Tartans Push #7 MIT to Five, Fall in Final Set by Two

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team began the Carnegie Mellon Quad sponsored by DoubleTree Downtown on Friday, September 12 with a game against 7th-ranked MIT. The Engineers took the win 3-2 after a thrilling and close five-set match. This puts the Tartans at 7-2 overall and the Engineers at 7-0.

Inside the Box Score

• The Engineers took an early lead, winning the first and second sets 25-23 and 25-22. The Tartans tied things up, winning the third and fourth sets 25-21 and 25-20. The Engineers won the final set 16-14.
• The Tartans hit .227 and the Engineers hit .182.
• Junior Kate Giang led the team offensively, knocking down 18 kills. Senior Katherine Jackson had 13 kills and senior Bella Woodard had 12 kills.
• Giang also had three service aces.
• Junior Neha Tummala had a team-high of 42 assists. She also had one sevice ace and led the team with 24 digs.
• Junior Zoe Gavros collected 22 digs.
• Senior Julianna McFarland led at the net with 12 block assists.

Notes

• McFarland's 12 block assists is the most in NCAA Division III this year and the most for a Tartan since Eliza Donohue had nine on September 23, 2016 against Randolph-Macon.
• The match was the first between the two schools while Gavros faced off against her older sister, Daphne, a senior at MIT who led the Engineers with 28 digs.

Up Next

The Tartans will continue the Carnegie Mellon Quad sponsored by DoubleTree Downtown on Saturday, September 13. They will face 20th-ranked Ithaca at 11:00 a.m. and 4th-ranked Johns Hopkins at 5:00 p.m.