Volleyball Battles Boston College to 3-2 Win

Thursday, October 6

Chestnut Hill, MA

7:30 PM

University of Louisville

6-9, 1-4ACC

Boston College

5-10,0-5ACC

Louisville

Boston College

October 06, 2016 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Tess Clark has 16 kills and hit .444

By: Nancy Worley

Tess Clark had 16 kills and five blocks to lead the University of Louisville to a 3-2 win over Boston College in ACC volleyball action Friday night in Chestnut Hill.

The Cardinals (6-9, 1-4) hit .205 and had 9.5 blocks. Janelle Jenkins pitched in 18 kills and Jasmine Bennett had 14 kills and two blocks in the 23-25, 25-18, 14-25, 26-24, 15-12 win. Boston College was led by Sol Calvete's 17 kills and two blocks.

"That win felt fantastic, it was similar to so many of last year's team wins, when we accomplished so much relying on a team effort. Everyone brought something to the floor at different times. Lyndsay Palmer got the big ace, Morgan Miller two big kills in one rotation for two big swings. Our middles made themselves available every single time . Molly Sauer paced us with consistent passing and serving along with aggressive defense," said Anne Kordes, UofL head coach.

In the first set, UofL used a 6-0 run to take a 12-6 lead early but was plagued by four service errors and two net calls allowing BC to tie at 15. The Eagles took their first lead at 20-19, sparking a Cardinal timeout. Cards traded points but BC took a 23-21 lead on a kill by McKenna Goss and Kordes called timeout to regroup. Morgan Miller scored coming out of the break, but BC got to set point at 24-23 and then took the set 25-23 on a miss by Melanie McHenry.

In the second set, the Cards were down 13-11 before running off six straight points off the serving of Gabbie Wiley to take a 17-13 lead. BC ran off three consecutive points before the Cards outscored the Eagles 7-2 down the stretch for the 25-18 win and tie the set score at one going into the break . UofL hit .289 in the set and were outblocked 4-1.

In the third set, UofL had no answer for BC's .391 hitting, The Eagles blocked the Cards six times and had two aces in their 24-14 win. UofL hit just .032 but Tess Clark's five kills on six swings was an offensive highlight.

The Cardinals let the Eagles out to a 6-1 lead in the fourth set but managed to scramble back to tie at 11. The teams traded points before BC took the lead at 18-17 and then spread it to 23-21. The Cards had no timeouts, then Jasmine Bennett ripped a point off the BC block to tie at 23. Gabbie Wiley's service ace gave the Eagles set point but the Cards scored on a BC error and then won the set on an ace by Molly Sauer. The Cards hit just .182 but did record 3.5 blocks.

In the final set, UofL blew out to an 11-5 lead and then held off a furiously charging Eagle squad who pulled to within two at 13-11. Melanie McHenry scored to get to set point and Tess Clark parked one for the win.

The Cardinals head to Syracuse for a 1 p.m. match.