Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Penn volleyball team hit .264 overall and cruised to a 3-0 victory over Cornell on Friday evening at Newman Arena. The Quakers earned a 25-18, 25-21, 25-17 victory to improve to 9-9 (5-1 Ivy), while the Big Red fell to 4-13 (2-5 Ivy).

Janel Forte and Alessa Cekauskas led the Big Red offensively with eight kills apiece, while Alice Cope chipped in with seven. Both Erin McCarthy and Taylor Nieman were credited with 10 digs, while Jordan Reeder notched 32 assists and nine digs. Kelly Hansen was in on four of the team's six blocks on the evening. The Big Red hit .133 as a squad in the loss.

Lauren Martin led the Quakers with 14 kills on .520 hitting, while Julia Swanson added 10 kills and 12 digs. Madi Wojciechowski posted a game-high 19 digs and Megan Tryon had 38 assists and six digs from the setter position. Penn had just 12 hitting errors on the night while recording 44 kills.

With the score knotted at 14-14 in game two, Penn ran off five straight points (including three consecutive kills from Lauren Martin) to put some distance between the teams. Cornell rallied to within two points at 21-19, but couldn't come all the way back as the Quakers eventually claimed a 25-21 victory.

Looking to finish off the home team quickly, the Quakers jumped out to a 4-1 edge in the third set and extended it to 13-3 on consecutive kills and a block to force a Cornell timeout. Penn kept pushing for points, eventually taking a lead of as many as 13 (20-7). After a lengthy delay due to a lineup discrepancy, Cornell scored eight of the next 10 points, but the hole was too deep and Penn finished off the home team 25-17.

Cornell returns to action tomorrow at 5 p.m. when it plays host to Ivy unbeaten Princeton at Newman Arena.