SMU comes into the tournament as the 4-seed
• The Eagles are looking for its first ACC Tournament win since a 1-0 victory over UNC during the 2016 season

ABOUT THE EAGLES
• Ask Ekeland and Marco Dos Santos both eclipsed the double-digit mark for points with 18 and 12 points, respectively
• Ekeland leads the team in goals with 8 while Dos Santos has a team-high four assists
• Klein led the ACC in saves (50), while finishing third in save percentage (.746) and saves per game (3.33)
• The Eagles finished the regular season with a +5 goal differential, its highest since the 2019 season

WEEKLY AWARDS
• Following BC's upset over No. 8 North Carolina, Killeen was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week while Klein was named the Co-Defensive Player of the Week

A LOOK AT SMU
• SMU finished the regular season with a 9-2-5 overall record and a 4-2-2 record in league play
• The Mustangs are ranked No. 15 in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll
• SMU has lost just one out of its last 11 games, going 7-1-3 during that stretch
• Bailey Sparks leads the Mustangs in points (18), goals (6) and assists (6)
• Martin Dominguez has started the last 11 games in goal, making 37 saves and posting a save percentage of .712

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE MUSTANGS
• The Eagles are 5-0-0 all-time against the Mustangs
• All five matchups have been prior to SMU joining the ACC
• The two sides last met in 2015, with BC claiming a 4-2 victory at the Newton Soccer Field

UP NEXT
• The winner of Wednesday's game will take on the winner of Syracuse-Wake Forest in the quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 10.

Eagles Take on SMU in First Round of the ACC Tournament

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Players Mentioned

Marco Dos Santos

Ask Ekeland

Marci Killeen

Brennan Klein