After losing an exciting final home game at Newman Arena against undefeated Penn, the Red volleyball team (6-17, 3-9 Ivy) seeks to break its six-game losing streak this weekend when it visits Brown (5-17, 1-10 Ivy) on Friday and Yale (18-4, 8-3 Ivy) on Saturday to finish the season.

Cornell will visit Providence to compete against a Brown team that has lost four in a row, all against Ancient Eight teams. The last meeting between these two teams was on Oct. 17, when the Red won three sets to one (25-16, 25-21, 17-25, 25-23). After this matchup, Cornell has not won a single game.

While Brown has won three sets in its last four games, Cornell has won four sets in two more games. Both teams are in a slump that they seek to break before the season ends. Setting the stage: Sophomore setter Jordan Reeder (15) had a career-high 55 assists in last Saturday’s game against Penn at Newman Arena.

“We [have] a good opportunity to win the next game and finish the season well,” said senior middle blocker Jessica Misse.

“We were close [to] winning against Penn last week, and we did well last time against [Brown], so we know we can do the same this time.”

If Cornell does not find a victory in Providence, it will have one last chance to win in New Haven, where the Red will visit the defending Ivy League champion Yale.

These two teams met on Oct. 16 at Newman Arena, where Yale defeated the Red three games to zero (26-24, 25-23, 25-14).

Cornell is ranked sixth in the Ivy League standings, while Yale is in second place after Penn. But even though Yale has had a superior season than the Red, Cornell has a positive attitude heading into its last matchup.

“The game against Yale is going to give us the opportunity to use what we learned against Penn,” Misse said. “The most important thing is to play strong and at our best level.”

According to Misse, the Red is preparing for the next two games by focusing on its strengths and finding a way to improve them even more.

Although Cornell’s season has placed it in the bottom half of the Ivy League standings, it is important to note that the volleyball team is really young and inexperienced.

Out of 19 members, the Red has 12 lowerclassmen (including seven freshmen) and only five upperclassmen, of which three are graduating next spring.

The team is still in the process of developing its chemistry and game inside the court. It will be interesting to see how next season will play for the Red.