Dartmouth Drops Tight Match to Harvard

Friday, October 21

Cambridge, Mass.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

8-11, 1-7Ivy

Harvard

6-11, 4-4Ivy

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Dartmouth	25	21	23	21	1
Harvard	21	25	25	25	3

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10/21/2016 10:02:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – Starting over at the beginning of its Ivy League schedule, the Dartmouth volleyball team played just one match this weekend, falling to Harvard, 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 23-25, 21-25) on the road. The Big Green dipped to 8-11 and 1-7 in conference play, while the Crimson improved to 6-11 and 4-4.

Sophomore Zoe Leonard had her fourth double-double in a row, ending up with a team-leading 20 assists and 10 digs. Senior Emily Astarita had 12 kills and classmate Danielle Glinka recorded 18 digs.

“That was a very hard-fought match,” head coach Gilad Doron said. “I thought we played smart and aggressively for the majority of the game and it could have gone either way. Unfortunately, we fell short a few points. I was very proud of our effort. We are looking better this week than last week and this is how we need to keep our focus.”

Harvard took control of the first set early on by winning 10 of the first 15 points – eight of which were consecutive – to lead Dartmouth, 10-5. The Big Green and the Crimson traded points until the visitors took the lead after a five-point run thanks to two aces by Leonard, a kill by freshman Carly Tower and two Harvard errors (16-14). The home team scored four more in a row to make it 18-17 in its favor but a 9-3 run by Dartmouth – ending with a kill by junior Sara Lindquist – gave the first set to the Big Green (25-21).

Tower's pair of kills to start the second set gave Dartmouth a small lead and, after going back-and-forth, the Big Green had a 12-8 advantage. Six straight points put Harvard back on top (14-12), which is where it would stay for the remainder of the set. Kills by Glinka and Astarita at the end put Dartmouth two points closer, but a Crimson kill gave one set to each team (25-21).

The third set was incredibly close right until the last point. It looked as if Harvard was going to easily win when it was leading, 21-13, but when 10 of the next 13 points when in Dartmouth's favor, things became a whole lot more exciting. With the score at 24-19, the Big Green won four in row off three Harvard errors and a kill by Glinka to get within one (24-23). Before Dartmouth could tie the score, the home team got its final kill (25-23).

The Big Green won the first two points of the fourth set and, before long, had a 9-5 edge. The Crimson took the lead following a five-point run and there were five more ties before the end of the set. With Dartmouth ahead, 20-19, Harvard had another 5-0 run to make it match point (24-20). Senior Kaira Lujan added a kill to get one point closer, but a Green error ended the match (25-21).

Dartmouth returns to action next weekend when it hosts Princeton and Penn on Oct. 28-29.