NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Bulldogs are heading to the Ivy League Tournament championship match.
Yale, who went 10-0 at home in the regular season, looked comfortable on their court and swept Dartmouth on Friday night in a semifinal match. The scores were 25-18, 25-19 and 25-17.
The Bulldogs, the No. 1 seed, will face Brown, the No. 3 seed, tomorrow at 6 p.m. with a NCAA Tournament berth on the line. The Bears defeated No. 2-seed Princeton earlier in the day.
Gigi Barr led the Bulldogs with 10 kills and Yale dominated on the service line with an 11-1 edge in the match. Four different Bulldogs had at least two aces.
"We had contributions from a lot of different people tonight and our ball handling was great," Yale head coach
Erin Appleman said. "We were consistent in the areas we've focused on all year."
Mila Yarich had a team-high 14 digs to go along with nine kills and a .300 hitting percentage. Yarich also had three aces.
The Bulldogs would not be denied in the third. Yale used a 14-2 run to take control of the set.
In the second set, Yale jumped out to a 5-0 lead sparked by a save from Yarich who crashed into the scorer's table leading to block assists from
Audrey Leak and
Fatima Samb.
Cara Shultz followed with back to back assists. Yale increased its lead to 19-11 after back to back kills from Samb and Shultz.
In the first set, Yale hit .294 as a team with a balanced attack. Leak, Samb and Yarich all had three kills each in the frame, while
Carly Diehl and Shultz both had a pair.
