CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. \u2013 Boston College Volleyball (10-4, 1-2 ACC) fell in straight sets (15-25, 12-25, 24-26) to No. 2 Pittsburgh (13-0, 3-0 ACC) on Friday night at the Margot Connell Recreation Center.<\/p>\n
Audrey Ross<\/a> led the offense for Boston College, posting a match-high 18 kills while hitting .275. Defensively, Brooklyn Yelland<\/a> recorded a team-best 11 digs, while Naomi Watson<\/a> anchored the net with four blocks (one solo, three assists). Setting duties were split between Lucie Vesela<\/a> (11 assists), Ava McBride<\/a> (eight assists), and Lucy Mott<\/a> (five assists).<\/p>\n Pittsburgh used an early spark to take control of the first set. Boston College stayed close early, tying the score at 4-4 and 6-6 after kills from Ross and Sam Hoppes<\/a>, along with a combined block from Watson and Sofija Marjanovic<\/a>. However, Pitt went on a decisive 10-0 run to pull ahead 17-6. Boston College then responded with a 5-0 run, powered by three kills from Hoppes and two from Ross, to cut the deficit to 17-11, but the Panthers held on to secure the opening set, 25-15.<\/p>\n In the second set, the Eagles took a quick 1-0 lead on a Reese Dunkle<\/a> kill, but Pitt answered with a 6-1 surge. BC fought back within a point at 10-9 following a 4-0 run that included a Vesela service ace, a Ross kill, and a Watson block. From there, Pittsburgh took control of the set, using a 15-3 run to seal the set, 25-12, and take a 2-0 match advantage.<\/p>\n Pitt took an early advantage in the third set, but Boston College responded. Trailing 10-7, the Eagles launched a 5-0 run sparked by back-to-back blocks from Dunkle and Laney Blevins<\/a>, consecutive kills by Ross, and an ace from Marjanovic to grab a 12-10 lead. BC pushed its advantage to 16-13 following a solo block by Ross and extended it to 23-19 after a Watson\/Dunkle block assist. Pitt rallied with four straight points to tie the frame at 23-23 before an error gave BC set point at 24-23. The Panthers answered with three consecutive points to claim the set 26-24 and complete the match sweep.<\/p>\n NOTES
NEXT UP: Boston College concludes its homestand against No. 5 SMU on Sunday, October 4 at 1 p.m. for its Morgan’s Message Game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. \u2013 Boston College Volleyball (10-4, 1-2 ACC) fell in straight sets (15-25, 12-25, 24-26) to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-298786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\tAudrey Ross<\/a> recorded a match-high 18 kills on a .275 hitting percentage, adding six digs and three blocks.
\n\tBrooklyn Yelland<\/a> logged a team-leading 11 digs alongside five assists.
\n\tNaomi Watson<\/a> led the Eagles at the net with four total blocks (one solo, three assists).
\n\tLucie Vesela<\/a> registered 11 assists, six digs, and a service ace.
\n\tAva McBride<\/a> recorded eight assists, while Lucy Mott<\/a> added five assists and three digs.
\n\tBoston College is now 10-4 overall and 1-2 in ACC play.
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