Volleyball Drops Road Contest at Boston College, 3-1

Friday, November 6

Chesnut Hill, Mass. (Power Gym)

7:30 PM

NC State

(14-11, 3-10ACC)

Boston College

(11-14, 3-10ACC)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
NC State	24	25	12	15	1
Boston College	26	20	25	25	3

Photo by: Greg Mintel

Volleyball Drops Road Contest at Boston College, 3-1

11/6/2015 10:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Wolfpack suffers first loss to Eagles in its last eight meetings

CHESNUT HILL, Mass. – The NC State volleyball team had a tough night offensively against the Boston College Eagles and dropped a 3-1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-12, 25-15) decision inside Power Gym.

The Wolfpack falls to 14-11 and 3-10 in ACC play, while the Eagles improve to 11-14 and 3-10 in league action.

Worth Noting
- With the win, Boston College snapped a streak of seven consecutive losses against the Wolfpack.
- It was the first loss versus the Eagles in head coach Bryan Bunn's tenure, as the sixth-year coach is now 7-1 against BC.
- The young NC State squad finished the match with just two fewer kills (54-52) than Boston College despite dropping the match.

Match Rewind
- NC State lost a very tightly contested first set, as the score was knotted 14 times and the lead changed four times. Tied 14-14, Boston College scored three consecutive points to take a 17-14 advantage.
- Senior Morgan Cormier put down a kill to give the Pack set point, 24-23, but the Eagles fought it off with three unanswered points to win the first set, 26-24.
- Leading 9-8 in the second set, NC State won seven of the next 10 points to take a 16-11 advantage in the frame. Boston College rallied to trim the lead to two, but the Wolfpack called a timeout to halt the run.
- After a kill by sophomore Perry Ramsey gave the Pack a 23-19 lead, classmate Kaitlyn Kearney swatted consecutive kills to lift NC State to the 25-20 second-set win.
- The Wolfpack recorded an attacking percentage of .387 in the set, while limiting the Eagles to a .226 clip.
- Boston College's offense was on fire in the third frame and NC State struggled offensively, resulting in a 25-12 third-set win for the Eagles.
- NC State started slow in the fourth set, as Boston College raced out to a 10-6 advantage forcing a Wolfpack timeout. After trimming the deficit to 15-13, the Eagles reeled off eight consecutive points to take control of the frame and went on to win it, 25-15, and the overall match, 3-1.

Top Performers
- Sophomore Julia Brown led the Wolfpack offensively with 15 kills, while freshman Blayke Hranicka put down 12. Brown tallied a .314 attacking percentage and Hranicka had a .304 clip.
- Maggie Speaks dished out a match-high 34 assists on the night and also collected 11 digs to register her sixth double-double of the year.
- Defensively, junior libero Rachel Eppley led all players with 17 digs.

Up Next
NC State will make the trip to Syracuse for its next match Sunday afternoon. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. inside the Women's Building.