LaFata Leads Big Green to 3-0 Sweep Over Penn

Friday, October 11

Philadelphia, Pa. / The Palestra

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

University of Pennsylvania

LaFata Leads Big Green to 3-0 Sweep Over Penn

10/11/2024 9:02:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.– Maddie LaFata tallied a career high 13 kills as the Dartmouth College women's volleyball team swept Penn 3-0 on Friday night from The Palestra in Philadelphia. Ellie Mattox also notched a career high in assists with 19.

This is the Big Green's second straight sweep over an Ivy League opponent.

SET BREAKDOWN:
25-19, Dartmouth; 25-16, Dartmouth; 25-23, Dartmouth

The Big Green improve to 9-5 (2-2 Ivy League) and Penn falls to 8-6 (2-3 Ivy League).

Score: Dartmouth 3, Penn 0
Records: Dartmouth (9-5, 2-2 Ivy League), Penn (8-6, 2-3 Ivy League)
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. (The Palestra)
Date: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

UP NEXT:

Dartmouth is back on the court when they close out an away weekend at Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE:

Penn jumped out to a 9-5 lead, but Dartmouth later had two four point runs to take a 15-11 lead.
Four different members of the Big Green had kills in the final nine points of the set, and Dartmouth took the set, 25-19.

SET TWO:

The Big Green came out hot and stacked up a commanding 11-3 lead early.
An 8-1 run by Dartmouth including two kills and an ace from Kauany Gutz gave the Big Green the set, 25-16.

SET THREE:

Dartmouth began the set by going ahead 9-5. Penn then came back and tied it 9-9.
After that, the set saw seven ties, until the Big Green took a 20-18 lead over the Quakers. Penn was able to score four versus Dartmouth's two to tie the set again at 22-22.
The last three of four points went in favor of Dartmouth, all kills by LaFata, and Dartmouth won the set, 25-23.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

LaFata led the way with 13 kills.
Emma Engstrom had 18 digs while Mattox had 19 assists.
Dartmouth had eight aces as a team throughout the match.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

LaFata's career high in kills comes exactly eleven months after she set her previous career high on Nov. 11, 2023, when she had 12 kills also at Penn.
LaFata scored Dartmouth's final four points of the third set, all off kills.