LAST TIME OUT
• Boston College improved to 2-0-0 on the season with a 2-1 victory over St. John’s on Monday at the Newton Soccer Complex
• The Eagles have received contributions from four players who have scored their first career goals through the opening two games of the season
• Nicolette Kiorpes, Tess Barrett, Anndi Wright and Addison Kalaw each recorded their first career goal in the Eagles’ season-opening victory over Siena
• Kalaw followed up her first career goal with another tally against St. John’s, giving her two goals through the first two games of the season
• Sophie Reale also has two goals through the opening two games, scoring against both Siena and St. John’s
• Boston College outshot the Red Storm, 12-6, and held a 7-3 advantage in corner kicks
• Goalkeeper Faith Fenwick made two saves to earn her second win of the season
THE RETURNERS
• Boston College returns 13 players who appeared in 14 or more games during the 2025 campaign, including six who played in all 18 matches
• Last season’s leading goalscorer, Sophie Reale, returns for her second season with the Eagles
• Starting goalkeeper Olivia Shippee returns after recording an .846 save percentage and a 0.80 goals-against average last season
FRESH FACES
• The Eagles have 10 additions to this season’s roster
• BC brought in five transfers and five freshmen
CAPTAINS
• Boston College will be led by three captains in 2026: Olivia Shippee, Amalia Dray and Baylor Goldthwaite
• Dray and Goldthwaite return as captains after serving in the same role during the 2025 season
• Shippee was named a captain for the first time this season
A LOOK AT CORNELL
• Cornell opened the 2026 season with a 3-2 victory over St. Bonaventure on Thursday at Berman Field
• The Big Red scored twice in the first half and added another goal in the 51st minute to take a 3-0 lead
• Ivy Tolbert, Emily Gibbons and Alanna Colbert each found the back of the net for Cornell
• Gibbons and Colbert each recorded a goal and an assist in the victory
• Cornell outshot St. Bonaventure, 21-8, and held a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks
• The Big Red returns 17 players who appeared in at least one match last season, including its top two scorers and four of its top five
• Cornell returns 67.4 percent of its scoring production from the 2025 season, including 11 of its 16 goals
• Forwards Sydney Allen, Brooke Brown and Alanna Colbert, who each scored multiple goals last season, return for their senior seasons
• Sophomore goalkeeper Samantha Qureshey is the leading returning goalkeeper after starting Cornell’s first nine matches last season and recording a 1.22 goals-against average and a .750 save percentage
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST THE BIG RED
• Boston College holds a 3-2-3 all-time record against Cornell
• The two sides played to a 0-0 draw in their most recent meeting on Aug. 22, 2025, at the Newton Soccer Complex
• The Eagles’ last victory over Cornell came in 2024, when BC earned a 3-2 victory in Ithaca, N.Y.
• Boston College and Cornell first met in 1988, with the Big Red earning a 1-0 victory in Newton
UP NEXT
• The Eagles continue their road swing on Thursday as they take on Rutgers.
