Big Green Defeat St. Francis, Fall to Fordham to End Weekend

Saturday, September 15

Bronx, N.Y.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

4-5

St. Francis (Brooklyn)

4-9

St. Francis Brooklyn

Dartmouth

Senior Zoe Leonard

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Defeat St. Francis, Fall to Fordham to End Weekend

9/15/2018 6:21:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: Charlotte Brackett

BRONX, N.Y. – Dartmouth volleyball had another 1-1 day at the Battle of the Big Apple, defeating St. Francis (Brooklyn), 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-19) before falling to host Fordham (25-27, 21-25, 25-20, 20-25). The Big Green are now 4-6 overall this season.

Head coach Gilad Doron picked up his 200th career win following the St. Francis victory.

"We finished four matches in 26 hours, which was a challenge, both mentally and physically," Doron said. "We will have to learn and improve before our opening weekend versus Harvard on Friday. With our young group, we still have to find our identity, but we sure will fight until the end. We have lots to look forward to."

Dartmouth vs. St. Francis (Brooklyn)
Four players hit over .500: Francesca Meldrum (1.000), Tola Akinwumi (.750), Emma Moffet (.667) and Bella Hedley (.500). Junior Corinne Cox had a double-double with 21 assists and 15 digs, leading the team in both categories, while Hedley had four of the team's seven service aces.

The Terriers won the first two points of the first set, but after two ties, the Big Green took the lead and never looked back. Dartmouth started to pull away and soon had a 15-9 advantage. Ahead by five (20-15), a four-point run following kills by junior Abby Kott and sophomore Elise Petit and an ace by Moffet put Dartmouth one point away from taking the first set. St. Francis got one point closer, but another Pettit kill ended the set (25-16).

The beginning of the second set was going in the Terriers' favor until a 6-0 Green run from four St. Francis errors, a Kott kill and an ace by Cox to put Dartmouth ahead, 9-5. The teams traded points for the remainder of the set, though the Terriers were always at least five points behind. Ahead, 20-14, the Big Green won five of the last six points, ending with an ace by junior Maddy Schoenberger, to take set two (25-16).

Dartmouth controlled the start of the third set (10-5), but St. Francis chipped away at that lead until it was a one-point set (14-13). The Big Green upped the aggression and capitalized on seven Terrier errors to go on an 11-6 run and end the match (25-19).

Dartmouth vs. Fordham
Freshman Nicole Liddle had a double-double with her 17 kills and 13 digs, leading the way with 18 points. Senior Zoe Leonard was first with 15 digs and Meldrum had a team-leading four blocks.

Kills by sophomores Olympia Nagel-Caland (2) and Mallen Bischoff put the Big Green up, 3-0, to start the match. The Rams worked their way back to tie things up (4-4) and the teams fought through 10 ties, never getting far ahead before the other tied it up once again. With the score at 18-all, a Moffet kill and a Fordham error gave Dartmouth a 20-18 advantage. The Green worked their way to a 24-21 lead, but a 6-1 Ram run gave the first set to Fordham (27-25).

Ram errors and an ace by freshman Annemarie Horn helped the Big Green take a 6-3 lead in set two. Dartmouth remained ahead until Fordham's five-point run gave the Rams an 16-12 advantage, but kills by Kott (2), Akinwumi and Liddle tied the score at 16-16. After one more tie, Fordham's 7-1 run almost ended the set (24-18), but two Ram errors and another ace by Horn allowed Dartmouth to get three points closer before Fordham wrapped things up (25-21).

The Rams started set three ahead by a score of 8-5, but three straight errors and an ace by Hedley gave the Green a 9-8 advantage. The teams tied four times before Fordham pulled ahead (15-12). Dartmouth went on a 10-2 run after kills by Liddle (2), Moffet (2), Petit, Nagel-Caland, an ace by Leonard and errors by the Rams to pull ahead, 22-17. Fordham tried its hand at a comeback, but a few more errors and one more kill by Liddle gave the Big Green their first set of the match (25-20).

Kills by Kott and Liddle and some errors on the other side of the net gave Dartmouth a 4-1 advantage to start the fourth set. Fordham worked through three ties to jump ahead and, although the Big Green threatened to take the lead, the Rams managed to hold on to win the match (25-20).

Next Friday, Sept. 21, Dartmouth will open Ivy League play by hosting Harvard.