The Crimson returns home one-game out of first place in the Ancient Eight standings (Gil Talbot).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's volleyball team returns to the friendly confines of the Malkin Athletic Center this weekend to play host to Penn and Princeton. The Crimson and Quakers will meet Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. before the first-place Tigers make the trek to Cambridge Saturday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m.

Fans can watch all of this weekend's action live on the Ivy League Digital Network.

Dig Pink
Harvard will be hosting its Dig Pink Rally Friday night against Penn, helping to raise awareness and money in the fight against breast cancer. To make a donation or to learn more, click here.

Ivy League Digital Network
After an incredibly successful inaugural year that saw over 1,000 events streamed live, The Ivy League Digital Network has returned for 2014-15, providing fans with unprecedented coverage of the Ivy League.

Multiple subscription options are available to fans including school-specific and league-wide passes. To learn more about the Ivy League Digital Network or to sign-up today, click here.

Social Stream
Use the all new Social Stream on GoCrimson.com to stay connected with the Crimson on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram this year. The Social Stream brings the conversation from all three platforms into one convenient location, allowing fans of all Harvard Athletics teams to monitor the action in real time.

Last Time Out
The Harvard women's volleyball team completed the weekend sweep with a thrilling 3-2 victory at Columbia Saturday night. The win came by set scores of 25-23, 27-29, 25-19, 17-25 and 17-15.

Corinne Bain registered her fifth double-double of the year and eighth consecutive double-double with a 16-kill, 43-assist, 12-dig performance. The 16 kills and 43 assists both marked career-highs for the sophomore, who finished the evening hitting .294 to go with three blocks and one ace. Freshman Paige Kebe, meanwhile, turned in an impressive 22 kills, seven digs and a .304 hitting percentage, while senior Caroline Walters notched 12 kills, four blocks and hit at a .556 clip.

Where We Stand
With a 3-2 conference mark, Harvard has moved into a tie with Columbia and Dartmouth for third place in the Ivy League standings. Princeton and Yale sit atop the leaderboard with identical 4-1 records, leaving the Crimson, Lions and Big Green just one game out of first place. Penn (2-3), Brown (1-4) and Cornell (0-5) round out the standings in sixth, seventh and eighth place, respectively.

Rookie on the Rise
Freshman Paige Kebe was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Oct. 14 after averaging 3.75 kps, 1.50 dps and hitting .281 in wins at Cornell and Columbia. Kebe's weekend included a career-best 22-kill performance at Columbia, with six of her kills coming in the fifth and deciding set.

Kebe's 22 kills against the Lions rank as the sixth-highest total posted by an Ivy Leaguer this season and represent the third most by a member of the Crimson since 2008.

Fast Start
Harvard began the year 8-3, matching the 1987 squad which started 10-3 for the best record through 11 matches in program history. With a 10-4 mark entering the weekend, this year's Crimson could make program history as the first to post 12 wins through 16 matches, besting the 1981 and 1987 squads which began their respective seasons 11-5.

Cardiac Crimson
The Crimson has displayed a flare for the dramatic this season en route to its 10-4 record. Harvard has trailed after the midway point in 17 of the 22 sets it has won, including a 21-14 deficit against Northeastern which resulted in a 25-23 victory.

All-Around Performer
Sophomore Corinne Bain possesses a unique skillset which allows to her impact the game in every facet. The Manhattan Beach, Calif., native currently ranks among the Ivy League's leaders in kills (11th, 2.64), assists (5th, 6.58), digs (19th, 2.53), blocks (17th, 0.62), hitting percentage (8th, .275) and service aces (1st, 0.44).

Tripling Up
Sophomore Corinne Bain has recorded five triple-doubles this season and boasts 11 for her career. Bain, the 2013 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and the only member of the Crimson to ever record a triple-double, posted six a year ago, the second highest total by a freshman in the nation.

Nationally Known
Senior Caroline Walters was recognized as both the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week and the Ivy League Player of the Week on Sept. 23. The San Mateo, Calif., native led the Crimson to a pair of wins the previous weekend, averaging 3.11 kps and 1.11 bps while hitting .422 against Northeastern and Boston College.

Walters' selection as the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week marked the first time a member of the Ivy League had garnered the award on the women's side. Senior DJ White of the Harvard men's volleyball team earned the honor in 2013, becoming the first Ivy Leaguer overall to be named national player of the week. Walters' Ivy League Player of the Week honor, meanwhile, was the first of her career.

Feeling Honored
Sophomore Corinne Bain was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Sept. 16 after helping the Crimson to a 2-1 record at the Benson Hospitality Invitational. Bain led Harvard in kills (2.64), assists (6.82) and aces (0.82) while ranking second in digs (2.36), and third in hitting percentage (.333) and blocks (0.55).

This marked the first Ivy League Player of the Week award for Bain this season after collecting one player of the week and five rookie of the week honors last year. Additionally, Bain has been named to the Ivy League Honor Roll in all six weeks of the season.

Can You Dig It?
Junior Sindhu Vegesena earned the starting role for the Crimson at libero and did not disappoint in the team's first weekend of action, averaging 5.91 dps in three matches at the Harvard Invitational and being named to the all-tournament team. Vegesena registered 22 digs in Harvard's first match of the year, a thrilling 3-2 victory over Santa Clara, before setting a new career-high with 34 digs in a 3-0 win over Central Connecticut State.

Vegesena's 34 digs against CCSU were the most by a member of the Crimson in a three-set match since 2008, the last year for which match-by-match statistics are available, and rank as the most in a three-set match in the NCAA this season.

Double-Doubles

Honors and Awards

Climbing The Charts
Several members of the Crimson are etching their names in the Harvard record book. For complete information, click here.

Home Court Advantage
Harvard has posted a 4-2 record at the Malkin Athletic Center this year after boasting a 9-2 mark a year ago, the best home record in program history. The Crimson women, led by the senior class of Kristen Casey and Caroline Walters, has gone 26-13 at home over the past three years while the men's team has gone 25-7.

Just Keep Winning
Harvard won five consecutive matches between Sept. 13 and Sept. 24, tying the program's longest win streak since taking six in a row in 2008. In 1997, the Crimson reeled off 13 consecutive victories en route to a 25-9 overall record and a perfect 7-0 Ivy League mark.  

Behind the Crimson
GoCrimson.com spent a day with the women's volleyball team, beginning at 8 a.m. with the team's lift and concluding at 7:00 p.m. with a team meal. Go behind-the-scenes to see what a typical day is like for the Crimson.

Continuing the Momentum
Harvard finished the 2013 season with a 14-9 overall record and 9-5 in Ivy League play, good for second place in the Ancient Eight. The Crimson's 14 total wins and nine conference victories marked the most for the program since 2004, while its 9-2 record at home was a program best.

On The Sidelines
Harvard women's volleyball head coach Jennifer Weiss returns for her 22nd season at the helm of the Crimson. Weiss' has led Harvard to 273 wins during her tenure, and guided the Crimson to its only Ivy League championship in 2004. She has mentored 52 All-Ivy honorees, six Ivy League Rookie of the Year recipients and coached the program's first two-time Ivy League Player of the Year in Kaego Ogbechie '05.

Weiss is joined on the sidelines by second-year assistants Arturo Rivera and Jeffrey Aucoin.