Last Road Trip of 2019 at Princeton and Penn

Friday, November 8

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Princeton

Junior Tola Akinwumi

Photo by: Matt and John Risley (Risley Sports)

11/7/2019 10:25:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

By: Charlotte Brackett

Dartmouth (7-13, 2-8) at Princeton (13-6, 9-1)
Date: Friday, Nov. 8
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Princeton, N.J.
All-Time Series: Princeton leads, 39-10
Last Time: Oct. 19 (L, 3-0)
Live Stats
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Dartmouth at Penn (9-10, 2-8)
Date: Friday, Nov. 9
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Philadelphia, Pa.
All-Time Series: Penn leads, 40-9
Last Time: Oct. 18 (L, 3-1)
Live Stats
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THIS WEEKEND
Dartmouth volleyball will be on the road one last time, playing at Princeton and Penn. After that, the Big Green will have three home matches in a four-day span to end the season.

LAST TIME OUT
Capping its six-match homestand, Dartmouth fell to both Yale (18-25, 20-25, 16-25) and Brown (20-25, 10-25, 25-22, 20-25).

Nicole Liddle ended the weekend first in points (17) and kills (16) and second in digs (18).
Tola Akinwumi was first in block assists (7) and hitting percentage (.500) and third in points (16).
Bella Hedley concluded the home weekend first in digs (32). She had a season-high six aces against Brown.
Annemarie Horn was first with a total of 35 assists. She recorded a season-high 19 versus the Bears.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Flashback to last weekend and three teams were tied for first in the Ivy League standings with one loss apiece. Cornell and Yale have since fallen, leaving Princeton alone at the top. Since that pesky loss to Cornell on Oct. 5, the Tigers have gone on a seven-match winning streak as they head into the final two weeks of the regular season. The second time around against the Big Red last weekend, it went to five sets, but it was Princeton that came out on top this time.

LAST TIME AGAINST PRINCETON
On Oct. 19, Dartmouth got stronger as the sets went on, but could not solve Princeton, falling by a score of 3-0 (14-25, 17-25, 22-25) at Leede Arena.

Makenzie Arent had 19 assists and seven digs, while Francesca Meldrum led with 8.5 points, seven kills and two total blocks.

SCOUTING THE QUAKERS
Penn has been winless since a 3-1 victory over Dartmouth a few weeks back. Since then, the Quakers have been defeated by Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell.

LAST TIME AGAINST PENN
On Oct. 18, the Green fought to win the third set, but ultimately fell to the Quakers, 3-1 (21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 21-25). Elise Petit and Arent both had double-doubles; Petit recorded 13 digs and 10 kills, while Arent had 22 assists and 10 digs.

IN THE CONFERENCE
Solo blocks – 2nd (18)
Block assists – 1st (132)
Total blocks – 1st (84)
Blocks/set – 2nd (2.27)
Aces – T2nd (48)
Aces/set – 5th (1.30)

Assists – Arent, 6th (216)
Assists/set – Arent (5.84)
Aces – Hedley, 1st (16)
Aces/set – Hedley, 1st (0.43)
Total blocks – Meldrum, 3rd (37)
Blocks/set – Akinwumi, 3rd (1.12); Meldrum, 4th (1.12)
Digs – Hedley, 4th (141)
Digs/set – Hedley, 5th (3.81)

CAN'T BE THERE?
Live stats can be found on DartmouthSports.com, while both matches can be watched live on ESPN+.

NEXT UP FOR DARTMOUTH
The last week of the season has arrived and all three of Dartmouth's final matches will be played at home. The Big Green will host Merrimack at 5 p.m. on Wednesday before closing the year against Columbia and Cornell over the weekend.