Lions Celebrate Senior Day; Host Harvard And Dartmouth

Friday, November 5

New York, N.Y.

7:00 p.m.

Columbia University

Harvard

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Lions Celebrate Senior Day; Host Harvard And Dartmouth

11/4/2021 2:29:00 PM | Volleyball

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Columbia Volleyball will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday, Nov. 6 when Dartmouth visits after a Friday, Nov. 5 visit from Harvard.

NEW YORK — On what is the final home weekend of the 2021 season, Columbia Volleyball (5-15, 2-8 IVY) will host a pair of Ivy League foes with Harvard (9-10, 6-4 IVY) on Friday, Nov. 5 (7 p.m.) and Dartmouth (12-7, 4-6 IVY) on Saturday, Nov. 6 (5 p.m.) with Saturday being the final home match and senior day where the Lions will honor seniors Isa Lamus, Shari Stenglein and Emily Teehan.

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THANKING THE SENIORS: Columbia will honor the senior class ahead of Saturday's match with Dartmouth. Before the action begins, Lamus, Stenglein and Teehan will all be recognized on the court for the time and energy they have given to the program over the past four years.

Teehan was named Second Team All-Ivy League in 2018 and has a pair of Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards during that 2018 season. Stenglein has seen significant playing time during her senior season, racking up a career-high 204 assists so far this season, while Lamus returned from an injury suffered at the start of the 2019 season and she's recorded a new season-high in blocks, with 55 total blocks.

WEEKEND RESULTS: Last weekend the Lions hosted Brown and Yale on Morningside, dropping both matches in straight sets. Noelle Foster led the Lions with a total of 22 kills over the two matches and the Lions blocked strong, collecting 15 total blocks over the weekend.

Lauren Cho recorded a career-high 15 assists against Brown and the Lions held the Bears to .188 hitting, the lowest against an Ivy League foe this season.

LIONS IN THE IVY LEAGUE: Foster's offensive numbers have been leading the Lions and, in the league, she sits first in kills per set (3.97), total kills (282), total points (311.5) and points per set (4.39).

Cadence Gronski sits second in the league in assists per set (10.30), while Soah Franklin sits fourth in blocks per set (1.02). Vanessa Pan (3.92) sits fifth in digs per set and sixth in service aces per set (0.34). Pan's 24 total service aces places her tied for second in the league, while Teehan has snuck into the top 10 in kills per set with 2.94.

HARVARD MATCHUP: Columbia and Harvard meet for the second time this season, and the 61st time in history. All-time the Crimson hold a 39-21 advantage over the Lions, but Columbia has taken the previous three matches. One of those matches was the previous meeting between the two, when the Lions went to Harvard and won in straight sets on Oct. 16.

The last time the Harvard came to Morningside, the Lions won in straight sets on Oct. 11, 2019. And when going back, Columbia has won four out of the previous five meetings. Harvard currently sits fourth in the Ivy League and has won two out of its last three matches. But the last time the Crimson played, they fell in five sets to Penn on Oct. 30.

Harvard sits 46th in the nation (second in the league) in aces per set (1.68) and their 134 total service aces is best in the league. Harvard also leads the league in team assists with 919. Ariana White ranks second in the league in blocks per set (1.03) and Rocky Aguirre's 0.36 average of aces per set places her second in the league.

DARTMOUTH MATCHUP: The Big Green enter the weekend sitting in fifth at 4-6 in the league but will play Cornell on Nov. 5 to open their weekend. When they come to Morningside on senior day, it will be the 54th meeting all-time between the two Ivy League foes. All-time, Dartmouth leads the series 28-25 and won the previous meeting between the two programs earlier in the season in straight sets.

Columbia last beat Dartmouth at home Oct. 12, 2019 and have won the previous four meetings played on Morningside. Entering the weekend, Dartmouth has won two straight and four out of its last five.

Sitting 38th in the nation, Emma Engstrom's 4.81 digs per set are also good enough to place her at the top of the league, while as a team, the Big Green rank 12th in the country (first in the league) in digs per set averaging 17.26.

VENUE POLICIES: Fans must enter from the street level at the doors located at the southeast corner of 120th & Broadway. Fan capacity at Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is limited to 70 percent of the venue's listed capacity per University Task Force protocols. All fans 12 and older must show proof of vaccination upon entry. All fans are required to wear a mask at all times. All fans must also fill out a COVID-19 protocol attestation.

Admission to the game is free. Fans arriving to Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium are required to adhere to Columbia Athletics' and Columbia University's venue protocols. Please find Columbia's venue policies here.

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