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...entered the match with the memory of the weekend's 3-0 loss to Vassar fresh on their minds, but quickly turned their focus to the task at hand, jumping out to an early 4-0 lead. Conspicuously absent from the Harvard lineup, though, was freshman phenom Juan Carlos Cardet, who was benched for the first game for arriving late to a team meeting...
Finally, at 29-26, crowd favorite Cardet, who had returned from his first-game exile, served out the game for the Crimson...
Later on, trailing 18-15, Harvard ran off a three-point stretch featuring kills by Cardet and junior co-captain Justin Denham (20 kills). However, Roger Williams answered with five straight points broken up only by a Harvard timeout before the Crimson players fought their way back into the match with a four-point streak of their own to bring themseleves within one at 23-22. After two sets of consecutive points by the Hawks separated by a Harvard tally, the Crimson trailed 27-23 and its prospects for taking the third game looked bleak...
...kill by Cardet, however, energized the crowd and pulled the Crimson back within three. Unfortunately, his ensuing serve went into the net, giving Roger Williams back its four-point advantage. Luckily for the Crimson, Kowell came through with a kill and four successful serves to give Harvard match point...
...Southampton has a very tall line-up," Cardet said. "Their block is very imposing, and Justin [Denham] did a great job in finding the holes...