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New Home Offers Fuel Injection For Record-Setting Season

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- The atmosphere surrounding Boston College's ACC volleyball opener against Duke was unlike any other match in the history of the program's 32 years. A near-sellout crowd armed with chairback seats sat in bleachers surrounding an actual volleyball court, and as more fans filtered onto the running track surrounding the Eagles' new home, the Margot Connell Recreation Center felt like a fishbowl to the visiting Blue Devils. The noise rocked, and as a bitterly-fought match drifted towards the end of its fifth and final set, the last kill from outside hitter Katrina Jensen sent the 500-plus spectators into a frothing, frenzied lather.