The Harvard women's volleyball team might have turned its season around in the nick of time this past weekend as Harvard defeated Columbia and Cornell on the road. HARVARD  3 CORNELL  1 HARVARD  3 COLUMBIA  0

On Friday, Harvard (5-12, 2-0 Ivy) fought to overcome a one-game deficit to beat Cornell (5-10, 0-2 Ivy) 3-1 on the Big Red's home court.

The next day, the Crimson traveled to New York City to take on the Columbia Lions (5-9, 0-2 Ivy), where Harvard won handily in three games.

"We can't let things happen to us," co-captain Kate Nash said. "We are the ones who have to initiate things. We finally turned things around and got hungry."

The weekend also saw co-captain Melissa Forcum pass a milestone.

The outside hitter tallied her 1,000th kill in the Columbia match and finished the weekend with 1,003, also earning Ivy League Player of the Week honors.

"I didn't even realize until today, when [Coach Jennifer Weiss] told me," Forcum said. "I guess it is a fairly big accomplishment, but winning the two games this weekend was more important to me."

Elissa Hart '97 was the last Crimson volleyball player to surpass the 1,000-kill mark. She ended her career with 1,348.

Harvard 3, Cornell 1

In the more exciting of the two weekend matches, Cornell started off strong, taking the first game 15-8.

"We had a little bit of a rocky start," Nash said. "We came out a little bit flat."

In that game, the Crimson managed a paltry .111 hitting percentage while the Big Red hit at an astounding .625 clip, tallying 22 kills.

The second game started out with more of the same, with Harvard falling behind 12-4.

"It was kind of a reality check," Nash said.

On a point that would prove to be the turnaround for Harvard, Forcum saved the team from falling behind even more.

"Someone just shanked a dig and Angela Lutich hustled her butt to get the ball up," Forcum said.