The Harvard women’s volleyball team moved two games ahead of .500 for the first time since 2002, sweeping its three-game slate and claiming the Dartmouth Invitational title.

The Crimson (5-3, 1-0 Ivy) tallied its first win in Ivy League play with a 3-1 defeat of the host Big Green in the tournament’s opening match.

Co-captain Kaego Ogbechie led Harvard with 35 kills on the weekend, despite sitting out the Crimson’s final match of the weekend against LaSalle.

HARVARD 3, DARTMOUTH 1

Harvard dominated the Big Green in games one and four and did just enough to earn a split of the middle two frames en route to a 3-1 win (30-22, 30-28, 25-30, 30-20).

The Crimson jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Big Green stormed back in game three.

Dartmouth took the first four points of the frame and never allowed Harvard to get close, as it posted a 30-25 win.

The Crimson responded with a dominating performance in the fourth frame to close out the match.

After taking 18 of the last 28 points in game one, the Crimson capitalized on its momentum to take a 7-3 lead early in the second frame.

But the Big Green chipped away, finally drawing even at 26. Harvard took four of the next six points to take its second-straight game and a commanding lead in the match.

Ogbechie led the Crimson with 25 kills and 22 digs while senior outside hitter Nilly Schweitzer added 14 and 22, respectively.

HARVARD 3, IONA 0

In the first of two Saturday sweeps, the Crimson held Iona to under a .030 hitting percentage for the match and won each of the three games by an average of nearly 10 points (30-15, 30-25, 30-21).

After taking the first game in a romp, Harvard faced a more difficult challenge in the second, as Iona posted more kills than the Crimson in the frame.

The Gaels 11 attack errors hurt them down the stretch, though, as Harvard locked up the five-point win.