Yale Drops Dramatic Five-Setter to Bowling Green in NCAA First ...
Down 2-1 in Sets, Ivy League Champ Yale Forced Fifth Game
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Bulldogs dropped a heart-stopping fifth set to Bowling Green in their NCAA First Round match at Rec Hall on Friday evening.
The scores of the match were 16-25, 25-15, 25-21, 13-25 and 15-11.
In its fourth-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, Yale came back from a 2-1 set deficit to force a deciding fifth. The loss snapped Yale's 15-match win streak, and the Bulldogs ended the season 18-6 overall and 14-0 in Ivy Play.
Mollie Rogers and Kelly Johnson led a balanced Yale attack with a team-high 12 kills each, while senior team captain Haley Wessels ended her Bulldog career with 11 kills, 6 block assists and five digs.
The fifth set was pulsating volleyball and featured eight ties and five lead changes.?
Yale recovered from a 7-5 deficit to score the next four points.? After three straight Bowling Green errors, Kendall Polan rifled an ace along the left side to give Yale a two-point edge.
After a Yale error, Lindsey Butterfield gave the Falcons back the lead with two straight kills.? McHaney Carter and Rogers teamed up for block assists on the next point to tie the set at 10.?
Carter finished with nine kills, hit. 391 and five block assists.? Rogers, a first-team All-Ivy selection, added 17 digs and four block assists.
Leah Shaw's kill put Bowling Green back in front, and the Falcons never trailed the rest of the way. ?
Bowling Green improved to 9-0 in five-set matches this season, while Yale was playing in its first five-setter of the year.?
Yale ended the season as the second team in Ivy League history to finish a conference season 14-0 and featured five All-Ivy selections.
Bowling Green will face the winner of Binghamton and Penn State tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. in a NCAA Second Round match.
Check back later for more details.
Report filed by Ernie Bertothy, Yale Sports Publicity
Source: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/w-volley/2012-13/releases/20121130bwhke1
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