2024 Boston College Eagles women's soccer team
| 2024 Boston College Eagles women's soccer | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 12–5–2 (4–4–2 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Newton Campus Soccer Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Duke †y | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .950 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .841 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Wake Forest y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Florida State ‡y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 15 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Carolina y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 22 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .815 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Virginia Tech y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .674 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Notre Dame y | 5 | – | 1 | – | 4 | .700 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California y | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 13 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Stanford y | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 16 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .739 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia y | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .711 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 2 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .350 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .300 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .250 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .250 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .050 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Boston College Eagles women's soccer team represented Boston College during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Chris Watkins, in his first season. They played home games at Newton Campus Soccer Field. This was the team's 44th season playing organized women's college soccer, and their 20th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
At the end of the previous season, head coach Jason Lowe was fired after five season with the team. Chris Watkins was hired as his replacement on December 14, 2023.
The Eagles started Watkins' inaugural season well, winning their first five straight games, including games where the scored five goals (against Merrimack) and six (against LIU). They lost their first game on September first against UMass. They would win their final two games before ACC play began and entered the conference season with a 7–1–0 record. Their first ACC game was a tie against thirteenth ranked Notre Dame. They followed that with a loss to SMU and a win in their final non-conference game against Grambling State. They went on to win their next two ACC games before a three game losing streak. They suffered losses to two ranked teams, twenty-second ranked Florida State and first-ranked Duke. The Duke loss was a bit of a low point in the season as they lost 7–0. They rebounded with a tie against Louisville and wins in their final two games of the season.
The Eagles finished the season 12–5–2 overall and 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. Their twelve total wins were the most since 2018, a season prior to when Jason Lowe took over the program. Their four ACC wins were also the best since 2018. By not qualifying for the NCAA tournament, they extended their streak of not qualifying to six seasons.