Boston College is back on the road for a midseason ACC swing through North Carolina, with matches at Duke on Friday, Oct. 30, and North Carolina on Sunday, Nov. 1.
The Eagles will first head to Durham for a 6:30 p.m. start against Duke, a program they’ve met 32 times since the series began in 2005. Duke owns a 25-6 lead in the all-time matchup, but Boston College took the most recent meeting in convincing fashion, a 3-0 win on Oct. 19, 2025.
Duke comes into the match at 14-6 overall and 6-4 in ACC play. The Blue Devils have won three of their last four after dropping matches to Stanford and Louisville, then responding with wins over Notre Dame and California. Their latest result was a straight-set sweep of the Golden Bears on Sunday.
Two days later, Boston College will be in Chapel Hill to face North Carolina at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1.
That series dates to 2005 as well, and the Tar Heels hold a 28-1 edge in the rivalry. Boston College’s only win in the series came in a 3-0 sweep on Oct.
21, 2018.
North Carolina enters at 14-4 overall and 9-1 in ACC play, carrying a two-match winning streak into the weekend. The Tar Heels beat California in four sets before topping No.
15 Stanford in five sets on Sunday. That victory marked North Carolina’s first over the Cardinal since 2015.
Boston College heads into the trip after handling business at home against the Virginia schools. Coming off a four-game road stretch, the Eagles returned to Chestnut Hill and beat Virginia Tech and Virginia to go 2-0 over the weekend.
Against Virginia Tech on Friday, Boston College won in straight sets. Sam Hoppes and Audrey Ross combined for 26 kills, and Lucie Vesela and Ava McBride finished with 32 combined assists.
The Eagles followed that up Sunday with a four-set win over Virginia. Ross powered the attack with 21 kills, Hoppes added 14, and Lucy Mott and Brooklyn Yelland posted season highs in assists with 23 and 11, respectively.
Senior hitters Audrey Ross and Brooklyn Yelland have already put their names into the Boston College record book this season. Ross reached 1,000 career kills in the win over Memphis and now has 1,245, leaving her 52 shy of passing Dorota Niemczewska for fifth place all-time in program history.
Yelland hit the 1,000-kill mark on Oct. 9 at Wake Forest, where she also had a season-best 25 digs. She cracked the program’s top 10 in career digs against Georgia Tech on Oct. 18 and currently sits at 1,049.
Boston College’s numbers in ACC play show a team that has held its own at the net. Through 74 sets, the Eagles are fifth in blocks at 2.55 per set, seventh in opponent kills at 12.03 per set, and ninth in hitting percentage at .230.
Ross has been one of the league’s top scorers, ranking second in the ACC in points per set at 5.16 and kills per set at 4.51. Yelland has also been a steady presence, sitting fifth in digs at 3.66 per set and 10th in service aces at 0.34 per set.
Boston College finished non-conference play with a 9-2 record and controlled the net throughout that stretch, out-blocking opponents 106.0 to 64.0. The Eagles averaged 2.79 blocks per set while holding opponents to 1.68.
Ross led the offense in the non-conference slate with 165 kills, or 4.34 per set, and 5.05 points per set. She hit .277, added 87 digs and recorded 28 total blocks.
Sam Hoppes gave Boston College efficient production in the middle, hitting .370 on 211 attacks with 104 kills. She finished second on the team in total points at 123.0 and blocks at 33.0, or 0.87 per set.
Naomi Watson anchored the front line with a team-best 52.0 total blocks, including 14 solo blocks and 38 block assists. Yelland led the back row with 131 digs, and she also paced the Eagles in service aces with 17.
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