CORRECTED: Volleyball to face off against Cornell

In what will be a weekend of rematches, the Lions (11-6, 5-2 Ivy) host Cornell Saturday at the Levien Gymnasium.

Cornell (3-16, 1-6 Ivy) has struggled immensely after getting the season off with a win at home against Delaware State back on Sept. 2. Since that game, the Big Red has only won twice, beating North Carolina A&T State, 3-0, on Sept. 10 before winning their first game in over a month last weekend against Harvard, 3-1.

As the final final few weeks of the season approach, Big Red have fought hard to climb out of the conference’s bottom spot. This overall drive to win was exemplified in Cornell’s win over Harvard on the road last weekend, during which sophomores Kelly Marble and Rachel D’Epagnier and senior Madeline Przybyl led the team over the Crimson, each recording double-digit kills.

In order to improve to 13-6, the Light Blue will have to take advantage of home court and come out to a hot start. On the road, the squad has often struggled in the first and second sets. The team will also rely on contributions from the team leaders, especially junior Megan Gaughn, sophomores Madeline Rumer and Charlee Dryoff, and senior Cindy Chen, in order to pull through.

(An earlier version of this article stated that Columbia would face Cornell and Yale this weekend. This is incorrect. Columbia only faced Cornell. Spectator regrets the error.)