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W. Volleyball Wins Classic

The Crimson shocked Georgia State by bouncing it out of tournament contention with a 3-1 win. Ogbechie racked up 19 kills, nine digs and five blocks while Denniston swung for 17 kills and seven blocks. Schweitzer contributed 13 kills and 14 digs.

Junior Nicole Meunier had a breakout game for the Crimson, posting a tournement high .411 hitting percentage while blasting 16 kills and saving 12 digs.

With its win over Georgia State, the Crimson was able to make a marked turnaround from Friday night.

“We worked a lot better as a team” Ogbechie said. “We took it one point at a time and played with more integrity.”

“We seemed to have a relaxed confidence [against Geogia State],” Weiss said.

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On Saturday night, the Crimson closed out its tournament win with a four game dismanteling of the Binghamton Colonials. Schweitzer blew out the Colonials defense with a silly 22 kills and a game high .405 hitting percentage, and Ogbechie used her athletisicm to dive, elbow and lunge for a tournament-high 22 digs. Both women were named to the All-Tournament Team. Schweitzer was named the tournament’s MVP after recording 61 kills and 38 digs.

Ogbechie credited the Crimson’s turnaround to the mental aspect of Harvard’s game.

“Instead of letting the physical elements take over we pushed mentally,” Ogbechie said. “Rather than worying about how tired we were or injuries we just played 100 percent.”

Harvard will have a chance to avenge its loss to the Big Green when it travels to Dartmouth this Friday, and it is a chance it cannot afford to take lightly.

“We know what we need to work on to compete with them on Friday,” Weiss said.

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