PHILADELPHIA – The Ivy League has announced its All-Ivy teams for the 2025 volleyball season, and the University of Pennsylvania had two players honored as junior outside hitter
Zada Sanger was a second-team selection and freshman libero
Addison Pollock received honorable mention recognition.
Ivy League release
Sanger led Penn with 282 kills, averaging 3.32 kills/set which was fourth among Ivy League players, and she also finished the regular season eighth among Ivy players in points/set (3.59). Sanger reached double figures in kills 18 times this season, including 12 in a row from September 12 to October 17. She also recorded 32.0 blocks (4s/28a), which was fourth on the team, as well as 66 digs and five service aces. Prior to Ivy League play, the junior was named Tournament MVP at Delaware Invitational after a combined 26 kills and .523 hitting percentage against the Blue Hens (9/19) and Saint Peter's (9/20).
Pollock led the team with 360 digs, and her 4.80 digs/set average was tops in the league and 23rd nationally (fifth among first-year players). In Ivy matches, Pollock's 4.35 digs/set average was second behind Brown's Jessie Golden, who was named the Ivy League's Defensive Player of the Year. Pollock—who also had 91 assists and 18 service aces and was credited with three kills—reached 20 digs in nine different matches including five in a row from September 6-13 and three in Ivy play.
Sanger—a Finance concentration in Wharton—also was the team's Academic All-Ivy recipient.
Under first-year head coach
Tyler Hagstrom, Penn finished the season at 12-12 overall and 6-8 in Ivy League play.
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