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Eagles Set To Take on Buffalo in First Round of NIVC
December 01, 2022 | Volleyball
Finish the season 19-13, winner advances to take on St. Johns or Binghamton
Chestnut Hill, Mass – Boston College gets set to take on the Buffalo Bulls on Friday at 4 p.m in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. This is BC's third appearance in the NIVC in the last four years with the last two coming in 2019 and 2021 and also their second year in a row hosting the event. If the Eagles win on Friday they will face the winner on Saturday of the St. Johns and Binghamton match which will take place on Friday at 7 pm. All three matches will be broadcasted on ACC Network Extra.Â
The Eagles so far...
BC finished 19-13 this season and 7-11 in the ACC, which is good for just the second time with an over .500 record since 2004 and just the fith time overall in program history. The Eagles are coming off a tough loss in Pittsburgh this past weekend against the #7 ranked Pitt Panthers and a five set victory the previous weekend against Virginia Tech on Senior day. Boston College as a team finishes the regular season sixth in the ACC in hitting percentage at .223 and first in the conference in total kills at 1556. They also led the conference in total assists on the season at 1466. They showed some impressive defense at the net as well this season ranking second in the conference in total blocks as a team at 281. BC also led the ACC in service aces on the season and were fourth in aces per set.
The Match-Up…
Buffalo: Friday's match will be just the third meeting in each program's history, with the all-time series being tied at 1-1. The most recent match came on August 28, 2009 where Buffalo won 3-0. The Bulls this season went 19-13 overall and 10-8 in conference play. In the Mid American Conference Tournament last week, Buffalo beat Ohio 3-1 and lost to Bowling Green 0-3 in the semi-final.Â
Individual Leaders:
Kills: Izzy Clavenna, 262
Hitting %: Kate Brennan, .425, (Second in ACC)
Assists: Grace Penn, 713
Digs: Anna Murphy, 456 (Fourth in ACC)
Blocks: Julia Haggerty, 134, (Third in ACC)
Service Aces: Sophia Lambros, 40, (Fifth in ACC)
Graduate middle blocker Kate Brennan (Endicott, N.Y) joined BC Softball's DJ Valido for this week's episode of the Around the Heights Podcast where she discussed both her athletic and academic career and her transition to BC. She also previewed BC's match on Friday against Buffalo.
On her mindset going into Fridays match and how excited she is to get to host the first and second rounds...Â
"I'm so happy its at home, one of the reasons I came to Boston was to be closer to home and when I was at UNLV my parents only got to see me play a few times so it really is a blessing to be within driving distance where they can come to every home game and I know that these are some of my last games of my college career so that they get to be there for it is really a blessing and we get to be in front of our own fans and in our own gym where we our comfortable. We have a really good record at home so we also get the advantage that way too"Â
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