Harvard dominated the Hawks in the first game, winning 15-1. Hartford regained its composure in the second game and began to challenge the Harvard offense with better blocking, but the Crimson captured the second game, 15-12.

The Crimson sensed that it could close out the match quickly at the start of the third game and started out aggressively to end the match, eventually winning the third game, 15-10.

Harvard 3, Holy Cross 0

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The Crimson shook off a loss from the previous night and made easy work of Holy Cross, finishing it off Saturday morning in three games, 15-7, 15-4, 15-11.

"We had some very solid passing and serving," Harvard Coach Jennifer Weiss said. "Our serving was very aggressive, and it's good to play a fast-paced match Friday and play a little bit slower the next day."

Denniston led the Crimson attack with a .407 hitting percentage for the match and racking up 14 kills on 27 attempts. With the freshmen seeing significant playing time throughout the match, rookie middle hitter Lauren Gallagher added eight kills, and sophomore outside hitter Nicole Meunier tacked on nine digs.

With many players rotating in and out during the match, Jellin had the difficult task of remaining the stabilizing influence on the court and orchestrating the offense.

"[Jellin] did a good job of running the offense and trying to see what was available since we had many different hitters entering the game," Weiss said.