Dartmouth Takes Down Lindenwood, 3-1

Saturday, September 7

Boston, Mass. / Cabot Center

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

1-1,0-0Ivy League

Lindenwood

2-4,0-0OVC

Dartmouth

Lindenwood

Celebration volleyball action versus Yale

Photo by: Kyle Relf

9/7/2024 1:33:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

25-23, Dartmouth; 25-20, Lindenwood; 25-23, Dartmouth; 25-19, Dartmouth

By: Callie Cyr

BOSTON, Mass. – The Big Green secured their first win of the season as Dartmouth volleyball took down Lindenwood, 3-1, on Saturday morning from the Cabot Center at the Northeastern Tournament.

SET BREAKDOWN:
25-23, Dartmouth; 25-20, Lindenwood; 25-23, Dartmouth; 25-19, Dartmouth

The Big Green improve to 1-1 (0-0 Ivy League) and Lindenwood falls to 2-4 (0-0 OVC).

Score: Dartmouth 3, Lindenwood, 1
Records: Dartmouth (1-1, 0-0 Ivy League), Lindenwood (2-4, 0-0 OVC)
Location: Boston, Mass. (Cabot Center)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024

UP NEXT:

Dartmouth finishes play in the Northeastern Tournament on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. when they take on host Northeastern.
The Big Green open the home season when they host the Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 20 – Sept. 22.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

SET ONE:

The match opened slow with service errors from both teams and continued even until three kills from Kauany Gutz and blocks from Ava Roberts and Raeli Smith put Dartmouth ahead 9-4.
The Big Green extended to a 13-6 lead, but Lindenwood came out of a timeout strong, scoring five unanswered points, closing the gap to 13-11.
An ace from Lindenwood's Jessie Seidel brought the Lions right back into the match, 17-17.
Deep into the set, Lindenwood jumped in front, 23-22, off a kill by Anna Kraemer.
Dartmouth scored the next three and secured the first set, 25-23.

SET TWO:

The teams went point for point for the first six. Lindenwood then went on a six-point run, including three aces from Seidel, to take a 9-3 lead, resulting in a Dartmouth timeout.
Lindenwood went on a 7-2 run later in the set, 16-8 lead for the Lions.
Dartmouth's turn for an 8-3 run brought the score to 21-16, Lindenwood.
The Big Green inched closer to closing the gap, but Lindenwood persisted to the 25-20 victory.

SET THREE:

Lindenwood showed their dominance throughout the beginning of the set, taking a quick 12-5 lead.
Dartmouth and Lindenwood traded points for the next 14 scores, until Dartmouth scored three in a row off kills from Molly Power and Piper Stevens, closing the Eagles lead to 19-16.
A clutch block from Power and Tasman Mullins forced a timeout from Lindenwood, with Dartmouth down by one, 20-19. Another point for the Big Green off a Lion error evened the score at 20-20.
A kill and block from Power and an ace from Stevens brought the score to 23-21. Another Lion error and kill from Gutz secured the set for the Big Green in comeback fashion, 25-23.

SET FOUR:

The fourth set started with seven ties before Dartmouth had four consecutive points to open up the score 13-10.
The teams continued to trade points through the set until the score was 18-15.
Maddie LaFata had back-to-back kills, electrifying the Big Green offense and leading to four straight for Dartmouth.
Gutz ended the set with a kill and gave the Big Green the victory, 25-19.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Gutz and Lafata both had 12 kills for Dartmouth.
Karen Murphy had two aces for the Big Green, while the team had a combined four.
Power led the way by far with eight blocks throughout the match.
Power had four kills and two blocks for the Big Green in the third set alone.
The Big Green trailed by as much as seven in the third set, before coming back and winning it.