Women's Volleyball to Host Ivy Tournament for Second Consecutive Season

Friday, November 21

Princeton, N.J.

4:00 PM

Princeton University

#4 Seed Brown

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Women's Volleyball to Host Ivy Tournament for Second Consecutive Season

November 19, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Ivy Tournament Semi 1: #1 Seed Princeton (16-6, 11-3) vs #4 Seed Brown (14-9, 9-5) 11/21, 4 p.m.
Ivy Tournament Semi 2: #2 Seed Cornell (15-9, 10-4) vs #4 Seed Yale (14-8, 10-4) 11/21, 7 p.m.
Ivy Tournament Final: Winner semifinal 1 vs. Winner semifinal 2, 11/22, 6 p.m.

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University women's volleyball will host the Ivy League Tournament for the second consecutive season on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 inside Dillon Gymnasium.

Championship Tradition
The Tigers won their 21st Ivy League title in program history in 2025, finishing Ivy play with a 11-3 record to earn the conference championship outright. Princeton's 21 Ivy titles are the most of any Ivy program, with Yale's 14 coming in second.

Head Coach Sabrina King
King is in her 14th season as head coach at Princeton. She has guided the Tigers to seven Ivy League titles, three NCAA Tournament appearances and has been named Ivy Coach of the Year three times. Throughout her tenure as head coach, King has coached four Ivy League Players of the Year and 44 All-Ivy honorees. A member of the Class of 2001 at Princeton, she won three Ivy titles as a player, was the 1999 Ivy Player of the Year and was a three-time All-Ivy selection.

Princeton At The Ivy Tournament
The Tigers officially clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament for the fourth time in the fourth year of the tournament's existence and will host the tournament for the second consecutive season.

Princeton At The 2024 Ivy Tournament
The No. 1 seed Tigers took down No. 4 seed Brown in the semifinals 3-0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-16) on Nov. 22, before falling to No. 2 seed Yale in the final, 3-0 (27-25, 25-23, 25-20).

Weekend Sweep
The Tigers are coming off a weekend sweep in their final two matches of regular season play. Princeton first overcame Harvard, 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) on Nov. 14 before earning a sweep of Dartmouth on Nov. 15, 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-15).

Nutakor & Draper Named Ivy Players Of The Week
Two Tigers have been honored as Ivy League Player of the Week in 2025; Valerie Nutakor on Nov. 10 and Sydney Draper on Sept. 29.

Three Different Ivy Rookies of The Week
Three Tigers have been honored as the Ivy League Rookie of the Week; Shelby Burriss on Oct. 27 and Oct. 13, Olivia Foye on Sept. 29 and Taylor Clarke on Sept. 8.

The National Top-15
Princeton currently ranks No. 16 in the nation in assists-per-set (13.08) and No. 19 in hitting percentage (.283).

Sensational Scalamandre
Lucia Scalamandre, a three-time All-Ivy honoree, currently ranks No. 6 among active career leaders in hitting percentage (.391). In 2025, she ranks No. 17 in the nation and No. 3 in the Ivy League in hitting percentage (.424), No. 5 in blocks-per-set (1.04) and No. 9 in points (3.49).

Accurate Hitting
Scalamandre's .800 hitting percentage against Columbia on Oct. 18 tied the highest hitting percentage recorded by an Ivy League player in 2025. In addition, five out of the top-10 single game hitting percentages by an Ivy player this season have been from Scalamandre.

A National Assist Leader
The 2023 Ivy Rookie of the Year, Draper was named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team in 2024 and is a two-time all-conference selection. She currently ranks No. 8 nationally and leads the Ivy League in assists-per-set (10.81). In addition, Draper ranks No. 12 among active career leaders in assists-per-set (10.21).

A Nation Leading Performance From Draper
Draper's 52 assists against Penn on Sept. 26 were the most by any player in a three-set match in 2025.

Strong Senior Season From Nutakor
Valerie Nutakor ranks third in the Ivy League in kills-per-set (3.41) and fifth in points (3.67). In addition to being a career-high, Nutakor's 25 kills on Oct. 17 against Cornell are tied for the most kills in a match by an Ivy League player in 2025.

Big Impact From Bold
Sydney Bold ranks fifth in the Ivy League in digs-per-set (3.47).

Freshman Impact
The Tigers' freshmen class have quickly made an impact. Burriss ranks No. 6 in in the Ivy League and No. 14 in the nation in hitting percentage (.363). Burris also ranks No. 9 in the conference blocks (0.78) while Foye ranks No. 5 in digs (3.38).

Scouting No. 2 Seed Yale
The Bulldogs went 16-6 in 2025 and finished 10-4 in conference play to earn the No. 2 seed.

Last Time Against Yale
The Tigers fell to the Bulldogs inside the John J. Lee Amphitheatre, 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-14) on Oct. 31.

Scouting No. 3 Seed Cornell
The Big Red have a 15-9 record in 2025 and earned the No. 3 seed after finishing 10-4 in Ivy League play.

Last Time Against No. 3 Seed Cornell
Princeton earned a 3-0 (25-13, 32-30, 25-18) sweep over the Big Red inside Newman Arena on Nov. 8.

Scouting No. 4 Seed Brown
The Bears are 14-9 overall and went 9-5 in conference play to earn the No. 4 seed at the Ivy League Tournament.

Last Time Against No. 4 Seed Brown
In a contest broadcast live on ESPNU on Nov. 2 inside the Pizzitola Sports Center, Princeton took down the Bears, 3-1 (27-25, 15-25, 25-23, 25-18).