GAME LINKS
Friday, Oct. 9
that Penn | 6 p.m
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Saturday, Oct. 10
at Princeton | 5 p.m.
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THE FIRST SERVE
- Brown enters the weekend after picking up wins over Dartmouth and Harvard at home last weekend, defeating the Big Green 3-2 and the Crimson 3-1.
- Junior Fisayo Afonja received Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Monday after leading the Bears with 36 kills and 39.5 points. Afonja led Brown with 20 kills against Dartmouth on Friday, and finished the weekend with a hitting percentage of .304, 18 digs, three total blocks, three assists, and two service aces.
- Freshman Sophie Haskell was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Monday. Haskell led the Bears in digs with 34 last weekend, including 23 against Dartmouth on Friday. Her performance against Dartmouth was the most digs in a five-set match by an Ivy League freshman this fall.
- The Bears check in at fourth in the Ivy League standings with a 2-1 mark in conference play.
SCOUTING PENN
- The Quakers stand at 9-4 overall this fall, with a 1-2 mark in Ivy League play.
- Penn picked up its first conference win on Saturday with a four-set win over Columbia at home.
- The team posts a hitting percentage of .233, with Adell Murray leading the way with a .395 hitting percentage. Jenna Garner leads the Quakers with 148 kills, while Addison Pollock leads both Penn and the Ivy League with 304 digs.
SCOUTING PRINCETON
- Princeton checks in at 4-7 overall, with a 2-1 record in Ivy League matches.
- The Tigers went 1-1 last weekend, defeating Columbia in a sweep on Friday night before being swept by Cornell on Saturday.
- Princeton has a team hitting percentage of .234 this fall, led by Shelby Burriss’ .336 percentage. Erin McNair paces the Tigers with 103 kills, while Sydney Bold holds a team-high 133 digs.
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