Sam Coffey Shines In Eagles Victory

NEWTON, Mass. – Freshman Sam Coffey had a goal and three assists to lead Boston College past Colgate, 5-1, in a non-conference match at the Newton Soccer Field on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles dropped to 2-2-0 on the season while the Raiders dropped to 0-2-0.

Coffey, a native of Sleepy Hollow, New York, scored the first goal in the 14^th minute of play and set up three of the next four goals, two off corner kicks. She became the seventh player in program history to have three or more assists in a game.

Colgate (0-3-0) at Boston College (2-2-0)
Newton Soccer Field | Newton, Mass.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GOAL: Boston College 1, Colgate 0 – 14^th minute: Elysa Virella one-touched a ball to Sam Coffey right outside the box. Coffey took two dribbles through the Colgate defense and placed the ball from 10 yards out to the near post for a 1-0 lead.

GOAL: Boston College 2, Colgate 0 – 23^rd minute: Senior Lauren Berman scored her second goal of the year on a great buildup from the back. Elysa Virella sent Jenna Bike down the sideline. Bike found Coffey in the middle of the field at about 30 yards out from the goal. She one-timed the ball to her left to connect with Berman. The Eagles captain found the back of the net from 15-yards out for a 2-0 BC lead.

GOAL: Boston College 3, Colgate 0 – 46^th minute: Rookie Gianna Mitchell sent a header into the far corner off a cross from Sam Coffey. The Eagles played a short corner to Olivia Vaughn. The sophomore sent it back to Coffey who placed a perfect ball to the center of the box. Mitchell rose above the Colgate defenders to direct the ball into the corner.

GOAL: Boston College 4, Colgate 0 – 54^th minute: The next goal was all hustle on the part of sophomore Jenna Bike. The second-year forward scored her first goal of the season in the 54^th minute. She stripped a Colgate defender of the ball to walk into the box on the goalkeeper. She calmly placed the ball to the far post to give the Eagles a four goal lead.

GOAL: Colgate 1, Boston College 4 – 55^th minute: Mara Consentino broke through the defense off a pass from Eliza Doll.

GOAL: Boston College 5, Colgate 1 – 63^rd minute: Sophomore Erin Convery got on the end of a corner from Sam Coffey and placed it into the far corner for a 5-1 BC lead.

COACH'S QUOTE
Head Coach Alison Foley:

"I was happy we focused on a couple of our goals today. We are a creative, fast team up top but it's imperative we finish our early opportunities. We did that today. We also focused on set pieces, especially our attacking corners and I was pleased we scored on two of the first three.''

"We know this group is going to learn and develop a lot through the early stage of our season and this was a good example of that.''

GAME NOTES

Rookies Sam Coffey and Gianna Mitchell notched their first career goals. Coffey the first goal of the game in the 14^th minute, while Mitchell opened the scoring in the second half. Coffey also had three assists.
The Eagles started four rookies – Mijke Roelfsema, Sam Coffey, Jillian Jennings and Gianna Mitchell. Transfer Elysa Virella earned her third start of the season.
Sophomore Erin Convery scored her first career goal in the 63^rd minute of the game off a corner kick.
Boston College had a 13-8 edge in shots and had five corners to just two by Colgate.
BC leads the overall series against Colgate, 4-1.

NEXT GAME
The Eagles will host travel to play at Stony Brook on Thursday, August 31 at 7 p.m.

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Team Stats

Sam Coffey

Lauren Berman

Jenna Bike

Erin Convery

Players Mentioned

Lauren Berman

Jenna Bike

Sam Coffey

Erin Convery

Jillian Jennings

Gianna Mitchell

Mijke Roelfsema

Olivia Vaughn

Elysa Virella

Players Mentioned

Lauren Berman

Jenna Bike

Sam Coffey

Erin Convery

Jillian Jennings

Gianna Mitchell

Mijke Roelfsema

Olivia Vaughn

Elysa Virella