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...addition to Durwood??s 3000th assist, the Crimson notched several records as a team on Friday: it recorded a season-high 13 blocks and a season-best 98 digs...
...Crimson, frequently saving the point with a gymnast-like style. The pace picked up at the start of the third, with both teams exchanging big kills. Ingersoll led an offensive barrage that put Harvard up 15-12. The Huskies’ deficit grew to five due in part to Durwood??s efficient serving. Though the Crimson committed several errors and allowed UConn to creep up at 21-17, a kill from junior Mikaelle Comrie earned Harvard the following possession and an eventual six-point lead. Throughout the third, the home team dominated on offense, hitting...
...after three sets, Harvard built a 23-19 advantage in the fourth frame only to see Colgate fight back and whittle the lead down to 24-23. Needing a point to advance to a fifth set, Durwood set up Comrie for a kill that landed just inbounds. The assist Durwood??s 47th on the evening. “Lily did a great job running the offense,” Weiss said. “She tried to spread it out and move the hitters…that was the goal” In the deciding set, the Crimson...
...with the team and the game can be somewhat quantified in the number of successful sets she makes, but even this stat is a tough sell to the casual onlooker. The number with the most visceral appeal in volleyball is not sets but kills, which even sounds cooler than Durwood??s meat and potatoes. It’s a lot easier to get a crowd on its feet after the occasional monster slam than with a match of steady, accurate setting...
...McKinley was one of many players that made the comeback possible, contributing 17 kills and seven digs. In addition to another 16 kills, freshman Anne Carroll Ingersoll was a defensive strategist—the rookie posted nine of the Harvard’s 15 blocks. McKinley also credited Durwood??and her 53 assists—as an essential element of the team’s offense.“You can’t run a hitting or any sort of offense without a set and without a pass to get it to the setter...