Dartmouth Heads to New York to Face Columbia and Cornell

Friday, September 28

New York, N.Y.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Columbia

Freshman Bella Hedley

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Heads to New York to Face Columbia and Cornell

9/27/2018 10:55:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

By: Charlotte Brackett

Dartmouth (5-6, 1-0) at Columbia (6-5, 0-1)
Date: Friday, Sept. 28
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New York, N.Y. / Levien Gymnasium
Live stats
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Dartmouth at Cornell (6-5, 1-0)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 29
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Ithaca, N.Y. / Newman Arena at Bartels Hall
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THIS WEEKEND
The Dartmouth volleyball team is New York-bound for a pair of Ivy League contests, taking on Columbia on Friday and Cornell the following day.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green opened conference play on a high note, coming back from a 2-1 deficit to take Harvard down in its first five-set match of the season (24-26, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17, 17-12).

This is the first time that Dartmouth has defeated Harvard since a five-setter on Sept. 25, 2015.

Mallen Bischoff and Corinne Cox had double-doubles; Bischoff had 11 kills and 13 digs, and Cox had 25 assists and 14 digs, while also leading the way with three of the team's six service aces. Zoe Leonard was first with 20 digs and Abby Kott had six total blocks.

SCOUTING THE LIONS
Columbia enters the weekend with an overall record of 6-5. The Lions are currently on a two-match losing streak after falling to Seton Hall (3-0) to end the Hofstra Invitational (a team Dartmouth defeated in three sets) and Cornell (3-1) to kick off conference play last weekend.

LAST TIME AGAINST COLUMBIA
The Big Green went 1-1 against the Lions in 2017, blanking them on Sept. 29 before falling by a score of 3-1 less than a month later.

SCOUTING THE BIG RED
Cornell also has a 6-5 mark and is 1-0 in Ivy action after taking down Columbia last weekend. The Big Red will be playing at home for the first time in almost a month.

LAST TIME AGAINST CORNELL
The Green split against the Big Red last season, winning by a score of 3-1 on Sept. 30 and falling, 3-0, on Oct. 27.

IN THE CONFERENCE
Dartmouth's blocking remains some of the best in the conference, while some Big Green individuals are stacking up well against their Ivy opponents:

Team
Solo Blocks – 2nd (21)
Block Assists – 4th (130)
Total Blocks – 3rd (86.0)
Blocks/set – 1st (2.26)

Individual
Hitting % – Meldrum, 2nd (.363)
Kills/Set – Liddle, 4th (3.19)
Solo Blocks – Meldrum and Akinwumi, T2nd (6)
Block Assists – Meldrum, 5th (31)
Total Blocks – Meldrum, 5th (37)
Total Blocks – Akinwumi, 2nd (1.12); Meldrum, 3rd (1.09)
Digs/set – Leonard, 5th (4.00)
Points/set – Liddle, 3rd (3.50)

CAN'T BE THERE?
Live stats and video are available for both matches and can be found on Dartmouthsports.com. For updates throughout the match, follow the team's official Twitter: @DartmouthVBall.

NEXT UP FOR DARTMOUTH
The Big Green will be back at Leede next weekend, hosting Princeton and Penn on Oct. 5-6.