Volleyball makes final road trip of the season over the weekend

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown volleyball will make its final road trip of the season as the Bears will head to Princeton on Friday (Nov. 4) and Penn on Saturday (Nov. 5).

The match against the Tigers will begin at 7 p.m. and the match against the Quakers will start at 5 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.

Brown will be looking to punch its ticket to the Ivy League Tournament as the Bears sit in third place in the league at 7-3. The Bears hold a one-game lead over Dartmouth for fourth and a three-game lead over Harvard, who is in fifth place at 4-6.

ABOUT BROWN

Brown will be looking to avenge an earlier loss to Princeton to start the weekend. The Bears dropped a four-set match to the Tigers that snapped Brown's five-match win streak earlier in Ivy League play.
Sophia Miller became the third Bear to win Player of the Week this season after Miller won the award for her efforts last weekend. Miller finished the weekend with a 21-kill performance against Columbia and a 20-kill, 11-dig double-double against Cornell.
Miller totaled 4.56 kills per set and hit .398 over the two games. She also added 1.89 digs per set and four blocks.
Brown remains on top of the league with 2.51 blocks per set. That number has jumped to 2.71 blocks per set during Ivy League play. The Bears have three players in the top-eight in the league in blocks per set with Beau Vanderlaan in fourth (1.14), Gabby Derrick in fifth (1.11) and Kate Sheire in eighth (0.85).
Vanderlaan has been rock solid in Ivy League matches, hitting a league-high .470 and averaging 2.84 kills per set, good for eighth in the league. Vanderlaan is also second in the league in blocks per set during league play at 1.29.

ABOUT PRINCETON

Princeton is 17-3 on the season and sits in second place in the Ivy League with a 9-1 record. Princeton's only loss was a three-set loss at Yale and the Tigers are 6-0 at home this season.
The Tigers boast the league's best offense, hitting .287 on the season. During league play, Princeton is tied with Brown for the best hitting offense at .286.
Princeton has three of the tip-five hitters in the league during league play – Mariah Haislip (.417 – 2^nd), Avera Luoma (.381 – 3^rd) and Lucia Scalamandre (.372 – 5^th).
Melina Mahood leads the Ivy League with 3.79 kills per set in league play.

ABOUT PENN

Penn is 2-18 on the season and 1-9 in Ivy League play. The Quakers have dropped five-straight matches since beating Cornell in five sets.
Penn has won just two sets over its last five matches and the match against Brown will be the end of a five-match homestand for Penn.
The Quakers are hitting just .155 on the season and are allowing opponents to hit .255 on the year.
Autumn Leak is leading the team with 2.92 kills per set.

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