2020 Boston College Eagles women's soccer team

2020 Boston College Eagles women's soccer
2020 Boston College Eagles women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–9–0 (1–7–0 ACC)
Head coach	Jason Lowe (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Rachel Moreland (2nd season); Jami Kranich (2nd season);
Home stadium	Newton Campus Soccer Field
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 Florida State ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	0	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	–	3	.906
No. 3 North Carolina ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	0	1.000	18	–	2	–	0	.900
No. 4 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	1	.688	14	–	4	–	3	.738
No. 6 Clemson ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	0	.625	12	–	5	–	2	.684
No. 7 Duke ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	2	.625	12	–	5	–	4	.667
Louisville ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	5	–	7	–	0	.417
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	8	–	9	–	0	.471
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	6	–	7	–	0	.462
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	5	–	7	–	2	.429
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	11	–	5	–	0	.688
Boston College ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	3	–	10	–	1	.250
Syracuse ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	1	–	7	–	0	.125
Miami ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0	.000	1	–	11	–	1	.115
NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	–	1	.611


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

The 2020 Boston College Eagles women's soccer team represented Boston College during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Jason Lowe, in his second season. They played home games at Newton Campus Soccer Field. This is the team's 40th season playing organized women's college soccer, and their 16th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.^[1]^[2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

The Eagles finished the fall season 1–7–0, 1–7–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the season 8–8–2 overall, and 1–8–1 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

Roster

Updated October 8, 2020^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	GER	Wiebke Willebrandt
1	GK	USA	Allie Augur
4	FW	USA	Jenna Bike
5	MF	USA	Sonia Walk
7	FW	USA	Zoie Allen
8	MF	USA	Laura Gouvin
9	MF	USA	Sam Smith
10	FW	USA	Emily Knous
11	DF	USA	Becca McCourt
12	MF	USA	Megan Crevoiserat
13	FW	ISL	Linda Boama
14	DF	USA	Taliyah Walker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Samantha Agresti
17	FW	USA	Nye Day
18	MF	USA	Rebecca Groseibl
19	DF	USA	Emma Goggins
20	MF	USA	Alison Heckman
21	MF	USA	Riley Lochhead
22	MF	USA	Jillian Jennings
23	DF	USA	Michela Agresti
24	DF	USA	Mia Karras
25	GK	USA	Mackenzie Egan
27	DF	USA	Sydney Moore

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Jason Lowe
Assistant Coach	Rachel Moreland
Assistant Coach	Jami Kranich
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Michael Galvin

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^[5]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Fall Regular season
October 1, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	at Notre Dame	L 0–2	0–1–0 (0–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (0) Notre Dame, IN
October 4, 2020 Noon, ACCNX	at Louisville	L 0–2	0–2–0 (0–2–0)	Lynn Stadium (237) Louisville, KY
October 8, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	at Pittsburgh	L 3–4	0–3–0 (0–3–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (0) Pittsburgh, PA
October 15, 2020 4:00 p.m., NESN	No. 5 Duke	L 0–1 ^OT	0–4–0 (0–4–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 18, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1 North Carolina	L 1–3	0–5–0 (0–5–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 22, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at Syracuse	W 3–1	1–5–0 (1–5–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1) Syracuse, NY
October 29, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 10 Virginia	L 1–2	1–6–0 (1–6–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 1, 2020 1:30 p.m., ACCN	Virginia Tech	L 0–3	1–7–0 (1–7–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
Spring Regular season
March 14, 2021* 4:00 p.m.	Hofstra	L 1–2 ^OT	1–8–0	CFC Park (32) Bethany, CT
March 18, 2021* 5:00 p.m.	at Northeastern	Postponed^[6]		Parsons Field Brookline, MA
March 21, 2021* 1:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	L 2–3 ^OT	1–9–0	Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
March 25, 2021* Noon	at UAlbany	W 3–0	2–9–0	Bob Ford Field (0) Albany, NY
April 1, 2021* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	Northeastern	W 1–0	3–9–0	Newton Campus Soccer Field (59) Chestnut Hill, MA
April 8, 2021* 3:00 p.m.	at UMass			Rudd Field Amherst, MA
April 11, 2021* 1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island			URI Soccer Complex Kingston, RI
April 17, 2021* 1:00 p.m.	vs. NC State			WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[7]

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer^[7]	None Released													None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[8]

References

^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
^ "2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "BC-Northeastern Postponed". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[1] "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[2] "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[3] "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[auto-4] "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

[5] "2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[6] "BC-Northeastern Postponed". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

[US-7] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[8] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

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