HANOVER, N.H. - Just a few points separated Penn and Dartmouth Saturday evening in Hanover. The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team (3-13, 0-5 Ivy) came up just short, losing 3-0 to Dartmouth to wrap up its first Ivy road trip of the season. The Quakers will return to The Palestra next week to host Columbia and Cornell. 

Inside the Numbers - Box Score 

* The Quakers and Big Green finished the match tied in points, 50-50. 

* Penn had more kills (42 to 39) and out-hit Dartmouth (.248 to .240) offensively. 

* Raven Sulaimon and Madison Goldstein ended the match with double-digit kills. Sulaimon led the force with 11 while Goldstein recorded 10. 

* Brooke Behrbaum got involved in five of the team's seven blocks. Her five block assists tie her career high of five which she originally set last season at Robert Morris. 

* For the second time this season, Grace James hit the 40-mark in assists. 

How it Happened

The Quakers wrapped up their first Ivy League road trip of the season on Saturday against the Big Green. Outside of each team taking their own 3-point leads, not much separated either squad in the opening set. Dartmouth led 3-0 early and then Penn used a 4-0 run to go up 10-7. Eight ties followed with the last one occurring at 20-20. The Big Green took five of the next eight points to take the opener 25-23. 

Penn went down early in the second falling in a 4-1 deficit. The Red and Blue fought back to within one, but a 4-0 run by Dartmouth put the Quakers down 16-11. Three kills by Raven Sulaimon sparked a 5-0 run to tie the match at 18 and for the second set in a row, both teams were tied at 20 in the late stages of the set. After Penn went up 22-21, Dartmouth took the final four points as the Quakers fell 25-22 and 2-0 overall. 

The Red and Blue came out of the locker room at the half with a lot of fire. Once again it was Sulaimon who sparked the Quakers to take an early 5-0 lead. Slowly, Dartmouth climbed back and with a 3-0 run, the Big Green took the lead at 13-12. A 4-0 run by Dartmouth put the Quakers down 24-20 and four match points. Sulaimon helped get the Quakers back within two, but a final kill by the Big Green sealed the match as Penn fell 25-22 for a second consecutive set and 3-0. 

What's Next

The Quakers are back at home next week as they host Columbia and Cornell at The Palestra.