Big Green Open Six-Match Homestand vs. Penn and Princeton

Dartmouth (5-9, 1-4) vs. Penn (8-6, 1-4)
Date: Friday, Oct. 18
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. / Leede Arena
All-Time Series: Penn leads, 39-9
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Dartmouth vs. Princeton
Date: Saturday, Oct. 19
Time: 5:00 PM
All-Time Series: Princeton leads, 38-10
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THIS WEEKEND
Having last played at home on Sept. 14, the Dartmouth volleyball team will finally return to Leede Arena after eight straight road matches to play six at home, starting with Penn and Princeton this weekend.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green fell to Cornell, 3-0 (17-25, 17-25, 19-25) and Columbia, 3-1 (20-25, 25-23, 22-25, 22-25) on the road last weekend.

Nicole Liddle wrapped up the weekend with a total of 24.5 points, 22 kills, 20 digs and four total blocks. She had a double-double against Columbia, recording 13 kills and 11 digs.
Makenzie Arent recorded four kills, 54 assists, one block and 22 digs. She had a career-high 44 assists and a double-double (44A, 11D) against the Lions on Saturday. Both she and Liddle were named to the Ivy League Honor Roll.
Francesca Meldrum had a good weekend, ending up with 12 kills, one assist, two aces and a team-leading nine blocks. She was second on the team with 21 points.

SCOUTING THE QUAKERS
Like Dartmouth, Penn is 1-4 in conference play, picking up a lone win over Brown while falling to Princeton, Cornell, Columbia and Yale.

LAST TIME AGAINST PENN
The Big Green and the Quakers split matches last season; Dartmouth had a 3-0 victory at home on Oct. 6, while Penn had a straight set win of its own on Nov. 9. In the road game, Liddle led the way with six kills and 7.5 points, also adding one service ace, 11 digs and one block assist. Elise Petit was close behind with 5.5 points from five kills.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Princeton, with its Ivy record of 4-1, is tied for second in the standings with the Bulldogs. The Tigers were on a four-match winning streak before Cornell got the better of them, but have since recovered, most recently defeating Brown and Yale.

LAST TIME AGAINST PRINCETON
The Tigers took both meetings last season by scores of 3-0. In the final match of the 2018 season, Abby Kott and Petit both had six kills, while Petit also added five digs and two total blocks to lead the team with 7.5 points. Lauren Douglas had seven digs and Corinne Cox was first with 17 assists.

IN THE CONFERENCE
Blocks/set – 1st (2.18)
Digs/set – 1st (15.51)

Assists – Arent, 4th (318, 7.07)
Blocks – Meldrum, 4th (42, 1.02); Akinwumi, 5th (30, 1.00)
Digs – Hedley, 4th (187)
Digs/set – Hedley, 3rd (4.16)

CAN'T BE THERE?
Live stats can be found on DartmouthSports.com, while both matches can be watched live on ESPN+ or Stretch Internet (for international viewers).

NEXT UP FOR DARTMOUTH
The Big Green will host Harvard on Friday, Oct. 25 and will play a non-conference match against UNH the following day.

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