Word: setters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Senior outside hitter and co-captain Melissa Forcum led the Crimson (7-18, 4-3 Ivy League) with 15 kills and 12 digs. Junior outside hitter Linda Jellison, continuing her comeback from an injury-plagued season, contributed to the Harvard attack with 10 kills. Senior co-captain and setter Kate Nash added 19 digs and 34 assists for the Crimson...
...Crimson's efforts climaxed during the third game. Both teams managed to play superb defense and covered the entire floor, executing highlight-reel quality plays. The Crimson led 6-1 early in the game, but the Huskies battled back with an ace by setter Lisa Mazzotta, knotting the game at six apiece. The Crimson then jumped ahead with key kills by Forcum and digs by Nash, but the Huskies soon cut the Crimson lead to 14-12. Fortunately for Harvard, a kill by Jellison forced game-point, and the Huskies' Lisa Nolan set the ball into the net, resulting...
...Crimson's batteries began to wind down in Game 4. Two kills by Forcum and an ace by setter Julie Yick contributed to an early 7-4 Harvard lead, but two balls hit long by Forcum opened the window of opportunity for the Huskies. Northeastern went on to score eight unanswered points until a kill by Harvard's Anne Schafer cut the Huskies' lead to 12-8. However, the Huskies continued to capitalize on Harvard's miscues and won the fourth game...
Blake's 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) straight-set win over Notre Dame's eighth-ranked Ryan Sachire in the singles-tournament finals put him in the record books, but it was fully six sets later--in the middle of his second-straight three-setter in his fourth match of the day--that Blake would show his true mettle...
Blake's 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) straight-set win over Notre Dame's eighth-ranked Ryan Sachire in the singles-tournament finals put him in the record books, but it was fully six sets later--in the middle of his second-straight three-setter in his fourth match of the day--that Blake would show his true mettle...