Boston College volleyball is back on the road for its second ACC trip, and this one sends the Eagles to Clemson on Friday before a Sunday stop at Georgia Tech.
BC opens the weekend against the Tigers on Friday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m., then closes the trip against the Yellow Jackets on Sunday, October 18 at 1:00 p.m.
Clemson comes in at 6-12 overall and 0-6 in ACC play. The Tigers started the season with a win over Charleston Southern, but then ran into a tough stretch against North Carolina, Duke, Miami and Florida State.
This will be the 34th meeting between Boston College and Clemson, with the series dating to November 1991. Clemson owns a 25-8 edge all-time and won the most recent meeting in 2025, 3-0 over Boston College.
Georgia Tech, meanwhile, enters at 11-5 overall and 3-2 in the league after back-to-back five-set losses to North Carolina and Miami. Before that, the Yellow Jackets opened ACC play with sweeps of Virginia Tech and Virginia, then beat Duke in four sets.
Sunday’s match will be the 34th time Boston College and Georgia Tech have met. The series began in September 1995, and Georgia Tech leads it 27-5. Boston College took the latest matchup in 2025, winning 3-1 in Chestnut Hill.
Boston College has also had a few record-book moments already this season. Seniors Audrey Ross and Brooklyn Yelland both crossed the 1,000-kill mark, adding their names to the program’s history.
Ross reached the milestone in the Eagles’ win over Memphis and now has 1,180 kills, which ranks sixth all-time at Boston College. Yelland got there on Oct. 9 at Wake Forest, where she also turned in a season-high 25 digs. She now stands at 1,024 career kills and is 25 away from cracking the program’s top 10.
The Eagles’ numbers in conference and non-conference play show a team that has done real damage at the net. Through 60 sets, Boston College ranks fifth in the ACC in opponent kills allowed at 11.92 per set, fifth in blocks at 2.57 per set, and sixth in opponent hitting percentage at .192.
Ross has been one of the league’s most productive scorers, sitting second in the ACC in points at 5.15 per set and third in kills at 4.48 per set. Yelland is seventh in the conference in digs at 3.53 per set.
BC finished non-conference play at 9-2, and the front line drove a lot of that success. The Eagles out-blocked opponents 106.0 to 64.0 overall and averaged 2.79 blocks per set compared to 1.68 for their opponents.
Ross led the offense with 165 kills, good for 4.34 per set, and 5.05 points per set. She hit .277 and added 87 digs and 28 total blocks.
Sam Hoppes gave BC efficient production in the middle, hitting .370 on 211 total attacks with 104 kills. She finished second on the team with 123.0 points and 33.0 blocks.
The Eagles’ front-row defense was led by 52.0 total blocks from the middle, including 14 solo blocks and 38 block assists. Yelland paced the back row with 131 digs and also led the team with 17 service aces.
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