Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Boston College LEWIS, SCHULZE-GEISTHOVEL BOTH SCORE TWICE IN 5-3 WIN

GAME INFORMATION
Score:
 Boston College 5, Albany 3
Records: Boston College (5-2-0), Albany (3-3-1)
Location: Newton Campus Field, Newton, Mass.
Attendance: 112

BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior Zeiko Lewis matched a career-high with five points as he scored two goals and added an assist.
- Lewis has 25 career assists which ranks second all-time at BC. He is one behind Louis Papadellis who had 26 assists from 1977-80.
- Senior Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel also scored a pair of goals to up his season total to a team-leading six.
- Sophomore Simon Enstrom recorded a goal and an assist.
- Senior Isaac Normesinu and sophomore Trevor Davock were also credited with assists in the match.

TURNING POINT
Boston College scored four unanswered goals over a 30-minute stretch to take a 4-2 lead in the 75th minute.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Albany opened the scoring in the 25th minute when Carlos Clark headed in a Moosah Khanat corner kick.
- The Great Danes scored again in the 42nd minute after an Albany attacker was taken down in the box. Leo Melgar took the penalty kick and connected for the 2-0 lead.
- Boston College responded in the 44th minute when Normesinu was taken down in the box. Schulze-Geisthovel took the penalty kick and connected to make it a 2-1 halftime deficit.
- The Eagles pounced early in the second half and scored the equalizer in the 50th minute. Normesinu and Enstrom used a nifty give-and-go which Enstorm finished to make it 2-2.
- Schulze-Geisthovel gave BC the lead in the 68th minute when he put home a pass from Lewis.
- Lewis scored his first goal of the match – which proved to be the game-winner – in the 75th minute. Davock and Enstrom both fired shots that the Albany keeper saved, then Lewis was finally able to finish it for the 4-2 lead.
- Albany got one back with eight minutes to play when Afonso Pinheiro put home a cross from Nico Solabarrieta.
- Lewis finished the scoring with 16 seconds left after he stole the ball from the Albany back line. He chipped in a shot from 25 yards out to seal the win.

UP NEXT
Boston College travels down to No. 9 North Carolina Friday night.

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