Ithaca, N.Y. – The Harvard women's volleyball team came back from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth game for the third time in its last four matches Saturday afternoon, but the Crimson were unable to win the final set, falling to Cornell, 3-2.

Harvard (10-16, 5-9 Ivy) had four players reach double figures in kills in the 25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 22-25, 15-9 loss. Freshman Anne Carroll Ingersoll and sophomore Mikaelle Comrie each posted a team-high 14 kills. Ingersoll added five blocks, including one solo. Classmate Christine Wu registered a match-high 31 digs, while junior co-captain Lily Durwood handed out 51 assists and recorded four blocks.

Cornell (10-15, 9-5 Ivy) scored five straight points to turn a 3-3 tie into an 8-3 advantage. The Crimson called a timeout and won five of the next six points to pull within 9-8. But that was as close as Harvard would get in the first frame. Harvard never left the Big Red get ahead by more than five, but was unable to close the gap down the stretch.

The Big Red jumped out early in the second frame as well and Harvard was unable to catch up. Cornell used a .333 clip and posted 10 blocks to take a 25-19 victory. Junior Alissa Flesher posted a set-high five kills.

Harvard turned a 4-1 lead into a 13-7 advantage, forcing the home team to call timeout. The Crimson maintained its lead throughout the set. The Big Red pulled to within 22-20. The Crimson called a time out and out of the break Flesher came up with two big swings that landed in Cornell territory for the win.

Harvard started the four off with another 4-1 lead and maintained the advantage throughout the fourth set. Harvard led by as many as five late in the set, but the Big Red made a game of it late in the stanza, scoring four straight to tie the match at 21-20. Harvard called a timeout and won two of the next four points to hold on to a one-point lead. The final two points of the game went to the Crimson forcing the fifth set.

Cornell fired back in the fifth stanza running out to a 6-0 lead and held an 8-1 advantage when the teams changed sides of the court. Three straight kills from Comrie allowed the Crimson to cut into the lead, 11-7. An Ingersoll block and a Durwood killed made it 12-9, but Cornell won the final three points to earn the victory.