COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Cornell libero Sydney Meeker achieved an impressive feat with her 2,000th career dig Saturday as the Rams split two matches to conclude the Colorado College Invitational at El Pomar Sports Center.
 
Meeker reached the milestone with a 26-dig effort in Cornell's 24-26, 25-21, 25-22, 25-10 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan. The Rams came up short in the finale against No. 7 nationally-ranked Colorado College by scores of 25-15, 25-13 and 31-29.
 
Cornell (14-8 overall) finished 2-2 during its Block Break trip to Colorado Springs, which included a 3-0 win over DeSales and a 3-0 loss to 20th-ranked UC Santa Cruz Friday.
 
Meeker joined elite company as the 14th player in Midwest Conference history to attain 2,000 digs. The fifth-year senior stands No. 2 on Cornell's all-time list behind Kylea Weber (2,508 digs, 2011-14).
 
Meeker has gathered 2,022 career digs with seven matches left in the regular season. She was a ball hawk Saturday with 47 digs in only seven sets, bumping her season total to 408.
 
Senior outside hitter Alissa McEndaffer climbed in the Top 10 on Cornell's career kills list with 842. She posted 23 kills on Saturday, passing Katie Sickelka (2011-14) for 10th place all-time.
 
Junior Rory Light slammed a season-high 21 kills on .459 hitting in the 3-1 win over Nebraska Wesleyan (9-9). McEndaffer and Ilah Perez-Johnson added 14 and 12 kills, respectively.
 
The Rams served 12 aces against the Prairie Wolves, three each from Meeker and Olivia Richards. Clare Green set 47 assists. Richards had a season-best 22 digs, Perez-Johnson 17.
 
Cornell went point-for-point in a marathon Set 3 against highly-touted Colorado College (20-3). The set had 12 ties and six lead changes.   
 
Green distributed 24 assists, nine going to McEndaffer and seven to Light. Meeker accounted for 21 digs.
 
Colorado College finished with 41 kills, Cornell 34.