Volleyball Hosts #15 Louisville, Notre Dame To Close Out 2015 Campaign

Wednesday, November 25

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

1:00 PM

Boston College

Louisville

Volleyball Hosts #15 Louisville, Notre Dame To Close Out 2015 Campaign

November 24, 2015 | Volleyball

Eagles seek to top last year win total with win this week

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College volleyball will conclude their 2015 campaign this week when they host Louisville and Notre Dame for a pair of home games on Wednesday and Friday inside Power Gym. Both games are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and will be the final two games for the Eagles five seniors: Franny Hock, Kam McLain, Sarah Mendes, Mallori Moffat and Katty Workman. With a win this week, BC would surpass the team's total wins from the 2014 season and would finish with the most wins since the 2009 season, when the Eagles finished with a 12-19 record. A win this week would also be the most wins under six-year head coach Chris Campbell.

LOUISVILLE | Wednesday, Nov. 25 | 1 p.m.
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Prior to this season, BC and Louisville had only played each other once since Louisville joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014.
Earlier this season, the Eagles and Cardinals squared off with the Black and Red taking the decision by a score of 3-0. In their Oct. 4 match, Katty Workman led all Eagles with eight kills and 13 digs while libero Madisen Lydon added an additional eight digs. Kam McLain led the defense with five blocks.
The Cardinals hold the top spot in the conference with a 17-1 record in ACC play. Their only loss in conference play came at North Carolina when the Red and Black fell 3-1. They have been ranked for seven straight weeks in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll and are the highest ranked team in the ACC. They moved up to No.15 from No. 17 in this week's AVCA poll.
As a team, Louisville is first in kills, averaging 14.74 per set, while they are second in the ACC in hitting percentage (.257), assists (13.93), digs (16.68). The Cardinals are also tied with Syracuse and UNC for first with lowest opponent hitting percentage (.169).
The Cardinals are led by Tess Clark, who is first in the ACC with her .442 hitting percentage. Katie George is first in assists (12.04/set) and Erin Fairs is second in kills with 3.91 per set. Freshman Molly Sauer's 4.56 digs per set is fifth best in the ACC.

Notre Dame | Friday, Nov. 27 | 1 p.m.
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Prior to this season, the Fighting Irish have had the Eagles number in their 15 matchups dating back to 1991.
Earlier this season, BC swept the Irish for their first ACC win of the season in South Bend, Indiana. In their October 2 matchup, the Eagles defeated ND by scores of 25-12, 25-19 and 25-17. Sol Calvete, who tallied 14 kills and 8 digs to go along with her two service aces, led the Eagles while seniors Katty Workman and Kam McLain also had noteworthy performances as the two combined for 17 kills and nine blocks.
As a team, Notre Dame is fourth in the conference in service aces, averaging 1.32 per set, while they are seventh in blocks with an average of 2.31 per set.
Individually, Maddie Dilfer is ninth in the conference for Notre Dame with her mark of 8.39 assists per set while Ryann DeJarld, the older sister of recent BC NLI signee Jane DeJarld, is seventh in digs with 4.07 per set.

GAME NOTES

Senior outside hitter Katty Workman is fourth in the conference in kills per set with her average of 3.86. The California native is 11th on the NCAA Career Active List with 1,663 kills.
Sophomore Brittany Pavich is ninth in the conference with a .343 hitting percentage
Madisen Lydon is 10th in digs, averaging 3.88 per set.
A win in one of the final two games would surpass the Eagles win total from 2014 and be the most in a season under head coach Chris Campbell,
Boston College is currently ranked 172 of 334 in RPI, which measures a team's wins and losses in addition to their strength of schedule. That is down from 166 that the team was ranked last week. The ACC currently has three teams ranked in the top-25 of the RPI. Louisville is ranked at 14, North Carolina at 20 and Florida State at 23. Miami (38), Pittsburgh (47) and Virginia (54) round out the top six ACC schools in the RPI ranking.
There are currently three ACC schools ranked in the top-25 of the AVCA poll. Louisville is the highest at 15 while Florida State is 20 and North Carolina is 22.
This will be the final two home games for the five seniors on the Eagles roster: Franny Hock, Kam McLain, Sarah Mendes, Mallori Moffat and Katty Workman.