Volleyball team splits League set
Although the women's volleyball team fell to Yale University on Friday night, Dartmouth (10-6, 2-3 Ivy) redeemed its loss with a win against Brown University the following day.
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Although the women's volleyball team fell to Yale University on Friday night, Dartmouth (10-6, 2-3 Ivy) redeemed its loss with a win against Brown University the following day.
The Dartmouth women's volleyball team saw its five-game winning streak come to a sudden halt this weekend, as it lost two difficult games to Ivy League opponents. The Big Green fell to the University of Pennsylvania, 3-0, on Friday night, before losing to Princeton University, 3-2, on Saturday.
Following its largely successful preseason run, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team opened Ivy League play with a closely-contested 3-2 win over Harvard University on Saturday, marking the team's fifth straight win over the Crimson (7-4, 0-1 Ivy).
Meyer soon got to work restoring the Big Green's fortunes, however, starting in midfield as a freshman and earning Second Team All-Ivy honors.
Big Green head coach Amy Patton said Albany (17-0) exhibited the kind of solid and steady play that warranted a victory.
The University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field has proven time and again to be a bad omen for Dartmouth, which has lost three straight games there, all by a margin of just one goal.
It was an emotional and adrenaline-packed weekend at Scully-Fahey Field, and with over 1,000 fans at each game, the team felt the support of the school and the community during the surreal wins.
The atmosphere on the field was tense for the Big Green (8-3, 4-1 Ivy), both due to the significance of the game and the severe weather conditions, as a torrential downpour continued throughout most of the matchup.
Going against the grain of many great athletes, Kat Collins '11 did not emerge from the womb wielding a lacrosse stick, nor did she start playing as soon as she took her first steps.
Increasing its winning streak to five straight games, the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team soundly defeated Cornell University on Saturday, 13-7. With the win, the Big Green (8-2, 4-0 Ivy) remains unbeaten in Ivy League games, which bodes well for Dartmouth's matchup against the University of Pennsylvania which also has a perfect conference record next weekend.
Co-captain Kat Collins '11 said the extreme weather worked to Dartmouth's advantage.
The women came out on top in a match-up that was exhilarating for the team, according to swimmer Galen Barry '12.
Dartmouth came out strong against Princeton (13-11, 8-5 Ivy), leaving little opportunity for the Tigers to fight back.
Hartman said she does not believe the team played to its potential against Columbia.
The Dartmouth women's volleyball team (13-8, 4-6 Ivy) split the weekend with a 3-0 loss to Columbia University followed by a 3-2 win against Cornell University on the road this weekend. The victory over Cornell snapped the women's six-game losing streak and boosted the team's morale as it heads into its final two weekends of competition, captain Jessie Hartman '11 said.
The Big Green's victory against UNH revolved around the team's successful defense. With many of the team's juniors abroad or off this term, younger players saw a lot of playing time. While this change in team chemistry inevitably gave way to some mistakes, players were quick to jump on the re-defend with plenty of hustle when they did make errors. Dartmouth succeeded in stealing the ball back on many occasions, which was likely a huge factor in the team's triumph, according to co-captain Shannie MacKenzie '11.
On Friday, the Dartmouth women (12-6, 3-4 Ivy) had some trouble gelling as a team, getting off to a slow start.
"We're not used to mid-week games once classes have started, so this was a little bit of a different situation for us," captain Jessie Hartman '11 said. "I think we rose to the challenge well."
As over 400 painted and shouting Dartmouth students looked on, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team advanced its season record to 9-2 with a 3-1 victory over Harvard on Friday. The game scores were 25-17, 20-25, 25-16, 25-11, respectively.
While most students were away from campus enjoying the final days of summer vacation, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team hit the court and racked up a very successful 8-2 record.