Duke Outlasted at Boston College, Bryant Reaches Milestone

Friday, October 13

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7 p.m.

Duke University

11-7,2-5ACC

Boston College

14-7,3-4ACC

Duke

Boston College

Madison Bryant digs a ball at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke Outlasted at Boston College, Bryant Reaches Milestone

10/13/2023 9:35:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Duke volleyball team fell to Boston College, 3-2 (25-14, 21-25, 16-25, 25-14, 13-15), Friday evening in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Three Blue Devils — Gracie Johnson, Kerry Keefe and Jess Robinson — registered double-digit kills to pace Duke's offense. Keefe and Robinson each tallied 14 kills while Johnson added 12. Setter Emma Worthington dished 38 assists while Madison Bryant added a career-high 28 digs. Robinson and Rachel Richardson each tallied six blocks at the net.

With her career performance in digs tonight, Bryant reached the 1,000-dig threshold. She tallied 660 digs at Tennessee to go along with her 346 digs as a Blue Devil.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke hit .400 percent in the opening set with 16 kills and just two mistakes on 35 attempts.
Both offenses struggled to find any consistency in the second set as the Blue Devils were limited to a negative hitting percentage.
Boston College led 9-4 early in the third set as it put Duke on its heels, both offensively and defensively. The Eagles used multiple runs, including a 4-0 run to take a 19-11 lead, and limited the Blue Devils to just one 3-0 run to take a 2-1 set lead.
Duke looked to bounce back in the fourth set after hitting negative and .053 percent in the second and third sets, respectively.
Trailing 2-1, Duke took a 13-9 advantage to force Boston College into its first timeout of the set. The Blue Devils led by as many as 12 (22-10) and evened the score (2-2) with a .185 hitting percentage.
In the decisive fifth set, Boston College held a slight 8-6 advantage at the media break. Boston College took an 11-6 lead, forcing Duke into both timeouts. The Blue Devils attempted to fight back, but the first-to-15 points came too quickly for them.

NOTABLES

Duke falls to 11-7 overall and 2-5 in the ACC.
Boston College improves to 14-7 overall and 3-4 in the ACC.
The all-time series with Boston College is now 24-5 in favor of Duke.
Duke has lost four of its last five contests.
This was the third-straight five-set match against Boston College. Duke is 1-2 in those marathon matches.
With her ace this evening, Johnson now owns 151 career aces to rank fifth in program history.
Tonight was Fleming's 59th-career game with four-or-more blocks.
Boston College was led by Julia Haggerty with nine kills and a .533 hitting percentage.

QUOTE

"Our team came out and executed to start the match beautifully. We controlled the ball well on the first touch on serve and serve receive and played some strong defense. Boston College came out in the second and third sets playing great defense and we needed to adjust sooner offensively. We made some adjustments in the fourth set with some new additions on the court who all made a difference." - head coach Jolene Nagel