Boston College
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No. 13 Eagles Travel for ACC Opening Weekend
September 18, 2025 | Field Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No.13 Eagles hit the road for their first ACC match ups of the 2025 season. Boston College will start with No. 3 Virginia on Friday night at 5 p.m. then head over to No. 20 Wake Forest on Sunday for a 12 p.m. match up.
EAGLES IN THE ACC
In 2024 BC was 6-2 in conference play and ultimately finished second in the ACC Championships. The Eagles are 3-2 in opening ACC weekend games over the past five seasons. Last season, the Maroon and Gold faced the Demon Deacons in the first weekend and walked away with a 4-1 win to start ACC play.
A LOOK AT VIRGINIA
- This will be the 29th meeting between the Eagles and Cavaliers.
- BC has come out on top the previous three times the teams have met in the last few years, 2024 (3-2 OT), 2023 (2-1), 2022 (2-1).
- Last season, the Eagles upset Virginia in a 3-2 overtime victory at home with Madelieve Drion firing the winning shot.
- Virginia is one of three schools in the ACC with a perfect record going into conference play.
- Virginia is second in the league in saves with 16 saves over 4 games from Nilou Lempers.
- The Hoos have scored 11 goals this year so far each coming from a different attacker. However Mia Abello and Lauren Sloan lead the charge with 4 points each.
A LOOK AT WAKE FOREST
- Coach Doton returns to her alma mater for the 31st overall meeting between the Eagles and Demon Deacons.
- BC has won the past two meeting of the teams in 2023 and 2024
- The Demon Deacons are on a four game winning streak as Averill picked up her 450th career win in their last game.
- Wake Forest is leading the ACC in shots (146), shots on goal (84) and Corners (48) coming in second in goals with 25.
- Lauren Storey leads the conference shots on goal with 24 while being third overall in goals scored with 7 averaging 2.5 points per game.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will host No.2 North Carolina at home at 12 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 28. Join us as we host Youth Day with post game autographs from players after the game. The game will be broadcast on ACCN.
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