Laurece Abraham
Laurece Abraham had a season-high 19 kills on Saturday.
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Winner Penn Penn 10-10,4-6 Ivy League
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Yale Yale 10-8,6-4 Ivy League
Winner
Penn Penn
10-10,4-6 Ivy League
3
Final
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Yale Yale
10-8,6-4 Ivy League
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Penn Penn 25 19 19 25 15 (3)
Yale Yale 22 25 25 19 11 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Ernie Bertothy

Bulldogs Fall in Five on Saturday

Loss snaps six-match home win streak

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  – The Bulldogs had their home unbeaten streak snapped in a five-set loss to Penn on Saturday night.  The scores of the match were 25-22, 19-25, 19-25, 25-19 and 15-11.

Match summary:
  • The Bulldogs dropped their first home match of the season and fell to 10-8 overall and 6-4 in Ivy League play.
  • Yale dropped its second five-set match in the last eight days. 
  • Ava Poinsett tied a season-high with 24 kills, and added 15 digs.  Poinsett had 65 swings in the match.
  • Laurece Abraham posted a season-best 19 kills and hit .500. 
  • Five different Bulldogs had at least 10 digs: Arya Jue (17), Poinsett (15), Yuri Park (12), Halle Sherlock (11) and Mila Mijailovic (10).
  • Sherlock had 57 assists for the Bulldogs.
  • Mijailovic led the Bulldogs with four service aces.
  • Cam Bolane reached double-figures in kills for the second time this season with 13 tonight.
  • In the fifth and deciding set, Yale fell behind early and never recovered.  Penn went on a 5-0 run after Yale had tied the set at 2-2. 
  • Down 11-5, Yale battled back with a kill from Bolane and an ace from Park. Yale trailed 13-11 after an ace from Isabella Mendoza and a block from Abraham and Gigi Barr.
Up next:
  • The Bulldogs travel to Havard and Dartmouth next weekend.
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