CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Big Red volleyball team was blanked by Ivy League leader Harvard this evening in the Malkin Athletic Center, falling 25-16, 25-9, 26-24. Cornell will look to get back on track tomorrow evening at Dartmouth at 5 p.m.
 
Cornell (6-15, 2-9 Ivy) was led by Macey Wilson with a match-high eight kills and a .333 hitting percentage (8-2-18). She also registered four block assists. Three other Big Red – Emily Wemhoff, Kara Rogers, and Carla Sganderlla – all chipped in five kills apiece but off the three, only Wemhoff finished with a positive hitting percentage at .364 (5-1-11). Setters Alyssa Phelps and Lauren Donnelly handed out 19 and 11 assists, respectively, while libero Chelsea Sincox finished with 11 digs.
 
Harvard (12-9, 8-3 Ivy) took firm control of the top spot in the conference standings, now sitting two games ahead of Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth in the win column. The Crimson relied heavily on its defense, posting 17 team blocks, led by Caroline Holte with two solo blocks and eight block assists, while Sindhu Vegesena (13) and Corinne Bain (10) posted double-digit digs behind Harvard's big blockers.
 
Christina Cornelius, Kathleen Wallace, and Bain all finished with seven kills apiece, with Cornelius finishing with a .778 hitting percentage (7-0-9).  Bain also handed out 18 assists to fall just three kills shy of a triple-double.