Eagles Rally to Victory Over River Hawks

Friday, September 14

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

6:00PM

Boston College

10-1

UMass Lowell

1-10

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UMass Lowell	25	23	21	10	1
Boston College	21	25	25	25	3

Photo by: John Quackenbos

September 14, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

BC takes 3-1 win to remain undefeated at home

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College volleyball team rebounded from a first-set loss to top UMass Lowell, 3-1, on the second day of the New England Challenge, besting the River Hawks, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-10, on Friday evening in Power Gym.

The Eagles (10-1) hit a .208 clip (47 kills – 22 errors – 120 total attempts) while holding UML (1-10) to a .147 attack percentage (42 – 25 – 116) and out blocking the River Hawks 12-8. UMass Lowell narrowly edged the Eagles in digs, 41-39.

Sophomore Clare Naughton hit a match-high 12 kills while freshman Jewel Strawberry had her first double-digit performance as an Eagle with 10 kills.

Junior Jane DeJarld led all players with 25 assists while fellow junior Jill Strockis recorded 12 digs to lead BC. Sophomore Amaka Chukwujekwu recorded two solo blocks and added five helpers to lead the match.

New England Challenge
Boston College 3, UMass Lowell 1
September 14, 2018
Power Gym

BC HIGHLIGHTS
- BC's 10-1 record matches the best program record through 11 matches. In 2009, the Eagles were also 10-1 at this point in the year.
- BC remains undefeated in Power Gym, moving to 4-0 in home contests.
- The Eagles played their best set of the night in frame four, hitting a .500 attack percentage with 11 kills and just two errors on 18 attempts while holding UML to .000 (7 – 7 – 25) in the set.
- Clare Naughton led the Eagles with 12 kills, her season-high and just two shy of her career-best. Rookie Jewel Strawberry followed with 10 kills, her first double-digit performance as an Eagle. Strawberry's previous best was five kills against Hartford.
-Junior Jane DeJarld recorded her 1,500th career assist in the fourth set.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1 – UMass Lowell started the night with a win, topping BC 25-21 in set one. The River Hawks began with a narrow 7-5 lead until hitting a 7-2 surge that gave them a 14-7 advantage. BC edged UML 6-5 over the next 11 points but took a timeout when the River Hawks took a 19-13 lead on two Eagles' errors. BC won eight of the next 14 points, but the gap proved too large for BC to close in time.

Set 2 – The second frame saw 11 tie points and two lead changes, but the Eagles came out on top, 25-23, to tie the match at 1-1. Neither team won more than one point in a row to start the frame until a pair of bad UML sets gave BC a 6-4 lead. The River Hawks came back with four unanswered to lead 8-6 but BC quickly tied the score at 8-8. Boston College went 5-2 to lead 13-10 and force a UML break, out of which the teams traded one- and two-point runs to remain within just a point of one another. All knotted at 21-21, the Eagles took a regroup and went 4-2 from the timeout to edge out a win, 25-23.

Set 3 – UMass Lowell took a 7-5 lead to start the set, forcing a BC timeout to address three Eagles' errors. Boston College went 6-1 after the break, driving the River Hawks to take a timeout when they fell behind 11-8. UML edged BC 8-7 over the next 15 points, but still trailed 18-16 at the BC timeout. Errors hurt the River Hawks late, who gave up points on three errors in the final plays. BC took advantage and won the set, 25-21, to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

Set 4 – BC played its best offense in the final set, hitting a .500 clip, while out blocking UML 5-0. Starting with a 3-0 lead early, BC widened the gap to 9-4 at the first River Hawks' timeout. The Eagles went 6-1 out of the break, sending UML right back into a timeout after three-straight kills from Clare Naughton put BC up 15-5. The rest of the set was all BC as the Eagles doubled up on UML 10-5 to close the set, 25-10, and the match, 3-1.

Senior McKenna Goss on rebounding from Friday's loss with this win.
"It was a huge shift in momentum that we needed. It was still a scrappy game but we used it to get in system and that last game in that match really made us more comfortable and more confident going into tomorrow's match."

UP NEXT
BC concludes the weekend with a trip to Northeastern, facing the Huskies on Saturday at 7 p.m.