Dartmouth Heads to Cambridge for Rematch Against Harvard

Saturday, October 23

Cambridge, Mass.

5:30 PM

Dartmouth College

Harvard

Senior Francesca Meldrum

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

Dartmouth Heads to Cambridge for Rematch Against Harvard

10/21/2021 10:51:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

The Big Green volleyball team will look to bring the momentum from their 2-0 home weekend into this Saturday's match at Harvard

By: Charlotte Brackett

Dartmouth (10-6, 2-5) at Harvard (7-9, 4-3)
Saturday, Oct. 23
5:30 PM
Harvard leads, 38-22
Live Stats
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THIS WEEKEND
Now that the Dartmouth volleyball team has faced each of its seven Ivy League opponents once, it will start back over at the beginning of the list, starting with Harvard on Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green had a 2-0 home weekend, defeating Columbia (25-16, 25-17, 25-23) and Cornell (25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-20).
·      Against the Lions, Taite Ryan had a double-double (14D, 10K), leading the team in both categories while also being first with 11 points. Makenzie Arent led with 17 assists and three aces and Piper Stevens was first with three block assists.
·      The following day against the Big Red, Ellie Blain had a double-double (19k, 10D) and 22.5 points, leading in kills and points. Ryan and Emma Engstrom were tied for first with 18 digs apiece and Karen Murphy had 28 assists.
·      Ryan and Blain were named to the Ivy League weekly award honor roll for their performances, while Ryan was named the DartmouthSports.com Female Athlete of the Week.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON
Since winning that five-setter back in September, Harvard has gone 3-3, beating Penn, Yale and Cornell while falling to Princeton, Brown and Columbia.

LAST TIME AGAINST HARVARD
On September 24, the Big Green came back from two dropped sets to force a fifth, but narrowly fell at Leede Arena (22-25, 19-25, 26-24, 25-23, 11-15).

Arent had a double-double (22A, 14D), while Engstrom led with 19 digs. Ellie Blain was first with 14 kills and 16 points and Francesca Meldrum had a team-leading four total blocks.

IVY LEAGUE STATISTICS
Team
Digs – 1st (1105, 17.27)
Assists – 3rd (748)
Kills – 3rd (823)
Aces – T3rd (97)

Individual
Digs – Engstrom, 1st (308)
Digs/set – Engstrom, 1st (4.81)
Hitting % - Gibbs, 2nd (.365)
Kills – Blain, 3rd (224)
Kills/set – Blain, 4th (3.61)

NCAA
Digs/set – Dartmouth, 16th (17.27)
Digs/set – Engstrom, 36th (4.81)
Kills/set – Blain, 111th (3.61)

CAN'T BE THERE?
Live stats and video for the match can be found on DartmouthSports.com. To keep up-to-date on all of Dartmouth volleyball's news, follow the team on Twitter: @DartmouthVBall.

NEXT UP FOR DARTMOUTH
The Big Green will be back at Leede next weekend to take on Penn and Princeton. This will be the penultimate time that they play at home, as just two more weekends remain on the 2021 schedule after that.