Big Green Drop Home Opener to Hofstra at Dartmouth Invitational

Friday, September 13

Hanover, N.H.

6:30 PM

Dartmouth College

2-4

Hofstra

7-3

Hofstra

Dartmouth

Senior Carly Tower

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Drop Home Opener to Hofstra at Dartmouth Invitational

9/13/2019 8:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Photos by Doug Austin

Pride take match from Big Green in three.

By: Pat Salvas

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth volleyball team dropped its 2019 home opener Friday night to visiting Hofstra, 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 25-18), at Leede Arena.

The game was the second of the day on the home floor of the Big Green (2-2) as the team began hosting duties for the Dartmouth Invitational.

The Big Green are back in action for Day 2 against Hartford (12:30 p.m.) and Fordham (6:30 p.m.).

In the first game of the weekend, Fordham defeated Hartford, 3-0.

Leading the way for the Green and White was freshman Grace Wiczek and her eight kills and three blocks, a solid first home game for the Park City, Utah, native. Junior Elise Petit added seven kills and a pair of blocks to go along with a service ace.

Nicole Liddle also finished the night with seven kills, while Carly Towers had six.

The first game of the night was an exciting back-and-forth affair with five lead changes and 10 instances of the score being tied. The Pride would use a 9-0 midway through the set before the two teams began to even out. Dartmouth would make a late push to pull even at 24-24, but the visitors would prevail with the final two points.

After a second set saw Hofstra take a 2-0 advantage, the third set played out to a virtual replay of the first with four lead changes and nine ties. However, three straight service aces from the Pride's Maddie Appleton secured the win.

Makenzie Arent, fresh off a strong weekend in North Carolina to begin the season, posted 26 assists in her Leede Arena debut to go along with 17 digs and two service aces, good for team highs in each.