The Crimson cruised through the fourth game, jumping out to a 10-4 lead, eventually winning at 25-13.

YALE 3, HARVARD 1

In the opening match of the weekend, a Harvard comeback attempt fell short, as the squad lost to Yale, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22, 25-12.

After exchanging points to start out the first frame, the Crimson was tied with the Bulldogs at 15 all and again at 19 apiece. But Yale’s strong hitting proved to be too much, and the visitors won the first frame.

Harvard would come back, using a 5-1 run to break open a close second frame, going ahead 20-13. A well-timed kill from freshman Teresa Skelly earned the Crimson the second.

The third game saw the teams tied at 15 all, but the Bulldogs used a 4-0 run to pull away and capture a 2-1 overall lead.

Unforced errors and lack of focus proved to be problems for Harvard in the fourth game, as the Crimson could not keep pace in a 25-12 setback.

“We battled in the first 3 games,” Weiss said. “We did a nice job, and I think that Yale’s defense kind of kicked up a bit, and we just didn’t make that last game. We had a lot of unforced errors.”

“The first three games I think we played really well,” Petitt said. “The first and third set we just had trouble closing it out, the second set was, very, very good volleyball, but the fourth set, again, we just lost focus, and [we] recognize that we have to come out and start every set strong.”

—Staff writer David E. Lopez-Lengowski can be reached at delopez@college.harvard.edu.