Boxscore

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard completed the season sweep of the Cornell volleyball team this afternoon, defeating the Big Red, 3-0, in Cambridge, Mass. The Crimson swept all three sets, 25-21, 25-17 and 25-18.

Deveney Pula led the Big Red with eight kills, while Megan Tatum hit an impressive .500 with six kills and no errors on 12 attempts. Alessa Cekauskas also chipped in five kills on the day.

Lucy Zheng and Jordan Reeder split the setting duties, with Zheng tallying 16 assists and Reeder adding 11.

Defensively, Megan Mushovic posted a team-high 17 digs, while Pula chipped in 11.

Harvard (10-11, 6-4 Ivy) was led by Michelle Comrie's 10 kills. Lily Durwood handed out 30 assists and Christine Wu posted 17 digs.

Cornell (6-15, 3-7 Ivy) jumped out to an early 5-2 lead in the first set, but Harvard fought back to tie the game at 6-6 off a pair of kills by Anne Ingersoll. The Big Red responded with back-to-back kills from Juliana Rogers and Pula and benefited from some Crimson errors before a kill by Kelly Hansen put the visitors up, 12-8. Four unanswered Harvard points knotted the game again at 12-12. Cornell took another slight lead, 17-14, but a 7-2 scoring run put the Crimson on top, 21-19. A kill by Cekauskas, followed by a Crimson attack error tied the game at 21-21, but Harvard scored the final four points of the set to win, 25-21.

The Crimson jumped out to a commanding 7-2 lead in the second set before a kill by Pula and a service ace from Misse got the Big Red into the contest. Cornell eventually tied the game at 8-8, thanks to a kill by Rogers followed by a service ace from Zheng, but Harvard responded with a 9-1 scoring run to take a lead it would not relinquish on the way to the 25-17 victory.

The third set was dominated early-on by Cornell, which received three kills from Misse, two from Tatum and one from Zheng en route to an 8-2 lead. The Crimson fought back, slowly chipping away at the Big Red advantage until it knotted the game at 12-12 on a Durwood service ace. With the momentum on its side, Harvard took its first lead of the game on the next play and then used a 12-3 scoring run to push its advantage to 23-15. Pula ended the run with a kill, but it was too little, too late, as the Crimson ended the match with a 25-18 win.

The Big Red is back in action next weekend, as it returns home to play host to Princeton on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m., and Penn on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. Cornell will celebrate Senior Day vs. the Quakers, as it will be the final home game for Jessica Misse, Megan Mushovic and Juliana Rogers.