Boston College Athletics
Boston College
Wake Forest
Eagles Return Home For a Pair of Matchups
October 01, 2026 | Field Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College field hockey (3-6, 0-2 ACC) hosts ACC opponent No. 5 Wake Forest on Friday night at 5 p.m. and Northeastern at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Both games will be broadcast on ACCNX.
WEEKEND RECAP
BC fell to No. 5 Duke, 1-0, Sunday at Jack Katz Stadium.
Charlotte Kramer made eight saves, including three in the third quarter and two in the fourth. With BC pulling Kramer for an extra field player, Maren Boyle made a crucial defensive save with less than a minute remaining to keep the Eagles within one.
Duke held a 16-4 advantage in shots and a 6-2 edge in penalty corners.
THE OPPONENT
No. 5 Wake Forest
- Friday's matchup will mark the 33rd meeting between the two teams.
- The Eagles faced Wake Forest last season on the road, falling 2-1 to the Demon Deacons during the opening ACC weekend.
- Wake enters Friday's matchup with a 6-3 record on the 2026 season and is ranked No. 5 in the NFHCA poll.
- Bianca Rees-Gibbs was named the ACC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week after totaling six points on three goals in a pair of top-11 matchups.
- Rees-Gibbs scored twice against No. 11 Syracuse, accounting for half of Wake Forest's scoring output in Sunday's matchup. She landed six of her eight shots on goal over the weekend.
- Rees-Gibbs leads Wake Forest with 10 goals on the season, followed by Ava Moore with eight.
- Mia Montag has collected nine points on the season with a team-high five assists.
- Ruby Butterfield has started a majority of the games for the Demon Deacons, recording all six wins.
- Butterfield has one shutout on the season and a 1.08 goals-against average.
Northeastern
- This will be the 39th meeting between the Huskies and Eagles.
- The Eagles have won the last 11 meetings against the Huskies, dating back to 2015.
- Boston College traveled across town last season, earning a 3-2 victory at Dedham Field. Alex De Cain netted her first collegiate goal in the game.
- Northeastern enters the weekend following a 2-0 CAA victory over William & Mary last Friday. The Huskies' matchup against No. 7 UConn was canceled due to weather in the Northeast.
- Freshman goalkeeper Aiko Price was named CAA Co-Rookie of the Week following another 60-minute shutout against William & Mary last Friday.
- The shutout marked Price's third straight, as she has not allowed a goal in regulation or overtime since Sept. 13 against Stanford.
- Price's CAA Co-Rookie of the Week honor comes after she was named both the CAA and NFHCA National Defensive Player of the Week, following back-to-back shutouts against Hofstra and No. 7 Harvard.
GOALIE ON WATCH
Kramer currently ranks 10th all-time with 21 career wins and three shutouts.
Last season, she posted a 1.40 goals-against average, ranking among the top 10 single-season marks in program history.
So far this season, Kramer has recorded 39 saves over nine games with a .722 save percentage while keeping her goals-against average at 1.65.
Kramer's nine saves against Harvard were the highest in a single game this season, followed by eight against Duke.
ACC UP NEXT
BC charges forward with four more ranked opponents on the schedule. After Friday's matchup with No. 5 Wake Forest, BC will host Virginia and Cal before traveling to UNC and Syracuse.
UP NEXT
The Eagles return home for the second weekend with a pair of matchups, hosting Virginia on Friday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. and Boston University on Friday, Oct. 11 at 12 p.m.
