PRINCETON, N.J. -- Kelley Wirth produced her seventh double-double of the season in a 3-1 loss at Princeton on Friday night.

Yale (11-9, 6-5 Ivy) dropped the first two sets and could not overcome the deficit.  The scores of the match were 25-16, 25-14, 23-25 and 25-20.  

Megan Rasmussen came off the bench to provide a spark with eight kills, hit .389 and added seven digs.  Rasmussen, who came into the match with 10 kills on the season, blasted four kills in the third set, including one to tie the set at 20 and start a 4-0 Yale run.

Rasmussen added another kill to make it 22-20, and eventually put Yale up 24-21.  Kelly Johnson closed out the set off an assist from Kelsey Crawford.

Crawford had 30 assists and seven digs, while Maya Midzik had four kills and seven blocks. 

In the fourth set, Yale fell behind 17-11.  Claire Feeley (5 kills) jumpstarted a rally with a kill, followed by another kill from Rasmussen.  

Wirth began another rally of three straight points to cut the deficit to 19-18.  It was the last kill of the set for the Bulldogs.  

The loss put the Bulldogs two matches back in the Ivy standings, with three to play.  Yale plays at Penn Saturday evening and will host Dartmouth and first-place Harvard next weekend. 

Report filed by Ernie Bertothy, Yale Sports Publicity