Box Score ITHACA, N.Y. – The Yale volleyball team ran its Ivy League winning streak to 20 games and the Big Red was swept for the first time in over a month, falling tonight to the Bulldogs, 3-0 (12-25, 18-25, 22-25), at Newman Arena. Cornell will look to get back in the win column tomorrow evening when it welcomes Brown to Newman Arena for a 5 p.m. contest.

Cornell (6-10, 2-4 Ivy) was led by sophomore Breanna Wong with 10 kills and a .226 hitting percentage (10-3-31), while freshman Grayce Campbell had a team-high .294 hitting percentage (7-2-17). Senior middle Rachel D'Epagnier continued to be tough at the net with a game-high seven blocks (two solo, five assists), while freshman Alyssa Phelps finished with four blocks. Phelps also handed out 22 assists and registered six digs. Junior libero Natasha Rowland led the team with 10 digs.

Yale (11-4, 6-0 Ivy) had a trio of hitters in double-figures – Kelly Johnson (12), Mollie Rogers (11) and Brittani Steinberg (11), with Steinberg registering an impressive .500 hitting percentage (11-2-18). As a team, the Bulldogs hit .234 for the match, including a match-best .333 hitting percentage in the first set. Setter Kendall Polan handed out 32 assists and posted 11 digs, while libero Maddie Rudnick had a match-high 16 digs.

The Bulldogs were dominant in the first two sets, winning 25-12 and 25-18, but Cornell came out tough in the third set and hung with the visitors point-for-point. With Cornell trailing 10-9, D'Epagnier registered a kill and back-to-back kills, one of which was assisted by Phelps, to open up a 6-1 Big Red run that was punctuated by a service ace from Rowland. From there, Yale used a sustained 10-2 run to retake the lead (21-18) and the teams traded points to the 25-22 Bulldog victory.