CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On the Crimson's senior day celebration and final home contest of the season, the Women's Volleyball team (14-7, 7-5 Ivy) fell to the Yale Bulldogs after an explosive first set, 3-1. The four sets ended in scores of 25-14, 20-25, 11-25 and 13-25.

Senior day celebrated the seven Crimson seniors who have been a huge part of the Harvard Program for the past four years: Nicole Prescott, Grace Allen, Ava Rauser, Ariana White, Olivia Cooper, Katie Vorhies and Ashley Wang. 

Harvard took control from the start of set one, building up a five-point lead early in the frame. The Crimson proved they were going to be tough competitors to the conference leaders, with the team's seniors celebrating their senior day with powerful kills the Bulldogs could not return. With four and five-point runs through the set, Harvard took a ten-point lead at set point and handed the Bulldogs their first set one loss since Oct. 6, 25-14.

The second set was a close matchup from the start, with four lead changes through the first 14 points. Neither team let the other pull ahead by more than two points as they remained tied up at 17. From there, Yale took the next four points to create the first distance of the match in favor of the Bulldogs and finished out the set 25-20 to tie up the match 1-1.

Set three was led by the Bulldogs through their entire 25 points, as they built up a lead early on and held on to win 25-11. Set four went similarly to the third, as Yale built up a lead, making it tough on the Crimson to come back. They went on to win the set 25-13 and the match 3-1.

Harvard Highlights

• Five of the team's seven seniors scored multiple kills on senior day, led by Ashley Wang with 13 and Katie Vorhies with ten. Nicole Prescott scored six, Ava Rauser scored four and Ariana White scored three.
• Rocky Aguirre posted 19 assists to lead the Crimson, followed by Wang with 12.
• Wang ang Aguirre were the two ace-scorers, as Wang scored two and Aguirre, one.
• White was the leader at the net, making five total blocks with four assists and one solo. Vorhies and Ryleigh Patterson made three assists and one solo block as well.
• Lindsey Zhang led Harvard in digs with 15, followed by Aguirre with eight.
• In Harvard's dominant first set, they out-hit the Bulldogs .520 to .034 and out-blocked them 5-0.

Up Next

The last two regular season matches will take place on November 10 and 11 at Penn and Princeton. Harvard can potentially clinch a spot in the Ivy Tournament with a win over one or both teams. Both matches will stream on ESPN+.