HANOVER, N.H. – The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team was swept by Dartmouth on Friday night at Leede Arena. Game scores were 25-20, 25-13, 25-21.
 
Penn fell to 5-13, 2-7 in Ivy League play. The host Big Green are now 11-7 overall, 3-6 in Ivy play.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Junior Madeline McGregor had a monstrous night with a career-high 20 kills and a .357 hitting percentage. She had 10 kills in the first set on Friday night and five each in the second and third sets.
 
*McGregor also had five digs, a block assist, and a service ace.
 
*Seniors Daniela Fornaciari and Margaret Planek both had five kills and a block assist on Friday night, with Planek also coming up with four digs.
 
*Junior Autumn Leak had four kills and two digs on Friday night.
 
*Senior Kylie Kulinski had 23 assists while freshman Sydney Ormiston added eight.
 
*Senior Carmina Raquel led the Quakers with 10 digs on Friday night.
 
How It Happened
The teams were tied at every point up to 9-9 in Friday's first set at Leede Arena, but Dartmouth used a four-point run to turn a 9-8 deficit into a 12-9 lead. Penn recovered quickly, and the set was tied three more times at 13, 14 and 15. However, a three-point Big Green run put the hosts up 17-15, and another three-point streak extended the lead to 21-17 and forced a Penn timeout. Unfortunately it was not enough, Dartmouth continuing to stretch its margin to the final score at 25-20.
 
Dartmouth jumped all over the Quakers in the second set, scoring the first seven points and nine of the first 10. Penn got three of those points back, to 9-4, but Dartmouth came back with three of its own. The lead hit double digits at 16-6 and the Red and Blue only got within single digits one more time after that.
 
Ormiston was inserted into the lineup in the third set, and her kill gave Penn the first point in the third set. However, Dartmouth won the next three points and six of the next seven. The Quakers got within 8-7, but the Big Green reeled off six of the next seven points for a 15-9 lead. Penn got as close as three points on five separate occasions after that but no closer as Dartmouth completed the sweep.
 
Up Next
Penn remains in Northern New England, traveling to Boston to face Harvard on Saturday at 5 p.m.