Perhaps it was jetlag, but facing off against three Illinois teams in the Wildcat Invitational this weekend, the Harvard women’s volleyball team struggled to three consecutive 3-1 losses.

Stretches of exceptional play were overshadowed by spans of passiveness.

“We let teams play with us,” said sophomore middle hitter Kaego Ogbechie. “We let teams play at us, instead of us playing at them. The games tht we controlled, we won.”

The brightest spot on the weekend was Ogbechie. Last season’s Ivy Leauge Rookie of the Year, Ogbechie led Harvard in kills in each of its three contests, twice posting match-high totals.

For her efforts, Ogbechie was the only Crimson player named to the All-Tournament Team.

The Crimson, still several weeks away from its Ivy opener, next plays at Boston Colllege Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Northwestern 3, Harvard 1

With their biggest offensive threat on the sidelines, the host Wildcats rushed to a 2-0 lead and coasted to a 3-1 victory over Harvard on Saturday afternoon.

Northwestern (7-5) was able to overcome the loss of junior middle blocker Erika Lange, who sprained her knee Friday night against DePaul, behind a strong performance from 6’0 Iwona Lodzick. The Poland native tallied 16 kills and 19 digs to lead the Wildcats to victory.

“In general, the teams we played were much bigger than us at every position,” said sophomore outside hitter Nilly Schweitzer. “We weren’t used to blocking people that much taller than us.”

Harvard dropped each of the first two games by the score of 30-23, but rebounded in a fiercely competitive game three. With the score tied at 30-30, the Crimson picked up the final two points to take the game 32-30.

Northwestern, though, recovered to take the final game easily, 30-21.

Senior captain and setter Mindy Jellin posted 42 assists and 11 digs for the Crimson and junior outside hitter Nathalie Miller led the Crimson defense with 13 digs.

Ogbechie, with a team-high 14 kills, keyed the offense.

DePaul 3, Harvard 1