Volleyball Team Honors Seniors, Drops Home Finale To Playoff-Bound Sacred Heart

Saturday, April 15

Princeton, N.J.

4:00 PM

Princeton University

12-13, 8-6EIVA

Sacred Heart

15-10, 8-6EIVA

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Sacred Heart	25	25	25	3
Princeton	13	19	20	0

Volleyball Team Honors Seniors, Drops Home Finale To Playoff-Bound Sacred Heart

April 15, 2017 | Men's Volleyball

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Dillon Gym was the land of opportunity this weekend. Princeton took advantage Friday night, and Sacred Heart took advantage Saturday in the regular-season finale.

One night after the Tigers completed a season sweep of Harvard and clinched its fifth EIVA postseason berth in six years, Sacred Heart posted a 3-0 win over Princeton to clinch their own playoff berth. Both teams ended the season with 8-6 EIVA records, but Sacred Heart will claim the third seed due to sweeping Princeton during the season, meaning the Tigers will be seeded fourth and will play Penn State Thursday night in the EIVA semifinal.

Prior to the match, Princeton honored its senior duo of Jonah May and Kurt Thiemann, who played in their final home match. The duo helped Princeton to a 7-2 home record this season, as well as a return trip to the postseason.

Unfortunately, their Dillon finale didn't go as hoped, as a desperate Sacred Heart team played the best match of any Princeton opponent inside Dillon Gym this season. The Pioneers hit .431 and limited Princeton to a .062 hitting percentage — one night after the Tigers hit .468 in its postseason-clinching win over Harvard.

Freshman Parker Dixon led the Tigers with 10 kills, while classmate George Huhmann added six. May had 19 assists, while Billy Andrew came in and sparked an early run in the third set with a pair of service aces.