PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Brown volleyball team (5-13, 3-7 Ivy League) begins its final road trip of the regular season this weekend, traveling to face Columbia (8-11, 2-8 Ivy League) on Friday and Cornell (13-6, 9-1 Ivy League) on Saturday.
GAME LINKS
Friday, Nov. 6
at Columbia | 7 p.m.
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Saturday, Nov. 7
at Cornell | 5 p.m.
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THE FIRST SERVE
- Brown enters this weekend at 5-13 overall and 3-7 in Ivy League play, ranking sixth in the standings.
- The Bears have played two consecutive road weekends ahead of this weekend, most recently falling 3-2 at Harvard on Oct. 30 and 3-0 at Dartmouth on Oct. 31.
- Against the Crimson, junior Fisayo Afonja led the Bears with 17 kills, while junior Sophia Wolfson and senior Ally Panzloff each finished with 10. Freshman Elle Holley led Brown with 15 digs, while Wolfson tied her season high with eight total blocks.
- In Saturday’s match at Dartmouth, Ally Panzloff led the Bears with nine kills, followed by Fisayo Afonja’s eight kills. Senior Yuna Yang and freshman Sophie Haskell tied with a team-high eight digs.
IVY LEAGUE RANKINGS
- Fisayo Afonja leads the Ivy League in both kills per set (3.36) and overall kills (259) this season. Afonja ranks fourth in the Ivy League in points per set this fall with 3.65.
- Junior Julia Kakkis ranks fourth in the Ivy League in assists per set (8.44), and second in the league in overall assists (599).
- Sophia Wolfson checks in at fifth in blocks per set (1.05), and seventh in hitting percentage (.324) this season.
- Elle Holley (2.83) and Sophie Haskell (2.82) rank eighth and ninth in the Ivy League, respectively, in digs per set this fall.
SCOUTING COLUMBIA
- Brown and Columbia previously met on Oct. 17 in Providence, where the Bears claimed a 3-0 win in straight sets over the Lions.
- In that matchup, Fisayo Afonja led Brown with 15 kills on a .481 hitting percentage, while Sophie Haskell racked up 14 digs.
- The Lions are coming off a 1-1 weekend, falling 3-1 to Penn on Oct. 30 before defeating Princeton 3-0 in a sweep on Oct. 31.
- Outside hitter Elena Maynulet leads the Lions with 177 kills, while defensive specialist/setter Delaney Seaman posts a team-high 229 digs this fall. As a team, the Lions are hitting at a .199 clip.
- Columbia’s Danica Nordlight ranks fourth in the Ivy League with 1.11 blocks per set; Delaney Seaman ranks fourth in digs per set with 3.32; in service aces per set, Clara Yu (.42, fourth), Madison Hsieh (.38, sixth), and Delaney Seaman (.33, eighth) all rank inside the top 10.
SCOUTING CORNELL
- With a 9-1 record in Ivy League competition, Cornell leads the league standings entering the weekend.
- Brown fell in its previous matchup to the Big Red, a 3-1 home match in Providence on Oct. 16.
- Fisayo Afonja led Brown with 22 kills, her career-best mark, on a hitting percentage of .276. Elle Holley led the Bears with 16 kills, followed closely by 14 from Sophie Haskell.
- Middle blocker Mackenzie Parsons leads Cornell with 219 kills this season, while middle blocker/right-side hitter Ava Bogan holds a team-high .389 hitting percentage. Libero/setter Sara Pomar has recorded 226 digs this season. Cornell hits .235 as a team, and is allowing an opponent hitting percentage of .152 this season.
- Ava Bogan leads the Ivy League with a .389 hitting percentage and 1.86 blocks per set this fall; Mackenzie Parsons and Ava Bogan hold the top two marks in the Ivy League in points per set, with 3.96 and 3.94, respectively; Sara Pomar ranks third in the Ivy League in digs per set (3.48); Mary Wolcott is third in the league in assists per set (8.73).
Source: brownbears.com
