Five Set Victory Gives Eagles 3-0 Record on Weekend

Saturday, September 10

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7:30 PM

Boston College

5-3

UMass Lowell

5-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
UML	25	24	25	18	16	2
Boston College	22	26	21	25	18	3

Five Set Victory Gives Eagles 3-0 Record on Weekend

September 10, 2016 | Volleyball

Box Score

Defeat in-state rival UMass Lowell Saturday night.

MATCH INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 3, UMass Lowell 2 (22-25, 26-24, 21-25, 25-18, 18-16)
Records: Boston College (5-3), UMass Lowell (5-3)
Location: Power Gym, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Attendance: 231

BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior Julia Topor led the Eagles on the evening with a double-double in kills (16) and digs (12). Topor led all players in the match in kills.
- Senior Madisen Lydon had a team-high 16 digs for the Eagles.
- BC's hitting percentages in the 4^th (.333) and 5^th (.458) sets propelled them to a victory against the River Hawks in the maximum amount of sets.
- The Eagles are now 2-2 in matches that have gone the distance to five sets.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1
BC led for the first half of the set, but UMass Lowell rallied to cut the Eagles' lead to 17-16, forcing a BC timeout. After the River Hawks rallied to tie the match at 20, they took a 21-20 lead that forced another BC timeout. The Maroon and Gold could not regain their composure and fell 25-22.

Set 2
Neither team led by more than two points until the River Hawks forced an Eagles timeout with a 3-0 run to take a 14-11 lead. BC got within one, but UMass Lowell pulled ahead again with another 4-0 run to go up 18-13, causing the Eagles to call another timeout. The River Hawk run reached as much as 8-2, but the Eagles staged a late comeback with a 9-0 run of their own, giving them a 26-24 win after fending off seven set points.

Set 3
The River Hawks drew the first major separation in the set by going up 14-10, forcing a BC timeout. The Eagles closed in by as many as two at 18-16, but Lowell pulled ahead again at 22-18, causing the Maroon and Gold to call timeout once more. The Eagles fell short this time, as the River Hawks took the set 25-21.

Set 4
The Eagles went on a 7-1 run, forcing a River Hawks timeout at 12-10. Following the timeout, BC kept rolling, extending their lead to 8 points at 20-12, forcing UMass Lowell to call their second timeout. The Maroon and Gold held on for a 25-18 set victory to draw level at two sets all.

Set 5
BC started strong with a 3-0 lead, but UMass Lowell rallied with four straight points to tie the set at ten. The Eagles reclaimed the lead by taking three straight points to force a River Hawks timeout at 13-10. Lowell would not back down and came back to draw even at 13. The teams kept exchanging points until the Eagles edged ahead and took the set 18-16 for the match victory.
Below is the All-Tournament Team for the Boston CollegeTournament.

FDU
#8 Kirstin Trabert

Rider
#21 Veronica Koval
#2 Hailey Riede

UMass Lowell
#8 Lauren Bennett
#12 Haley Shimon

Boston College
#14 Julia Topor - MVP
#7 Devon Michaelis

UP NEXT
The Eagles will square off against local rivals next weekend, taking on Harvard in their first road match of the season on Saturday (6 p.m.) before coming back to the Heights to face Northeastern on Sunday (noon).