Word: crimsons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard lost the first two games against the Big Green, 9-15 and 7-15. The Crimson battled back to win the next two games, 15-9 and 15-12, to set up the deciding fifth game...
...Crimson surged to a quick 8-1 lead in the fifth game, but the Big Green's offense exploded in an 11-3 run to tie the game at 11. Jellin took a pass over the net to force a Dartmouth sideout, and the Crimson scored three straight points to pull ahead to a 14-11 lead. Jellison then delivered her 20th kill of the night to win the match for the Crimson...
Harvard's win against the Dartmouth set the Crimson up for another showdown against Princeton, whom it had beat in the regular season in three easy games. Because the Crimson was now playing in the consolation bracket because of the earlier loss in the tournament to the Tigers, Harvard would have had to win its fifth-round match against the Tigers and then another best-of-three-game tie-breaking match in order to decide the champion...
...fifth round, Princeton won the first game handily, 15-9, but Harvard answered with a 15-13 victory in the second game. The Crimson took a 2-1 game lead by winning the third game 15-7, but Princeton crushed Harvard's championship hopes by winning the last two games...
...Crimson's bittersweet loss to the Tigers in the final round marked the last match for four talented seniors who have left their mark on Harvard volleyball...