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PRINCETON, N.J. — The Princeton University women’s volleyball team’s road to a 22nd Ivy League title in program history begins Friday night by hosting rival Penn Friday evening at Dillon Gymnasium to begin conference play.
The Tigers enter the Ivy slate with a 2-6 overall record, while the Quakers are off to an 8-2 start. Princeton is looking for its fourth consecutive win over Penn dating back to 2024.
First serve is set for 6 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+ with live stats provided.
Championship Tradition
The Tigers won their 21st Ivy League title in program history in 2025, finishing Ivy play with a 11-3 record. Princeton’s 21 Ivy titles are the most of any Ivy program.
Head Coach Sabrina King
King is in her 15th season as head coach at Princeton. She has guided the Tigers to seven Ivy League titles, four NCAA Tournament appearances and has been named Ivy Coach of the Year three times. Throughout her tenure as head coach, King has coached six Ivy League Players of the Year and 52 All-Ivy honorees. A member of the Class of 2001 at Princeton, she won three Ivy titles as a player, was the 1999 Ivy Player of the Year and was a three-time All-Ivy selection.
Draper as the Difference Maker
The 2023 Rookie of the Year and 2025 Ivy League Player of the Year is sixth in the Princeton record books for Most Assists in a Career (2961). She’s just 39 assists from becoming the sixth Tiger to join the 3,000-assist club.
Stellar Season For Shelby
Burriss was the Ivy league Rookie of the Week twice last season. In her first season, she ranked eighth in the Ivy League in hitting percentage (.342), seventh in blocks (56) and tenth in blocks-per-set (0.78) as well as fourth on the team in kills (129).
Last Time(s) Out
Taking on a pair of Big 5 foes—Temple on Friday, Villanova on Saturday—it wasn’t the results Princeton were looking for, falling to the Owls in five sets at home before losing in straight sets to the Wildcats. The Tigers went the distance with Temple, getting high-level performances from Erin McNair (17 kills), Jackie Onyechi (four total blocks), and Sydney Draper (38 assists). Princeton had a 2-1 lead before dropping sets three and four in the defeat. On Saturday, the Tigers were looking for revenge after falling to Villanova in the season opener at Colgate. The ‘Cats had other plans, picking up the clean sweep on their home court. Ava Harrington led her Princeton teammates with 12 kills and a .417 attack percentage, while Draper recorded 26 assists, now just 39 away from 3,000 for her career.
Stat Leaders
Kills: Erin McNair (68)
Kills/set: Erin McNair (2.62)
Attack Pct.: Shelby Burriss (.358)
Assists: Sydney Draper (265)
Service aces: Ava Harrington (6)
Total blocks: Jackie Onyechi (32.0)
Solo blocks: Jackie Onyechi (5)
Block assists: Jackie Onyechi (27)
Digs: Sydney Bold (89)
Digs/set: Sydney Bold (2.97)
Among Ivy League Leaders
Draper is second in the Ancient Eight in assists (265) and assists per set (8.83). Burriss’ attack percentage (.358) is good for sixth, while Onyechi is seventh in blocks (32), and Bold is ranked eighth in digs (89).
Scouting Penn
At 8-2, the Quakers are off to their best start since 2009 and are coming off back-to-back victories over Bryant (3-0) and Rutgers (3-1) at the Jack Kaiser Volleyball Invitational at St. John’s. It was Penn’s first victory over a Big Ten opponent in program history. Jenna Garner leads the team in kills with 114, followed by Ellie Siskin (94), and Adell Murray (88). The latter had 15 on 25 attempts (.520) against Rutgers. Emery Moore is the Quakers’ leading assist-getter (248), while Siskin has a team-leading 17 service aces.
Defensively, Addison Pollock leads the Ivy League by a wide margin in digs (225), averaging 5.63 per set. Haley Kerstetter has 43.0 total blocks with 40.0 for Murray.
Penn leads the Ancient Eight in assists (511) and assists per set (12.78); kills (538) and kills per set (13.45); digs (696), and digs per set (17.40), which is good for fourth in NCAA Division I.
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