2018 MEN S SOCCER MATCH 1 AUG. 1, P.M. Quinnipiac Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium Hamden, Conn.

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1 BOSTON COLLEGE 0-0-0, ACC 2018 SCHEDULE AUGUST 15 Massachusetts (Exhib.) T Colgate (Exhib.) T at Quinnipiac 4 p.m. 27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 5 p.m, 31 at Providence 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 7 CLEMSON* 7 p.m. 11 HOLY CROSS 5 p.m. 14 LOUISVILLE* 7 p.m. 18 at Connecticut 7 p.m. 21 at Duke* 7 p.m. 28 at Notre Dame* 7 p.m. OCTOBER 5 NC STATE* 7 p.m. 9 HARVARD 7 p.m. 12 at Wake Forest* 6 p.m. 19 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. 23 at Rhode Island 7 p.m. 26 at Syracuse* 7 p.m. *ACC match; Home games in CAPS FINAL 2017 ACC TABLE ATLANTIC ACC REC. ACC% PTS W-L-D % Wake Forest Louisville Clemson NC State Boston College Syracuse COASTAL ACC REC. ACC% PTS W-L-D % North Carolina Duke Virginia Notre Dame Virginia Tech Pittsburgh BC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Contact: Katie Peverada peveradk@bc.edu @bcmsoccer 2018 MEN S SOCCER MATCH 1 AUG. 1, P.M. Quinnipiac Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium Hamden, Conn. A WIN OVER QUINNIPIAC WOULD... Bump BC s edge in the all-time series against the Bobcats to Give BC its fourth consecutive season-opening win. Move the Eagles to an record in season-openers under head coach Ed Kelly. ABOUT QUINNIPIAC Quinnipiac, who was tabbed to finish fourth overall in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll, went overall in Defender Conor McCoy earned a spot on the 2018 Preseason All-MAAC team after earning All- MAAC Second Team after the 2017 season. Additionally, goalkeeper Chrysostomos Iakovidis returns for a third season while Eamon Whelan and Rashawn Dally provide All-MAAC honors at forward. The Bobcats played a two-game preseason slate, taking on Northeastern and Bryant. SERIES HISTORY vs. QUINNIPIAC Boston College and Quinnipiac have met 12 times, with the Eagles holding an edge of in the all-time series. Boston College has shut out Quinnipiac in the last four meetings (4-0 at home in 2017, 2-0 at QU in 2016, 1-0 at home in 2015, 2-0 at QU in 2014). This marks the 10th consecutive season that the Bobcats and Eagles will do battle and the fourth straight in the respective season-opener for each squad. The teams have met every year since 2005, except BC IN THE OPENER The Eagles are all-time in season openers under head coach Ed Kelly. This is the fourth consecutive season that Quinnipiac and BC will meet in the season-opener and fifth time since 2012, with the Eagles taking all of those meetings. BC has not lost a season-opener since 2009, going 7-1 since a 1-0 loss at Rhode Island on Sept. 1, QUINNIPIAC 0-0-0, MAAC 2018 SCHEDULE BY THE NUMBERS The Eagles will play seven regular season matches at home in Six opponents all from the ACC appeared in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll. Seven of BC s opponents reached the NCAA Tournament in BC s longest homestand of the season is three games (Clemson, Sept. 7; Holy Cross, Sept. 11; Louisville, Sept. 14). This is the 10th consecutive season in which BC will play non-conference foe Harvard EAGLES AT A GLANCE BC added 13 new faces to the 2018 roster, with 10 rookies and three transfers coming to Chestnut Hill. The 30-man roster for head coach Ed Kelly is the program s largest ever since BC joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in Joe Kellett, David Longo and Ronaldinho Diniz all come to The Heights with collegiate soccer experience. Four of the top five scorers from a season ago return, including 2017 leading-scorer Simon Enstrom. The roster is balanced with 15 upperclassmen (seven seniors, eight juniors) and 15 underclassmen (five sophomores, 10 freshman). ENSTROM CLIMBING BC CAREER CHARTS Entering his senior season, Simon Enstrom is already starting his climb up the BC career scoring charts With 56 career points (22 goals, 12 assists), he is now tied for ninth on the Eagles career scoring chart, tied with Kyle Bekker 13 and Sherron Manswell. Additionally, his 22 goals are tied for seventh on the Eagles all-time chart with Manswell. CALLUM ALL-ACADEMIC Junior midfielder Callum Johnson was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference s Men s Soccer All-ACC Academic Team at the conclusion of the 2017 season. Minimum academic requirements for selection

2 PRONUNCIATIONS HEIDAR AEGISSON...HEY-dar AY-jih-son Abe BIBAS... BEE-bis NIKITA BONDAR...nih-KEE-tuh BONE-dar Antonio CHAVEZ BORELLI...SHAH-vez borr-el-lee Ian BUEHLER...BHUE-ler Trevor DAVOCK...duh-VOKE Ronaldinho DINIZ...DIN-ise Carlos DULCEY... Duel-SAY Tommy Garcia-MORILLO... muh-rill-oh LASSE LEHMANN... LAHS-ah LAY-man BETO LUNA...BETT-toe LOO-nuh Alex MIELES...me-yell-ESS IVAN POSTOLKA... ee-vaughn pull-stuhl-ka JESUS SAHAGUN...hay-SOOS Sow-ah-GOON BY COUNTRY / STATE CROATIA (1): Ivan Postolka ENGLAND (2): Nat Ballard, Joe Fryatt ICELAND (2): Heidar Aegisson, Kristofer Konradsson ITALY (1): Gregorio Barilla IRELAND (1): Fintan Devlin GERMANY (3): Nikita Bondar, Joshua Forbes, Lasse Lehmann SWEDEN (1): Simon Enstrom VENEZUELA (1): Rodolfo Postigo UNITED STATES (18) Massachusetts (6): Trevor Davock, Adam French, Joe Kellett, Tyler Stott, Christian Garner, Ronaldinho Diniz California (3): Ian Buehler, Elliot Smith-Hastie, Antonio Chavez Borrelli Connecticut (1): Tyshawn Rose Florida (6): Tommy Garcia-Morillo, Abe Bibas, David Longo, Beto Luna, Carlos Dulcey, Jesus Sahagun New Jersey (1): Alex Mieles New York (1): Callum Johnson BY CLASS Seniors (7): Trevor Davock, Simon Enstrom, Tommy Garcia-Morillo, Abe Bibas, Rodolfo Postigo, Joshua Forbes, Nat Ballard Juniors (8): Heidar Aegisson, Joe Kellett, Fintan Devlin, Callum Johnson, Lasse Lehmann, Adam French, Elliot Smith-Hastie, Ronaldinho Diniz Sophomores (5): Nikita Bondar, David Longo, Beto Luna, Ian Buehler, Antonio Chavez Borrelli Freshmen (10): Joe Fryatt, Gregorio Barilla, Tyshawn Rose, Carlos Dulcey, Tyler Stott, Jesus Sahagun, Alex Mieles, Christian Garner, Ivan Postolka, Kristofer Konradsson 2018 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Club/Previous School 1 Joe Fryatt Fr. GK Burton upon Trent, England/Derby Country Academy 2 Heidar Aegisson Jr. M/B Gardabaer, Iceland/Gardabaer College 3 David Longo R-So. B Weston, Fla./Florida International 4 Fintan Devlin Jr. B Trim, Ireland/Shelbourne FC 5 Gregorio Barilla Fr. B Parma, Italy/Parma Youth/Worcester Academy 6 Joe Kellett Jr. M Norfolk, Mass./NEFC/UMass Lowell 7 Nikita Bondar So. F Hamburg, Germany/Hamburg U19 8 Trevor Davock R-Jr. F Medway, Mass./NEFC/The Rivers School 9 Simon Enstrom Sr. F/M Huddinge, Sweden/AIK/Vretskolan 10 Callum Johnson Jr. M New York, N.Y./New York Red Bulls Academy 11 Tommy Garcia-Morillo Sr. F Key Biscayne, Fla./Weston FC/Gulliver Preparatory 14 Abe Bibas Sr. B Sunny Isles Beach, Fla./Weston FC/Mourning Senior High 15 Lasse Lehmann Jr. M Munich, Germany/Stuggart Kickers 16 Tyshawn Rose Fr. M/B East Hartford, Conn./FSA 17 Beto Luna So. M Palmetto Bay, Fla./Weston FC/Christopher Columbus HS 18 Carlos Dulcey Fr. F St. Doral, Fla./Weston FC 19 Tyler Stott Fr. B Westborough, Mass./NEFC/Westborough HS 21 Jesus Sahagun Fr. M Miami, Fla./Weston FC 22 Rodolfo Postigo Sr. B/M Caracas, Venezuela/Manhattan PSG 96/Dwight School (NY) 23 Joshua Forbes Sr. M/B Bochum, Germany/VFL Bochum/Hellweg-Schule 24 Ian Buehler So. M/B Mill Valley, Calif./Juvenuts (Calif.)/Marin Academy 27 Alex Mieles Fr. M Ridgefield Park, N.J./Cedar Stars Academy 28 Adam French Jr. F Westborough, Mass./NEFC 29 Elliot Smith-Hastie Jr. M Los Angeles, Calif./Santa Monica United 30 Christian Garner Fr. GK Orleans, Mass./NEFC 32 Nat Ballard Sr. GK London, England/Barnes Eagles/Princeton 33 Antonio Chavez Borrelli So. GK Valley Village, Calif./Santa Monica United/Loyola HS 47 Ivan Postolka Fr. B Zagreb, Croatia/GNK Dinamo Zagreb 77 Kristofer Konradsson Fr. M Gardabaer, Iceland/Stjarnan FC 80 Ronaldinho Diniz Jr. F Brockton, Mass./Wheaton College 2018 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Club/Previous School 2 Heidar Aegisson Jr. M/B Gardabaer, Iceland/Gardabaer College 32 Nat Ballard Sr. GK London, England/Barnes Eagles/Princeton 5 Gregorio Barilla Fr. B Parma, Italy/Parma Youth/Worcester Academy 14 Abe Bibas Sr. B Sunny Isles Beach, Fla./Weston FC/Mourning Senior High 7 Nikita Bondar So. F Hamburg, Germany/Hamburg U19 24 Ian Buehler So. M/B Mill Valley, Calif./Juvenuts (Calif.)/Marin Academy 33 Antonio Chavez Borrelli So. GK Valley Village, Calif./Santa Monica United/Loyola HS 8 Trevor Davock R-Jr. F Medway, Mass./NEFC/The Rivers School 4 Fintan Devlin Jr. B Trim, Ireland/Shelbourne FC 80 Ronaldinho Diniz Jr. F Brockton, Mass./Wheaton College 18 Carlos Dulcey Fr. F St. Doral, Fla./Weston FC 9 Simon Enstrom Sr. F/M Huddinge, Sweden/AIK/Vretskolan 23 Joshua Forbes Sr. M/B Bochum, Germany/VFL Bochum/Hellweg-Schule 28 Adam French Jr. F Westborough, Mass./NEFC 11 Tommy Garcia-Morillo Sr. F Key Biscayne, Fla./Weston FC/Gulliver Preparatory 30 Christian Garner Fr. GK Orleans, Mass./NEFC 1 0 Callum Johnson Jr. M New York, N.Y./New York Red Bulls Academy 6 Joe Kellett Jr. M Norfolk, Mass./NEFC/UMass Lowell 77 Kristofer Konradsson Fr. M Gardabaer, Iceland/Stjarnan FC 15 Lasse Lehmann Jr. M Munich, Germany/Stuggart Kickers 3 David Longo R-So. B Weston, Fla./Florida International 17 Beto Luna So. M Palmetto Bay, Fla./Weston FC/Christopher Columbus HS 27 Alex Mieles Fr. M Ridgefield Park, N.J./Cedar Stars Academy 22 Rodolfo Postigo Sr. B/M Caracas, Venezuela/Manhattan PSG 96/Dwight School (NY) 47 Ivan Postolka Fr. B Zagreb, Croatia/GNK Dinamo Zagreb 16 Tyshawn Rose Fr. M/B East Hartford, Conn./FSA 21 Jesus Sahagun Fr. M Miami, Fla./Weston FC 29 Elliot Smith-Hastie Jr. M Los Angeles, Calif./Santa Monica United 19 Tyler Stott Fr. B Westborough, Mass./NEFC/Westborough HS HEAD COACH: Ed Kelly ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Bob Thompson 03 2

3 UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL DATE: Preseason No. School Last Rank 1 Stanford University (23) 1 2 Indiana University (2) 2 3 University Of North Carolina (2) 4 4 University Of Akron (1) 3 5 Wake Forest University 5 6 University Of Louisville 7 7 Michigan State University 6 8 Southern Methodist University 8 9 Butler University Duke University Clemson University University Of Wisconsin Georgetown University Western Michigan University 9 15 University Of Virginia Fordham University University of Notre Dame Coastal Carolina University New Hampshire, University of Florida International University University Of Michigan Seattle University Dartmouth College University Of Washington NR 25 Colgate University 21 to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one s academic career In 2017, Johnson appeared in all 17 of the Eagles games, finishing second on the team in scoring with 11 points from four goals and three assists. INTERNATIONAL APPEAL The Eagles have nine different countries represented on the 2018 roster. One player each comes from Croatia, Italy, Ireland, Sweden and Venezuela while England and Iceland have two student-athletes represented and Germany three. Eighteen players are from the United States, including six each from Massachusetts and Florida, three from California and one representative from Connecticut, New Jersey and New York CAPTAINS The Eagles will be led by the trio of Joshua Forbes, Simon Enstrom and Heidar Aegisson in Forbes is now in his second year serving as captain after first receiving the armband in 2017 as a junior. Enstrom and Aegisson are first-year captains. 31 FOR KELLY The 2018 season marks head coach Ed Kelly s 31st at Boston College, and his 34th overall season of coaching. Kelly has complied an overall career record of , including three seasons at Seaton Hall, and owns a record of at Boston College. His 277 wins at Boston College rank him first on BC s all-time list. His 100th career win came at Hartford on Sept. 17, 1994 his 200th over Yale on Oct. 12, 2005 and his 300th over Syracuse on Oct. 30, Kelly has guided the Eagles to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 10 since 2000 (1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016) Under Kelly, the Eagles established a program-best 18 wins during the 2002 season. THE 52nd SEASON With the start of the 2018 season, the Boston College men s soccer program will embark on its 52nd season of play. The Eagles kicked off the program in 1967, going under head coach Gyorgy Lang. After 51 years of intercollegiate play, the Eagles held an all-time record of ACC PRESEASON POLL North Carolina was tabbed as the preseason favorite in the ACC 2018 according to a vote of the league s 12 head coach and was the top team in the Coastal Division predictions. Boston College was tabbed sixth in the Atlantic Division with Wake Forest taking the top spot. The conference sent an NCAA-record nine teams to the tournament for the second consecutive year in MINUTES MEN Boston College played 1,594 minutes in 2017, with four field players breaking the 1,440 mark. Simon Enstrom led the way (1,478) followed by Rafael Salama (1,445) and Heidar Aegisson (1,441). TOUGH 2017 CONFERENCE GAUNTLET BC suffered three 1-0 losses in league play... four of the six losses featured scoreless first halves between the two teams, and the other two losses saw the Eagles down 1-0 at the interval BC opened with then-no. 6 Notre Dame, falling 3-1 as defending ACC Player of the Year John Gallagher posted a hat trick in the second half On. Sept. 15 at then-no. 10 Clemson, BC fell on Tanner Deiterich s 60th-minute goal On Sept. 22, BC held the edge in play after the scoreless first period, but surrendered four goals in the second to fall 4-0 at No. 10 Louisville On Sept. 29, Virginia Tech were scoreless after the first half, but the Hokies tallied in the 47th minute and held on through BC s flurry at the end to take the league in in Newton On Oct. 6, BC again had the advantage in the first half, out-shooting the Cavs, but ultimately fell, 1-0, on a free-kick goal against the run of play midway through the first. Against Syracuse on Oct. 13, BC took a 1-0 lead at the half, but saw SU equalize midway through the second... Callum Johnson s OT winner secured the team s first ACC points of the year and leapfrogged the Orange in the standings BC out-shot Wake Forest 6-3 in the first half on Oct. 21, but the Demon Deacons got a 45th-minute goal - with six seconds left - to go ahead 1-0 and then added three goals in the second (67, 76 and 83 ) as there were 10 cards (7 yellows and one red for BC, 2 yellows for Wake) in the game BC played to a 0-0 draw at No. 22 NC State on Oct the Eagles played the final 102 minutes with 10 men after goalkeeper Antonio Chavez Borrelli was shown a straight red card in the eighth minute... Callum Johnson and Heidar Aegisson had opportunities to win it with seconds left in the first OT, and Jack Bacon made a diving save with seconds left in the second OT to

4 BC S 2017 RECORD WHEN Overall ACC Opponents Non-Conference Opponents Home Away Neutral ACC Home ACC Away vs. USC Ranked Opponents vs. USC Top-10 Opponents Scoring First Opponent Scores First Leading at Halftime Trailing at Halftime Tied at Halftime Playing Overtime Playing Two Overtimes Day Games (Before 5 p.m.) Night Games (5 p.m. or After) Scoring no goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing no goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals On Turf On Grass Out-Shooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots Tied Posting 0-5 Shots Posting 6-10 Shots Posting Shots Posting Shots Posting 21+ Shots Out-Cornering Opponent Out-Cornered by Opponent Corners Tied In August In September In October On Monday On Tuesday On Friday On Saturday On Sunday preserve the road point. Virginia, ranked No. 16 at the time, eliminated the Eagles in the first round of the ACC Championship with a 4-0 win in Charlottesville. SO CLOSE... Five of the Eagles nine losses in 2017 were onegoal defeats, including three of the last five In those three losses, BC out-shot their opponents On Sept. 26, BC posted a season-high 26 shots against Rhode Island, the second time in 2017 BC out-shot an opponent... however, BC fell at home, 2-1 On Sept. 29, the Eagles out-shot Virginia Tech 15-10, but lost 1-0 at home On Oct. 6, BC out-shot No. 11 Virginia including a 9-4 margin in the first half - but dropped a 1-0 decision in Charlottesville 4 Opponent Boston College Quickest Goal 9 Thiam (UConn) 7 Enstrom (QU) Game-Winning Goal After Vaquenza (XU) 103 Enstrom (PC) 95 Johnson (SU) 104 Johnson (UConn) Tying Goals after Sergi (XU) 90 Forbes (UConn) Mulitple-Goal Games Gallagher (3), ND, 9/8/17 Enstrom (2), 9/4 vs. XU Schmitt (2), LOU, 9/22/17 Enstrom (3), 10/10 at HAR Fernandez (2), WF, 10/21/17) Aguilar (2), UVA, 11/1/17 GAME-WINNING GOALS Enstrom, Simon (3) Johnson, Callum (3) 2017 GOAL TRACKER Aug. 25 vs. Quinnipiac Sept. 19 vs. Providence Oct. 10 at Harvard Aug. 27 at BU Oct. 13 vs. Syracuse Oct. 17 vs UConn Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals OT OT2 Opp BC THE LAST TIME Boston College scored... 3 Goals vs. Connecicut (10/17/17) W, Goals at Boston University (8/27/16) W, Goals vs. NC State (10/29/16) W, Goals vs. Syracuse (9/26/93) W, Goals 8 vs. Maine (9/18/07) W, 8-0 Boston College allowed... 3 Goals vs. Notre Dame (9/8/17 L, Goals at Virginia (11/117) L, Goals at North Carolina (9/23/16) L, Goals at Drake (11/29/09) L, Goals 8 vs. Seton Hall (11/8/86) L, 2-8 Boston College won by... 3 Goals at Virginia Tech (9/25/15) W, Goals at Boston University (8/27/16) W, Goals vs. Quinnipiac (9/4/11) W, Goals vs. Maine (9/18/07) W, 8-0 Boston College lost by... 3 Goals at Albany (11/20/16) L, Goals at Virginia (11/117) L, Goals at North Carolina (9/23/16) L, Goals vs. Rutgers (10/13/89) L, 0-6 Boston College won in overtime... Oct. 17, 2017 vs. Connecticut W, 3-2 (2OT) Boston College lost in overtime... Sept. 4, 2017 vs. Xavier L, 2-3 (2OT) Boston College played a scoreless draw... Oct. 27, 2017 at NC State T, 0-0 (2OT) Boston College won in penalty kicks... Nov. 2, 2016 vs. Virginia Tech T, 2-2 (4-3 PKs) Boston College lost on penalty kicks... Nov. 6, 2012 at Clemson T, 0-0 (1-3 PKs) Boston College surrendered an own goal... Sept. 1, 2017 at Virginia L, 0-4 Boston College was awarded a penalty kick... Sept. 19, 2017 vs. PC (Enstrom/good) W, 2-1

5 FIELD PLAYERS #2 HEIDAR AEGISSON Career Assists: 2 (twice), last vs. Xavier (9/4/17) Points: 2 (twice), last vs. Xavier (9/4/17) #4 FINTAN DEVLIN Career #7 NIKITA BONDAR Career Goals: 1 vs. at Boston University (8/27/17) Assists: 1 vs. Quinnipiac (8/25/17) Points: 2 at Boston University (8/27/17) #8 TREVOR DAVOCK Career Goals: 3 vs. NC State (10/29/16) Assists: 2 at Virginia Tech (9/25/15) Points: 6 at NC State (10/29/16) #9 SIMON ENSTROM Career Goals: 3, at Harvard (10/10/17) Assists: 2, vs. Syracuse (10/13/17) Points: 6, at Harvard (10/10/17) #10 CALLUM JOHNSON Career Goals: 1 (seven times), last vs. Connecticut (10/17/17) Assists: 1 (seven times), last vs. Connecticut (10/17/17) Points: 3 (three times), last vs. Connecticut (10/17/17) #11 TOMMY GARCIA-MORILLO Career Goals: 1 vs. Virginia Tech (9/25/15) Points: 2 vs. Virginia Tech (9/25/15) #14 ABE BIBAS Career Goals: 1 (twice), last vs. Providence (9/19/17) Assists: 1 (twice), last vs. Syracuse (10/13/17) Points: 2 (twice), last vs. Providence (9/19/17) #15 LASSE LEHMANN Career Assists: 1 vs. Notre Dame (9/8/17) Points: 1 vs. Notre Dame (9/8/17) CAREER STATISTICS & CAREER HIGHS #17 BETO LUNA Career Goal: 1 (twice), last vs. Rhode Island (9/26/17) Assists: 1 at Boston University (8/27/17) Points: 2 (twice), last vs. Rhode Island (9/26/17) #22 RODOLFO POSTIGO Career #23 JOSHUA FORBES Career : Goals: 1 (three times), last vs. Connecticut (10/17/17) Assists: 1 (twice), last vs. Xavier (9/4/17) Points: 2 (three times), last vs. Connecticut (10/17/17) #24 IAN BUEHLER #28 ADAM FRENCH Career #29 ELLIOT SMITH-HASTIE Career GOALKEEPERS #32 NAT BALLARD Year GP-GS MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W-L-T SO : : #33 ANTONIO CHAVEZ BORRELLI Year GP-GS MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W-L-T SO : Career : Saves: 6 vs. Notre Dame (9/8/17) 5