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Southern-bred BC freshmen Nadia Hoekstra (center), of Chapel Hill, N.C., Lauren Jackson (left), originally of Chapel Hill, and Sam Prendergast, of McLean, Va.

Boston College allure spreads Southward

Sports success in ACC spurs leap in applications

By Peter Schworm
Globe Staff / September 25, 2007

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All Nadia Hoekstra knew about Boston College in December 2004 was that the Eagles' football team had defeated her beloved North Carolina Tar Heels in a bowl game. But the victory landed the Northern school on her radar, and for the next two years the Chapel Hill, N.C., native warmed to BC as it battled its new Atlantic Coast Conference ... (Full article: 1047 words)

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