Volleyball Provides Ivy Chief Cornell All It Can Deal with However Falls, 3-1

ITHACA, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania volleyball group fell at Cornell Friday night time, 3-1, in a match that was a lot nearer than the scoreline would point out. The Quakers dropped the primary two units, together with a tricky choice within the second, earlier than rallying to win the third and keep alive. However, the Big Red closed it out within the fourth to avenge a three-set loss at The Palestra final month.
 
Set scores have been 25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23.
 
Penn fell to 4-7 in Ivy League motion and 10-11 general, whereas Cornell stays atop the Ivy League standings at 9-2 and improved to 14-7 general.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Sophomore Jenna Garner posted her second straight double-double and sixth this season, main the group in each kills (14) and digs (13). She additionally had three block assists and two service aces.
 
*Junior Zada Sanger put down 12 kills on Friday night time and added two of Penn’s three block solos.
 
*Sophomore Ellie Siskin had 10 kills, her third straight match in double digits, and added 11 digs for her second double-double this season.
 
*Freshman Haley Kerstetter continues to be environment friendly offensively, hitting .417 on Friday (7K-2E-12A). She additionally had two digs and a block help.
 
*Sophomore setter Emery Moore dished out 34 assists, including 12 digs and three kills to her scoreline.
 
How It Happened
SET 1 (Cornell 25-20): Senior Jalen Tennyson and Garner gave Penn the primary three factors of the night time, each placing down kills after which sharing a block. It was 5-3 when Cornell turned issues round, the Big Red scoring six straight factors to get a lead they would not relinquish. The Quakers obtained inside three at 13-10, however their hosts reeled off one other six-point run and cruised from there. Garner had 4 kills and 5 digs within the set, whereas Sanger put down three kills.
 
SET 2 (Cornell 25-22): The finest set of the match, the groups tying 13 occasions and switching leads 4 occasions. The groups have been tied at 19-19, at which level a pair of Big Red kills have been adopted—after a Penn timeout—by a Cornell block to provide the hosts a three-point lead. The Quakers didn’t break, drawing again degree when Sanger blocked an Eliza Konvicka assault and Siskin put down a kill to tie issues at 22-22. However, Meghan Gaffigan and Ava Bogan mixed to provide Cornell the final three factors, Gaffigan placing down a kill after which splitting a block with Bogan earlier than Bogan solo blocked Siskin for the ultimate level. Siskin had three kills within the set, whereas Sanger and Moore had two every.
 
SET 3 (Penn 25-23): Cornell appeared like it will run away with the sweep, scoring the primary seven factors. It was nonetheless 11-4 when the Quakers started chipping away, and a seven-point run that featured kills by Kerstetter, Garner and Siskin turned a 15-10 deficit right into a 17-15 lead. Penn nonetheless led, 20-18, when Cornell’s Mackenzie Parsons sandwiched a pair of kills round a Jaida Sione kill for a 21-20 Big Red lead which introduced a timeout from Penn head coach Tyler Hagstrom. The groups traded the following 4 factors, however at 23-22 Siskin put down a pair of kills after which Garner and Adell Murray blocked a Konvicka assault and the Quakers have been nonetheless alive with the 25-23 win. Siskin had 4 kills and three digs within the set whereas Garner, Sanger and Kerstetter had three kills every.
 
SET 4 (Cornell 25-23): The Big Red used one other quick begin, scoring the primary six factors and lengthening its result in 9-1. Once once more, Penn obtained off the mat—the Quakers chipped away little by little till they lastly obtained all the way in which again degree at 21-21 on a Konvicka ball-handling error. Cornell known as timeout and settled itself, the hosts scoring the following two factors as Konvicka put down a kill after which served up an ace. Sanger obtained one of many factors again with a kill, after which Kerstetter fended off a set level with a kill of her personal. However, a Penn service error gave the win to the Big Red in anticlimactic trend. Sanger hit .385 within the set (5K-0E-13A) whereas Kerstetter (.500) and Garner had 4 kills every.
 
Up Next
Penn closes out this five-match highway swing tomorrow night time at Columbia. First serve in New York City is ready for six p.m.
 
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