Big Green Fall in Hard Fought Match Versus Yale, 3-1

Saturday, October 19

Hanover, N.H.

6:00 PM

Dartmouth College

9-8,2-5Ivy League

Yale University

12-3,7-0Ivy League

Yale

Dartmouth

Big Green Fall in Hard Fought Match Versus Yale, 3-1

10/19/2024 8:02:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

HANOVER N.H. – The Dartmouth College volleyball team fell in a hard fought match to the undefeated in league Yale Bulldogs on Saturday night, 3-1 from Leede Arena.

SET BREAKDOWN:
25-17, Dartmouth; 25-18, Yale; 25-18, Yale; 25-19, Yale

The Big Green fall to 9-8 (2-5 Ivy League) and Yale improves to 12-3 (7-0 Ivy League).

Score: Yale 3, Dartmouth 1
Records: Dartmouth (9-8, 2-5 Ivy League), Yale (12-3, 7-0 Ivy League)
Location: Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024

UP NEXT:

Dartmouth is back in action when they welcome Harvard to Hanover on Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE:

The opening set was evenly matched with six ties until Dartmouth went on a 4-0 run, taking a 13-10 lead and forcing a Yale timeout.
Yale called a second time out after an 8-3 run put the Big Green ahead 22-15. The run included two aces from Ellie Mattox and one from Karen Murphy.
Faced with set point, the Bulldogs were able to score two but a kill from Piper Stevens ended the set for the Big Green, 25-17.

SET TWO:

Yale scored first and held a steady lead the majority of the set. Three straight scores from the Bulldogs led to a Big Green timeout, 20-14 Yale.
The Bulldogs charged on and took the set 25-18.

SET THREE:

The Bulldogs outscored the Big Green 6-1 to begin the set.
Yale stayed in command and jumped to a 19-9 lead. Two aces and a kill from Kaunay Gutz shorted the lead to 19-12 and prompted a Yale timeout.
Out of the timeout, Gutz added another ace and two kills and gave them a 6-0 run to bring the score to 19-15.
Yale persisted and took the set 25-18.

SET FOUR:

Yale again started on a 6-1 run to take the early lead. Kills by Raeli Smith and Maddie LaFata and two Yale errors brought the score to 8-7.
Another Bulldog run allowed them to pull away to 15-9.
The Big Green had their turn with a 6-1 run, once again closing the Yale lead to one, 19-18.
The Bulldogs were able to hold on and win the set, 25-19.