Boston College def. Notre Dame 3-1 Volleyball (Sep 25)

Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 25, 2026ACCNX

1:3

Boston College beat visiting Notre Dame 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-17) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Boston College's Audrey Ross led with 25 kills, and Brooklyn Yelland added 19 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
N DAME	25	20	18	17	1
BC	23	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Boston College above 50 · Notre Dame below

Biggest swing: 7.9% to Notre Dame — set 1, N DAME 25-23 BC. Kill by Sydney Helmers (set by Lily Fenton). BC win probability 45% → 37%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N DAME 43.7%56.3% BC

Notre Dame wins

3-0

10.0%

3-1

16.1%

3-2

17.5%

Boston College wins

3-0

15.3%

3-1

21.4%

3-2

19.6%

N DAME break %: 42.9% vs this opp
BC break %: 44.1% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Sydney HelmersKill+7.9%
Kill by Sydney Helmers (set by Lily Fenton)
Set 1 · N DAME 25-23 BC · N DAME 55% → 63%
02
Audrey RossAttack error+7.7%
Attack error by Audrey Ross
Set 1 · N DAME 24-22 BC · N DAME 51% → 59%
03
Boston CollegeService error+6.0%
Boston College service error
Set 1 · N DAME 23-22 BC · N DAME 45% → 51%
04
Lily FentonBad set+5.6%
Bad set by Lily Fenton
Set 1 · N DAME 21-21 BC · BC 49% → 55%
05
Grace LangerAttack error+5.5%
Attack error by Grace Langer
Set 4 · N DAME 17-18 BC · BC 77% → 82%
06
Audrey RossKill+5.4%
Kill by Audrey Ross (set by Ava McBride)
Set 4 · N DAME 17-19 BC · BC 82% → 88%
07
Chichi NnajiKill+5.2%
Kill by Chichi Nnaji (set by Maya Evens)
Set 1 · N DAME 21-19 BC · N DAME 49% → 54%
08
Audrey RossAttack error+5.1%
Attack error by Audrey Ross
Set 1 · N DAME 22-21 BC · N DAME 45% → 50%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Notre Dameaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Mae KordasOH	4	14	4	39	.256	1	0	0	13	2	0	1	0.5	14.5
14Sydney HelmersOH	4	10	8	37	.054	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	2	12
19Chichi NnajiOH	4	8	1	23	.304	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8
33Grace LangerMB	4	5	1	12	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
31Anna BjorkMB	4	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2
4Lily FentonS	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
11Isabella SanghaMB	4	3	4	16	-.063	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2Chloe HookerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1
23Maya BakerS	4	0	0	0	–	21	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
8Maya EvensL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	4	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	0
5Carla MercadoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	19	136	.169	42	2	7	63	6	1	6	4	80

Boston Collegehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
13Audrey RossOH	4	25	7	62	.290	0	1	1	5	1	1	0.5	26.5
5Reese DunkleMB	4	7	2	13	.385	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	9
33Isabelle PoehleinOPP	4	5	3	20	.100	0	0	0	4	0	4	2	7
21Naomi WatsonMB	4	6	1	11	.455	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
19Sofija MarjanovicOH	4	2	3	17	-.059	2	4	2	13	1	0	0	6
9Ava McBrideS	4	1	1	2	.000	21	0	0	10	0	0	0	1
12Sam HoppesOPP	4	10	4	22	.273	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10
16Brooklyn YellandL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	9	1	3	19	0	0	0	2
17Lucie VeselaS	4	0	0	0	–	14	0	4	5	0	0	0	0
22Savannah CurtisL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Ali NattL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8Tiani ShawL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		57	21	148	.243	46	6	14	61	2	10	5	98

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 N DAME · BC 9

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 N DAMEBC 6

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 N DAMEBC 4

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 N DAMEBC 5

Set 4

17-25

Longest run 3 N DAMEBC 9

Bars above the line = Boston College leads, below = Notre Dame leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Notre Dame

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	20%1/5
2	67%6/9	50%6/12
3	40%4/10	29%2/7
4	44%4/9	50%4/8
5	100%4/4	20%1/5
6	67%4/6	20%1/5
All	57%28/49	36%15/42

Boston College

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%6/12	45%5/11
2	71%5/7	33%3/9
3	50%4/8	60%6/10
4	80%4/5	56%5/9
5	80%4/5	0%0/4
6	80%4/5	33%2/6
All	64%27/42	43%21/49

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (2 of 4 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

178 rallies

#	N DAME-BC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	BC	N DAME×3	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+1.9
2	2-0	N DAME	N DAME×3	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.5
3	3-0	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+2.4
4	3-1	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Chichi Nnaji	+1.7
5	3-2	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+2.4
6	4-2	BC	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+2.0
7	5-2	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+2.5
8	6-2	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Isabelle Poehlein		+2.4
9	6-3	N DAME	BC×6	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Brooklyn Yelland	+1.6
10	6-4	BC	BC×6	Blocked	Isabella Sangha	blk Naomi Watson, Audrey Ross	+2.4
11	6-5	BC	BC×6	Kill	Brooklyn Yelland		+2.6
12	6-6	BC	BC×6	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.7
13	6-7	BC	BC×6	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+2.8
14	6-8	BC	BC×6	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+2.7
15	7-8	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.0
16	8-8	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Naomi Watson		+2.8
17	8-9	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+2.2
18	8-10	BC	BC	Attack err	Isabella Sangha		+2.9
19	9-10	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.1
20	9-11	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+2.3
21	10-11	BC	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+2.2
22	10-12	N DAME	BC	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.3
23	11-12	BC	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+2.2
24	12-12	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+3.2
25	12-13	N DAME	BC	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Ava McBride	+2.6
26	13-13	BC	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+2.6
27	13-14	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+2.7
28	13-15	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland	+3.4
29	14-15	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.5
30	14-16	N DAME	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Ava McBride	+2.7
31	14-17	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland	+3.3
32	15-17	BC	N DAME×4	Blocked	Sam Hoppes	blk Sydney Helmers	+2.2
33	16-17	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+3.5
34	17-17	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+4.1
35	18-17	N DAME	N DAME×4	Attack err	Sam Hoppes		+4.5
36	18-18	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+3.4
37	19-18	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+3.7
38	19-19	N DAME	BC	Serve err	Notre Dame		+3.6
39	20-19	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+4.0
40	21-19	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Evens	+5.2
41	21-20	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+3.3
42	21-21	BC	BC	Bad set	Lily Fenton		+5.6
43	22-21	BC	N DAME	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+5.1
44	22-22	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Ava McBride	+4.9
45	23-22	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+6.0
46	24-22	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+7.7
47	24-23	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+3.4
48	25-23	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+7.9
Set 2
1–2	1-1		N DAME · BC	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			·
3	2-1	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.7
4	3-1	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.7
5	3-2	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Sofija Marjanovic	+2.0
6	3-3	BC	BC	Attack err	Anna Bjork		+2.7
7	4-3	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.2
8	4-4	N DAME	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela	+2.1
9	4-5	BC	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+2.8
10	5-5	BC	N DAME	Blocked	Sam Hoppes	blk Mae Kordas, Anna Bjork	+2.2
11	5-6	N DAME	BC	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.2
12	6-6	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+2.2
13	6-7	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Lucie Vesela	+2.3
14	6-8	BC	BC	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein		+2.9
15	7-8	BC	N DAME×3	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+2.2
16	8-8	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic		+3.0
17	9-8	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Reese Dunkle		+3.2
18	9-9	N DAME	BC×3	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.4
19	9-10	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Sydney Helmers	blk Reese Dunkle, Isabelle Poehlein	+3.2
20	9-11	BC	BC×3	Ace	Boston College	aced Mae Kordas	+3.2
21	10-11	BC	N DAME×3	Serve err	Boston College		+2.3
22	11-11	N DAME	N DAME×3	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Audrey Ross	+3.3
23	12-11	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Isabelle Poehlein		+3.5
24	12-12	N DAME	BC×3	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.7
25	12-13	BC	BC×3	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland	+3.6
26	12-14	BC	BC×3	Kill	Naomi Watson		+3.5
27	13-14	BC	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Mae Kordas	+2.6
28	13-15	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross		+2.8
29	14-15	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.7
30	14-16	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland	+2.9
31	15-16	BC	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Lily Fenton	+2.8
32	15-17	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+3.1
33	16-17	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.9
34	16-18	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+3.3
35	17-18	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+3.0
36	17-19	N DAME	BC	Serve err	Notre Dame		+3.5
37	18-19	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+3.1
38	18-20	N DAME	BC×4	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+3.7
39	18-21	BC	BC×4	Ace	Boston College		+4.2
40	18-22	BC	BC×4	Serve err	Boston College		+3.0
41	18-23	BC	BC×4	Attack err	Isabella Sangha		+1.7
42	19-23	BC	N DAME	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+0.6
43	19-24	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+1.1
44	20-24	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+0.3
45	20-25	N DAME	BC	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.6
Set 3
1	1-0	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+2.5
2	2-0	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Lily Fenton	set Grace Langer	+3.3
3	2-1	N DAME	BC	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Ava McBride	+2.4
4	3-1	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.6
5	3-2	N DAME	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson		+2.5
6	4-2	BC	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+2.7
7	4-3	N DAME	BC×5	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+2.5
8	4-4	BC	BC×5	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+3.5
9	4-5	BC	BC×5	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+3.5
10	4-6	BC	BC×5	Kill	Naomi Watson		+3.4
11	4-7	BC	BC×5	Ace	Boston College	aced Chloe Hooker	+3.3
12	5-7	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.4
13	5-8	N DAME	BC	Attack err	Isabella Sangha		+2.6
14	6-8	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.4
15	6-9	N DAME	BC	Bad set	Lily Fenton		+2.6
16	6-10	BC	BC	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Reese Dunkle, Isabelle Poehlein	+3.1
17	7-10	BC	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+2.1
18	7-11	N DAME	BC×5	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Ava McBride	+2.4
19	7-12	BC	BC×5	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.7
20	7-13	BC	BC×5	Ace	Boston College		+2.2
21	7-14	BC	BC×5	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Lily Fenton	+1.7
22	7-15	BC	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+1.2
23	8-15	BC	N DAME	Attack err	Ava McBride		+0.6
24	8-16	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+0.9
25	8-17	BC	BC	Serve err	Boston College		+0.7
26	9-17	BC	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	+0.3
27	9-18	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+0.5
28	10-18	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+0.3
29	10-19	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+0.4
30	11-19	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.2
31	12-19	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.5
32	12-20	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.6
33	13-20	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens	+0.3
34	13-21	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+0.5
35	14-21	BC	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+0.2
36	14-22	N DAME	BC	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Ava McBride	+0.4
37	14-23	BC	BC	Blocked	Sydney Helmers	blk Reese Dunkle, Isabelle Poehlein	+0.2
38	15-23	BC	N DAME×3	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	·
39	16-23	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Reese Dunkle		+0.1
40	17-23	N DAME	N DAME×3	Blocked	Isabelle Poehlein	blk Sydney Helmers, Grace Langer	+0.2
41	17-24	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+0.3
42	18-24	BC	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+0.1
43	18-25	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+0.1
Set 4
1	0-1	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Sofija Marjanovic	+2.3
2	1-1	BC	N DAME	Serve err	Boston College		+2.4
3	1-2	N DAME	BC	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Ava McBride	+2.4
4	2-2	BC	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	+2.4
5	3-2	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+3.2
6	3-3	N DAME	BC	Attack err	Anna Bjork		+2.5
7	4-3	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.6
8	4-4	N DAME	BC	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.5
9	5-4	BC	N DAME×3	Serve err	Boston College		+2.6
10	6-4	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+3.4
11	7-4	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic		+3.4
12	7-5	N DAME	BC	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.4
13	8-5	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+2.6
14	8-6	N DAME	BC×5	Attack err	Reese Dunkle		+2.4
15	8-7		BC	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+3.4
16	8-8	BC	BC×5	Blocked	Sydney Helmers	blk Reese Dunkle, Isabelle Poehlein	+3.6
17	8-9	BC	BC×5	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Ava McBride	+3.7
18	8-10	BC	BC×5	Ace	Boston College	aced Mae Kordas	+3.6
19	9-10	BC	N DAME×3	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	+2.7
20	10-10	N DAME	N DAME×3	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Sofija Marjanovic	+3.8
21	11-10	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+4.0
22	11-11	N DAME	BC	Serve err	Notre Dame		+3.1
23	12-11	BC	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	+3.2
24	12-12	N DAME	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+3.2
25	13-12	BC	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+3.4
26	13-13	N DAME	BC	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+3.3
27	14-13	BC	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+3.5
28	14-14	N DAME	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela	+3.4
29	15-14	BC	N DAME	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic		+3.7
30	16-14	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Sam Hoppes	blk Anna Bjork, Sydney Helmers	+4.8
31	16-15	N DAME	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+3.4
32	16-16	BC	BC	Kill	Reese Dunkle		+4.9
33	17-16	BC	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+4.1
34	17-17	N DAME	BC×9	Bad set	Maya Baker		+4.0
35	17-18	BC	BC×9	Attack err	Grace Langer		+5.5
36	17-19	BC	BC×9	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+5.4
37	17-20	BC	BC×9	Kill	Ava McBride	set Maya Baker	+4.7
38	17-21	BC	BC×9	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+3.6
39	17-22	BC	BC×9	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.3
40	17-23	BC	BC×9	Attack err	Isabella Sangha		+1.2
41	17-24	BC	BC×9	Kill	Reese Dunkle		+0.4
42	17-25	BC	BC×9	Bad set	Sydney Helmers		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Notre Dame first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Boston College def. Notre Dame 3–1