Penn at Yale
Friday, Nov. 5 – 7 p.m.
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Princeton at Yale
Saturday, Nov. 6 – 5 p.m.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale volleyball team is set for a big weekend. The Bulldogs host Penn on Friday at 7 p.m. and Princeton on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the final home weekend of the regular season.
 
Yale enters Friday's match tied with Princeton for second place in the Ivy League. Both the Bulldogs and Tigers are 7-3 in league play, two matches behind first-place Brown (9-1). Princeton plays at Brown on Friday before coming to Lee Amphitheater on Saturday.
 
Saturday also is Senior Night, and three Bulldogs playing their final home match will be honored – Kathryn Attar, Ashley Dreyer and Ellis DeJardin. All three have made outstanding contributions to Yale Volleyball over the last four years, helping the Bulldogs win three Ivy titles.
 
Dreyer of San Mateo, Calif., is very appreciative of her time at Yale.
 
"My teammates are my family and support me on and off the court," she said. "They have made my Yale Volleyball experience beyond special. We trained together, played together, fought together and won as a unit. Being a part of this wonderful program for the past four years has allowed me to grow stronger physically and mentally."
 
Attar of Tampa, Fla., was the 2017 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and earned honorable mention All-Ivy recognition as a junior.
 
DeJardin also is an Ivy Rookie of the Year, winning the award in 2018 when she also earned First Team All-Ivy recognition. In addition, DeJardin was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team in 2019.
 
Here are other notes on the weekend:
 
* The Bulldogs have won four matches in a row, including a road sweep of Cornell and Columbia last weekend.
 
* Yale is playing in the friendly confines of Lee Amphitheater for the first time since Oct. 9, a 3-1 win over Dartmouth. The Bulldogs were 4-1 on their recent five-match road trip, including a 3-2 victory over first-place Brown.
 
* The Bulldogs continue to lead the league in service aces with 134. Individually, Cara Shultz (3^rd), Carly Diehl (5^th), Mila Yarich (t-7^th) and Maile Somera (t-7^th) are all in the top 10 in the league in aces.
 
* Diehl is fourth in the league in assists (9.31 per set).
 
* First year Fatima Samb is ninth in the league in hitting percentage (.305).
 
* Friday's match against the Quakers features a battle between sisters Autumn (Penn) and Audrey (Yale) Leak.
 
SCOUTING PENN
 
The Quakers (6-13, 3-7 Ivy) are coming off a thrilling, five-set victory at Harvard last Saturday. Autumn Leak, a junior captain, had a monstrous night against the Crimson, recording 21 kills and hitting .421 to match the best hitting night of her season. It was her fifth time with 20 or more kills in 2021.
 
SCOUTING PRINCETON
 
The Tigers (13-5, 7-3 Ivy) play at Brown on Friday and wrap up a five-match road trip against the Bulldogs on Saturday. Princeton fell at Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend. With an average of 11.42 assists per set, Lindsey Kelly is ranked third in the nation and leads the Ivy League. Julia Schner leads the conference in blocks per set, averaging 1.26. Other statistical leaders for the Tigers include Elena Montgomery in kills per set (3.85), Kelly in service aces (18) and Cameron Dames in digs per set (4.55).