Volleyball Opens ACC Play with Five-Set Thriller Over Boston College

Wednesday, September 21

Syracuse, NY

8:00 PM

Syracuse University

5-6,1-0ACC

Boston College

11-3,0-1ACC

Boston College

Syracuse

Volleyball Opens ACC Play with Five-Set Thriller Over Boston College

9/22/2022 12:09:00 AM | Volleyball

Box Score Highlights

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse Volleyball emerged victorious over Boston College in front of an electric crowd inside the Women's Building on Wednesday Night, 3-2 (13-25, 25-13, 25-18, 15-25, 19-17). Tonight was the fifth ACC opener between the two squads and the first time the squads have gone five frames against each other in league opening action.

"We did an excellent job tonight," said head coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam. "A large part of our success was due to sticking with the game plan and executing it to the highest ability that we could. Our success tonight was also contributed to our ability to make adjustments, which led to a great team win and a great way to open conference play."

Boston College (11-3,0-1 ACC) paced the night in points (76-72), aces (9-5), assists (52-50), and digs (53-43). Syracuse (5-6,1-0 ACC) didn't pace the matchup in any categories as a team but managed to tie the Eagles in kills (54) and blocks (13).

The first two sets of the match were traded. BC took the first set, which was reversed by SU in the second frame with the same score (25-13). The Orange then took set three before allowing the Eagles to force the matchup into five sets.

In the fifth frame, the Orange were down one, 14-15. Senior Viktoriia Lokhmanchuk stepped up big with a kill followed by a service ace, giving 'Cuse a 16-15 lead. The Eagles responded with a kill and service ace from Alayna Crabtree to put the visitors a single point up. Syracuse then went on a 3-0 run to secure the first conference victory of the season with a score of 19-17 in set five. The final three points all came as errors committed by Boston College.

ORANGE WIN IN FIVE !!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/TtpQ06WQXg
— Syracuse Volleyball (@CuseVB) September 22, 2022

Polina Shemanova paced 'Cuse with 16 kills tonight, which moved her into the second all-time career kills spot in program history (surpassing Jennifer Murphy, 1,606).

With that kill 👀 Shemanova is now 2nd on the All-Time Program Kills list

'Cuse leads 11-9 in the fifth set pic.twitter.com/1ATOTNWjZy
— Syracuse Volleyball (@CuseVB) September 22, 2022

Setter Riley Hoffman also had a night, as she set a new career high of 23 assists in tonight's primetime matchup.

A career night for The Hoff 🤩🥳

2⃣3⃣ assists in the 3-2 ACC win! pic.twitter.com/SXk7nbVrhN
— Syracuse Volleyball (@CuseVB) September 22, 2022

Syracuse will be back in action on Friday at noon, as the squad is set to face the Duke Blue Devils. The match will stream live on ACCNX.

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