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Eagles Set to Face-off Rams
September 11, 2023 | Volleyball
Eagles are back at home for a midweek match-up
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass- The Boston College volleyball team returns back home taking on the University of Rhode Island in an early week match-up. The Eagles will face the Rams at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Eagles are coming off an undefeated weekend at the Iona Classic. Defeating LIU, Iona, and Fordham, in three clean sets. Three of the Eagles finished the weekend as members of the all-tournament team; junior Julia Haggerty, senior Anna Murphy, and the tournament MVP Katrina Jensen. Haggerty led the team with 15 blocks, adding on 19 kills, and five digs in the three match tournament. Murphy led the team with 53 digs, as well as nine assists. While MVP Jensen led the team with 40 kills, hitting over .375 in all three matches, adding on five digs and five blocks.Â
Tuesday's match-up will be the sixteenth meeting all-time between the two teams since 1991. The Eagles have proven victorious in six of those meetings, winning the past four. The last time the two teams met on Sep. 10, 2022, Â senior Alayna Crabtree led the Eagles with 14 kills, four aces, tacking on four digs, and a block.Â
Following the early week match-up BC returns home for the BC-Harvard Co-host. The Eagles will face-off Providence and Harvard on Friday Sep. 15 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Then on Sunday the Eagles will meet Stonehill at 12 p.m. and Merrimack at 4 p.m.
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