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Volleyball Comes Up Short At Harvard

10/11/2013 9:35:00 PM

Box Score CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Big Red volleyball team gave Harvard all it could handle in the second set, and won the third, but couldn't force a fifth set, falling to the Crimson, 3-1 (18-25, 23-25, 25-23, 16-25), this evening at the Malkin Athletic Center in Cambridge, Mass. Cornell will look to get back on track tomorrow evening at Dartmouth.

Rachel D'Epagnier had a solid all-around game to lead the Big Red. The senior middle blocker was the only Cornell player with double-digit kills, posting 11 with just two errors on 29 attempts for a team-best .310 hitting percentage. She also registered seven blocks, four of which were solo. D'Epagnier's counterpart, freshman Macey Wilson also had a good night, finishing with eight kills and a .278 hitting percentage (8-3-18), to go along with six blocks. The tandem accounted for nine of the Big Red's 13.0 team blocks.

Freshman setter Alyssa Phelps filled out the stat line with 31 assists, eight digs, five kills, two blocks and registered Cornell's only two service aces of the match. Libero Natasha Rowland finished with a match-high 19 digs as the Big Red's only player in double-digits.

Harvard (7-6, 2-2 Ivy) was led by Grace Weghorst and Kathleen Wallace with 14 and 10 kills, respectively. Wallace also posted a .296 hitting percentage (10-2-27), while Caroline Holte (9-3-19) and Caroline Walters (7-2-14) combined to hit .333.

Setters Corinne Bain and Hannah Schmidt registered 26 and 19 assists, respectively, and four Harvard players – Kristen Casey (16), Bain (12), Weghorst (11), and Natalie Doyle (10) – registered at least 10 digs.



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