Volleyball Hosts Princeton for Senior Night on Friday

Friday, November 15

Providence, RI

7:00 PM

Brown University

Princeton University

Volleyball Hosts Princeton for Senior Night on Friday

11/14/2019 1:08:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University volleyball hosts Ivy League leading Princeton University for Senior Night on Friday at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at the Pizzitola Sports Center as the Bears conclude their 2019 schedule.

Brown will not host Penn on Saturday as the Quakers have cancelled the remainder of their season.

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SENIOR NIGHT
Brown is set to honors the four members of its senior class – Madeleine Becker (San Mateo, Calif.), Caroline Biggar (Austin, Texas), Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.), and Jacqueline Jacobs (Atlanta, Ga.) – prior to the match against Princeton for their hard work and dedication to the program during their time on College Hill.

BEST SEASON SINCE 2001
With their 13-9 overall record, the Bears have secured their most wins and first winning season since 2001 when the team went 16-11 and won the Ivy League title. Brown has secured a fourth-place finish in the Ivy League standings, marking the first time since 2014 that the Bears have finished in the top half of the conference.

IVY WIN STREAK
Brown rattled off three straight road wins in the second half of Ivy League play, topping Harvard, 3-2, on Nov. 1, beating Dartmouth, 3-1, on Nov. 2, and defeating Columbia, 3-1, on Nov. 8. As part of that streak, the Bears earned their first Ivy League weekend sweep since the 2014 season with their wins over the Crimson and Big Green – giving Brown its first weekend sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth since 2013 and first road sweep of the Crimson and Big Green since the conference went to 14 league games in 2001.

IVY FIRST HALF
Brown earned a pair of victories in the first half of Ivy League play topping Dartmouth, 3-1, and Columbia, 3-1. Against Dartmouth, freshman Sophia Miller (Dallas, Texas) posted a double-double on 15 kills and 13 digs, junior Gabrielle Moriconi (Naples, Fla.) tallied 10 kills, and freshman libero Kaitlyn Wong (Los Altos, Calif.) contributed a match and career-high 26 digs. Against Columbia, senior Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.) and Miller each tallied 19 kills, and junior Eliza Grover (Menlo Park, Calif.) registered 15 kills.

MILLER WINS SECOND IVY ROOKIE OF THE WEEK AWARD
Freshman outside hitter Sophia Miller (Dallas, Texas) earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season on Nov. 4 after leading the Bears to an Ivy weekend sweep. Miller posted two double-doubles on the week behind 37 kills (4.11 per set), 35 digs (3.89 per set), and three aces as Brown went 2-0. She notched a career-high 24 kills, 17 digs, and two aces in a 3-2 win over Harvard and recorded 13 kills and 18 digs in a 3-1 win over Dartmouth.

MILLER TAKES IVY ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Sophia Miller (Dallas, Texas) gained Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Oct. 21 after helping Brown close the first half of league play with a 3-1 win over Columbia. Miller posted 29 kills (4.14 per set) and 25 digs (3.57 per set) on the week as Brown went 1-1 in Ivy League play. She registered a double-double on career highs in kills (19 on .474 hitting) and digs (18) alongside three assists and an ace in Brown's 3-1 win over Columbia (Oct. 19). She added 10 kills, seven digs, and an ace against Cornell (Oct. 18).

ROOKIES EMERGE IN IVY PLAY
Freshman outside hitter Sophia Miller (Dallas, Texas), freshman libero Kaitlyn Wong (Los Altos, Calif.), and freshman middle blocker Audra Curtin (Tampa, Fla.) have all increased their production during Ivy League play. In Ivy play, Miller ranks second in the league in both kills per set (4.27) and points per set (4.59). Overall, Miller stands second in kills per set (3.46) and points per set (3.80). She has tallied double-figure kills in 10 of her last 11 outings and seven double-doubles on the season.

In Ivy play, Wong ranks third in the conference in digs per set (4.23), and overall she stands fifth in the league in digs per set (3.85). She has posted double-digit digs in 14 of her last 16 matches. In Ivy play, Curtin paces the conference in blocks per set (1.33).

RETURN OF THE MAK
Senior Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.) ranks third in the Ivy League in kills per set (3.33) and second in points per set (3.80). In Ivy play, she stands second in the conference in service aces per set (0.39), fifth in kills per set (3.11), and fifth in points per set (3.70). She has posted double-figure kills in 20 of 2 matches on the year alongside 10 double-doubles. For her career she has tallied double-figure kills in each of 40 matches to go with 26 double-doubles.

She earned Tournament MVP honors at the Friar Classic, posting 40 kills (3.64 per set) and 35 digs (3.18 per set) on the weekend. She also collected All-Tournament Team accolades at the Holly Young Invitational behind 45 kills (3.21 per set) and 39 digs (2.79 per set).

JACOBS CLIMBS BLOCKING CHARTS
Senior Jacqueline Jacobs (Atlanta, Ga.) has posted 337 career blocks, standing as the fourth student-athlete in program history to tally 300 or more career blocks. On the all-time blocks list, she ranks third in program history after passing former teammate Payton Smith '17 (301 career blocks) earlier this season. Jessie Cooper '02 ranks second (363), and Leyla Goldsmith '97 ranks first (428). Jacobs has tallied 1.04 blocks per set during her career and is set to graduate as the Bears' all-time leader in that category.

MORICONI & GROVER
Juniors Gabrielle Moriconi (Naples, Fla.) and Eliza Grover (Menlo Park, Calif.) rank third and fourth on Brown with 2.49 and 2.35 kills per set respectively. Moriconi has registered double-figure kills seven times on the year. Grover – an Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection a year ago – has posted double-figure kills nine times this season, including five times in Ivy play. In Ivy competition, Grover ranks seventh in the conference in hitting percentage (.346).

SELLERS WITH THE SET
Sophomore Kristin Sellers (Menlo Park, Calif.) ranks sixth in the Ivy League in assists per set (6.40). She has charted 20 or more assists in 16 of the Bears' matches and has crossed the 40-assist plateau twice. Sellers has notched seven double-doubles on the year.

BLOCK PARTY
In Ivy League play, Brown ranks second in the conference as a team in blocks per set (2.20). The Bears also stand third in the league in digs per set (14.80).

STRONG START
During non-conference play, the Bears posted an 8-2 overall record, tying the best start for the team through 10 matches in program history alongside the 2008 team. Brown's eight non-conference wins tied for the most non-league wins for the team since the Ivy League went to 14 conference games in 2001. Four of Brown's eight wins in non-conference play came in five sets. In non-league competition, senior Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.) led the Bears with 143 kills (3.58 per set) and 108 digs (2.70 per set).

FRIAR CLASSIC CHAMPIONS
Brown captured the Friar Classic title behind victories over Coppin State (3-0), Fairleigh Dickinson (3-0), and Providence College (3-2). The Bears earned three All-Tournament Team honorees including senior Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.), junior Gabrielle Moriconi (Naples, Fla.), and sophomore Kristin Sellers (Menlo Park, Calif.). Ehlert – the Tournament MVP – posted 3.64 kills per set and 3.18 digs per set on the weekend alongside 3.36 kills per set from Moriconi and 9.00 assists per set from Sellers.

THE CAPTAINS
The Bears will feature leadership from across their classes with senior outside hitter Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.), junior outside hitter Gabrielle Moriconi (Naples, Fla.), and sophomore libero Paris Winkler (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) serving Brown as captains in 2019.

THE NEWCOMERS
Brown welcomes four incoming freshmen to the team in 2019, including middle blocker Audra Curtin (Tampa, Fla.), middle blocker/right-side hitter Elise Curtin (Tampa, Fla.), outside hitter Sophia Miller (Dallas, Texas), and libero/defensive specialist Kaitlyn Wong (Los Altos, Calif.).

YEAR TWO
Ahen Kim returns for his second year as the head coach of the Brown volleyball program, coming off a year in which he led the Bears to their most wins since the 2014 season. He brings back top assistant coach Katie Reifert, while adding assistant coach Eryn Riley.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Princeton enters the weekend as the top team in the conference standings with a 15-6 overall record and 9-1 mark in Ivy play. The Tigers have won three of the last four Ivy titles. Devon Peterkin, Elena Montgomery, and Natasha Skov lead the team with 3.33, 3.20, and 3.07 kills per set respectively. Jessie Harris has averaged 11.67 assists per set, and Cameron Dames has posted 4.27 digs per set.

UP NEXT
Brown may play an if-necessary match against Yale on Sunday depending on the weekend's Ivy results on Friday and Saturday.