"We have to work on our defense and spiking coverage," Wallace said. "It's hard to understand why we play like that sometimes. Everyone has got to want to win. We can't play as individuals."

"We need a higher level of motivation and intensity," Anderson said. "We thought we would play a lot better than we did [Saturday], but it didn't occur."

In the fourth game, the Bruins jumped out to a 13-3 lead before the Crimson rallied. Cunningham started Harvard's rally with two aces, and Schossberger added a kill, prompting Brown Coach Cathy Fulford to call a timeout.

After both teams traded sideouts on bad serves, the Bruins managed to pull out a 15-8 victory to win the game and match.

One of the few bright spots for the spikers was Lee Polikoff, who came off the bench and provided the Crimson with some tough backrow play.

The Crimson has to get back the intensity that it showed earlier in the Ivy season if it wants to contend for its first-ever Ivy title.

Harvard has the talent to beat any team in the Ivy League, but the squad has not played high-caliber volleyball recently.