“It comes down to some of the simple things we have to focus on like serving and passing,” Weiss said. “BC turned up their game a little bit and played really aggressively and we couldn’t execute.”
There was no hangover effect after the emotional first frame, as the Crimson immediately staked itself to a 7-3 lead early in game two.
BC rallied to close the deficit to two, taking advantage of three unforced Harvard errors. But the Crimson responded to claim five of the next six points for a 15-9 lead, including an emphatic block by Ogbechie that shifted the momentum back to Harvard’s side of the net.
After an Eagle timeout, the Crimson kept rolling, twice pushing its lead to nine and forcing another BC stoppage. Harvard took four of the final five points for the 30-18 victory in the second game.
“A lot of the comeback had to do with confidence,” Ogbechie said. “We were a better team than them, and we showed it in the second game.”
—Staff writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu.