BC Wins ACC Championship

Konicoff Leads Eagles with Goal, Assist

November 18, 2007

CARY, N.C. – The Boston College men’s soccer team rode junior midfielder Mike Konicoff’s goal and assist to a 2-1 conference-clinching victory over Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Sunday.

Konicoff assisted on Sherron Manswell's first-half goal then netted the gamewinner just after halftime to lead the sixth-ranked Eagles past Wake Forest for BC’s first ACC Championship before 2,039 fans at the SAS Soccer Complex.

BC, the conference's regular-season champion, defeated Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest in tournament play en route to NCAA Tournament.

Manswell, who earned the tournament's Most Valuable Player honor, got the top-seeded Eagles on the scoreboard just eight minutes into the game, beating Wake Forest goalkeeper Brian Edwards in a one-on-one situation for his third goal of the tournament. Konicoff and junior midfielder Alejandro Bedoya assisted on the score.

Konicoff later doubled the BC margin at 46:49, one-timing a cross from Greg O'Neil for his fourth goal of the season. Freshman midfielder Karl Reddick assisted on the goal.

Wake Forest's Austin da Luz halved the BC lead off a corner kick in the 68th minute, heading the ball past BC junior Chris Brown, who totaled four saves, including three in the game's final 45 minutes.

The Demon Deacons outshot the Eagles, 3-2, in the first half and 12-1 in the second. Edwards did not record a save in the losing effort that dropped the Demon Deacons to 17-2-2.

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