Women’s Volleyball Completes Season Sweep of Harvard With 3-1 Triumph

Friday, October 28

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

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Harvard

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Harvard

Princeton

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Women’s Volleyball Completes Season Sweep of Harvard With 3-1 Triumph

October 28, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

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PRINCETON, N.J. – Boosted by the return of senior Elena Montgomery, the Princeton University women's volleyball team completed the season of Harvard Friday night inside Dillon Gymnasium, triumphing 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 25-13, 25-11).

The Tigers were evelevated by Montgomery's return, who played in her first match of 2022 after suffering an injury in the off-season. Montgomery added 10 kills on a .500 hitting percentage, and had one solo block for the Tigers.

Senior Melina Mahood led the way for Princeton, finishing with a match-high 15 kills, and senior Lindsey Kelly finished a match-high 47 assists along with a match-high four service aces, tying her career-high. Defensively, senior Cameron Dames led the match in kills with 13, while freshman Lucia Scalamandre's seven blocks were a match-high.

Princeton opened the match with a 5-0 run, that featured back-to-back service aces by Kelly. The Tigers didn't look back from there; up 11-7, a kill by freshman Valerie Nutakor led off a 4-0 that put Princeton ahead, 15-7, extending the Tigers' lead to eight. Consecutive kills by Mahood and senior Avery Luoma gave Princeton a 20-13 advantage and the Tigers went on to take the set, 25-18.

S1: Princeton 5, Harvard 0

Service ace!

The Tigers open the match with a 5-0 run! pic.twitter.com/J0qTO81cJO
— Princeton Women's Volleyball (@PrincetonWVB) October 28, 2022

With help from an early 4-0 run, Harvard jumped out to a 5-3 lead in the second set. A 3-0 Crimson run saw Harvard get ahead 12-8, and maintained its four-point lead at 17-13, with a Princeton timeout following. The Tigers narrowed the deficit to two at 19-17, but the Crimson would prevail in the second set, 25-10.

Ignited by a Mahood kill, Princeton opened the third set on a 5-0 run. Shortly after, a Luoma kill sparked another 5-0 run that gave the Tigers a nine-point advantage at 10-1. Kills by Montgomery and Mahood pushed Princeton's lead to double-digits at 15-4, and the Tigers up 20-9, a Montgomery kill sparked a 4-0 run that give the Tigers set point at 24-9. A kill by sophomore Kathleen Bishop on set point would see the Tigers go up in the match, 2-1.

S3: Princeton 11, Harvard 3

Welcome back Elena Montgomery! pic.twitter.com/xOtoT3T5mT
— Princeton Women's Volleyball (@PrincetonWVB) October 29, 2022

A Scalamandre kill sparked an early 5-0 run in the fourth set, giving the Tigers a 5-1 lead. With the Tigers up 9-4, a kill by sophomore Mariah Haislip led off another 5-0 run, giving the Tigers a 10-point advantage at 14-4. Princeton did not relent, earning match point at 24-11 after a kill by Scalamandre, then a junior Maya Satchell kill giving the Tigers the win, 25-11 in the set, and 3-1 in the match.

MATCH POINT.

Maya Satchell puts down the kill to give the Tigers a 25-11 victory in the fourth set, and a 3-1 win in the match over Harvard!#NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/VenIvvHvOC
— Princeton Women's Volleyball (@PrincetonWVB) October 29, 2022

Up Next
The Tigers return to Dillon Gymnasium at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, against Dartmouth College (14-5, 6-3).