Boston College vs Syracuse: Boston College Wins 3-0 (Nov 4)

FinalWed, Nov 4, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Boston College 73.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 4, 3:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Boston College won at Syracuse 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-15) on Wed, Nov 4, 2026. Sam Hoppes led Boston College with 12 kills; Syracuse's Kiernan Stamey had a match-high 18.

Data through Nov 10, 6:30 PM CT · final Nov 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BC	25	25	25	3
SYR	14	22	15	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Sam Hoppes hit .526 with 12 kills as Boston College rolled past Syracuse.

Win probability never moved more than 2.8 points on one rally; Syracuse topped out at 29% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Boston College 73% before first serve.

Boston CollegeSyracuse

Break %+23.1 pts
50.026.9
On serve: 37/74 against 14/52 (Syracuse sideout 50.0%).
Hitting+.217
.320.103
44 kills, 11 errors vs 31 kills, 21 errors.
Longest run+4
95
9 straight Boston College points in the third set stretched a 3–2 lead to 12–2. Final score of the set: 25–15.

Syracuse above 50Boston College belowMax swing 2.8%

Boston CollegeSyracuse

Aces: Boston College 6·Syracuse 2
Serve err: Boston College 6·Syracuse 4
Blocks: Boston College 6·Syracuse 31 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Boston College 41·Syracuse 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Syracuse above 50 · Boston College below

Biggest swing: 2.8% to Syracuse — set 2, BC 17-17 SYR. Kill by Keila Gabriel (set by Mira Ledermueller). SYR win probability 13% → 16%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BC 74.3%25.7% SYR

Boston College wins

3-0

26.4%

3-1

28.4%

3-2

19.4%

Syracuse wins

3-0

4.6%

3-1

8.8%

3-2

12.3%

BC break %: 45.0% vs this opp
SYR break %: 40.1% 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
Keila GabrielKill+2.8%
Kill by Keila Gabriel (set by Mira Ledermueller)
Set 2 · BC 17-17 SYR · SYR 13% → 16%
02
Lucie VeselaAce+2.7%
Ace by Lucie Vesela
Set 2 · BC 19-17 SYR · BC 86% → 89%
03
Kiernan StameyAce+2.6%
Ace by Kiernan Stamey on Audrey Ross
Set 2 · BC 20-19 SYR · SYR 10% → 13%
04
Sam Hoppes&Naomi WatsonBlock+2.5%
Emma Williams stuffed by Sam Hoppes & Naomi Watson
Set 2 · BC 22-19 SYR · BC 90% → 92%
05
Sam HoppesKill+2.4%
Kill by Sam Hoppes (set by Lucie Vesela)
Set 2 · BC 21-19 SYR · BC 87% → 90%
06
Audrey Ross&Naomi WatsonBlock+2.3%
Abby Nicholson stuffed by Audrey Ross & Naomi Watson
Set 2 · BC 20-17 SYR · BC 89% → 91%
07
Abby Nicholson&Mira LedermuellerBlock+2.3%
Naomi Watson stuffed by Abby Nicholson & Mira Ledermueller
Set 2 · BC 17-16 SYR · SYR 11% → 13%
08
Kiernan StameyAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Kiernan Stamey
Set 2 · BC 18-17 SYR · BC 84% → 86%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Boston Collegeaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Audrey RossOH	3	10	2	30	.267	3	1	1	10	2	0	1	0.5	11.5
21Naomi WatsonMB	3	8	2	17	.353	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	10
33Isabelle PoehleinOPP	3	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
19Sofija MarjanovicOH	3	4	3	13	.077	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	5
14Chloe AllcroftMB	3	4	0	9	.444	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
9Ava McBrideS	3	1	0	1	1.000	10	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
12Sam HoppesOPP	3	12	2	19	.526	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
17Lucie VeselaS	3	0	1	2	-.500	17	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	4
16Brooklyn YellandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	3	12	0	0	0	0	1
3Ali NattL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Mia GoldOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
68Milly WolfS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Savannah CurtisL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	11	103	.320	42	6	6	41	2	1	10	6	75

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	18	8	38	.263	0	1	1	7	1	0	0	19
19Emma WilliamsOH	3	4	5	30	-.033	0	0	1	9	2	1	0.5	4.5
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	2	2	5	.000	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
12Keila GabrielOPP	3	3	4	12	-.083	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	3
10Bo NijenhuisMB	3	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3
22Mira LedermuellerS	3	1	0	2	.500	28	0	0	6	0	2	1	2
16Shalena Queen HowseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
15Emma FaerberMB	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		31	21	97	.103	30	2	4	41	6	6	3	51

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.

Boston College vs Syracuse

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Wed, Nov 4, 2026Boston College at Syracuse · Boston College won 3-0This match
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Syracuse at Boston College · Syracuse won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 BC · SYR 5

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 7 BCSYR 2

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 3 BCSYR 3

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 9 BCSYR 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Boston College

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%7/7	25%2/8
2	70%7/10	46%6/13
3	78%7/9	70%16/23
4	47%7/15	36%4/11
5	86%6/7	14%1/7
6	100%4/4	67%8/12
All	73%38/52	50%37/74

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	78%7/9	0%0/5
2	50%7/14	30%3/10
3	30%7/23	13%1/8
4	78%7/9	30%3/10
5	63%5/8	46%6/13
6	36%4/11	17%1/6
All	50%37/74	27%14/52

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 (3 of 3 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

126 rallies

#	BC-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.6
2	1-1	SYR	BC	Kill	Chloe Allcroft	set Ava McBride	+1.5
3	1-2	BC	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.7
4	2-2	SYR	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Ava McBride	+1.6
5	2-3	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.7
6	3-3	SYR	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland	+1.6
7	3-4	BC	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.7
8	4-4	SYR	BC	Serve err	Abby Nicholson		+1.7
9	4-5	BC	SYR	Serve err	Naomi Watson		+1.8
10	5-5	SYR	BC×3	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+1.7
11	6-5	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Chloe Allcroft, Isabelle Poehlein	+2.2
12	7-5	BC	BC×3	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+2.1
13	7-6	BC	SYR	Blocked	Isabelle Poehlein	blk Bo Nijenhuis, Emma Williams	+1.6
14	8-6	SYR	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Ava McBride	+1.6
15	8-7	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.6
16	9-7	SYR	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Sofija Marjanovic	+1.7
17	9-8	BC	SYR	Serve err	Brooklyn Yelland		+1.7
18	10-8	SYR	BC×7	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Ava McBride	+1.7
19	11-8	BC	BC×7	Kill	Audrey Ross		+2.0
20	12-8	BC	BC×7	Ace	Lucie Vesela	aced Emma Williams	+1.7
21	13-8	BC	BC×7	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+1.4
22	14-8	BC	BC×7	Ace	Lucie Vesela	aced Keila Gabriel	+1.1
23	15-8	BC	BC×7	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.8
24	16-8	BC	BC×7	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Audrey Ross	+0.5
25	16-9	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.3
26	16-10	SYR	SYR	Bad set	Lucie Vesela		+0.5
27	17-10	SYR	BC×3	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela	+0.6
28	18-10	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Sofija Marjanovic, Naomi Watson	+0.5
29	19-10	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Keila Gabriel	blk Sofija Marjanovic, Naomi Watson	+0.3
30	19-11	BC	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.1
31	19-12	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic		+0.2
32	20-12	SYR	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela	+0.3
33	20-13	BC	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.1
34	20-14	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Sam Hoppes		+0.3
35	21-14	SYR	BC×5	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+0.4
36	22-14	BC	BC×5	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+0.2
37	23-14	BC	BC×5	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.1
38	24-14	BC	BC×5	Attack err	Emma Williams		·
39	25-14	BC	BC×5	Kill	Ava McBride	set Brooklyn Yelland	·
Set 2
1	1-0	SYR	BC	Kill	Chloe Allcroft	set Ava McBride	+1.2
2	1-1	BC	SYR	Serve err	Brooklyn Yelland		+1.2
3	2-1	SYR	BC	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Isabelle Poehlein	+1.2
4	2-2	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.3
5	3-2	SYR	BC	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+1.2
6	3-3	BC	SYR	Kill	Mira Ledermueller	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.3
7	4-3	SYR	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+1.3
8	4-4	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.3
9	5-4	SYR	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Lucie Vesela	+1.3
10	6-4	BC	BC	Attack err	Emma Williams		+1.6
11	6-5	BC	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.2
12	7-5	SYR	BC	Serve err	Emma Williams		+1.3
13	8-5	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+1.5
14	8-6	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.1
15	9-6	SYR	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+1.2
16	10-6	BC	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Ava McBride	+1.3
17	10-7	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.9
18	10-8	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+1.5
19	11-8	SYR	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+1.2
20	11-9	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.2
21	12-9	SYR	BC	Serve err	Kiernan Stamey		+1.3
22	12-10	BC	SYR	Serve err	Audrey Ross		+1.2
23	12-11	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Naomi Watson		+1.9
24	13-11	SYR	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela	+1.5
25	13-12	BC	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.5
26	14-12	SYR	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Lucie Vesela	+1.6
27	15-12	BC	BC	Attack err	Emma Williams		+1.9
28	15-13	BC	SYR	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic		+1.3
29	16-13	SYR	BC	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+1.5
30	16-14	BC	SYR	Attack err	Audrey Ross		+1.3
31	17-14	SYR	BC	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Brooklyn Yelland	+1.5
32	17-15	BC	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Shalena Queen Howse	+1.4
33	17-16	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Naomi Watson	blk Abby Nicholson, Mira Ledermueller	+2.3
34	17-17	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Mira Ledermueller	+2.8
35	18-17	SYR	BC×3	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+2.2
36	19-17	BC	BC×3	Ace	Lucie Vesela		+2.7
37	20-17	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Audrey Ross, Naomi Watson	+2.3
38	20-18	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.4
39	20-19	SYR	SYR	Ace	Kiernan Stamey	aced Audrey Ross	+2.6
40	21-19	SYR	BC×3	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+2.4
41	22-19	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Sam Hoppes, Naomi Watson	+2.5
42	23-19	BC	BC×3	Ace	Audrey Ross	aced Kiernan Stamey	+1.6
43	23-20	BC	SYR	Kill	Emma Faerber	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.6
44	23-21	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Sofija Marjanovic	blk Bo Nijenhuis, Mira Ledermueller	+1.5
45	24-21	SYR	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+2.0
46	24-22	BC	SYR	Serve err	Ali Natt		+0.8
47	25-22	SYR	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	+1.8
Set 3
1	1-0	BC	BC	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.8
2	1-1	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Keila Gabriel	+0.7
3	2-1	SYR	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Audrey Ross	+0.6
4	3-1	BC	BC	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+0.8
5	3-2	BC	SYR	Serve err	Brooklyn Yelland		+0.6
6	4-2	SYR	BC×9	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.6
7	5-2	BC	BC×9	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.7
8	6-2	BC	BC×9	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+0.7
9	7-2	BC	BC×9	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.6
10	8-2	BC	BC×9	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela	+0.5
11	9-2	BC	BC×9	Ace	Lucie Vesela	aced Keila Gabriel	+0.4
12	10-2	BC	BC×9	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.3
13	11-2	BC	BC×9	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.2
14	12-2	BC	BC×9	Attack err	Emma Faerber		+0.1
15	12-3	BC	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.1
16	13-3	SYR	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela	+0.1
17	13-4	BC	SYR×5	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.1
18	13-5	SYR	SYR×5	Attack err	Lucie Vesela		+0.1
19	13-6	SYR	SYR×5	Attack err	Sam Hoppes		+0.2
20	13-7	SYR	SYR×5	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.3
21	13-8	SYR	SYR×5	Ace	Abby Nicholson	aced Audrey Ross	+0.4
22	14-8	SYR	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.4
23	14-9	BC	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.3
24	15-9	SYR	BC	Kill	Chloe Allcroft	set Lucie Vesela	+0.4
25	15-10	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.3
26	16-10	SYR	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride	+0.3
27	16-11	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.3
28	17-11	SYR	BC×5	Kill	Chloe Allcroft	set Ava McBride	+0.3
29	18-11	BC	BC×5	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Brooklyn Yelland	+0.3
30	19-11	BC	BC×5	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.2
31	20-11	BC	BC×5	Ace	Brooklyn Yelland	aced Emma Williams	+0.1
32	21-11	BC	BC×5	Kill	Isabelle Poehlein	set Audrey Ross	·
33	21-12	BC	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Mira Ledermueller	·
34	22-12	SYR	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Sam Hoppes	·
35	22-13	BC	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Mira Ledermueller	·
36	23-13	SYR	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela	·
37	23-14	BC	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	·
38	23-15	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	·
39	24-15	SYR	BC	Serve err	Abby Nicholson		·
40	25-15	BC	BC	Attack err	Bo Nijenhuis		·

Score shown after each rally, Boston College 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. Syracuse 3–0

Sam Hoppes hit .526 with 12 kills as Boston College rolled past Syracuse.