ACC ANNOUNCES FOOTBALL OPPONENTS FOR 2013

                                                                                 ACC Announces 2013 Conference Football Opponents

Pittsburgh, Syracuse Join Coastal, Atlantic Divisions

Balanced Eight-Game League Schedule Allows for

One Primary and One Rotating Crossover Opponent

Greensboro, N.C.—The Atlantic Coast Conference Friday announced the football conference opponents and sites for the 2013 season incorporating new members Pittsburgh and Syracuse into the 14-team league. As the conference did in its previous expansion in 2006, this year’s schedule of league football opponents is entirely a new scheduling model that is not based off the previous schedule.

The complete 2013 ACC Football Schedule, including specific dates, is expected to be announced in early February.

Each ACC team will play eight conference games in football (four home and four away), six games within their division (three home, three away) and two games (one home, one away) with crossover opponents from the opposite division. In 2013, all Atlantic Division members will host their primary crossover opponent while Coastal Division members will host a rotating crossover opponent.

Each school’s primary crossover opponent does not change, while its rotating crossover opponent will change each year. With the exception of Pittsburgh and Syracuse, all schools will be playing their rotating crossover opponent for the first time since 2009. Pittsburgh joins the Coastal Division while Syracuse will compete in the Atlantic Division and the two schools will play each other annually as primary crossovers. The other primary crossovers will stay consistent. The primary crossovers are:

Atlantic Division………………Coastal Division

Boston College…………………  Virginia Tech

Clemson………………………..      Georgia Tech

Florida State……………………    Miami

Maryland……………………….     Virginia

NC State………………………..      North Carolina

Syracuse………………………..     Pittsburgh

Wake Forest……………………    Duke

Also, as in 2006, the new model of conference opponents will result in repeat site games in order to balance home and away schedules. This year, taking into account the existing schedule, there will be a total of just six repeat site games, all limited to the 2013 football season.

The games with opponents traveling to the same site as in 2012 are: Duke at Wake Forest; Duke at Virginia Tech; Miami at Duke; Georgia Tech at Clemson; Virginia Tech at Boston College; and Virginia Tech at Miami.

Though the conference is releasing just the 2013 ACC opponents at this time, this schedule model may be used as the basis for a full, multi-year schedule in the future.

Below are the 2013 conference football opponents for each ACC school. The games are listed with divisional games first in alphabetical order, followed by primary crossover (pc) and then rotating crossover (rc) games:

Atlantic Division

Boston College                 Clemson                              Florida State                      Maryland                          

at Clemson                         Boston College                  at Boston College             Boston College

Florida State                       Florida State                       at Clemson                         Clemson

at Maryland                        at Maryland                        Maryland                             at Florida State

NC State                              at NC State                         NC State                              at NC State

at Syracuse                         at Syracuse                         Syracuse                              Syracuse

Wake Forest                      Wake Forest                      at Wake Forest                 at Wake Forest

Virginia Tech (pc)             Georgia Tech (pc)            Miami   (pc)                        Virginia (pc)

at North Carolina (rc)      at Virginia (rc)                    at Pittsburgh (rc)              at Virginia Tech (rc)

NC State                              Syracuse                              Wake Forest

at Boston College             Boston College                  at Boston College

Clemson                              Clemson                              at Clemson

at Florida State                  at Florida State                  Florida State

Maryland                             at Maryland                        Maryland

Syracuse                              at NC State                         NC State

at Wake Forest                 Wake Forest                      at Syracuse

North Carolina (pc)          Pittsburgh (pc)                  Duke (pc)

at Duke (rc)                        at Georgia Tech (rc)        at Miami (rc)

Coastal Division

Duke                                     Georgia Tech                     Miami                                   North Carolina

Georgia Tech                     at Duke                                at Duke                                Duke

Miami                                   at Miami                              Georgia Tech                     at Georgia Tech

at North Carolina              North Carolina                   at North Carolina              Miami

Pittsburgh                           Pittsburgh                           at Pittsburgh                      at Pittsburgh

at Virginia                            at Virginia                            Virginia                                 Virginia

at Virginia Tech                 Virginia Tech                      Virginia Tech                      at Virginia Tech

at Wake Forest (pc)        at Clemson (pc)                at Florida State (pc)         at NC State (pc)

NC State (rc)                      Syracuse (rc)                      Wake Forest (rc)              Boston College (rc)

Pittsburgh                           Virginia                                Virginia Tech

at Duke                                Duke                                     Duke

at Georgia Tech                Georgia Tech                     at Georgia Tech

Miami                                   at Miami                              at Miami

North Carolina                   at North Carolina              North Carolina

Virginia                                 at Pittsburgh                      Pittsburgh

at Virginia Tech                 Virginia Tech                      at Virginia

at Syracuse (pc)                at Maryland (pc)               at Boston College (pc)

Florida State (rc)               Clemson (rc)                      Maryland (rc)

EAGLES MOURN LOSS OF LISA GALLUP

Eagles Mourn Loss of Lisa Gallup
Daughter of Associate AD Barry Gallup dies following courageous battle with cancer…….,

Lisa Ann Gallup

Dec. 20, 2012

Lisa Ann Gallup (26) from New York City, formerly of Wellesley, MA, daughter of BC Associate AD for Football Operations Barry Gallup and wife Victoria, peacefully passed away Wednesday after a courageous battle with cancer. While undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Lisa miraculously worked full-time as a night nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital and received her Masters in Advanced Practice Nursing with a special focus in Acute Care from New York University. Lisa was selected as the student speaker at NYU’s graduation and received the Rudin Family Student Award in recognition of scholarship, service, leadership and potential for future achievement. Previously, Lisa graduated from Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing in 2009 and from Wellesley HS in 2004 where she was a three sport captain and recipient of the peer-elected Senior Cup. In the midst of a grueling treatment regimen, Lisa recently completed the NYC Half Marathon and Boston Triathlon while maintaining a social life typical of a young woman in Manhattan. Lisa is the daughter of Barry and Victoria Gallup of Wellesley and the brother of Barry Gallup, Jr. of New York City and the late Darren Douglas Gallup. The memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 22 at 1:00PM at the Wellesley Village Church on 2 Central Street in Wellesley, MA 02482, to be followed by a private burial at Woodland Cemetery. Donations can be made to “Cycle for Survival – Team FabuLisa” at http://www.cycleforsurvival.org or 633 Third Avenue, Floor 28, New York, NY 10017.

BC HIRES ADDAZIO AS FOOTBALL COACH

WEEI FLASH: Boston College hires Temple’s Steve Addazio as their new head football coach.

SPAZIANI ISSUES STATEMENT ON HIS FIRING

Statement from Frank Spaziani regarding today’s announcement that he will not be returning as Boston College football coach:

“Obviously this is a sad day for my family and me. Boston College has been my home for more than 16 years, and I have been fortunate to work with some amazing student-athletes. I will always treasure my relationships with them and the BC staff.

Boston College is a tremendous place, and I am extremely thankful for my time there. I wish the current and future Eagles nothing but the best.”

KEVIN HARRIMAN

SPAZIANI OUT AT BC

WEEI FLASH: Boston College has fired head football coach Frank Spaziani.

BC had its worst season this year (2 wins) since the Eagles went 0-11 in. 1978.

BC WOMEN ANNOUNCE NON CONFERENCE GAMES

Chestnut Hill, Mass. – The Boston College women’s basketball non-conference schedule is set for the 2012-13 season. The Eagles will host BYU, New Hampshire, Northwestern, Rutgers, Arizona State and Vermont. BC will travel to Boston University, Holy Cross, the Seattle Tournament to play Sacred Heart and the winner of Portland or Seattle. The final non-conference road opponent will be Hampton.

The ACC is expected to release the conference schedule in the next two weeks.

“A challenging schedule is key to learning to compete at the highest level.  Boston College women’s basketball belongs among the top programs in the nation.  In order to improve to that level, we need to play against top competition,’’ said BC head coach Erik Johnson. “I believe that this non-conference schedule will prepare us for a demanding ACC schedule and give our young team a number of opportunities to learn how to be successful at the very highest level.”

The Eagles will open the 2012-13 season on the road at Boston University on Nov. 9, followed by a trip to Worcester on Nov. 13 to play Holy Cross.

BC will host BYU in the first meeting between the two teams on Nov. 15, and UNH on Nov. 20. The team will travel to Seattle, Washington over the Thanksgiving break for the Seattle University Tournament. The Eagles will open the tournament against Sacred Heart on Friday, Nov. 23 and then the winner of Seattle versus Portland on Saturday, Nov. 24. BC leads the overall series vs. Sacred Heart, 3-1. The two teams last met on Nov. 27, 2010 at the Junkanoo Jam in the Grand Bahamas. BC picked up the win, 83-47.

Other non-conference highlights for the Eagles include an ACC-Big Ten Challenge match-up with Northwestern at Conte Forum on November 28 followed by the return of Rutgers to Chestnut Hill on Sunday, Dec. 2.  BC last played at Northwestern in the 2007-08 season. BC earned a 73-66 victory behind 16 points from Carolyn Swords. This will be the fourth consecutive season BC and Rutgers have played. Rutgers leads the overall head-to-head series, 14-9.

Last year BC went out to play Arizona State, so this season, the Sun Devils will enjoy the cool weather in Boston on Sunday, Dec. 9. BC will finish the non-conference schedule by hosting Vermont on Dec. 20 and then travelling to Virginia to play Hampton on Jan. 2.

Boston College, which finished the 2011-12 season with a 7-23 overall record, returns four starters and welcomes three freshmen – Alex Coulombe, Nicole Boudreau and Amber Cooper. BC also added two transfers to the roster – Karima Gabriel and Lauren Engeln – both will be eligible for the 2013-14 campaign.

ENGELN TRANSFERS TO BOSTON COLLEGE

Lauren Engeln Joins The Women’s Basketball Team

Junior forward transfers from Connecticut

Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Boston College women’s basketball head coach Erik Johnson announced Monday that junior Lauren Engeln will join the Eagles after transferring from the University of Connecticut. The 5-10 forward will sit out the 2012-13 season.

“Lauren is a great addition to our program in many ways.  Our system puts a premium on skilled guard play and she will fit our style very well,’’ said Boston College head coach Erik Johnson. “Lauren is a guard who can score in a variety of ways and can create opportunities for her teammates.  Her love for the game of basketball and enthusiasm for practicing and competing will make an immediate impact on our team, even during her red-shirt year.’’

Engeln, a native of Laguna Hills, Calif., appeared in 25 games in the 2011-12 season for the Huskies. She averaged 6.6 minutes and 1.4 points per game. She played a season-high 16 minutes vs. North Carolina on Jan. 16, 2011. Engeln scored a career-high of eight points vs. Sacred Heart as a freshman. She also played a career-high 18 minutes in the win over Howard on Nov. 21, 2010.

Prior to her arrival at Connecticut, Engeln played for Laguna Hills High School and averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior. She was rated the No. 95 recruit nationally by ESPN Hoopgurlz. Engeln was also ranked at No. 50 by Blue Star and No. 43 by the All-Star Girls Report.

BC’S SWIGERT OUT OF THE LINE UP

SWIGERT INJURES KNEE; EXPECTED TO MISS SEVERAL WEEKS

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Junior wide receiver Bobby Swigert has suffered a left knee injury and is expected to be sidelined for several weeks, Coach Frank Spaziani announced today.

Swigert appeared in all 12 games and led the Eagles in receiving last season with 44 catches for 470 yards and three touchdowns.

DEFILIPPO TO STEP DOWN AT BC

WEEI FLASH: Boston College Director of Athletics Gene DeFilippo will announce his retirement today.

MONTEL HARRIS LEAVING BC FOOTBALL PROGRAM

Harris Dismissed from Boston College Football Team

 

Senior running back Montel Harris has been dismissed from the Boston College football team due to a repeated violation of team rules, Coach Frank Spaziani announced today. 

“Montel Harris has been permanently dismissed from our football team due to a repeated violation of team rules,” Spaziani said. “We are grateful for his contributions the past four seasons and will support him in completing his degree requirements and in his future pursuits.” 

Harris (Jacksonville, Fla.) became BC’s all-time rushing leader (3,735) last season in the Wake Forest game but has been sidelined recently with a knee injury.