Dartmouth Wins First Set in Tough Loss to Harvard

Friday, October 19

Cambridge, Mass.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

7-11, 3-5

Harvard

9-8, 4-4

Dartmouth

Harvard

Sophomore Elise Petit

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Wins First Set in Tough Loss to Harvard

10/19/2018 9:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Charlotte Brackett

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After playing every Ivy League team once already, the Dartmouth volleyball team started over at the top against Harvard, dropping the match by a score of 3-1 (25-22, 19-25, 21-25, 15-25) on Friday evening. The Big Green are now 7-11 and 3-5 in conference play, while the Crimson improved to 9-8 and 4-4.

Sophomore Elise Petit continued on a hot streak, leading the way with 11 kills and 13.5 points, while also contributing one assist, one service ace, three digs and two total blocks. Freshman Annemarie Horn was first with 16 assists, senior Zoe Leonard had 20 digs and junior Abby Kott led with five block assists.

"I thought we fought hard, but we made too many small errors that eventually took us out of rhythm," head coach Gilad Doron said. "I thought our game plan was good and when we stuck to it, we put ourselves in a good position. We are heading into back-to-back weekends at home, and hopefully, we can make some adjustments and come up with important wins."

The teams were neck and neck to start the first, trading points and never leaving a gap of more than a few points between them. Tied at 12-12, a 7-1 Dartmouth run full of Harvard errors and kills by freshman Moffet and sophomore Mallen Bischoff allowed the Big Green to take a 19-13 lead. The Crimson responded with five straight points to make it a one-point set and stayed within striking distance for the remainder of the set. With a 23-22 edge, a kill by Kott and an ace by Petit gave the first set to Dartmouth (25-22).

Harvard regrouped, coming out stronger in the second. Leading, 9-4, the Big Green started to chip away at that lead, capitalizing on Crimson errors and adding a few kills by Petit and Bischoff to pull ahead, 14-12. Following a few ties and locked at 17-17, Harvard broke away, using an 8-2 rally to make it a 1-1 match (25-19).

Dartmouth fought hard in the third, closing the gap every time Harvard pulled away. Trailing by a score of 16-11, a handful of Crimson errors and a kill by freshman Francesca Meldrum made it a one-point set (17-16). The home team started to pull away, winning four points in a row to get to set point (24-19). A kill by Kott and an error on the other side of the net allowed the Green to get closer, but one more point gave Harvard the advantage (25-21).

Set four started in Dartmouth's favor and, kills by Petit and some Crimson errors gave the Big Green a 4-2 lead. Harvard came back with a vengeance, winning seven consecutive points to jump ahead (9-4). The Crimson further increased their lead until they were eight ahead (20-12) before kills by Bischoff and a Harvard error allowed the Big Green to get slightly closer (21-15). The home team won the last four points to shut the match down (25-15).

The Big Green will be home over Homecoming weekend, taking on Cornell and Columbia. Both matches will be played at 5 p.m.