PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team fell to Brown on Friday night at The Palestra, 3-1 (25-8, 25-13, 23-25, 25-13). The Quakers fell to 5-10 overall, 2-4 in Ivy League play, while the Bears remain atop the Ivy standings at 6-0 with Princeton. (Brown will meet the Tigers in Princeton on Saturday night.)
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Senior captain Margaret Planek had her fourth double-double of the season, with a team-high 10 kills and 13 digs.
 
*Senior Daniela Fornaciari finished the night with eight kills and a team-leading five blocks (2s/3a).
 
*Junior Madeline McGregor also had eight kills, hitting .261 on the night, and added four digs, a block assist, and a service ace.
 
*Senior captain Carmina Raquel returned to the starting lineup in the libero position on Friday night and led the Quakers with 22 digs. She also had four assists.
 
*Freshman Sydney Ormiston was inserted into the lineup in the third set and ended the night with 19 assists, while Kylie Kulinski had 10. Ormiston also had two block assists.
 
How It Happened
Brown jumped all over Penn right from the jump. The Bear scored the first three points, six of the first seven, and ten of the first 12 to open Friday's match and force a Quakers timeout. The closest Penn got after that was seven points, at 11-4, and Brown responded to that with five straight points en route to the easy first-set victory.
 
It was more of the same in the second set, Brown taking a 7-1 lead to start things. Once again, Penn never seriously threatened—the Quakers got within 10-5, at which point Bruno reeled off four in a row to open the gap to nine.
 
Penn shook it up out of the break, and it paid off. The Quakers took an early 7-3 lead, before Brown came back to tie it at 9-9. It was 14-14 when a pair of Fornaciari kills sandwiched a Brown attack error to put the Quakers in front by three. That turned into a 7-1 run that had the Red and Blue up, 21-15, and forced a Bears timeout. The visitors charged back, getting within two at 22-20 and making it a one-point game at 24-23. However, Planek's kill gave the set to the hosts and sent this one to a fourth.
 
The fourth set reverted to form. Brown scored nine of the first 11 points, and when Penn got back within 10-5 the Bears responded with six of the next seven points for a 17-6 lead.
 
Up Next
Penn is back at home again tomorrow night, hosting Yale in an Ivy League match that will start at 5 p.m. The Bulldogs come to The Palestra with a 3-3 Ivy League record after losing at Princeton on Friday night, 3-1.