November 3, 2006

Box Score

BC 3, VT 2

 

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Freshman Taylor Parrish's career-high 24 kills were not enough to lift the Virginia Tech volleyball team over Boston College Friday night. After dropping the first two games 30-25 and 30-26, the Hokies fought to win the next two, 30-22 and 30-22, before dropping the final game of the match 14-16. Tech dropped to 14-10 overall, 8-7 in conference action, while the Eagles improve to 7-16 overall, 6-8 in the ACC.

Sophomore Sarah MuÒoz and freshman Michelle Lang each recorded double-doubles for the Hokies. Munoz landed 12 kills and picked up 12 digs, while Lang dished out 53 assists and had 12 digs.

Senior Allie Kupec hit .476 with 12 kills, while freshman Rachel Fahlenkamp hit a career-high .750 on a personal-best 7 kills.

Junior libero Amanda Cloyd collected 21 digs to lead the defensive efforts, while Rachel Dulla contributed 12.

For Boston College, Kelsey Johnson had 20 kills and 12 digs, while Dorota Niemczewska added 14 kills with 13 digs. Brittany Pierpont handed out 53 assists for the win.

Allison Anderson led the Eagles' defense with 21 digs. Abigail Hasebroock and Shardai Davis had 8 and 7 blocks, respectively.

In a game that featured 10 tie scores, the Eagles controlled the momentum through the later part of the game. Johnson led an Eagles attack that hit .381 for the game with eight kills, while the Hokies' attack was held to a .114 percentage.

Boston College went on a three-point run breaking a tie at 20 to put them up 23-20. Parrish broke the run out of a Tech timeout with a kill before Lang landed a service ace to put the Hokies back within one. However, Tech was unable to take control of the game as the Eagles strung together three, three-point runs to close out game one 30-25.

The two squads traded leads four times early in the start of game two before Johnson landed back-to-back kills for Boston College. Munoz responded for Tech landing back-to-back kills as well, to keep the game tied at 22. The Hokies were unable to gain any momentum though, as the Eagles broke away on an 8-4 run to give them a two game advantage, at 30-26.

Two kills from Parrish and Kupec, and a service ace from Cloyd gave the Hokies a five-point lead to open game three. Tech extended their lead to 7-1 with a kill from Lang and another from Kupec. The Eagles fought to come back, as they cut the Hokies' lead to one, at 16-15.

The Hokies, though, used strong offense and defense to keep the Eagles from coming back. Tech hit a match-high .270, while the Hokies' defense held Boston College's attack to a .022 attack percentage. Tech forced a fourth game, closing out game three on a 12-5 run, for a 30-22 win.

Tech used a late 10-2 run in game four to push them past the Eagles, forcing a fifth game. Fahlenkamp landed a kill to tie the game at 15 all, before Kendra Sytsma contributed a kill to allow the Hokies to take their first lead of the game at 16-15. Fahlenkamp found the floor two more times in the next three points to lead the Hokies to an 18-16 lead.

The Hokies extended their lead on an ace from Munoz, a kill from Parrish and a block from Fahlenkamp to 21-16, forcing an Eagles' timeout. From there, the Eagles fought to come back, but Tech cruised to a 30-22 game four win.

Tech opened game five with a four point lead, but were unable to hold on as Boston College fought to even the score at 13. Parrish gave the Hokies' the first game point opportunity at 14-13, but Abigail Hasebroock's kill for the Eagles brought the game to 14 all. Boston College went on to win the final two consecutive points for the game, and match, at 16-14.

The Hokies will look to rebound tomorrow night, as they host Maryland in a conference match-up at 6 p.m. in Cassell Coliseum.