Eagles Fall 3-1 to Virginia Tech

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Boston College Eagles (12-4, 1-3 ACC) dropped a 3-1 match (28-30, 25-14, 26-28, 25-23) to Virginia Tech (9-6, 1-3 ACC) Sunday afternoon.

Audrey Ross led the Eagles offensive front posting a season-high 22 kills. Danica Rach also recorded a new record for herself with 15 kills, a career high. Lucy Mott guided the offensive effort tallying 48 assists, a career high for the sophomore setter.
The block party was on fire tonight as freshman Bella Ehrlich tallied nine block assists and one solo block, also adding nine kills.

Virginia Tech opened up scoring with a 0-3 run, and the Eagles came out fighting. A 4-0 BC run put the Eagles within 1, trailing 8-7. Despite tying three times, VT maintained the lead. The Hokies held a three-point lead over the Eagles at the media timeout, 15-12. A big solo block from Ehrlich opened up a 4-0 run for the Eagles, tying up again at 16 all. The Eagles and the Hokies tied four more times until a service ace from Ross gave the Eagles their first lead of the match, up 20-19. Coming off of a BC timeout, kills from Roach and Ross lengthened the gap and a block from Ehrlich and Rach sent the Eagles to set point. The Eagles and the Hokies tied four more times, going point-for-point, until Virginia Tech claimed the first set, 30-28.

The Eagles came out hot in the second set with a 5-1 run featuring kills from Herrington, Rach and Ehrlich. Another 5-1 run from the Eagles lengthened the gap, forcing a VT timeout, up 10-5. The Eagles offensive front turned up the heat as kills from Ross (3), Roach (2), and blocks from Ehrlich, Herrington, Roach and Ross pushed the Eagles to a 10-4 run, taking a 20-9 lead. Kills from Rach and Ehrlich accompanied by VT service errors secured the second set for the Eagles, 25-14.

The Hokies came out with energy getting on the board first, and the Eagles quickly responded. Back-to-back blocks from Ehrlich and Herrington and kills from Ross, Hoppes, Herrington (2) and Rach brought the eagles to the media timeout, leading with a two point advantage, up 15-13. Virginia Tech turned up the heat as teams nearly went point-for-point until the Hokies trailed by one 21-20, forcing a BC timeout. Kills from Rach and Ross assisted the offensive effort but Virginia Tech took the lead, 24-23, forcing another BC timeout. Teams tied up again at 24, 25 and 26, but the Hokies took the third set, 28-26.

The Eagles came out with a hot start taking a 5-0 lead. The Hokies came back strongly, pressuring the Eagles offense closing the gap to one. With a 10-9 lead, the Eagles called for a timeout. Kills from Rach (2), Ehrlich (2), Roach and Ross continued the strong BC front, but the Hokies kept up, eventually tying it up at 17. The Hokies continued on to take the lead, 20-17, forcing a BC timeout. The Eagles and Hokies evened the score at 20, 21 and 22 before the Eagles took back the lead, 23-22. Despite tying it up again at 23, the Hokies secured the fourth set victory, 25-23.

NOTES

Audrey Ross recorded a new season high of kills posting 22. She added over 24 points.
Danica Rach recorded a new career high of 15 kills. She also added 11 digs and over 17 points.
Sophomore Lucy Mott posted a new career high with 48 assists.
Freshman Bella Ehrlich posted 9 kills and 9 blocks including one solo block. She added 15 points.
Senior Anna Herrington recorded 8 kills, 3 blocks and one solo.
The Eagles recorded 14 team blocks, doubling Virginia Tech's.

Next Event

Team Stats

Audrey Ross

Danica Rach

Bella Ehrlich

Anna Herrington

Players Mentioned

Bella Ehrlich

Anna Herrington

Lucy Mott

Danica Rach

Audrey Ross