Women's Volleyball Weekly Release - Week 5

Princeton's Cathryn Quinn and Ginny Willis

Updated Stats (PDF)

PRINCETON, N.J. -- It's the second season for Ivy League women's volleyball as the schedule turns to the first full weekend of conference play this weekend.

Dartmouth enters the heart of the Ivy slate with a League-best 9-3 record and on a five-match winning streak, dating back to Sept. 13 at Holy Cross. The Big Green leads the Ivies in hitting percentage (.240), opponent hitting percentage (.143), kills per set (13.00) and digs per set (18.00). The key to Dartmouth's success has been senior outside hitter Madeline Baird, who enters the weekend third all-time on the school's career kills list with 1,087.

Princeton (8-5, 1-0 Ivy League) gave its first-year head coach Sabrina King a thrill in her first League match as her Tigers rallied from being down 2-1 to defeat 2010 Ivy co-champion Penn in five sets. Princeton looks to keep that momentum going this weekend in Dillion Gym as it plays host to Harvard and Dartmouth.

Columbia, Harvard and Yale each have a 7-4 record entering the bulk of the Ivy schedule. In its opening Ivy match, Columbia came back from a two-set deficit to win at Cornell, the first Lions' win in Ithaca, N.Y. for head coach Jon Wilson. Yale started its League ledger with a 3-0 sweep of Brown, while Harvard was edged by Dartmouth in a five-set thriller.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Princeton senior middle blocker Cathryn Quinn (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) led the Tigers to a 3-2 comeback win over Penn with 15 kills and eight blocks, as well as four assists and four digs. In the crucial fifth set, she accounted for five of Princeton's last six points (three blocks, two kills).

Against Seton Hall earlier in the week, Quinn totaled nine kills, four digs, five blocks and an assist from her middle position.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Princeton freshman setter Ginny Willis (Tampa, Fla.) was superb in her Ivy League debut, guiding the Tigers to a 3-2 comeback win over Penn. He tallied 48 assists and 10 digs in the win, converting on her only two kills. In the final two sets of the match, Willis led Princeton to a .271 hitting percentage in the fourth set and a .389 hitting percentage in the decisive fifth set.

Earlier in the week against Seton Hall, Willis recorded 39 assists, six digs and 2 block assists. For the week, she averaged 10.88 assists per set.

HONOR ROLL
Madeline Baird, Dartmouth, Senior, Outside Hitter (Austin, Texas)
22 kills, 16 digs at Harvard - Team: 1-0

Heather Braunagel, Columbia, Sophomore, Middle Blocker (Trumbull, Conn.)
9 kills, 9 digs, 6 block assists vs. Cornell - Team: 1-0

Kristen Casey, Harvard, Freshman, Outside Hitter (La Jolla, Calif.)
17 kills, 14 digs, 2 block assists vs. Dartmouth - Team: 0-1

Allie Frappier, Yale, Freshman, Outside Hitter (San Mateo, Calif.)
.275 hitting pct., 2.80 K/S, 3.00 D/S, 2 BA - Team: 1-1

Lauren Martin, Penn, Junior, Right Side Hitter (Bedford, Texas)
.242 hitting pct., 3.25 K/S, 8 BA - Team: 0-2

Madeleine Przybyl, Cornell, Senior, Middle Blocker (Christchurch, Va.)
.302 hitting percentage, 3.22 K/S, 2.22 D/S, 8 BA - Team: 0-2


UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, September 30
*Columbia at Brown, 7 pm
*Cornell at Yale, 7 pm
*Dartmouth at Penn, 7 pm
*Harvard at Princeton, 7 pm

Saturday, October 1
*Cornell at Brown, 4 pm
*Dartmouth at Princeton, 4 pm
*Columbia at Yale, 5 pm
*Harvard at Penn, 5 pm

* Ivy League Contests

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
September 6 - Kendall Polan, Yale, Sophomore, Setter
September 13 - Madeline Baird, Dartmouth, Senior, Outside Hitter
September 20 - Annie Villanueva, Dartmouth, Senior, Middle Blocker
September 27 - Cathryn Quinn, Princeton, Senior, Middle Blocker
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
November 15

ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
September 6 - Maddie Lord, Brown, Freshman, Outside Hitter
September 13 - Mollie Rogers, Yale, Freshman, Outside Hitter
September 20 - Mollie Rogers, Yale, Freshman, Outside Hitter
September 27 - Ginny Willis, Princeton, Freshman, Setter
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
November 15

HONOR ROLL
September 6 - Janel Forte, Cornell (So., OH), Lauren Martin, Penn (Jr., RS), Cathryn Quinn, Princeton (Sr., MB), Monique Roberts, Columbia (Sr., MB), Mollie Rogers, Yale (Fr., OH) and Annie Villanueva, Dartmouth (Sr., MB)

September 13 - Kathryn Conner, Brown (Fr., DS/L), Hilary Ford, Princeton (Sr., L), Sarah Hanna, Princeton (Fr., OH), Lauren Martin, Penn (Jr., RS), Teresa Skelly, Harvard (So., MB), Meagan Tatum, Cornell (Sr., RS)

September 20 - McHaney Carter, Yale (So., MB), Taylor Docter, Harvard (Jr., OH), Megan Gaughn, Columbia (Jr., OH), Maddie Lord, Brown (Fr., OH), Lauren Martin, Penn (Jr., RS), Jordan Reeder, Cornell (Sr., S)

September 27 - Madeline Baird, Dartmouth (Sr., OH), Heather Braunagel, Columbia (So., MB), Kristen Casey, Harvard (Fr., OH), Allie Frappier, Yale (Fr., OH), Lauren Martin, Penn (Jr., RS), Madeleine Przybyl, Cornell (Sr., MB)   

October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
November 15

WEEKLY AWARD HISTORY

*Shared honor

IVY LEAGUE IN NCAA STATS
In the NCAA statistics through the Sept. 25 matches, the Ivy League is represented in the top 50 in the following categories:

Individual
Digs Per Set
6. Dani Shepherd, Penn (So., L) - 5.90
15. Christine Wu, Harvard (Sr., L/DS) - 5.47
19. Hilary Ford, Princeton (Sr., DS) - 5.37
21. Annika Gliottone, Brown (Sr., DS/L) - 5.30

Hitting Percentage
25. Annie Villanueva, Dartmouth (Sr., MB) - .384

Team
Blocks Per Set
42. Columbia - 2.48

Digs Per Set
8. Dartmouth - 18.00
15. Yale - 17.66
23. Harvard - 17.26
49. Princeton - 16.48