Cornell's volleyball team brings a 9-1 Ivy League record into a home weekend against Yale and Brown, with a chance to avenge its only conference loss.
The Big Red is 13-6 overall and leads the league entering the matches at Newman Arena in Ithaca, according to Cornell Athletics. Cornell is coming off four-set home victories over Princeton and Penn.
Cornell hosts Yale at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, then faces Brown at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, according to the team schedule.
Yale handed Cornell its lone Ivy defeat
Yale won the teams' Oct. 17 meeting in New Haven in four sets, 25-17, 18-25, 25-21, 25-20. Cornell had opened conference play unbeaten before that match.
The Big Red finished with 56 kills, 60 digs and seven blocks while hitting .243. Cornell's best set was the second, when it hit .483 with 18 kills. Yale pulled away in the fourth after building a 16-12 lead.
Ava Bogan and Jaida Sione each had 15 kills for Cornell. Bogan hit .636 and added six blocks. Mackenzie Parsons had nine kills, Kiran Rio had seven, and Mary Wolcott finished with 45 assists. Sara Pomar had 12 digs and Rio added 10.
Yale leads the all-time series 58-28. Cornell is 15-21 against the Bulldogs at home and has won two of the past 10 meetings, both at Newman Arena. Those victories came in five sets in November 2024 and in a sweep in October 2025.
Cornell seeks another win over Brown
The Big Red beat Brown in four sets Oct. 16 in Providence, winning 26-24, 19-25, 25-18, 25-21. Cornell hit .429 in the third set and rallied from a 20-19 deficit in the fourth.
Parsons led Cornell with 19 kills and a .432 hitting percentage. Sione added 15 kills, while Bogan had 11 kills and five blocks. Wolcott recorded 46 assists. Trinidy Tien led the defense with 16 digs, followed by Pomar with 13.
Cornell has won three straight matches against Brown and leads the all-time series 49-33. The Big Red is 21-13 against the Bears at home.
Bogan anchors Cornell's blocking
Cornell has out-blocked opponents 202.5-129 through 70 sets. The team is averaging 2.9 blocks, 12.7 kills and 11.4 assists per set while hitting .235, according to its preview.
Bogan leads the Big Red with 130 blocks and a .389 hitting percentage. Parsons has a team-high 219 kills, averaging 3.22 per set, while Sione has 195 kills. Wolcott has 524 assists and Pomar has 226 digs. Rio and Pomar share the team lead with 18 service aces apiece.
Six of Cornell's 10 conference matches have ended in straight-set victories. Coach Trudy Vande Berg is in her 12th season leading the program, which reached the Ivy League Tournament in each of the past two seasons.
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