Saturday, October 26
New York, N.Y.
2:00 P.M.
Columbia University
vs
Cornell
Photo by: Chris Teehan
Lions Host Cornell In First Of Five Straight Home Matches
10/25/2019 10:21:00 AM | Volleyball
Columbia Volleyball kicks off a five-match home stretch with the Cornell Big Red on Saturday, Oct. 26.
NEW YORK – Columbia Volleyball (10-7, 3-4 IVY) welcomes the Cornell Big Red (13-3, 6-1 IVY) in the first of what will be five straight home matches, with the Big Red coming in to Levien Gym, for the Lions' lone match of the weekend, on Saturday, Oct. 26 with that match set to start at 2 p.m.
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
vs. Cornell – Live Stats | Watch (ESPN+) | Twitter (@CUVB)
REVIEWING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: The Lions took the road last weekend, facing Yale (Oct. 18) and Brown (Oct. 19) with the Lions falling in straight sets (3-0) at Yale and in four sets at Brown (3-1), with the tough weekend snapping what was a three-match winning streak for the Lions. Overall in the two matches, Columbia fought hard, but could not catch the Bulldogs in New Haven, Connecticut and the Lions lost the final three sets, after taking the first, at Brown.
Over the weekend, senior Chichi Ikwuazom reached the 300-block mark in her career, with a block assist early in the second set at Yale, and she became the fourth Lion in program history to reach that mark in her career. Sophomore Emily Teehan, who entered the weekend having recorded at least 10 kills in five-straight matches, extended that streak to six straight matches with 13 kills at Yale before barley missing a seventh straight match with at least 10 kills at Brown, finishing that match with nine kills.
300 REASONS: Ikwuazom, who is in the middle of an extremely productive senior season, set a new mark for herself as she recorded her 300th career block against Yale on Oct. 18. Ikwuazom, who finished the weekend with 308 blocks in her career, became the fourth Lion in program history to reach the 300-block career mark and she currently sits second all-time on the all-time block list.
IKWUAZOM MAKES HER MARK: Besides where she sits on the blocks list, Ikwuazom has also worked her way into several single-season and career marks in the Columbia record book. In kills, Ikwuazom, who currently has 887 career kills, sits fifth all-time in career kills and she's quickly climbing up the single-season all-time kills mark as her current mark of 356 kills on the season places her fifth on that list.
Ikwuazom has already placed herself on the single-season total block list with 110 blocks in 2017, and she is on pace to finish in the top five of career total blocks, career total kills, single-season kills and single-season total blocks, where with 69 blocks so far this season Ikwuazom has an opportunity to add her name for a second time to the single-season total blocks list. Ikwauzom has also placed her name on the single-match total kills list as well, having recorded 29 kills twice this season which are the fourth-most in program history in a single-match.
IVY LEAGUE LEADERS: The Lions, along with Ikwuazom and junior Audrey Cheng, sit near the top of the conference in a handful of categories. As a team, Columbia is first in team assists (827) and team kills (874), while the Lions sit second in the league in assists per set (12.72), team digs (892), team total attacks (2,150) and team total blocks (121).
As for Ikwuazom and Cheng, the Lion senior sits first in hitting percentage (.452), kills per set (5.48), total points (400.5), points per set (6.16) and total blocks (69). Cheng, not to be outdone, is the only student-athlete from the Ivy League to have recorded a triple-double this season and she sits third in the league in assists per set (9.68) and first in total assists (629).
CHICHI ADDS TO THE CASE, AGAIN: Ikwuazom was named the Ivy League Player of the Week following her 67-kill three match performance over the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 5. Ikwuazom, during the week, hit .514 while averaging 5.58 kills per set over the stretch.
Ikwuazom has been filling up her trophy case over the first month of the season and she was named the Ivy League Player of the Week over the first three weeks, giving her three straight weeks from Sept. 9-23 where Ikwuazom held the title. And with this past week's nod Ikwuazom has now held the Ivy League Player of the Week mantle four out of the five times it has been handed out so far this season.
The Lion senior's performance has also gotten national attention as well, with Ikwuazom being named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week, for the week of Sept. 23, following her three-match performance the weekend prior, where she racked up 81 total kills, averaged 5.79 kills per set and hit .470.
NATIONAL CHICHI: Entering the weekend, Ikwuazom remains ranked as one of the best in the nation on the offensive side, as she is third in points per set (6.16), third in kills per set (5.48) fourth in hitting percentage (.452), eighth in total kills (356) and ninth in total points (400.5).
ROBICHAUD'S ROOKIE NOD: First-year Kiara Robichaud was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the week of Sept. 23. That nod gave her two accolades over the first month of her collegiate career with a visit to the Ivy League Honor Roll coming on the week before.
CHENG TRIPLES UP: In Columbia's home opener against Fordham, on Sept. 19, Cheng had herself a night, recording 47 assists, 13 kills and 12 digs on her way to her first career double-double and the first by a Lion since Paula Lobeck recorded a triple-double on Sept. 17, 2002. Historically it was the ninth triple-double in program history and Cheng becomes the fourth Lion to ever record a triple-double.
Nationally, Cheng is one of 24 student-athletes to have recorded at least one triple-double so far this season.
WHAT THE BIG RED BRING: This is the second time this season that Cornell and Columbia will meet on the floor, with Cornell taking what was the Ivy League opener for both sides, in straight sets on Sept. 28 in a match played at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. In that match, the Lions opened up the first set fighting hard until the end, losing that set 25-21, before dropping the next two sets to lose the match.
Cornell enters the match having lost its first Ivy League match of the season, a four-set loss at Yale on Oct. 19, but they had opened the conference season with six-straight wins and the Big Red are 5-2 away from Ithaca. All-time the Big Red holds a 42-12 record against the Lions, with Cornell having taken the previous three matchups between the two sides, but Columbia's last win over Cornell did come on Morningside, with the Lions winning 3-1 on Oct. 21, 2017.
Offensively the Big Red are led by Jillienne Bennett and her 144 total kills, but she is not alone in the 100-kill category with Madison Baptiste (120 kills), Joanna Chang (106 kills) and Jada Stackhouse (106 kills) giving the Big Red four student-athletes who have recorded at least 100 kills so far this season. In terms of setting up the offense, both Emma Worthington (368 assists) and Zoe Chamness (275 assists) have greased the wheels for the Big Red offense, while on defense Lily Barber's 233 digs and Stackhouse's 63 blocks leads the Big Red.
Within the league, Barber is second in aces per set (0.38) and Stackhouse is second in blocks per set (1.13), while nationally Jenna Phelps is seventh in hitting percentage (.432) and second in the league while Stackhouse sits third in the league in hitting percentage (.413). As a team, the Big Red are hitting .274 which is the 17th best mark in the nation and within the league they are first in aces per set (1.63), hitting percentage, opponent hitting percentage (.173) and team service aces (98).
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia Volleyball by following the Lions on Twitter (@CUVB), Instagram (@columbiawvball) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
vs. Cornell – Live Stats | Watch (ESPN+) | Twitter (@CUVB)
REVIEWING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: The Lions took the road last weekend, facing Yale (Oct. 18) and Brown (Oct. 19) with the Lions falling in straight sets (3-0) at Yale and in four sets at Brown (3-1), with the tough weekend snapping what was a three-match winning streak for the Lions. Overall in the two matches, Columbia fought hard, but could not catch the Bulldogs in New Haven, Connecticut and the Lions lost the final three sets, after taking the first, at Brown.
Over the weekend, senior Chichi Ikwuazom reached the 300-block mark in her career, with a block assist early in the second set at Yale, and she became the fourth Lion in program history to reach that mark in her career. Sophomore Emily Teehan, who entered the weekend having recorded at least 10 kills in five-straight matches, extended that streak to six straight matches with 13 kills at Yale before barley missing a seventh straight match with at least 10 kills at Brown, finishing that match with nine kills.
300 REASONS: Ikwuazom, who is in the middle of an extremely productive senior season, set a new mark for herself as she recorded her 300th career block against Yale on Oct. 18. Ikwuazom, who finished the weekend with 308 blocks in her career, became the fourth Lion in program history to reach the 300-block career mark and she currently sits second all-time on the all-time block list.
IKWUAZOM MAKES HER MARK: Besides where she sits on the blocks list, Ikwuazom has also worked her way into several single-season and career marks in the Columbia record book. In kills, Ikwuazom, who currently has 887 career kills, sits fifth all-time in career kills and she's quickly climbing up the single-season all-time kills mark as her current mark of 356 kills on the season places her fifth on that list.
Ikwuazom has already placed herself on the single-season total block list with 110 blocks in 2017, and she is on pace to finish in the top five of career total blocks, career total kills, single-season kills and single-season total blocks, where with 69 blocks so far this season Ikwuazom has an opportunity to add her name for a second time to the single-season total blocks list. Ikwauzom has also placed her name on the single-match total kills list as well, having recorded 29 kills twice this season which are the fourth-most in program history in a single-match.
IVY LEAGUE LEADERS: The Lions, along with Ikwuazom and junior Audrey Cheng, sit near the top of the conference in a handful of categories. As a team, Columbia is first in team assists (827) and team kills (874), while the Lions sit second in the league in assists per set (12.72), team digs (892), team total attacks (2,150) and team total blocks (121).
As for Ikwuazom and Cheng, the Lion senior sits first in hitting percentage (.452), kills per set (5.48), total points (400.5), points per set (6.16) and total blocks (69). Cheng, not to be outdone, is the only student-athlete from the Ivy League to have recorded a triple-double this season and she sits third in the league in assists per set (9.68) and first in total assists (629).
CHICHI ADDS TO THE CASE, AGAIN: Ikwuazom was named the Ivy League Player of the Week following her 67-kill three match performance over the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 5. Ikwuazom, during the week, hit .514 while averaging 5.58 kills per set over the stretch.
Ikwuazom has been filling up her trophy case over the first month of the season and she was named the Ivy League Player of the Week over the first three weeks, giving her three straight weeks from Sept. 9-23 where Ikwuazom held the title. And with this past week's nod Ikwuazom has now held the Ivy League Player of the Week mantle four out of the five times it has been handed out so far this season.
The Lion senior's performance has also gotten national attention as well, with Ikwuazom being named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week, for the week of Sept. 23, following her three-match performance the weekend prior, where she racked up 81 total kills, averaged 5.79 kills per set and hit .470.
NATIONAL CHICHI: Entering the weekend, Ikwuazom remains ranked as one of the best in the nation on the offensive side, as she is third in points per set (6.16), third in kills per set (5.48) fourth in hitting percentage (.452), eighth in total kills (356) and ninth in total points (400.5).
ROBICHAUD'S ROOKIE NOD: First-year Kiara Robichaud was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the week of Sept. 23. That nod gave her two accolades over the first month of her collegiate career with a visit to the Ivy League Honor Roll coming on the week before.
CHENG TRIPLES UP: In Columbia's home opener against Fordham, on Sept. 19, Cheng had herself a night, recording 47 assists, 13 kills and 12 digs on her way to her first career double-double and the first by a Lion since Paula Lobeck recorded a triple-double on Sept. 17, 2002. Historically it was the ninth triple-double in program history and Cheng becomes the fourth Lion to ever record a triple-double.
Nationally, Cheng is one of 24 student-athletes to have recorded at least one triple-double so far this season.
WHAT THE BIG RED BRING: This is the second time this season that Cornell and Columbia will meet on the floor, with Cornell taking what was the Ivy League opener for both sides, in straight sets on Sept. 28 in a match played at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. In that match, the Lions opened up the first set fighting hard until the end, losing that set 25-21, before dropping the next two sets to lose the match.
Cornell enters the match having lost its first Ivy League match of the season, a four-set loss at Yale on Oct. 19, but they had opened the conference season with six-straight wins and the Big Red are 5-2 away from Ithaca. All-time the Big Red holds a 42-12 record against the Lions, with Cornell having taken the previous three matchups between the two sides, but Columbia's last win over Cornell did come on Morningside, with the Lions winning 3-1 on Oct. 21, 2017.
Offensively the Big Red are led by Jillienne Bennett and her 144 total kills, but she is not alone in the 100-kill category with Madison Baptiste (120 kills), Joanna Chang (106 kills) and Jada Stackhouse (106 kills) giving the Big Red four student-athletes who have recorded at least 100 kills so far this season. In terms of setting up the offense, both Emma Worthington (368 assists) and Zoe Chamness (275 assists) have greased the wheels for the Big Red offense, while on defense Lily Barber's 233 digs and Stackhouse's 63 blocks leads the Big Red.
Within the league, Barber is second in aces per set (0.38) and Stackhouse is second in blocks per set (1.13), while nationally Jenna Phelps is seventh in hitting percentage (.432) and second in the league while Stackhouse sits third in the league in hitting percentage (.413). As a team, the Big Red are hitting .274 which is the 17th best mark in the nation and within the league they are first in aces per set (1.63), hitting percentage, opponent hitting percentage (.173) and team service aces (98).
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia Volleyball by following the Lions on Twitter (@CUVB), Instagram (@columbiawvball) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
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