PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Brown volleyball team (5-11, 3-5 Ivy league) continues the second half of Ivy League play with road trips against Harvard (14-3, 5-3 Ivy) on Friday and Dartmouth (7-11, 1-7 Ivy) on Saturday.
GAME LINKS
Friday, Oct. 30
at Harvard | 6 p.m.
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Saturday, Oct. 31
at Dartmouth | 5 p.m.
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THE FIRST SERVE
- Brown enters the weekend after falling on the road against Yale on Saturday in straight sets.
- Against the Bulldogs, senior Ally Panzloff led the Bears with 9 kills. Sophomore Sarah Shaw followed with six kills, and junior Fisayo Afonja with five kills. Freshman Sophie Haskell recorded 21 digs, while junior Julia Kakkis finished with 10 digs.
- Brown stands at fifth in the Ivy League standings with a 3-5 mark in league matches.
IVY LEAGUE RANKINGS
- Fisayo Afonja leads the Ivy League in both kills per set with 3.39 and total kills at 234. Afonja is fourth in the league in points per set with 3.66.
- Julia Kakkis leads the league in total assists (580), and is fourth in assists per set (8.41).
- Sophia Wolfson ranks fourth in the league in blocks per set with 1.02, and seventh in hitting percentage (.325).
- Three Bears crack the top 10 in the Ivy League in digs per set, led by Eve McLaury (3rd, 4.00). Elle Holley (9th, 2.86) and Sophie Haskell (10th, 2.83) also make the list.
SCOUTING HARVARD
- Friday’s match against the Crimson will be the second meeting between Brown and Harvard this season, as the Bears previously defeated the Crimson 3-1 in Providence on Oct. 3.
- In the previous matchup, junior Sophia Wolfson led Brown with 17 kills, with Fisayo Afonja closely behind with 16. Freshman Elle Holley led Brown with 15 digs in the win., while Wolfson paced the Bears with five total blocks.
- Harvard’s Kayla Nwabueze leads the Crimson in kills this fall with 157, while Riley Resmer holds a team-high .360 hitting percentage. As a team, the Crimson are hitting at a .238 percentage this fall.
- Harvard’s Sofia Rossi leads the Ivy League in service aces per set with .69, Yvette Easton is second in the league in digs per set (4.02), and Ryleigh Patterson is third in the league in blocks per set (1.62).
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
- Brown and Dartmouth previously met on Oct. 2 in Providence, where the Bears claimed a 3-2 win in five sets.
- Fisayo Afonja led Brown with 20 kills in the win, while Sophia Wolfson (14), Ally Panzloff (12), and Sarah Shaw (10) all finished with double-digit kills. Sophie Haskell finished with 23 kills, while Elle Holley had 18.
- Dartmouth’s Zori Brown leads the Big Green with 216 kills this season, while Elle McCreery holds a team-high .343 hitting percentage. The Big Green are hitting .230 as a team this season.
- Dartmouth’s Clementine Tebbe checks in at second in the league in blocks per set with 1.64 and Elle McCreery ranks third in the Ivy league in hitting percentage (.343). Zori Brown (3.09) and Riley Imamura (2.90) rank fourth and fifth in kills per set, respectively.
Source: brownbears.com
