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Burriss Has Career Night As Women's Volleyball Downs Harvard, 3-1
October 11, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Princeton University women's volleyball team made it a third consecutive victory with a 3-1 (25-16, 26-24, 21-25, 25-15) triumph over Harvard inside the Malkin Athletic Center Saturday night.
Shelby Burriss led the way with a match and career-high 19 kills on a .593 hitting percentage, while Lucia Scalamandre added 13 kills on a .593 hitting percentage along with a match-high nine blocks, tying her career-high. Erin McNair also recorded double figure kills with 10 while adding six digs and two service aces. Sydney Draper tallied a match-high 39 assists along with eight digs, and Olivia Foye compiled a team-high 14 digs.
The opening set began as a back-and-forth battle, but with the Tigers up 11-9 a kill by Ava Harrington ignited a 4-0 run that created separation and put Princeton in front, 15-10. A Valerie Nutakor kill led another 4-0 run that saw the Tigers surge ahead, 19-10, as Princeton went on to earn the 25-15 first set victory.
Harvard maintained its momentum early in the fourth set, as the Tigers only led by one at 14-13. A kill by Burriss ignited a 6-0 run that saw Princeton surge ahead, 20-13, then eventually take match point at 24-13 after a Foye service ace. Scalamandre delivered a powerful kill down the middle that on match point, which saw the Tigers prevail, 25-15 in the set and 3-1 in the match.
Princeton hosts Cornell (9-5, 4-0) at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. inside Dillon Gymnasium
Shelby Burriss led the way with a match and career-high 19 kills on a .593 hitting percentage, while Lucia Scalamandre added 13 kills on a .593 hitting percentage along with a match-high nine blocks, tying her career-high. Erin McNair also recorded double figure kills with 10 while adding six digs and two service aces. Sydney Draper tallied a match-high 39 assists along with eight digs, and Olivia Foye compiled a team-high 14 digs.
The opening set began as a back-and-forth battle, but with the Tigers up 11-9 a kill by Ava Harrington ignited a 4-0 run that created separation and put Princeton in front, 15-10. A Valerie Nutakor kill led another 4-0 run that saw the Tigers surge ahead, 19-10, as Princeton went on to earn the 25-15 first set victory.
Little separated the Tigers and the Crimson in the second set, as the two teams played to a stalemate at 19-19. A Harvard service error gave the Princeton set point at 24-23, but a Crimson kill kept Harvard alive, making it 24-24. McNair ensured the Tigers went up 2-0, producing a kill to make it 25-24 then a service ace that made it 26-24.S1: Princeton 19, Harvard 11
— Princeton Women's Volleyball (@PrincetonWVB) October 11, 2025
Erin McNair extends the Tigers' lead to eight!
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The third set was another close one, with a bad set by Harvard followed by a Nutakor kill giving the Tigers a slight advantage at 12-10. Harvard would eventually take the lead and used a 3-0 run to take a 20-17 advantage. From there, the Crimson would go on to win its first set of the match, 25-21.S2: Princeton 10, Harvard 9
— Princeton Women's Volleyball (@PrincetonWVB) October 11, 2025
Service ace!
Erin McNair gives the Tigers the lead!
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Harvard maintained its momentum early in the fourth set, as the Tigers only led by one at 14-13. A kill by Burriss ignited a 6-0 run that saw Princeton surge ahead, 20-13, then eventually take match point at 24-13 after a Foye service ace. Scalamandre delivered a powerful kill down the middle that on match point, which saw the Tigers prevail, 25-15 in the set and 3-1 in the match.
Up NextMATCH POINT.
— Princeton Women's Volleyball (@PrincetonWVB) October 12, 2025
Lucia Scalamandre hammers one down the middle to end it against Harvard!#NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/oJ7rMQH0MS
Princeton hosts Cornell (9-5, 4-0) at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. inside Dillon Gymnasium
Team Stats
PU
HU
Kills
55
48
Errors
17
25
Attempts
135
134
Hitting %
.281
.172
Points
70.0
59.0
Assists
47
44
Aces
5
2
Blocks
10
9
Game Leaders
Kills
19
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
9
Kills
10
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Players Mentioned
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