game 7 #9 louisville cardinals (2-1-1, ACC)

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1 SCHEDULE (3-2-1, ACC) AUGUST 29 vs. Iona Boston, Mass. T, 1-1 (2ot) 31 vs. Fordham Cambridge, Mass. W, 2-0 SEPTEMBER 4 at Quinnipiac Hamden, Conn. W, vs. Rhode Island Cambridge, Mass. W, CLEMSON* Newton, Mass. L, at Harvard Cambridge, Mass. L, 3-2 (ot) 19 LOUISVILLE* Newton, Mass. 7 p.m. 26 at Duke* Durham, N.C. 7 p.m. OCTOBER 3 at Notre Dame* Notre Dame, Ind. 7 p.m. NC STATE* Newton, Mass. 7 p.m. 14 BROWN Newton, Mass. 4 p.m. 17 at Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIV. Newton, Mass. 4 p.m. 24 NORTH CAROLINA* Newton, Mass. 7 p.m. 28 DARTMOUTH Newton, Mass. 7 p.m. 31 at Syracuse* Syracuse, N.Y. 7 p.m. september 19, Game 7 newton campus field newton, Mass. 7 p.m. game 7 #9 louisville cardinals (2-1-1, ACC) BC HOSTS #9 LOUISVILLE IN NEWTON Boston College will host No. 9 Louisville on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Newton Campus Field. It will be the first meeting between the two schools on the soccer field. BC started the season but has dropped its last two matches to Clemson and Harvard. Louisville opened the season with a win over then-no. 2 Maryland and has gone since. It lost its only road match of the year at Saint Louis, 1-0, on September 9. ABOUT THE DEFENSE Boston College had allowed just one goal in the first four matches this season - an own goal in the season opener against Iona. Junior Alex Kapp recorded three shutout victories in that span and had a shutout streak of 337:19 end at the Clemson game. Boston College had just one shutout last season. It was the first time BC recorded three consecutive shutouts since the 2012 season. It was also the first time since 2007 that the Eagles notched three clean sheets in the first four games. In the last two outings, BC has allowed five goals in a pair of losses to Clemson and Harvard. The Eagles outscored opponents, 8-1, in the first four matches. They are being outscored 5-2 in the last two outings. NOVEMBER 5 ACC Tournament Campus Sites TBA 9 ACC Quarterfinals Campus Sites TBA 14 ACC Semifinals Cary, N.C. TBA 16 ACC Championship Cary, N.C. TBA *ACC game; Home games in BOLD CAPS TEAM LEADERS GOALS (4) ASSISTS (2) Derrick Boateng Diego Medina-Mendez POINTS (9) SHOTS (20) GAME-WINNING GOALS (2) SAVES (18) Alex Kapp GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE (0.96) Alex Kapp SAVE PERCENTAGE (.750) Alex Kapp STARTING XI AT HARVARD # Pos. Name Year G-GS G A P Shots Notes 3 D Atobra Ampadu Jr Captain for second season 5 M Giuliano Frano Sr Started all 24 matches last 2 years 7 D Ado Kawuba So Recorded assist vs. Fordham 8 F Phil Sandgren Jr Goal, assist at Harvard M Derrick Boateng Jr All 6 points in last 4 matches 12 M Henry Balf Fr Played for club team FC Bolts 15 D Len Zeugner Fr Scored first goal vs. Fordham 17 F So Leads ACC in goals, points 27 D Mohammed Moro Fr Led Hotchkiss to Founders League title 42 M Idrissa Bangura Fr Led Manhattan SC to national title # Pos. Name Year G-GS Mins GA GAA SV SV% Notes 1 GK Alex Kapp Jr : shutouts this season AND SUBS # Pos. Name Year G-GS G A P Shots Notes 2 D Dylan Pritchard Jr career appearances 4 D Nick Butler Sr career appearances 19 M Zeiko Lewis So Had a goal and assist vs. URI COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH Ed Kelly - 27th season ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH John Murphy - First season ASSISTANT COACHES Charlie Davies - First season Lee Nguyen - First Season MEDIA INFORMATION ONLINE FACEBOOK BostonCollegeAthletics

2 2 NSCAA POLL 1. North Carolina UCLA Creighton New Mexico Notre Dame UC Irvine Virginia Washington Louisville Penn State Delaware American Georgetown Indiana California Michigan State Marquette RV 18. George Mason Furman RV 20. Saint Louis RV. Denver Navy RV 23. Syracuse Stanford RV 25. UNC Charlotte RV COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS POLL 1. North Carolina UCLA Washington Notre Dame Virginia New Mexico UC Irvine Penn State Creighton Louisville California Georgetown Michigan State Marquette Stanford Delaware Coastal Carolina Indiana George Mason Charlotte Maryland American University RV 23. Syracuse Wake Forest San Diego State UC Santa Barbara UMBC Furman NR 29. Navy RV 30. Oregon State LAST TIME OUT Harvard s Tim Schmoll scored in the fifth minute of overtime to lead the Crimson past Boston College, 3-2, on Tuesday night at the Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium. Junior Phil Sandgren scored his first goal as an Eagle and assisted on sophomore s equalizer late in the match. Junior Derrick Boateng was credited with an assist on Sandgren s goal. Junior Alex Kapp made a career-high nine saves in goal. Boston College put the pressure on early and Sandgren opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Boateng fed him the ball then Sandgren took it into the box. He beat the Harvard keeper to his right to put the Eagles on top. Harvard went on the attack after allowing the goal and took 11 of the next 13 shots in the half. Kapp made four saves before the Crimson equalized the match in the 22nd minute. Oliver White took a shot on net that Kapp saved, but the rebound fell to Daniel Smith who scored to make it 1-1. Harvard took the lead a minute and a half before the end of the first 45. Kapp made consecutive saves on shots by Kyle Henderson and Nate Devine, but Henderson got the ball again and hit the back of the net to give Harvard the lead at the break. The defenses held tight for most of the second half - Kapp made two saves compared to Harvard s three - but BC was able to force overtime with Normesinu s 88th minute goal. Harvard ended the match in the 95th minute on a corner kick. Christian Sady sent the ball into the box and Schmoll got a head on it for the game-winner. STRONG OFFENSE Boston College controlled the pace of play against its first four opponents and outscored them, 8-1. The Eagles have significant advantages in shots (87-57) and corner kicks (37-17) this year. Sophomore is one of three players in the ACC to score four goals this season. He is also tied for the conference lead in points. No player on Boston College scored more than two goals last season. Junior Derrick Boateng is second on the team with six points on two goals and two assists. He and senior Diego Medina-Mendez are tied for the team lead with a pair of assists. Sophomore Zeiko Lewis also has a pair of goals this year. NORMESINU S START Sophomore has led the Boston College offense so far this season with four goals, an assist and nine points. His goal and point totals are tied for first in the ACC. Normesinu has hit the back of the net in four of the last five matches. He had a goal and an assist against Rhode Island on September 7. He is also second in the conference with 20 shots. Normesinu s four goals rank 16th in the country. As a freshman last season, Normesinu had two goals and four assists. NANA Junior Derrick Boateng, better known as Nana, was an ACC All-Freshman Team selection in Last season, he recorded two goals and two assists. He has already matched his offensive output from last year, notching two goals and two assists in six matches this season. All six of his points have come in the last four games and he contributed to both goals in a 2-0 win at Quinnipiac. Boateng ranks sixth in the conference in goals and eighth in points. LEWIS FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN Sophomore Zeiko Lewis led Boston College with 11 assists and 17 points last season. BC SINGLE SEASON ASSISTS He earned numerous accolades including: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Second Team, ACC Freshman of 1. Louis Papadellis Assists 14 Games Year 1980 the Year, All-ACC Second Team, All-ACC Freshman Team and Soccer America All-Freshman First Team. Lewis led the ACC in assists (11) and assists per game (0.61) and ranked th in the conference in points (17). He ranked third in the country in assists per game and fourth in assists. Lewis was the only freshman in the top 15 in the 2. Zeiko Lewis 3. Alejandro Bedoya Bobby Thompson Chris Ogbannah Jorge Montoya 7. Jay Hutchins Andy Sage country in total assists and in the top 20 in assists per game. The only other Eagle to reach or more assists in less than 20 matches was Jorge Montoya in This season, Lewis has two goals and an assist. He ranks sixth in the conference in goals. NEWCOMERS MAKING IMPACT Five newcomers have seen time on the field in the first six games. Freshmen Henry Balf and Mohammed Moro have started all six matches. Classmate Len Zeugner has started five contests. Zeugner, a defender, scored a goal in the 2-0 win against Fordham. Junior Phil Sandgren and freshman Idrissa Bangura have also played in all six games. Sandgren has five starts while Bangura has two. Sandgren recorded a goal and an assist at Harvard on Tuesday night.

3 @bcsportsnews 3 TOUGH AT HOME BC has been hard to beat at the Newton Campus Field over the last few seasons. Boston College is in its last 44 regular season home games dating back to 2009 and is overall in Newton since BC has dominated at home during Atlantic Coast Conference contests since joining the league in After a disappointing start in 2005 when BC went at home in conference matches, the Eagles are since THREE CAPTAINS NAMED Junior Atobra Ampadu, senior Giuliano Frano and sophomore Zeiko Lewis have been named captains for the season. This is Ampadu s second season serving as a captain. Last year, he scored a pair of goals while adding two assists for six points. Frano led the team last year with four goals and was second with points. He also recorded two assists. Lewis led the team with 11 assists and 17 points while adding three goals in His assist total ranked fourth in the nation and he earned numerous accolades including ACC Freshman of the Year. REVS JOIN SOCCER STAFF Former Boston College soccer standout Charlie Davies and Lee Nguyen were named assistant coaches for the Eagles. Davies and Nguyen currently play for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Davies starred for the Eagles from while Nguyen played one year at Indiana before turning professional. Davies played three seasons for the Eagles and earned numerous accolades. As a junior, he was an NSCAA first team All-American and the ACC Offensive Player of the Year. He was also one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy, given to the nation s top collegiate soccer player. As a freshman, Davies was the Big East Rookie of the Year. The Manchester, N.H., product played with Hammarby (Sweden), Sochaux (France), D.C. United and Randers FC (Denmark) before joining the Revs. Davies has recorded three goals and three assists in 12 matches. He has eight starts. Nguyen played one year for the Hoosiers and was named the National Freshman of the Year by Soccer America. He was also a first team freshman All-American, a third team All-America selection and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Nguyen started his professional career with PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) and also played for Randers FC, Hoang Anh Gia (Vietnam) and Becamex Binh Duong FC (Vietnam) before coming to New England. Nguyen leads the Revs with 13 goals while adding four assists. He ranks sixth in MLS in goals scored. BEDOYA IN THE WORLD CUP Former Boston College men s soccer standout Alejandro Bedoya and the United States Men s National Team advanced to the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup before falling in extra time to Belgium, 2-1. The United States finished second in Group G with four points and advanced over Portugal on goal differential. Bedoya played in all four matches in the midfield and started three of them, including the contest against Belgium. The US and Belgium were scoreless in the first 90 minutes which forced 30 more minutes of extra time. Belgium s Kevin De Bruyne broke the tie in the 93rd minute and then the Red Devils added to the lead 12 minutes later with a Romelu Lukaku goal. The United States responded in the 7th minute when young Julian Green scored on his first touch of the game. A flurry of late equalizing chances for the stars and stripes fell short, and Belgium advanced to the quarterfinals. Bedoya s star continued to shine when he scored the only goal of the match to lead the United States Men s National Team to a 1-0 victory against the Czech Republic on September 3 at Generali Arena. Bedoya scored unassisted in the 39th minute which proved to be the game-winner. Mix Diskerud picked up a loose ball in the midfield to start the U.S. attack. He shot from 17 yards out and the Czech keeper made the initial save. The rebound fell to Bedoya, who slipped the shot past a defender and into the open net. Bedoya emerged for the USMNT during the CONCACAF Gold Cup as the U.S. won its fifth title on July 28, 2013 at Chicago s Soldier Field. Bedoya was instrumental in the semifinal and final matches, recording three assists on four American goals. He assisted on both of Landon Donovan s goals - including the game-winner - in the semifinal against Honduras, a 3-1 victory on July 24 in Dallas. Watch the two goals by clicking here and here. He also sparked the only goal in a 1-0 triumph over Panama in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on July 28. The two assists against Honduras were the first two of his international career. Bedoya has 33 career caps and currently plays for FC Nantes in France s Ligue 1. SOCCER AMERICA POLL 1. North Carolina UCLA Creighton Notre Dame Virginia Washington New Mexico Penn State Louisville California Stanford Indiana UC Irvine Wake Forest Saint Louis NR 16. Maryland Georgetown Coastal Carolina Marquette George Mason Delaware NR 22. Furman NR 23. UNLV NR 24. American NR 25. Davidson NR TOP DRAWER SOCCER POLL 1. Creighton Notre Dame Washington UCLA New Mexico North Carolina Virginia UC Irvine Georgetown Louisville Delaware George Mason Marquette Syracuse California Michigan State Stanford Penn State NR 19. Indiana Coastal Carolina UMBC Wake Forest UNLV NR 24. American Campbell NR ACC TABLE ACC Points Overall North Carolina Virginia Notre Dame Wake Forest Louisville Clemson Syracuse Boston College NC State Virginia Tech Duke Pittsburgh

4 4 No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School 1 Alex Kapp Jr. GK Amawalk, N.Y./Iona Prep 2 Dylan Pritchard Jr. D/M Los Angeles, Calif./Notre Dame 3 Atobra Ampadu Jr. M/D Accra, Ghana/The Hotchkiss School/Hartford 4 Nick Butler Sr. D Basking Ridge, N.J./Bernards/Richmond 5 Giuliano Frano Sr. M Mississauga, Ontario/St. Marcellinus/Univ. of Montevallo 6 Matt Wendelken Sr. D Massapequa, N.Y./St. Anthony s/marist 7 Ado Kawuba So. D Watertown, Mass./Wilbraham & Monson 8 Phil Sandgren Jr. F Kristinstad, Sweden/Soderport Gymnasiet/Lindsey Wilson College 9 Tyler Skwara Fr. M Southampton, N.J./Shawnee Derrick Boateng Jr. M Worcester, Mass./South High Community School 11 Diego Medina-Mendez Sr. M/F Lindsay, Calif./Northfield Mt. Hermon 12 Henry Balf Fr. M Beverly, Mass./The Waring School 13 Madison Gesser Fr. GK Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa 15 Len Zeugner Fr. D Muenster, Germany/Ludgerus Schule 16 Sebastien Das Sr. M Belmont, Mass./Belmont 17 So. F Accra, Ghana/The Hotchkiss School 18 Dan Norris Jr. M/D West Harrison, N.Y./Hackley School 19 Zeiko Lewis So. M/F Pembroke, Bermuda/Berkshire School (MA) Danny Zaid R-Fr. D Guatemala City, Guatemala/Valle Verde 23 Cole DeNormandie Sr. F Lincoln, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional/Cincinnati 24 Christian Johnson Sr. M New York, N.Y./Collegiate 25 Diego Vicentini Jr. M Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep 27 Mohammed Moro Fr. M/D Lakeville, Conn./The Hotchkiss School 29 Brendan Hayes Sr. M Northport, N.Y./St. Anthony s 30 Cedric Saladin Fr. GK Sissach, Switzerland/HKVB Basel 31 Felipe Gastaldi Fr. M Atlanta, Ga./Marist School 32 Keady Segel Sr. GK Rockport, Mass./Rockport 42 Idrissa Bangura Fr. M Gill, Mass./Northfield Mount Hermon Head Coach: Associate Head Coach: Assistant Coaches: Ed Kelly John Murphy Charlie Davies Lee Nguyen PRONUNCIATIONS 3 Atobra Ampadu a-tow-brah AMP-ah-doo 5 Giuliano Frano FRAH-no 6 Matt Wendelken When-DELL-kin 7 Ado Kawuba A-dough kah-woo-bah Derrick Boateng BO-ah-tang 12 Henry Balf BALLF 15 Len Zeugner ZOYG-ner 16 Sebastien Das DAHS 17 nor-mess-in-ew 19 Zeiko Lewis ZEE-ko Danny Zaid ZIY-eed 25 Diego Vicentini VIS-en-tee-nee 32 Keady Segel KEY-dee SEA-gull Lee Nguyen WIN

5 @bcsportsnews 5 CAREER STATS #2 D/M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS DYLAN PRITCHARD Career Assists: 1 at Wake Forest (/6/12) Points: 1 at Wake Forest (/6/12) #3 M/D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS ATOBRA AMPADU Career #8 F YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS PHIL SANDGREN Goals: 1 at Harvard (9/16/14) Assists: 1 at Harvard (9/16/14) Points: 3 at Harvard (9/16/14) #9 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS TYLER SKWARA # M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS DERRICK BOATENG Career #19 M/F YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS ZEIKO LEWIS Career Goals: 1 (5x) last vs. Rhode Island (9/8/14) Assists: 2 (2x) last at Clemson (/25/13) Points: 3 vs. Rhode Island (9/8/14) # D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS DANNY ZAID #23 F YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS COLE DeNORMANDIE Career Goals: 1 (2x) last at NC State (9/27/13) Assists: 1 (2x) last vs. Virginia Tech (11/3/13) Points: 2 (2x) last at NC State (9/27/13) #4 M/D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS NICK BUTLER Career Goals: 1 (2x) last vs. Syracuse (/8/13) Points: 2 (2x) last vs. Syracuse (/8/13) #5 M/D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS GIULIANO FRANO Career Goals: 1 (4x) last at Brown (/29/13) Assists: 1 (2x) last at NC State (9/27/13) Points: 3 at Pittsburgh (9/14/13) #6 D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS MATT WENDELKEN Career Goals: 1 (2x) last vs. Syracuse (/8/13) Assists: 1 (2x) last vs. Virginia Tech (11/3/13) Points: 3 vs. Syracuse (/8/13) #7 D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS ADO KAWUBA Career Assists: 1 vs. Fordham (8/31/14) Points: 1 vs. Fordham (8/31/14) Goals: 2 vs. Rhode Island (9/25/12) Assists: 1 (7x) last at Harvard (9/16/14) Points: 5 vs. Rhode Island (9/25/12) #11 M/F YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS DIEGO MEDINA MENDEZ Career Goals: 1 (x) last vs. Syracuse (/8/13) Assists: 2 (2x) last at Rhode Island (9/24/13) Points: 3 (3x) last vs. Syracuse (/8/13) #12 D/M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS HENRY BALF #15 D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS LEN ZEUGNER Goals: 1 vs. Fordham (8/31/14) Points: 2 vs. Fordham (8/31/14) #16 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS SEBASTIEN DAS #17 M/F YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS ISAAC NORMESINU Career Goals: 1 (6x) last at Harvard (9/16/14) Assists: 2 vs. Quinnipiac (9/2/13) Points: 2 (5x) last vs. Rhode Island (9/7/14) #18 M/D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS DAN NORRIS Career Goals: 2 vs. Quinnipiac (9/2/13) Points: 4 vs. Quinnipiac (9/2/13) #24 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Career Assists: 2 vs. Rhode Island (9/25/12) Points: 2 vs. Rhode Island (9/25/12) #25 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS DIEGO VICENTINI #27 M/D YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS MOHAMMED MORO #29 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS BRENDAN HAYES Career Goals: 2 vs. Harvard (/22/13) Points: 4 vs. Harvard (/22/13) #31 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS FELIPE GASTALDI #42 M YEAR GP-GS G A P SHOTS IDRISSA BANGURA GOALKEEPER CAREER STATS #1 GK YEAR GP-GS MINS. GA GAA SAVES SAVE% W-L-T SO ALEX : KAPP : : Career : Saves: 9 at Harvard (9/16/14) #32 GK YEAR GP-GS MINS. GA GAA SAVES SAVE% W-L-T SO KEADY : SEGEL Saves: 8 at NC State (9/27/13)

6 6 OVERALL STATISTICS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Aug 29 vs Iona To Aug 31 vs Fordham W Sep 04 at Quinnipiac W Sep 07 vs Rhode Island W * Sep 12 CLEMSON L Sep 16 at Harvard Lot TEAM STATISTICS BC OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards 11 8 Red cards 1 1 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 1/1638 2/364 Neutral Site #/Avg 3/300 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att Derrick Boateng Zeiko Lewis Phil Sandgren Len Zeugner Diego Medina-Mendez Cole DeNormandie Ado Kawuba Mohammed Moro Giuliano Frano Idrissa Bangura Henry Balf Dylan Pritchard Keady Segel Dan Norris Nick Butler Atobra Ampadu Alex Kapp Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 1 Alex Kapp 6 564: /0 Total 6 564: Opponents 6 564: Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Boston College Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Boston College Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Boston College Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Boston College Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Boston College Opponents

7 @bcsportsnews 7 ACC STATISTICS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. * Sep 12 CLEMSON L TEAM STATISTICS BC OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game CORNER KICKS 2 2 PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 1/1638 0/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 19 Zeiko Lewis Mohammed Moro Diego Medina-Mendez Derrick Boateng Idrissa Bangura Cole DeNormandie Henry Balf Phil Sandgren Giuliano Frano Nick Butler Atobra Ampadu Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 1 Alex Kapp 1 90: /0 Total 1 90: Opponents 1 90: Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Boston College Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Boston College Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Boston College Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Boston College Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total Boston College Opponents