CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's volleyball (8-6, 3-2 Ivy) will look to get back in the win column this weekend at it returns home to wrap up the opening half of the Ivy League season.
The Crimson will welcome Yale (9-3, 5-0 Ivy) and Brown (4-11, 1-4 Ivy) to the Cambridge on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19, respectively. First serve on either day is set for 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., respectively, at the Malkin Athletic Center and on ESPN+.
What to Know
- Through nine non-conference battles and the first five games of Ivy League play, the Crimson sit at 8-6 overall and 3-2 in conference.
- After dropping two contests last weekend, Harvard is tied for third in the league with Cornell and trailing only Yale and Princeton.
- Ryleigh Patterson continues to be one of the most accurate hitters in the conference, ranking sixth with a hitting percentage of .330. Last weekend, the sophomore totaled 26 kills across two matches while hitting .320.
- Patterson also continues to provide a strong presence on the defensive side, coming in a third in the league with 1.15 blocks per set. Her first-year teammate Bennett Trubey joins her inside the top five, ranking fifth with 1.12 blocks per set.
- While tying her career-high in digs with 22 against the Quakers and recording her first kill of the season, Lindsey Zhang landed on this week's Ivy League weekly honor roll. The senior ranks third in the conference in the category, averaging 3.78 digs per set.
- By providing the Crimson with consistent scoring, Brynne Faltinsky (third) and Corinne Furey (10th) rank inside the top 10 in the conference in kills by averaging 3.52 and 2.72, respectively, per set.
- Rocky Aguirre has been the glue of the Harvard offense this season, leading the team in assists with 469 and checking in at fourth in the conference with her 8.53 per set.
- As a team, Harvard ranks third in the Ivy League in blocks, averaging 2.27 per set and totaling 125 through 55 sets.
- The Crimson trailing 27-51 in the all-time series versus the Yale Bulldogs and will look to snap a six-match losing streak to the foe.
- Harvard will look to continue to close the gap in the all-time series versus Brown, a record that the Bears currently hold a 39-44 advantage in. Last time the two teams met, Harvard broke a six-match losing streak to the Bears, dropping them 3-0.
Next Up
The Crimson will kick off a five-match road stretch next weekend as it travels north to face Dartmouth on Friday, October 25.
