Boston College Athletics
Third Annual Dig for a Cure Weekend Begins Friday
October 28, 2010 | Volleyball
Oct. 28, 2010
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
The Boston College volleyball team will kick-off its third annual Dig for a Cure weekend on Friday, Oct. 29. The Eagles will don pink jerseys for matches against North Carolina on Friday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. against N.C. State in an effort to help raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer.
BC began the Dig for a Cure event in 2008 as a way to support the Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation. According to the organization's website, over 207,000 new incidences of breast cancer in women and nearly 2,000 incidents in men will be diagnosed in the United States this year alone.
Anyone interested in making contributions are asked to do so through the Susan G. Komen website in the name of the Boston College volleyball team.
Offensively, Boston College (8-16, 0-11 ACC) is led by outside hitter Tsvetelina Dureva with the ACC's fourth-highest average of 3.32 kills per game and freshman Cagla Sen with 5.72 assists per set.
Defensively, senior captain Kristen Baader leads the team in digs per game (4.49) and sophomore Krystle Higgins averages just under a block per set (0.97).
In the first week of ACC play this season, the Eagles were defeated in straight sets by each of the teams they will face this weekend.
North Carolina (18-6, 9-2 ACC) currently sits atop the ACC. The Tar Heels boast the lowest opponent hitting percentage (.158) and second highest rate of kills per set (14.33) in the conference. UNC is led by Courtney Johnston with 3.16 kills per game and Shelby Bleke at 1.01 blocks per set.
The N.C. State (12-11, 2-9 ACC) lineup is home to several conference leaders, notably Margaret Salata with the ACC's third highest blocks per game average (1.17) and Becah Fogle's 3.23 kills per game, which is seventh best in the conference.
Admission to Power Gym is free. Fans unable to attend the live match are invited to follow along via GameTracker through the following links, TarHeels or Wolfpack.
