CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's volleyball (3-12, 2-5 Ivy) will compete at home for three straight weekends beginning this Saturday, October 25 against Dartmouth (5-12, 2-5 Ivy).  First serve is set for 6:00 p.m. ET inside the Malkin Athletic Center and broadcast on ESPN+. 

What to Know

• The Crimson wrapped up the first half of the Ivy League schedule with a 2-5 record.  Its two wins came against Dartmouth and Columbia in the early portion of the conference slate. 
• Last weekend, Harvard fell against two of the league's current top teams, Brown and Yale. 
• Sofia Rossi, Brynne Faltisnky, and Ali Farquhar have led the offensive effort for the Crimson all season.  The trio has each tallied over 100 kills and averages over two kills per set. 
• Rossi's kills per set average of 2.75 currently ranks as the 10^th in the Ivy League. 
• As a team, the Crimson leads the conference in blocks per set by averaging 2.37 across 53 sets played. 
• Individually, Harvard has three players ranked inside the top 10 for blocks per set.  Taylor Larkin leads the defense ranking second in the league by averaging 1.26 blocks per set followed by Ryleigh Patterson ranking seventh (0.93/set) and Riley Resmer checking in at 10^th (0.82/set). 
• Additionally, Harvard ranks second in the Ivy League for service aces as it averages 1.7 per set.  Nicole Cornell currently ranks ninth in the league with her average of 0.33 per set and her 17 total aces. 
• The Crimson leads 59-26 in the all-time series versus the Big Green, and will look to extend its win streak to six with a victory this weekend. 

Next Up

The Crimson will remain home next weekend and welcome Columbia and Cornell on Friday, October 31 at 7:00 p.m. ET and Saturday, November 1 at 6:00 p.m. ET, respectively.