Volleyball Defeats UAlbany, 3-2

Friday, September 13

Storrs, Conn. / UConn Volleyball Center

4:00 PM

Dartmouth College

3-1,0-0Ivy League

UAlbany

3-4,0-0America East

Dartmouth

UAlbany

9/13/2024 7:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Big Green forced fifth set and won it in comeback fashion.

By: Callie Cyr

STORRS, Conn. – Kauany Gutz and Piper Stevens combined for 37.5 points as the Dartmouth College women's volleyball team defeated the University at Albany, 3-2, after forcing a fifth set and winning it in comeback fashion.

Gutz recorded her third double double on the season with 19 kills and 15 digs.

SET BREAKDOWN:
25-21, Dartmouth; 26-24, UAlbany; 25-19, UAlbany; 25-10, Dartmouth; 15-12, Dartmouth

The Big Green improve to 3-1 (0-0 Ivy League) and UAlbany falls to 3-4 (0-0 America East).

Score: Dartmouth 3, UAlbany, 2
Records: Dartmouth (3-1, 0-0 Ivy League), UAlbany (3-4, 0-0 America East)
Location: Storrs, Conn. (UConn Volleyball Center)
Date: Friday, Sept. 13, 2024

UP NEXT:

Dartmouth is back in action Sept. 14 when they continue play in the UConn Invite against Delaware State at 7:00 p.m.
The Big Green open the home season when they host the Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 20 – Sept. 22.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE:

The first set saw 11 ties until the score was 16-16.
Dartmouth went on a 5-2 run with two kills from Gutz and one from Ava Roberts to open the score 21-18.
The Big Green closed out the set with three straight points, 25-21.

SET TWO:

The Great Danes jumped out to a quick 7-3 lead and eventually a 13-8 lead.
With UAlbany leading 23-18, Dartmouth went on a 6-1 run, tying the score 24-24. The run included kills from four separate hitters and an ace from Tasman Mullins.
UAlbany scored the next two points to take the set 26-24.

SET THREE:

UAlbany opened the set with four unanswered points and continued the dominance throughout.
Dartmouth took their only lead of the set, 8-7, when they had four consecutive points of their own off a kill from Gutz and errors from the Great Danes.
UAlbany took back control and held it until the end, winning the set, 25-19.

SET FOUR:

Dartmouth started the set with a dominant 11-4 run.
A 9-1 Dartmouth run opened the Big Green lead to 21-7.
The Big Green scored four of the last five points on two kills from Gutz, a kill from Maddie LaFata and an ace from Sophia Gagnepain, taking the set, 25-10.

SET FIVE:

UAlbany stayed in front the majority of the set.
Dartmouth outscored the Great Danes 10-3 to come back and jumped ahead, 13-10.
LaFata capped the match with a kill that gave the Big Green the set, 15-12.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Gutz led the Big Green with 19 kills in the match.
Gagnepain notched three aces.
Emma Symon had four blocks; nearly half of the teams combined nine.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Mullins had two kills that tied the fifth set on two separate occasions, 8-8 and 10-10.
This was the second straight match where Dartmouth had forced a fifth set and won it.