Friday, October 4, 2024
Yale at Penn - 7 p.m.
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Yale at Princeton - 5 p.m.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Bulldogs continue their road trip to start the Ivy League season with matches at Penn and Princeton this weekend.

Notes heading into the weekend:

• Yale opened the Ivy League season with a 3-0 sweep at Brown last Saturday.
• Laurece Abraham averaged 4.33 kills per set against the Bears and was named Ivy League Player of the Week.   Abraham leads the Ivy League in hitting percentage (.409).  
• The Bulldogs have won six of seven matches entering the weekend - and took a game in a 3-1 loss at No. 3 Penn State in their only loss during the stretch.
• Betsy Goodenow continues to lead the Bulldogs with a 3.47 kills per set average, while averaging a 2.58 digs per set.  
• Arya Jue had a season-high 16 digs at Brown and is averaging 2.71 per set on the season.
• The Bulldogs lead the Ivy League in kills per set (13.16).

Scouting Penn
The Quakers enter the weekend 7-4 overall and have already surpassed their win total from last year.  Penn split a pair of matches against Princeton last weekend.  Setter Emery Moore earned her second straight Ivy League Rookie of the Week honor on Monday.

Scouting Princeton
The Tigers are 3-8 entering the weekend and 1-1 in Ivy play.  Sophomore Kamryn Chaney leads the Ivy League in points-per-set (4.70), and kills (4.02), ranking 40th and 49th nationally. Chaney also ranks fourth in the Ivy League in service aces (0.34).