Big Green Make Third Set Comeback to Sweep Columbia, 3-0

Friday, November 1

New York, N.Y. / Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

10-9,3-6Ivy League

Columbia University

3-15,0-9Ivy League

Dartmouth

Columbia

Big Green Make Third Set Comeback to Sweep Columbia, 3-0

11/1/2024 9:22:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Kauany Gutz had 13 kills and tallied a .632 hitting percentage as the Dartmouth volleyball team came from behind in the third set to sweep Columbia 3-0 from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium in New York City Friday evening.

Piper Stevens notched a career high five service aces in just two sets for the Big Green.

SET BREAKDOWN:
25-19, Dartmouth; 25-12, Dartmouth; 25-20, Dartmouth

The Big Green improve to 10-9 (3-6 Ivy League) and Columbia falls to 3-15 (0-9 Ivy League).

Score: Dartmouth 3, Columbia 0
Records: Dartmouth (10-9, 3-6 Ivy League), Columbia (3-15, 0-9 Ivy League)
Location: New York, N.Y. (Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium)
Date: Friday, Nov. 1, 2024

UP NEXT:

Dartmouth is back on the court when they travel to Cornell Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE:

The teams exchanged scores throughout the beginning of the set with Dartmouth holding a consistent lead.
Back-to-back aces from Stevens gave the Big Green a 20-15 lead and forced a Lions timeout.
Dartmouth scored four to bring the score to set point, 24-16. Columbia was able to notch three straight but a kill by Ava Roberts secured the first set, 25-19.

SET TWO:

Dartmouth opened the second set on a 5-0 run with two kills by Maddie LaFata and three Columbia errors.
The Big Green followed that with a 9-0 run that included three aces from Stevens on eight straight serves, 16-3.
Dartmouth continued to control the set and were able to take it, 25-12.

SET THREE:

Columbia started the set on a 5-2 run. Four straight halfway through put the Lions ahead 18-13.
Two kills from Gutz and one from Stevens and Roberts sparked a 7-2 run that tied the match at 20-20. An ace from Ellie Mattox and an error from Columbia gave the Big Green a 22-20 lead.
A kill by LaFata completed an 8-0 run to close out the third set, 25-20.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Gutz led the Big Green with 13 kills.
Emma Engstrom had a team high 11 digs.
Stevens had five aces for Dartmouth, over half of the team's collective eight. The team's eight tied the last time they played Columbia in early October.