Looking to get ready for the Ivy League Tournament in nine days, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team came away with a four game win over Northeastern last night 15-8, 15-7, 10-15, 16-14.
Playing in Boston, the Big Green (17-8, 4-3 Ivy) were surprised by an improved Husky team.
"The played a much quicker offense than what we saw before," Coach Ann Marie Larese said, referring to Dartmouth's three game win over the Huskies earlier in the season.
The match opened up with eight rotations without a point being scored, but Dartmouth's tenacity pulled them through.
"We played aggressively the whole time," Larese said.
The players on the court weren't the only ones getting excited about the match, however. Larese received a yellow card in the third game for challenging the official, and then when she refused to back off, she was given a red card.
"Felicity [Kolp '99] was getting called whenever the set wasn't directly above her forehead," Larese said, but "[Northeastern] was lifting balls from their shoulders, chests, even their belly buttons and it wasn't getting called."
Larese approached the official after a Husky middle blocker took a ball from behind her head and threw it over the net.
Overall, Larese was pleased with the effort.
"We played well for 80 percent of the time," she said. "We got a lot of production off of serve receive, which enabled us to run some of the more difficult plays we want to use in the tournament."
Larese placed special emphasis on the play of outside hitter Emily Hallenbeck '99. "Emily played great."
The team now has a full week off before ending its regular season on the road in a match next Tuesday at Vermont.
