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Princeton University
Cornell
Women's Volleyball Falls To Cornell 3-2
October 12, 2001 | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 12, 2001
Final Stats
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Princeton women's volleyball team got 13 kills and 16 digs from junior Michelle Buffum (San Jose, Calif.) but still dropped a close five-game match to Cornell in Ivy League action tonight in Dillon Gymnasium. Tonight's game was a rematch of last year's Ivy League championship match, in which the Tigers rallied from a 2-1 deficit to earn the title and a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Tigers, who had to play most of the match without sophomore outside hitter Kellie Cramm (Laguna Beach, Calif.), drop to 6-6 overall and 0-2 during league play. The Big Red is now 10-5 and 2-1 in the Ivy League.
The two teams split the first two games, before Cornell came away with a 31-29 victory in the third game. Princeton bounced back with a convincing 30-17 win to even the match at 2-2, but the Big Red pulled away for a 15-8 win in the deciding game. Senior Ana Yoerg (Bloomfield, Mich.) had a team-leading 40 assists, 12 digs, seven kills and four blocks for the Tigers. Junior Abby Studer (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) had 11 kills and a team-leading four and a half blocks. Sophomore Kerry Song (Coto de Caza, Calif.) had 15 digs.
Debbie Quibell had 16 kills and a team-leading 19 digs for Cornell. Jaimee Reynolds registered a team-high 49 assists while Angela Barbera had 18 kills and 15 digs.
The defending league champions will be looking for their first Ivy win of the season when they return to action tomorrow afternoon against Columbia at 4 p.m. in Dillon Gymnasium. The Lions fell to 9-6 overall and 1-2 in the Ivy League with tonight's 3-0 loss to Pennsylvania.
Cornell (10-5, 2-1 Ivy League) 21 30 31 17 15
Princeton (6-5, 1-0 Ivy League) 30 28 29 30 8
Kills
Cornell: Angela Barbera 18, Debbie Quibell 16
Princeton: Michelle Buffum 13, Abby Studer 11
Digs
Cornell: Debbie Quibell 19, Liz Condon 18
Princeton: Michelle Buffum 16, Kerry Song 15
Assists
Cornell: Jaimee Reynolds 49
Princeton: Ana Yoerg 40