ITHACA, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team fell to Cornell in four sets Friday night at Newman Arena.
Set scores were 27-25, 25-7, 24-26, 25-16.
Penn fell to 2-21 overall and is 1-12 in Ivy League play. Cornell improved to 6-16 overall and 4-9 in Ivy play.
Quaker Notemeal
*Sophomore
Ella Green was the only Penn player with a double-digit kill total; she had 10. It was her ninth such match this season.
*Green also had two block solos on Friday night, doubling her total for the season.
*Freshman
Jalen Tennyson played the last two sets on Friday night and tied her season/career high with six kills; she originally did it in Penn's first match this season.
*Four other players had five kills each including
Tatum DeMann who had her first five kills of the season.
*Freshman
Anna Shohfi had 34 assists and 13 digs on Friday night; she has reached double figures in digs in four straight matches and eight this season.
*Freshman
Abigail Reid led Penn with 14 digs, followed by Shohfi and senior
Madeline McGregor (9).
How It Happened
The first set was a see-saw affair, the teams tying 14 times and the biggest lead three points (Cornell 14-11) to 18-18. A McGregor kill set Penn off on a four-point run to turn a 19-18 deficit into a 22-19 lead, but the Big Red scored four of the next five points to get things back level at 23-23, then got set point on a Camryn Carlo kill. A Green kill sent it to 24-24, and after another Cornell point a Leak kill made it 25-25. However, a Sydney Moore kill and a Joanna Chang block gave the Big Red the set, 27-25.
The second set wasn't nearly as close. Cornell scored the first three and eight of the first nine points and never looked back. The margin was double digits by 14-4 and the Quakers got it within single digits just once, at 15-6, at which point the Big Red scored four in a row on the way to the 25-7 victory.
It looked like Cornell would get the sweep, the Big Red scoring six of the first seven points in the third set. It was still 11-5 when Penn went on a five-point run to get within one. Cornell scored four of the next five points to go back in front by four. The Big Red's lead was still three when a
Madison Risch kill set the Quakers off on a five-point run that put them in front 20-18. Cornell got back level at 21-21, and the teams tied at 22 and 23 before Cornell got set point. Penn fought that off, and it turned out to be the start of a three-point run that gave the Quakers the 26-24 win.
The fourth set was tied 7-7 when Cornell used a three-point run to take a lead it wouldn't relinquish. The teams traded points through several sideouts, but at 13-10 the Big Red reeled off eight of the next nine points to take control of the set and the match. It was 21-11 at that point and the best Penn could do was trade points the rest of the way.
Up Next
Penn will close out the 2022 season tomorrow night in New York City, facing Columbia at 5 p.m.
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