SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame volleyball team secured sweep number three on the season, taking down Boston College in straight sets 25-9, 25-21, 25-21 for its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season. The Irish are now 4-6 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.
Morgan Gaerte continued her dominance this season, going for 16 kills on a blistering .429 hitting percentage. The sophomore also had five digs and a team-high four blocks.
Notre Dame on the day hit .361 in just three sets, which is the best hitting percentage of the season so far. Chichi Nnaji had six kills on .444 hitting percentage while Harmony Sample had a season-high five kills to go along with 18 assists on the afternoon.
How it happened
Notre Dame got off to a scorching start, opening up the game with a 9-3 run to force an early Boston College timeout. Anna Bjork had three early kills on three chances as well as a block.
The Irish didnât let off the gas, scoring six of the next nine points to force the Eagles to take their second timeout of the set with Notre Dame leading 15-6. Notre Dame continued to roll, winning the set 25-9. The Irish hit .458 in the set with 13 kills, five of them coming from Bjork. Notre Dame also had four service aces in the opening set, two of them from starting libero Cailey Dockery.
The second set went the way of the Irish as well. Morgan Gaerte posted six kills in the set, including the set clincher to win the second set 25-21. Through two sets, Notre Dame was hitting a blistering .404 while holding Boston College to -.019 hitting and only 15 kills, one shy of Gaerte and Bjork combined.
After both teams exchanged early points, Notre Dame ripped off a quick 3-0 run consisting of consecutive kills from Harmony Sample, Chichi Nnaji and Gaerte to take a 6-3 lead. After back-and-forth action, Notre Dame led 15-14 at the media timeout. A 3-0 run later extended the lead to 22-18 and the Irish wouldnât look back, securing the sweep with a 25-21 third set win.
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Notre Dame will look to build on Sundayâs win when it heads out to California next weekend, facing Stanford in Palo Alto on Friday, October 3rd at 10:00 p.m. ET before matching up against California in Berkeley Sunday, October 5th at 4:00 p.m. ET.Â