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Volleyball Picked Sixth in Ivy League Preseason Poll
8/29/2019 10:10:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
PRINCETON, N.J. – Brown University volleyball was picked to finish sixth in the 2019 Ivy League Volleyball Preseason Media Poll, the Ivy League conference office announced on Thursday.
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2019 Ivy League Women's Volleyball Preseason Media Poll
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Princeton took the top spot in the poll with 10 first-place votes and 120 overall points, just ahead of second-place Yale (five first-place votes, 117 overall points). Cornell (91 points) and Harvard (one first-place vote, 80 points) completed the top half of the poll while Dartmouth (55 points), Brown (45), Columbia (44), and Penn (24) rounded out the rankings.
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As a team, Brown posted an 11-13 overall record in 2018, marking its most wins since the 2014 season (12-14). The Bears went 7-3 in non-conference play, compiling their most non-league wins since 2008 (8-4).
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The Bears return an All-Ivy selection in junior right-side hitter Eliza Grover (Menlo Park, Calif.) and will feature tri-captains in senior outside hitter Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.), junior outside hitter Gabrielle Moriconi (Naples, Fla.), and sophomore libero Paris Winkler (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
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Brown opens its 2019 season with three matches at the Holly Young Invitational – vs. Seattle (Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m.), at New Hampshire (Sept. 7, 12:30 p.m.), and vs. Holy Cross (Sept. 7, 2:30 p.m.) – before hosting North Dakota in its home opener at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Sept. 8 at noon.
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2019 Ivy League Women's Volleyball Preseason Media Poll
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Princeton took the top spot in the poll with 10 first-place votes and 120 overall points, just ahead of second-place Yale (five first-place votes, 117 overall points). Cornell (91 points) and Harvard (one first-place vote, 80 points) completed the top half of the poll while Dartmouth (55 points), Brown (45), Columbia (44), and Penn (24) rounded out the rankings.
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As a team, Brown posted an 11-13 overall record in 2018, marking its most wins since the 2014 season (12-14). The Bears went 7-3 in non-conference play, compiling their most non-league wins since 2008 (8-4).
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The Bears return an All-Ivy selection in junior right-side hitter Eliza Grover (Menlo Park, Calif.) and will feature tri-captains in senior outside hitter Makena Ehlert (Orange County, Calif.), junior outside hitter Gabrielle Moriconi (Naples, Fla.), and sophomore libero Paris Winkler (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
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Brown opens its 2019 season with three matches at the Holly Young Invitational – vs. Seattle (Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m.), at New Hampshire (Sept. 7, 12:30 p.m.), and vs. Holy Cross (Sept. 7, 2:30 p.m.) – before hosting North Dakota in its home opener at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Sept. 8 at noon.
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| 2019 Ivy League Preseason Media Poll | ||
| Predicted Order of Finish | ||
| First-Place Votes in Parentheses | ||
| Rank | School | Points |
| 1. | Princeton (10) | 120 |
| 2. | Yale (5) | 117 |
| 3. | Cornell | 91 |
| 4. | Harvard (1) | 80 |
| 5. | Dartmouth | 55 |
| 6. | Brown | 45 |
| 7. | Columbia | 44 |
| 8. | Penn | 24 |
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