Women's Volleyball Completes Saturday Sweep Of Iona & Coppin State

Calendar

Women's Volleyball

September 19, 7PM

at #12 Penn State

University Park, Pa.

Women's Volleyball

September 20, 2PM

vs Central Michigan

University Park, Pa.

Women's Volleyball

September 26, 7PM

at Penn

Women's Volleyball

October 3, 7PM

vs Brown

Princeton, N.J.

Women's Volleyball

October 4, 5PM

vs Yale

Princeton, N.J.

BALTIMORE – The Princeton University women's volleyball team completed a Saturday sweep at the Physical Education Complex to wrap up the Towson/Coppin State Invitational, first earning a 3-0 (35-15, 25-18, 25-13) victory over Iona then a 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-21) triumph over the Eagles.

Valerie Nutakor ended the day with team-highs in points (22.5) and kills (22). She recorded a .327 attacking percentage along with 23 digs. Lucia Scalamandre totaled 22 points, 17 kills on a .516 attacking percentage and seven blocks. Taylor Clark added 19 points, 17 kills on a .394 attacking percentage and four blocks while Ashtyn Sims tallied 14 kills. Sydney Draper handed out a team-high 80 service aces and had 11 digs, four service aces and two blocks and in addition, Sydney Bold compiled a team-high 28 digs. Olivia Foye also ended the day with 20 digs and four service aces.

Princeton vs Iona
The Gaels jumped out to a 14-11 lead in the first set, but a kill by Nutakor ignited an 11-0 run that swung the set decisively in Princeton's favor as the Tigers, 22-14. Princeton closed the set out on a 3-0 run that included an Iona attacking error along with kills by Burris and Draper.

While the second set started off as a back-and-forth battle, with the score knotted at 11-11 a Nutakor kill led a 4-0 that gave Princeton a 15-11 edge. A kill by Clark ignited another 4-0 run that the Tigers ahead by seven, 19-12, and the Tigers would go on to earn a 25-18 second set victory.

Princeton got off to a hot start in the third set, jumping out to an 11-4 advantage that included a 4-0 run led by a Shelby Burriss kill. A kill by Clarke led a second 4-0 run that put the Tigers up 15-7, and Princeton never looked back from there. An Iona attacking error followed by kills from Sims and Burris closed the match out as Princeton took the third set, 25-13, and the match 3-0.

Princeton vs Coppin State
Sparked by a Nutakor kill, an early 6-0 run saw the Tigers take a 6-1 lead over the Eagles in the first set. Shortly after, a 5-0 run, led by a Sims kill, gave the Tigers a nine-point advantage at 15-4. A Scalamandre kill gave Princeton set point at 24-10, before a Burriss kill sealed the set victor for the Tigers, 25-11.

Coppin State showed its resilience in the second set, keeping it close and getting within one point at 19-18. A kill by Sims followed by an Eagle attacking error then a Draper service ace created further separation at 22-18, then the Tigers would end the set with a double block by Burriss and Clarke, a Nutakor kill then a McNair kill as Princeton would go up 2-0 in the match with a 25-10 second set win.

The Eagles took an early 8-6 lead in the third set, but a Sims kill ignited a 4-0 run that put the Tigers back on top, 10-8. With the Tigers ahead 12-10, a Scalamandre kill sparked a 5-0 run that gave the Tigers a 17-10 advantage, and from there the Tigers would hold on for the 25-21 third set triumph, sweeping the match 3-0.

Up Next
The Tigers take on No. 12 Penn State (4-3) inside Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19.

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Recent Results