The Harvard women's volleyball team swept its three matches over the weekend, boosting its record to a respectable (5-6 overall, 1-0 Ivy).

In its first two matches the Crimson was able to easily vanquish its opponents Dartmouth and Long Island University, shutting out both teams, 3-0.

An aggressive Fairfield squad proved by far the most challenging for the volleyball team. Only an amazing comeback by the Crimson in the last three games of the match prevented Fairfield from destroying Harvard's hopes for a perfect weekend.

Harvard 3, Dartmouth 0

The three games were all played at Dartmouth, and the Crimson was determined from the onset to make a good showing for itself.

Harvard silenced the feisty fans of the Big Green with its dominant play. The women from Dartmouth were surprised by the intensity of the Crimson, who outscored them 45 to 26 in the only three games of the match.

"At the start we felt the game would be tough," said junior Elissa Hart, Harvard's leader in kills. "[But] we were fired up."

Prepared by their coaches and fans for their first Ivy League match, Harvard's players began the match with a fortitude and confidence the Dartmouth women could not equal.

In the first game, the Crimson bombarded the beleaguered Big Green with titanic blasts from the front line. Dartmouth went down easily 15-6, 15-11, 15-9.

Kate Nash's big time play was one of the many reasons the Crimson triumphed. The sophomore's accurate sets made her teammates' kills unstoppable. Nash garnered Ivy League Player of the Week honors this week for her performance, as well as being named the Coop's Player of the Week.

"Everything came together," Hart said. "It was one of our best matches all season."

Harvard 3, Long Island 0

But the best for the Crimson was yet to come.

Coming off the exhilaration of its win over Ivy League rival, Dartmouth, the team entered Saturday buoyed by the knowledge that it could play with the best of the teams out there.

Harvard trounced the women from Long Island University 15-0 in the first game and concluded the match in overwhelming fashion, winning 15-1, 15-6 in the next two games.