The teams jostled for the lead, tying nine times throughout the third. Down the stretch, a haymaker from sophomore Sandra Lynne Fryhofer gave Harvard a promising 20-19 lead. But a series of Crimson errors provided the Big Green with the opportunity to take the lead and run with it to a 25-22 victory.

One bright spot for the Crimson came in the form of freshman Jennifer Martin, who came up big to begin the third frame by diving around the back row, denying the Big Green with two bumps and allowing Harvard to eventually earn its first point of the set.

“She is a fireball—she was a spark tonight,” Pettit said.

The outside hitter only tallied two kills throughout the game but provided Harvard with more than stats.

“She pumps the team up when she comes in,” Ingersoll said. “We can all feed off her energy when we’re not there.”

Defensive efforts from Durwood and sophomore Christine Wu enabled Harvard to advance its attack; a long-range snipe from Docter put the Crimson up 8-5. Docter hit for nine kills throughout the night.

The Big Green clawed its way back to a 10-9 lead off of blasts from Baird and senior Megan MacGregor. From there, the two teams kept it close and frequently exchanged the lead. Dartmouth emerged on top at 18-16 and did not look back from there. Appropriately, the Big Green completed the sweep off of one final Baird kill that struck a Harvard defender and bounced wildly out-of-bounds.

—Staff writer Emmett Kistler can be reached at ekistler@fas.harvard.edu.