The teams were randomly divided into two pools of four teams each. Harvard drew Princeton Club, Dartmouth and Cornell in its pool, and Princeton drew Brown, Yale and Penn.
The matches, which consisted of two games apiece, were played beginning at nine in the morning yesterday.
Harvard started the day with some minor timing miscues and serving errors.
"We came out a little flat," Pankau said. "We weren't quite on our game."
Despite the initial difficulty, the Crimson regrouped and rallied behind Pankau's six blocks and Stevenson's eight kills to throttle the Princeton Club team in both games (15-6, 15-5).
Harvard's next pool play contest was against Dartmouth. The Big Green, although a formidable opponent, allowed the Crimson to rest some starters and rotate in some of the freshmen talent.
Freshman outside hitter Will Pritchard notched his first kill of the season and Kowell capitalized on his substantial playing time by chalking up six kills and four blocks.
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