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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The volleyball team managed to make history Friday night, but came up four points shy of advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament when Hofstra pulled out a 15-11 win in the fifth game to seal a 3-2 match victory in first-round action in Penn State’s Rec Hall.

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Some things never get old.

As the volleyball team prepared to load a Swarthout coach bus waiting outside Bartels Hall to start the drive to Penn State, veterans and rookies alike were wreathed in smiles as they looked forward to their second trip to the NCAA tournament in as many years.

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Only three weeks ago, the volleyball team lost a heart-breaking 3-2 match to Colgate — its third loss in five games — and appeared to be losing its grasp on what had seemed to be a promising season. Already with two losses in the Ivy League, it was clear that one more conference defeat could end the Red’s championship dreams.

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With a pair of important road victories over Harvard, 3-2, and Dartmouth, 3-1, this weekend, the volleyball team took sole possession of first place atop the Ivy League standings and now controls its own destiny in the team’s bid for a second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.

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With a pair of important victories over Yale and Brown this past weekend to extend its winning streak to five matches, the Cornell volleyball team (14-8, 8-2 Ivy) moved into a first place tie in the Ivy League standings with the Bulldogs with just four league games remaining.

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Tomorrow night, amidst hundreds of Cornell fans inside Newman Arena, the volleyball team will play its most important game of the season. A win against rival Yale would earn the squad a share of first place atop the Ivy League standings, while a loss would force the Red to spend the rest of the short season praying that the Bulldogs lose two games in Ivy play in order to force a playoff at the end of the season for a trip to the NCAA tournament. The latter would be a very unlikely scenario.

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In preparation for tomorrow night’s home game against Yale, Paul Testa got some digs in with senior co-captain Elizabeth Bishop of the volleyball team.

1. Against Syracuse on Tuesday night, you girls won 3-0. It’s the first time in 19 years that the Red has beaten the Orange. How important was that win just momentum-wise in terms of where you are in the season?

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Finally getting off the road after five consecutive away matches, Homecoming for the Cornell volleyball team was spoiled last night as Colgate took the final two games to defeat the Red in heartbreaking fashion, 3-2.

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Completing a five-game Ivy League road swing, the volleyball team earned a split this weekend, falling to Princeton, 3-1, on Friday evening before sweeping Penn, 3-0, the next day.

“We played okay,” said head coach Deitre Collins-Parker. “The match we lost, we out-hit and out-blocked our opponents. We just had too many errors. On Saturday, the team really rallied together and played with a lot more unity.”

Senior Elizabeth Bishop (12) had 35 kills as the volleyball team went 1-1 this weekend on the road.