Volleyball Set to Face Princeton in Volleyball Semifinals

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown volleyball is set to take on the No. 1 seed Princeton at the Ivy League Volleyball Tournament on Friday (Nov. 22). The match against the Tigers is set to start at 4 p.m.

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FIRST SERVE

Brown will play in its third-straight Ivy League Tournament as the Bears come into the tournament as the No. 4 seed. Brown will face a familiar foe in the semifinals, taking on the No. 1 seed Princeton Tigers. Brown and Princeton have meet in each of the last two Ivy League semifinals with the Bears winning both matches in four sets.
Brown closed out the regular season winning its last four matches and five of its last six matches to earn a spot in the ivy League Tournament. The Bears did so by winning two five-set matches, beating Dartmouth and Cornell, after starting the season 0-4 in matches that went the distance

SCOUTING PRINCETON

Princeton comes into the tournament as the No. 1 seed after posting a 12-2 record in the Ivy League. The Tigers are riding a six-game win streak and have won three of their last four matches in straight sets.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Brown dropped both meetings with the Tigers this season, losing in straight sets at Princeton and falling in five sets at home.
In the last three seasons, Brown has going 0-6 against Princeton in the regular season but has won both meetings in each of the last two Ivy League Tournaments.

WEEKLY HONORS

Brown has started to collect some Ivy League weekly honors as the Bears have started to heat up.
Masha Sidorova earned her first-career Ivy League Player of the Week on Nov. 11 with her performances against Dartmouth and Harvard.
Julia Kakkis has earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times, including most recently on Nov. 11.
Kayla Griebl earned her first Ivy League Player of the Week on Oct. 21.

COMING UP ACES

Victoria Vo sits one ace away from 100-career aces.

DIGGING IT

Victoria Vo is the most recent member of the 1,000-dig club at Brown having reached the milestone against Penn on Oct. 5.
Jessie Golden also reached the 1,000 dig mark in the match against Penn on Nov. 1.

BLOCK PARTY

Senior Beau Vanderlaan is etching her name in the Brown record book when it comes to blocks. Vanderlaan reached 400-career blocks and became the second Bear to reach that mark in her career (Leyla Goldsmith '97 - 428).
Vanderlaan also has a career blocks per set mark of 1.1, which would be the best number by a Bear in program history.

BROWN IN THE TOURNAMENT

Brown has made the Ivy League Tournament in all three seasons the tournament has been played.
In the past two seasons, Brown has been the No. 3 seed and has beaten No. 2 Princeton in the semifinals. The Bears have dropped both Ivy League Tournament Championship games to Yale in four sets.
Brown is looking for its first Ivy League title since 2021 when the Bears won the last Ivy League Championship not decided by a tournament. Brown went on the face Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament that season.

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