Volleyball Falls In 5, Will Face Yale For NCAA Tournament Bid

Saturday, November 11

Hanover, N.H.

5:00 PM

Princeton University

17-7, 10-4

Dartmouth

10-13,6-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Princeton	19	23	25	25	11	2
Dartmouth	25	25	16	16	15	3

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Volleyball Falls In 5, Will Face Yale For NCAA Tournament Bid

November 11, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

A pair of five-set matches provided such a thrilling conclusion to the Ivy League regular season, even if it wasn't the one Princeton hoped for when the night began.

Regardless, a Princeton team that trailed Yale by two matches with only five to play will have the chance to play itself into the NCAA Tournament for a seventh time next weekend. Dartmouth kept Princeton from clinching Saturday night by fighting off a Tiger rally with a 15-11 win in the fifth set; minutes later, Yale finished off a 3-2 road win of its own to grab a share of the Ivy League title. Yale will host the match next weekend (time/date TBA) due to a 4-3 advantage in head-to-head sets won this season.

Princeton, which found itself down 2-0 before winning back-to-back 25-16 sets, had a balanced offensive attack. Five players had double-digit kills, including junior middle Nnenna Ibe, who hit .667 (16-2-21) and added four blocks in the match. Natasha Skov came off the bench with 15 kills, while Maggie O'Connell followed up her brilliant Friday night performance at Harvard with a 14-kill effort at Dartmouth. Caroline Sklaver (11) and Devon Peterkin (10) also pushed the offense, which was paced by Ivy assists leader Jessie Harris, who had 58 Saturday night.

Peterkin and Underwood both had 11 digs, while Sklaver had six blocks during the night.