Ehlert Posts 22 Kills, Volleyball Falls to Cornell in Season Finale, 3-1

Saturday, November 10

Providence, RI

5:00 PM

Brown University

11-13, 4-10Ivy

Cornell University

14-10, 9-5Ivy

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Cornell	18	25	25	25	3
Brown	25	14	23	20	1

Ehlert Posts 22 Kills, Volleyball Falls to Cornell in Season Finale, 3-1

11/10/2018 8:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior Makena Ehlert tallied a career-high 22 kills, and freshman Kristin Sellers posted a double-double on 32 assists and 10 digs, but Brown University volleyball fell to Cornell University, 3-2 (18-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-20), on Saturday evening at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

In the season finale for both teams, the Bears (11-13, 4-10 Ivy) opened the match with a win in set one before the visiting Big Red (14-10, 9-5 Ivy) took the following three frames.

"Attacking wise we did a good job overall," Brown head coach Ahen Kim said. "Having Sabrina Stillwell back was great, and our pin hitters did a good job. We hit .213, but Cornell was very prepared. Their offense was clicking, and defensively they did a good job of slowing things down at the net. We just needed to be a little more defensive to slow them down."

Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.) added eight digs to her career-best 22 kills and finished the year with double-figure kills in six straight matches and in nine of her last 10 contests. Sophomore Eliza Grover (Menlo Park, Calif.) registered 12 kills and five digs for her 13^th double-figure kill match of the year.

Senior Sabrina Stillwell (Laguna Beach, Calif.) posted 10 kills for her 15^th double-figure kill match in 20 matches played this season. She closed her career with 1,027 career kills ranking eighth all-time at Brown and passing Kathryn Rice '00 (1,022 career kills).

Freshman libero Paris Winkler (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) totaled a season-high 27 digs. She posted 20 or more digs in each of her last four matches and in five of her last six contests of the year.

Sellers (Menlo Park, Calif.) notched her ninth double-double as a rookie behind her 32 assists and 10 digs, senior Elisa Merten (Woodside, Calif.) registered 10 digs, and sophomore Emma Chow (Boulder, Colo.) dished out 13 assists.

"This was a memorable season for me as a first-year head coach," Kim said. "The level of buy-in and maturity from this team – I could not have asked for a better group of young women. They kept wanting more. I'm a little sad that the season is over because I think that we are still on a trajectory where we have been getting better each week."

Prior to the match, Brown honored the three members of its Class of 2019 – Elisa Merten (Woodside, Calif.), Courtney Palm (St. Louis, Mo.), and Sabrina Stillwell (Laguna Beach, Calif.) – for their hard work and dedication to the program over the last four years.

After Cornell opened set one with a 6-0 lead, Brown battled back to knot the score at 8-8. With the score tied at 14-14, Brown used a 7-2 spurt to pull ahead 21-16 before closing out a 25-18 set win. Ehlert landed six kills as the hosts hit .300 in the set.

Brown remained within 11-9 of Cornell early in set two prior to the Big Red using a 7-0 run to gain an 18-9 advantage. Brown could pull no closer than seven points the rest of the way as Cornell took the frame, 25-14. Ehlert added another four kills in the stanza.

In set three, the Bears tallied four straight points to cut their deficit to 14-12. The Bears made a late 6-1 run in the frame to cut Cornell's margin to 24-23 before the visitors hung on for a 25-23 set win. Ehlert terminated on eight kills in the frame, and Brown hit .310 as a team.

The Bears held a 10-9 edge in set four before the Big Red scored six straight points to pull ahead 15-10. Brown came within three points at 20-17, but Cornell held on for a 25-20 set win. Ehlert and Stillwell each posted four kills in the final period.

For Cornell, Avery Hanan landed 15 kills, Zoe Chamness distributed a match-best 50 assists with 13 digs, and Lily Barber came up with 22 digs. The Big Red took the season series from the Bears, 2-0, as Cornell topped Brown, 3-2, on Oct. 5 in Ithaca, N.Y.

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