Temple & Rutgers Up Next For Women's Volleyball

Wednesday, September 13

Philadelphia, Pa.

6:00 PM

Princeton University

Temple

Princeton
Maryland Volleyball vs. Princeton at Xfinity Center Pavillion in College Park, MD on Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023. Samantha Osborne/ Maryland Terrapins.

Photo by: Samantha Osborne/ Maryland Terrapins

September 12, 2023 | Women's Volleyball

Match Seven: Princeton (2-4) vs. Temple (6-2), 9/13 – 6 p.m. ET
Match Eight: Princeton (2-4) vs. Rutgers (7-1), 9/14 –7 p.m. ET
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Non-conference play continues for the Princeton University women's volleyball team with upcoming matches against Temple inside McGonigle Hall and Rutgers inside College Avenue Gym.

Award Winners
Freshman Sydney Draper has garnered a pair of awards in her short Princeton career, being named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 4 and to the All-Tournament Team at the Bucknell Invitational on Sept. 2. Sophomore Lucia Scalamandre was also an All-Tournament Team honoree at the Bucknell Invitational.

Statistical Leaders
Freshman Kamryn Chaney leads Princeton in kills-per-set (3.76), Draper in assists-per-set (10.40) while Scalamandre and sophomore Ella Bunde's five service aces tie the team-high. Scalamandre's 1.15 blocks-per-set lead the Tigers, as do freshman Sydney Bold's 3.55 digs-per-set.

The Pursuit of Ivy Title No. 20
The Tigers aim to continue its tradition of success in 2023 and capture a 20th Ivy League Championship. A conference championship in 2023 would also be the Tigers' second-straight and third in the past four seasons. Princeton's 19 Ivy titles are the most by any team in the conference, with Yale's 12 coming in second.

Head Coach Sabrina King
A three-time Ivy Coach of the Year (2019, 2016, 2015), King has guided Princeton to five Ivy titles (2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015). King has also coached four Ivy Players of the Year and spent seven seasons as an assistant coach, winning conference championships in 2007 and 2004. As a player, King won three Ivy titles, was named All-Ivy League on three occasions and was the 1999 Ivy Player of the Year.

Matching Up With The Owls & Scarlet Knights
The Tigers are no strangers to both Temple and Rutgers. In the 2022 season Princeton took down Temple, 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 25-12) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On Sept. 18, 2022, the Tigers earned a 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-18) victory over Rutgers inside Jersey Mikes Arena.

A Familiar Foe
When the Tigers face Temple they will take on Avery Luoma '23, who is doing a grad year at Temple. Luoma, now a graduate student and a two-time All-Ivy League honoree at Princeton, was forced to transfer due to Ivy League rules.

The Returning Ivy Rookie of the Year
Scalamandre, the 2022 Ivy Rookie of the Year, will look to build off a dominant freshman campaign. Also named ECAC Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Ivy, Scalamandre was a seven-time Ivy Rookie of the Week in 2022. She led the Ivy League in total blocks (104), a number that also ranked third all-time in program history for most blocks in a season. Scalamandre ranked first in the Ivy League, 39th in the nation in blocks per set (1.27) and had 10 matches with at least five blocks. In addition, Scalamandre ranked third on the team in points (266) and points per set (3.24).

A Summer of Service
Erin McNair spent two weeks in Kenya over the summer with HEART (Health Education Africa Resource Team), a faith-based humanitarian organization that focuses on empowering vulnerable women, children, and youth in Africa to thrive beyond HIV. The WEEP mother's (Women's Equality Empowerment Program) is one of the many programs that HEART has in which they provide single, vulnerable mother with skills and resources to overcome their current situations to provide for them kids and themselves. The experience was so impactful for McNair that she has decided to take Swahili at Princeton to further pursue the culture in hopes of returning in the future.

Summer Standouts
McNair wasn't the only Tiger to have a busy summer. Kathleen Bishop worked at the German Aerospace Center, Ella Bunde studied abroad at the London School of Economics, Gracie Wood was a Clinical Science Intern at the Topcon Healthcare Innovation Center (THINC) division with Topcon Healthcare, Mariah Haislip was a Summer Fellow with J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management – U.S. Private Bank, Nicole Dankinova interned with Morocco World News, Shelby Fulton took an online course on machine learning and did personal coding projects, Valerie Nutakor worked as a patient safety assistant at a hospital while obtaining an EMT certification and Julia Cabri was an intern with Exabeam, a cyber security company in the Bay Area.