“I wanted to leave everything out on the court,” Pospisil said. “I knew it was going to be my last time on this court, and I wanted to leave it all.”

These phenomenal last five points made the home-court farewell loss a little easier for the seniors.

“In those last five points, we were playing out hearts out,” Miller said. “You can’t come away upset. At least we lost fighting instead of folding.”

Senior outside hitter Amy Dildine echoed Miller’s sentiment.

“We fought really hard at the end,” Dildine said. “It felt great to get those last couple points.”

The Bulldogs took the lead early in the fourth game, but Yale’s advantage was short-lived as the teams were tied six times. The Crimson even took the lead late in the game on a kill by Schweitzer but was unable to hold on.

Schweitzer had seven kills in the crucial game, and a match-high 18 kills for the night.

The match started with a few emotional words about each of the seniors as they were met by their parents at the net to celebrate their final home appearances.

In the first game, Harvard came out energized, running all over the Bulldogs. The Crimson led from start to finish, winning with the largest margin of the game, 30-21.

“It started off really sad because we did the senior ceremony, and some of the parents were a little teary,” Miller said. “Once that was over, we just were really excited to play.”

Miller had six kills with a hitting percentage of .600 in the first game. She also added an ace.

Bendush played excellent defense, passing bull’s eyes to the setter, paving the way to a .316 hitting in the game and set the school record in digs in a match in spite of playing only four out of a possible five games.

However, Harvard’s dominance in the first game yielded to the uncertainty that plagued the squad in the next two sets.

“I think Yale picked it up in the second game,” Harvard coach Jennifer Weiss said. “Their blocking was a little more established, and our ball control was less in the second game.”

The Crimson led early in the second game, but could not break away. With two consecutive kills followed by an ace, the Bulldogs knotted the contest at seven. The teams battled back and forth, but the Crimson had a hard time handling Yale’s serves and hits, and the Bulldogs took a commanding 26-19 lead before eventually coasting to a 30-20 victory, evening the match at 1-1.