After Friday’s 2–3 loss to Clemson, Boston College volleyball looked to bounce back against No. 15 Georgia Tech. Entering the tilt against the Yellow Jackets, the Eagles were denied again on the road Sunday in Atlanta, Ga.
Despite the Yellow Jackets’ (20–5, 12–4 Atlantic Coast) national and conference standings, the Eagles (12–16, 5–11 Atlantic Coast) kept all three sets competitive before falling victim to a sweep.
In the first set, the Eagles and Yellow Jackets equalized nine times to begin the set. Kills by Jenna Pollock, Anna Herrington, Halle Schroder, Audrey Ross, and Julia Haggerty allowed the Eagles to keep the first half of the set close, but the Yellow Jackets began to pull away after a wave of BC subs seemed to knock the squad off their game.
Georgia Tech ended the set with three two-point runs and two three-point runs, taking the first set 25–17. Herrington, Schroder, and Ross logged one more kill each to end the set.
Only two points of the Yellow Jacket’s runs were won on attack errors from the Eagles,—in direct contrast to Friday’s matchup which saw errors hinder BC.
The second set opened with a three-point run by the Eagles. A short-lived two-point run from the Yellow Jackets was ended after a service error that brought the score to 4–2. Despite the error, the Yellow Jackets reasserted themselves with what seemed like an unstoppable five-point run. The teams traded five points back and forth to bring the set score to 9–7 before a Georgia Tech three-point run widened their lead to 12–7.
A block assist by Herrington and Cornelia Roach, coupled with a bad set from the Yellow Jackets, was not enough to prevent another Georgia Tech four-point run for a 17–9 score. The Eagles attempted to claw their way back but failed to establish any major runs on the Yellow Jackets to end the set.
Given its commanding lead established in the middle of the set, Georgia Tech took the set 25–16 to go up 2–0. Three of the Eagle’s final seven points were from Georgia Tech errors.
Headed into the third set down 2–0, the Eagles looked to establish strong waves of runs on offense to turn the tide in their favor. Jumping out to a 2–1 on two kills from Haggerty, the Yellow Jackets went on a four-point run before the Eagles responded with a four-point run of their own, the score at 6–5.
After conceding two points, the Eagles equalized at 7–7 on a bad Yellow Jacket set. The teams, similar to the first set, equalized at 8–8, 9–9, and 10–10 before the Yellow Jackets started to widen the gap. A deep kill from Schroder from the net brought on a three-point run for the Yellow Jackets to go up 15–11.
In a complete change in momentum, the Eagles went on a six-point run on three Yellow Jacket errors, one Ross kill, and two kills from Schroder, taking the lead 17–15.
The six-point run was not enough to fend off the Yellow Jackets’ resurgence, equalizing at 18–18 and then again at 19–19.
The Eagles had their best performance of the match, but fell 25–22 and were swept.
