HARVARD 3, HOLY CROSS 0

On Friday night, the Crimson came out on top with a shutout win against Holy Cross (4-8), defeating the Crusaders, 25-12, 25-22, and 25-17.

Casey had a strong series of serves in the first set of the game, which was ended by Skelly’s final kill.

Although the Crusaders came ready to fight in the second set—narrowing the gap in the score—Harvard refused to let them take the lead.

When Holy Cross was caught out of rotation, putting the score at 24-22, the Crimson seized the opportunity to finish the second set. The Crusaders took an early lead in the final set, but Harvard came back with a succession of kills from Casey, sophomores Skelly and Cooney, and Docter to seal their victory against Holy Cross.

It was the second time in two weeks that Holy Cross and the Crimson had been pitted against each other. Harvard blanked the Crusaders on both occasions.

“We’ve played Holy Cross already, so we knew their tendencies,” Wu said. “We did an even better job of playing Harvard volleyball and playing in our system.”

The Crimson will move into its Ivy season on Saturday when it faces Ancient Eight rival Dartmouth.