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Friday night, the Crimson took on Penn, the only undefeated team in the Ivy League. In the teams’ previous matchup, the Quakers pummeled Harvard, winning the match 3-1. But this time, the Crimson matched the No. 1 team and more, defeating Penn with scores of 25-22, 12-25, 27-25, 25-16, 15-10. The victory ended Harvard’s nine-match losing streak versus Penn...
Penn committed 10 service errors in the match, and the Crimson exhibited strong net play, out-blocking the Quakers 12-6. Harvard also held sizeable advantages in both kills, 82-50 and digs, 98-75. The Crimson sealed the victory in the fifth set by avoiding any attack errors...
Freshman Jillian Dempsey scored the last Crimson goal of the period, and her second of the game, with 11:29 into the third. Dempsey’s first goal, second on the season, came four minutes into the match...
...provided over half the points for the Crimson this season. They were collectively honored before the game after having led Harvard to 50 wins, three NCAA tournament appearances, and a 2006 Ivy League title over their careers. But while the focus was, as always, on the seniors before the match, it was a freshman who stole the spotlight...
Nonetheless, O’Connor emerged unscathed, a fate that Caputo could not match. The co-captain—wrestling unattached as he takes the semester off from Harvard—mounted a furious comeback after falling behind 3-0 to Cornell’s Steve Bosak but dropped the bout due to riding time. But O’Connor was confident Caputo would bounce back...