PRINCETON, N.J. -- For the first time since September 3, the Yale women's volleyball team was not victorious.
The nation's second longest win streak was snapped at 17 matches as Yale dropped a hard-fought 3-1 decision at Princeton on Saturday evening. The scores of the match were 25-20, 25-20, 21-25 and 25-23.
Audrey Leak had a team-high 17 kills and
Maile Somera had a team-best 21 digs for the Bulldogs, who stand at 19-2 overall and 11-1 in Ivy League play. Yale and Princeton split the season series.
Yale competed on Saturday night.
Down 2-0 in sets, Yale started the third with an 11-8 lead. From there,
Gigi Barr (10 kills) delivered a kill to start a 6-1 run and give the Bulldogs a commanding 17-9 lead.
Mila Yarich closed out the set, and finished with 13 kills in the match.
The Bulldogs pushed the Tigers to the brink in the fourth. Yale trailed 24-21, and
Cara Shultz posted a kill and Somera served up an ace to cut the deficit to one before Princeton took the final point.
Yale wraps up the Ivy League regular season next weekend with matches against Dartmouth and Harvard.
