HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth women's volleyball picked up their first Ivy win of the season defeating the University of Penn in four sets 3-1. The win marked the second straight win over Penn on their home court.
The University of Penn won the first set 25-22 but from there it was all Dartmouth pulling off the reverse sweep.
The second set Dartmouth started to impose their will winning the second set 25-18. The third set had a similar scoreline where Dartmouth regained the lead winning the third set 25-19.
In the final set of the evening Dartmouth was able to close out the match winning 25-22. The Big Green improved their record to 7-9 (1-5 Ivy) while Penn falls to 10-6 (2-4 Ivy).
Riley Imamura registered a game high 17 kills while also tying for the team lead in digs with 12. Imamura had 17 kills marking the 10th time this season the sophomore has recorded double digit kills. With seven more kills Imamura will reach 200 for her career.
Zori Brown notched 11 kills and tied for the team lead with 12 digs. Jaida Cekic followed with nine kills of her own while Elle McCreery tallied eight.
Clementine Tebbe was a force defensively having five block assists to go with seven kills and two digs putting in an all-around solid effort. As a team the Big Green registered 15 total blocks.
The duo of Sophia Gagnepain and Julia York combined for 48 assists setting up their teammates all night long. York needs two more assists to reach the 200-career assist milestone.
Dartmouth has knack of winning matches in four sets this season having six such wins.
Up Next:
The Big Green will host Princeton tomorrow (Oct. 17) evening at 5:00 p.m.