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Madeleine Przybyl stands tall at the net during a 2011 volleyball match at Newman Arena in Ithaca, N.Y.
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Yale Sweeps Volleyball In New Haven

9/30/2011 9:54:00 PM

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ITHACA, N.Y. – Yale, the reigning Ivy League champions, defeated the Big Red volleyball team, 3-0, in the Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Conn. The Bulldogs took the straight-set victory, 25-18, 25-15, 25-22. Cornell (2-11, 0-2) will have another opportunity to get its first conference victory tomorrow, Oct. 1, when it faces Brown in the Pizzitola Center at 4 p.m.

Madeleine Przybyl led the Big Red with 10 kills and an outstanding .421 hitting percentage (10-2-19), while sophomores Rachel D'Epagnier and Kelly Marble finished with five kills apiece. The setting duo of Jordan Reeder and Kelly Reinke tallied 13 and 10 assists, respectively, while libero Risa Ka'awa registered a team-high 18 digs.  As a team, Cornell finished with seven total blocks, thanks in large part to five block assists from D'Epagnier.

Yale (8-4, 2-0) was led by Allie Frappier and Mollie Rogers with 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Setter Kendall Polan posted a 37-assist, 14-dig double-double and libero Maddie Rudnick registered a match-high 30 digs. The Bulldogs finished the match with a solid .221 hitting percentage (47-18-131).

The Big Red hung with Yale early in the first set before a 9-3 run put the home team up, 18-10. A kill by Marble ended the run and Cornell pulled back within four points (19-15) after an attack error from Yale's McHaney Carter. That was as close as it got, however, as the Bulldogs went on to take the 25-18 victory.

In the second set, Yale hit .279 (17-5-43) and led wire-to-wire, jumping out to a 9-1 lead and then rolling to the 25-15 victory.

The Big Red fought back in the third set, battling point-for-point to an 11-11 tie before the Bulldogs registered six unanswered points to take a 17-11 lead. Cornell pulled back within four points, 18-14, and eventually cut the lead to 20-17 on a kill from Meagan Tatum. Three unanswered points brought Yale to the edge of victory (23-17), but three kills by Przybyl, a kill from Sierra Young and a Bulldog attack error made it a 23-22 game. Rogers ended the match with back-to-back kills. 
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