Boston College Athletics
Boston College
2-5
Columbia
3-3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 25 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| Boston College | 13 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
Five-set Comeback Win for Volleyball Over Columbia
September 10, 2011 | Volleyball
Sept. 10, 2011
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Kingston, R.I. - Down two sets to none, the Boston College volleyball team fought back to win three straight games and steal a win from Columbia, 13-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-10, in its second match of the Art Charmichael Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Senior Brennan Clark led the Eagles (2-5) with 26 digs, becoming just the second Eagle to ever record 1,400 digs in their career, in the win over the Lions (3-3).
Senior Tsvetelina Dureva paced BC with 16 kills on .208 hitting, adding 10 digs and an ace. The Sofia, Bulgaria native's third double-double of the year increases her career total to 12 - sixth most all-time for the Eagles.
BC's middle hitters combined for 25 kills, with sophomore Melissa McTighe leading the way with nine on a solid .318 hitting percentage. The Los Altos, Calif. native led Boston College with five blocks.Classmate Alex Fitzmorris joined in the defensive effort with four stops, recording a career-high eight kills, while captain Krystle Higgins contributed eight kills and six digs of her own.
Junior Val Mattaliano posted 10 kills for the first time this year, adding nine digs in victory.
Freshman Kellie Barnum charted season-bests of 29 assists, six digs and five kills on .300 attack. Classmates Lauren Fields and Courtney Castle each delivered 10 digs, respectively.
The first set opened with the sides squared away to 8-8, when a pair of kills and errors from the Eagles allowed Columbia to begin a run that allowed them to take the game, 25-13.
Clark needed only one set to overtake Lauren Schwer (1,377) on BC's all-time career digs list. The Mililani, Hawaii native entered the match just four shy of tying the alumna, but secured eight after the first frame to climb another spot in the record book. The captain's 26 scoops left her with 1,400 digs heading into tonight's match.
The Eagles began the second set with a 6-2 run, initiated by a block from Fitzmorris and McTighe and followed by kills and an ace from Dureva. After Mattaliano netted the sixth point for BC, Columbia answered back with six straight points, before a timeout was called.
Boston College kept pace out of the break, but a block and kill from the Lions stretched their lead to four, 12-8. Three more kills from Mattliano, along with one from Higgins and a block by Fitzmorris and McTighe enabled the Eagles to go point-for-point the rest of the way but Columbia took game two, 25-20.
McTighe got things rolling in the third with two kills and Lion errors kept BC even, 4-4, before Higgins stuffed Rumer to go up by one.Barnum snuck a kill in on the following play and a kill by Higgins built some momentum as a paired of attack errors and kills from Columbia increased BC's lead by three but the score was evened one more, 9-9.
A five-point swing in favor of the Eagles then came on a block by Fitzmorris and McTighe sandwiched by pairs of kills by Dureva and Fitzmorris. Blocks by the Lions closed the gap, but Dureva, Fitzmorris and Mattaliano netted kills as the Eagles put away 17-of-47 shots for a .234 attack percentage and a win in the third, 25-21.
The Lions were in control early on in the fourth frame, but several attack errors from Columbia allowed Boston College to keep up with its opponent, 11-10. When Barnum found Fitzmorris to even the game at 11, it the signaled the start of an 8-for-9 Eagles attack that put BC in control of the game, 25-20.
In the fifth, BC stormed out to a 4-1 lead and forced Columbia to call timeout. After the break, the Eagles held a one point lead until a block from the Lions evened the match at 10.
The Eagles took the pivotal point when Barnum connected with Higgins and added another on a strong shot from Dureva. Columbia called a timeout to slow BC, but Higgins found the woodwork again and a Lions error gave match point for Barnum to strike the ball home and take the win, 15-10.
