Ava Poinsett
Ava Poinsett
1
Brown BRN 5-5,0-1 Ivy League
3
Winner Yale Yale 5-4,1-0 Ivy League
Brown BRN
5-5,0-1 Ivy League
1
Final
3
Yale Yale
5-4,1-0 Ivy League
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Brown BRN 19 24 25 22 (1)
Yale Yale 25 26 23 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Ernie Bertothy

Bulldogs Defeat Brown to Open Ivy Season

Betsy Goodenow and Ava Poinsett Post Double-Doubles

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Bulldogs opened the Ivy League season wih a 3-1 win over Brown at the John J. Lee Amphitheater on Saturday night.  The scores of the match were 25-19, 26-24, 23-25 and 25-22.

Match summary:
  • The Bulldogs topped Brown to win their third in row and improved to 3-0 at home this season.
  • Yale won its Ivy opener for the fourth straight season.  
  • Betsy Goodenow and Ava Poinsett both had double-doubles,  Poinsett finished with a team-high 15 kills and added 12 digs, while Goodenow had 14 kills and 15 digs,
  • Laurece Abraham continues to be a force at the net.  Abraham had a season-high eight total blocks and is now averaging 1.03 blocks per set,  She also finished with 11 kills. 
  • Yale hed a 6-3 edge in aces - led by Goodenow with four.
  • The Bulldogs jumped out to a 14-7 lead in set one and never looked back.  Goodenow had four kills and an ace. 
  • Set two went down to the wire.  Abraham broke a 23-23 tie with a kill, and after Brown tied it on the next point, the Bulldogs forced two straight attack errors to take the set. 
  • In the final set, with the score tied at eight, Yale scored five of the next next six points and never trailed again.  Kills from Abraham, Wu and Poinsett led the way.
  • Bethanie Wu dished out 42 assists to mark her highest total in a four-set match this season.
Up next:
  • The Bulldogs are back on the road with matches at Penn and Princeton next weekend. 
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