Harvard played a remarkably different opponent the next day when it faced off against the NYU Violets, who as of this weekend were the top-ranked Division III team and leaders in the Hay Division of the EIVA.

Earlier in the season the Violets had come up to the Malkin Athletic Center and handed the Crimson a straight-set loss, and Saturday the results were no different.

In the first set, NYU narrowly pulled out the first game, 30-28. Then, in quick fashion, the Violets won the next two sets, 30-25 and 32-30, to finish off the Crimson.

"NYU is in first place in the conference, and we came out flat," Micomonaco said. "We didn't hit well, and we didn't pass well."

The Crimson also had trouble with the Violets' top players. Mike Moser had 11 kills (.667 hitting percentage) and setter Dominic Griffin added 28 assists.

Harvard certainly didn't help itself at all. It finished with a team hitting percentage of 0.029, an abysmal mark for any match. The Crimson had only 31 kills overall for the match and 34 digs.

"At this point we're playing for third or fourth place," Micomonaco said. "We're going to try to finish out this season and really play for the young guys who will be back next year."