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Friday, October 13
Providence, R.I.
5 p.m.
Brown University
vs
Dartmouth
Photo by: Emma C. Marion
Volleyball Host Dig Pink ESPNU Match Against Dartmouth Friday, Takes on Harvard Saturday
10/12/2023 12:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown volleyball finishes up the first half of the Ivy League schedule with home contests against Dartmouth on Friday (Oct. 13) and Harvard on Saturday (Oct. 14).
Friday's game against the Big Green will begin at 5 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU and will also be Brown volleyball's Dig Pink game. Fans are encouraged to wear pink for the game in support of breast cancer research. There will also be t-shirts available for purchase with proceeds benefitting breast cancer research.
All fans who purchase a t-shirt or donate HERE to the Side-Out Foundation will be entered into a raffle to win Brown Volleyball gear. There will also be a postgame meet & greet and autographs with the team.
There will also be a pizza giveaway for fans courtesy of Francesco's Pizzeria.
Saturday's contest against Harvard will also begin at 5 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+
GAME LINKS
vs. Dartmouthl / 5 p.m. / Watch (ESPNU) / Live Stats
vs. Harvard / 5 p.m. / Watch (ESPN+) / Live Stats
SCOUTING BROWN
BROWN UNIVERSITY SPORTS FOUNDATION
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
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Friday's game against the Big Green will begin at 5 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU and will also be Brown volleyball's Dig Pink game. Fans are encouraged to wear pink for the game in support of breast cancer research. There will also be t-shirts available for purchase with proceeds benefitting breast cancer research.
All fans who purchase a t-shirt or donate HERE to the Side-Out Foundation will be entered into a raffle to win Brown Volleyball gear. There will also be a postgame meet & greet and autographs with the team.
There will also be a pizza giveaway for fans courtesy of Francesco's Pizzeria.
Saturday's contest against Harvard will also begin at 5 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+
GAME LINKS
vs. Dartmouthl / 5 p.m. / Watch (ESPNU) / Live Stats
vs. Harvard / 5 p.m. / Watch (ESPN+) / Live Stats
SCOUTING BROWN
- Brown swept Columbia and earned a five-set win at Cornell to move its win streak to three games. The Bears return home to finish up the first half of the Ivy League season with matches against Dartmouth and Harvard.
- The Bears have not lost an Ivy League game to a team not named Princeton or Yale since Brown fell in four sets to Cornell on Nov. 9, 2019. The Bears have won 22-straight matches against the other five Ivy League teams. During that stretch, Brown has only lost 12 sets and have won 13 matches in 3-0 sweeps.
- With her next win, head coach Taylor Virtue would win her 13th game, the most wins by a head coach in their first season at Brown. Virtue would also tie the record for most Ivy wins by a head coach at Brown in their first season with four.
- Brown has six players currently averaging 2.00 kills per set or more. Mariia Sidorova continues to lead the team with 2.98 kills per set but Kate Sheire is right behind at 2.95.
- Sheire has finished with at least eight kills in each of her last five matches and has hit over .300 in three of them. Sheire has finished with double-figure kills in seven matches this season. Sheire is tied with Kayla Griebl for second on the team with seven matches of 10+ kills.
- Griebl finished with 15 kills in her last match, the second-highest number for the junior this season. Griebl is second on the team with four double-doubles but has not had one in her last three matches.
- Beau Vanderlaan continues to be a focal point for the Brown offense as the junior has had at least seven kills in each of her last 10 matches, including a stretch of six-straight games with double-figure kills. Over her last ten matches, Vanderlaan has hit .447 with five matches above .400 and three above .500. Vanderlaan is hitting .437 on the season, which is .047 higher than her best season hitting percentage in her career.
- Jessie Golden had held down the back line defense for Brown continuing to lead the league with 5.60 digs per set, 1.27 digs more than any other player. Golden has finished with 20 or more digs in seven matches this season and has finished with double-figure digs in all 12 matches she has played in this year.
- The matchups this weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard will be crucial for qualifying and seeding purposes in the Ivy League Tournament. As of this weekend, Brown and Dartmouth are tied for fourth with 3-2 records in Ivy League play. The Crimson are second in the league with a 4-1 record and will play 5-0 Yale before taking on Brown. The top four teams in the league will qualify for the Ivy League Tournament which will be held at the site of the No. 1 seed.
- Dartmouth is 6-8 and 3-2 on the season in Ivy play. The Big Green enter the weekend having lost to Princeton in their last match.
- The Big Green sit in the bottom half of the Ivy League in most statistical categories but are third in the league in aces per set with 1.69
- Amelia Gibbs leads Dartmouth in hitting percentage, hitting .376, good for third in the league and 59th in the NCAA.
- Brown has won six-straight matches against Dartmouth with the last loss being Nov. of 2018 in Hanover.
- Harvard is 11-3 on the season and 4-1 in Ivy League play. The Crimson earned wins against both Princeton and Penn last weekend.
- The Crimson lead the Ivy in aces per set (1.69) and blocks per set (2.77). Harvard sits 14th in the NCAA in blocks per set.
- Ashley Wang is 25th in the NCAA with 0.52 aces per set.
- Ryleigh Patterson (35th in NCAA) and Ariana White (42nd in NCAA) are the top two blockers in the Ivy League at 1.31 and 1.29 blocks per set, respectively.
- Brown has won five-straight and six of the last seven meetings against Harvard. The Bears last dropped a match to the Crimson on Oct. 5, 2019 in Providence.
BROWN UNIVERSITY SPORTS FOUNDATION
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For the latest on Brown Athletics, please follow @BrownU_Bears on Twitter, @BrownU_Bears on Instagram, like BrownUBears on Facebook and subscribe to the BrownAthletics YouTube channel.
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