PRINCETON, N.J. — Princeton University kept the Dartmouth College women’s volleyball team winless on the Ivy League season with a 25-10, 25-22, 25-16 sweep of the Big Green on Friday night.
Emma Engstrom led Dartmouth (8-3, 0-2) with 17 digs, while Makenzie Arent was first with her 15 assists. Ellie Blain had eight kills and 8.5 points. and Francesca Meldrum had three total blocks.
After surrendering the first two points of the match, the Tigers (8-2, 2-0) went on a long run to build a 10-4 lead and gradually stretched it into the first-set decision.
Kills from Blain, Bomi Ogunlari, Nicole Liddle and Meldrum boosted an 8-1 Dartmouth run in the second set for an 11-8 advantage, but the Tigers regained their form late. Another third-set run turned a 10-8 contest into a 19-9 affair for the hosts en route to the sweep.
Dartmouth visits Penn on Saturday.
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Dartmouth sent two tandems to doubles competition at the ITA Northeast Regional Championship, getting one win.
The Big Green’s Nicole Conard and Chloe Yoo picked off the victory in a narrow 8-7 (5) defeat Harvard’s Rachel Arbitman and Holly Fischer. Dartmouth’s Ashley Hess and Chidimma Okpara also competed, falling in similar fashion to Army’s Cooper Jackson and Paige Herremans, 8-7 (4).
The championship will continue on Saturday.