Orange Take on Boston College in Midweek Clash - Syracuse University Athletics

The Syracuse Volleyball team will take on Boston College, continuing ACC conference play on Wed., Nov. 4 at 5:00 PM at the Women's Building.

HITTING HER STRIDE

Kiernan Stamey entered the Power Four level after two seasons at Kennesaw State and has not looked back.
Stamey leads the Orange with 250 kills and 3.52 kills per set.
Stamey has led the Orange in kills in 17 of the first 21 matches of the 2026 season.
The junior has also shown her defensive prowess, ranking fourth on the team in digs (142) and third in blocks (36.0).

ALL-TOURNAMENT ORANGE

Syracuse has earned multiple All-Tournament selections throughout the course of its non-conference schedule.
In the Cornell Invite, Yuka Urano was named Tournament MVP, tallying 38 digs through the three matches of the tournament.
Charis Burge and Abby Nicholson were named to the All-Tournament Team, Burge notched 97 assists in 11 sets throughout the tournament while Nicholson earned 17 total blocks and 25 kills while in Ithaca.
In the Syracuse Invitational, Kiernan Stamey and Emma Williams were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Stamey notched 37 kills and 5.3 kills per set at the home tournament, hitting .302 against FDU and .364 against Buffalo while Emma Williams tallied 22 kills on .310 and .318 hitting in respective matches.

WE'RE SET

Freshman setter Charis Burge has had an impressive start to her collegiate career so far for the Orange.
Burge followed up a strong opening-weekend performance with three consecutive 20-plus assist matches in the Cornell Invite, with 22 and 25 assists, respectively, in sweeps over Howard and UAlbany, and 50 assists in a five-set win over the hosts, Cornell.
In a weekend of ranked-opponent matchups, Burge tallied 19 assists against #5 SMU, followed by 27 assists against #2 Pittsburgh.
Burge has marked over 20 assists in 16 of the 21 matches played so far.
Through her first 21 collegiate matches, the freshman ranks tenth in the ACC in both assists and assists per set, 583 and 8.21, respectively.

MEET THEM IN THE MIDDLE

The Orange have new faces at the middle blocker position with Kiera Hagler, Emma Faerber, Bo Nijenhuis and Abby Nicholson joining the fold.
Hagler, a freshman from Calera, Ala., competed at Calera High School and Alabama Performance Volleyball Club before joining the Orange.
Faerber, a freshman from Wiesbaden, Germany, played for VC Wiesbaden and competed in the German National Championship in each year from 2023-26.
Nijenhuis brings experience from Rivo Rijssen, a championship-winning team in the Netherlands.
Nicholson, a graduate from Savannah, Ga., competed for Lafayette, tallying 43 matches played, appearing in 98 sets while notching 37 starts.

DIG THIS

Syracuse builds its libero and defensive specialist room around freshman Queen Howse and sophomore Yuka Urano.
Howse, a freshman from Brentwood, Tenn., joins the Orange after a standout career at Brentwood High School, being named to the TSSAA First Team All-District and All-Region while adding AVCA All-Region awards as a senior.
Urano, a sophomore from Tokyo, Japan, recorded 502 digs and 142 assists in the 2025 season playing for Navarro College.

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE

The Eagles' offense is led by Audrey Ross, with 358 kills and 81 points, ranking third in both statistics in the ACC.
Senior Brooklyn Yelland ranks sixth in the ACC in digs with 298 averaging 3.68 per set.
Boston College is 6-1 against the Orange in their last seven match ups and have not lost at the Women's Building since Sept. 21, 2022.

Broadcast Information
Boston College, Wed., Nov.4, 5:00 PM ET - ACCNX