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Cornell's Doga Ozalp, #7, on Nov. 2, 2024 at Newman Arena at Bartels Hall in Ithaca, NY. Cornell Volleyball defeated Dartmouth 3-1.
Caroline Sherman / Cornell Athletics
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Cornell CU 12-8,6-5 Ivy League
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Winner Princeton PU 11-10,9-2 Ivy League
Cornell CU
12-8,6-5 Ivy League
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Final
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Princeton PU
11-10,9-2 Ivy League
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Cornell CU 23 25 20 (0)
Princeton PU 25 27 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Falls in Straight Sets to Princeton

PRICETON, N.J. – The Cornell volleyball team (12-8, 6-5 Ivy) falls to Princeton (11-10, 9-2 Ivy) in three sets on Friday night at Dillon Gymnasium.

Kohanihokuao Misipeka had a career-high 11 kills on a .444 hitting percentage, two blocks and two digs.

Mackenzie Parsons also reached double-digit kills with 10 of her own on a .350 hitting percentage, three digs and two blocks.

Sarita Pomar took care of the defensive efforts with 11 digs and three service aces.

First Set (23-25 Princeton)

Princeton opened the match with a 6-1 advantage.

Cornell responded with three-straight points that included kills from Misipeka and Camryn Carlo.

Cornell is sent into the first timeout of the game after an 8-1 run from the Tigers that brought the score to 5-13.

Cornell comes out of the stoppage with a Parsons kill.

An ace from Jackie Baker made it 17-19 and sent Princeton into their first timeout.

Another kill from Parsons takes the lead for the first time at 20-19.

Carlo adds one more kill before Princeton grabs the first set 23-25.

Second Set (25-27 Princeton)

Cornell took the first two points of the set with back-to-back kills from Eliza Konvicka.

After a six-point run from the Tigers, Carlo throws in a kill and a block alongside Megahan Gaffigan, 8-13 Princeton.

Cornell starts a rally of six to tie it up at 15-15 with back-to-back kills from Misipeka and ace from Pomar.

Misipeka kill sent Princeton into a time out. Cornell with the lead 22-21.

The set ended with four lead changes as Princeton took the set 25-27.

Third Set (20-25 Princeton)

The opening of the final set was knotted 7-7 as Princeton started up a 9-2 run to take the lead 9-15.

Konvicka adds back-to-back kills to shorten the gap to three, 13-16 Princeton.

Princeton brings the match to set point as Parsons adds one more kill, 20-24.

The Tigers take the set at 20-25 and the match in three.

Match Notes

  • Kohanihokuao Misipeka earned a career-high 11 kills in the three sets.
  • Eliza Konvicka surpassed Emily Wemhoff '17 to take the ninth slot in career kills (820).
  • With 11 digs, Sarita Pomar recorded her third consecutive game with double-digit digs.

Up Next

Cornell hosts last regular season matches against Brown and Yale Nov. 15-16.

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