UC-Santa Cruz 3, Harvard 2

In its match against UC-Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon, the Crimson was able to re-discover the fire that had propelled it through the month of March. Harvard, however, lost a difficult five-game match to UC-Santa Cruz (12-15, 16-14, 15-11, 13-15, 15-6).

Following in the path of the season's trend, the Crimson played well initially and then doused its own fire during the final game.

A quick look at the numbers for the match would seem to indicate an easy victory for Harvard. The team as a whole had an impressive 0.322 hitting percentage for the match but was still unable to pull out the victory.

For the Crimson, Mager led the team with the staggering stat line of 24 kills and a .415 hitting percentage for all five games. Banerjee added 21 kills, six block assists, and a .514 hitting percentage. Freshman setter Conor Gaughan played an incredible match by adding 80 assists for the Crimson, and--in his only game played during the match--Guilianelli had four blocks and a .375 hitting percentage.

"The reason that our stats seem so impressive is that it was a very long match with long rallies," Guilianelli said. "The two teams were pretty evenly matched, and we battled back-and-forth, which is why both teams were successful offensively.

Sacramento State 3, Harvard 1

In its match against Sacramento state last Friday, the Crimson again began slowly and lost the match in four games (15-4, 15-5, 13-15, 15-4).

Harvard failed to play up to its potential during the first two games. And after battling back to win the third game, 15-13, Harvard lost its momentum and dropped the fourth and final game, 15-4.

Despite losing all four of its matches over spring break, Harvard hopes that it will be able to build from its experiences in the Golden State as it prepares for some tough Ancient Eight rivals next weekend.

The Crimson will attempt to garner the Ivy League Championship next Sunday afternoon at Pennsylvania University.