Men's Volleyball Falls 3-1 To Harvard

Friday, January 31

6 pm

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

3-0,0-0

Harvard

3-2,0-0

Harvard

Sacred Heart

1/31/2020 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

The Sacred Heart University men's volleyball team dropped its EIVA opener, 3-1, to visiting Harvard University, Friday night at the Pitt Center. The loss drops the Pioneers to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in league play, while the Crimson improve to 4-2 on the year and 1-0 in EIVA action.

Connor Mahony led the Pioneers with a double-double, recording 13 kills and 11 digs. Rob Chatterton posted a team-best 15 kills, while Ramiro Balaguer handed out 40 assists.

The Pioneers return to action on February 7, when they host Mount Olive at 6:00 pm.

Turning Point

With the score knotted at 23-23 in the third set, Rob Chatterton mis-served to give Harvard set point
On the ensuing service, Connor Mahony had a miscue, giving the Crimson the win

Pioneer Points

The Pioneers hit .152 on the day, with a .231 hitting percentage in the third set
Chatterton finished with a .522 hitting percentage and a service ace
Timothy McIntosh four kills and a team-best two aces
SHU finished with eight team kills, led by five from Chatterton

By The Numbers

The match featured 40 ties, 14 each in the second and third sets, and 17 lead changes
Campbell Schoenfeld led Harvard with 16 kills
Eric Li hit .258 with 15 kills and Chase Howard led the way with 18 digs
Harvard hit .232 on the night, with a .393 in the third set
The Crimson had 11 blocks, with eight from Ethan Smith

First Set (Harvard 28, SHU 26)

The first four points of the set were scored on errors, as Harvard opened a 3-1 advantage
A McIntosh block began a 5-2 Pioneer run, that featured a Chatterton ace and a Balaguer block, making the score 6-5 in favor of the Pioneers
A Connor Mahony kill gave the Pioneers a 7-6 lead, but Harvard answered with three straight points, including a block by Matthew Ctvrlik and Ethan Smith, to take a 9-7 advantage
The Pioneers tied the score at 9-9 and 10-10, before three consecutive errors gave Harvard a 13-10 advantage
That lead would be extended t four, 19-15, on an Ethan Smith kill
Consecutive errors by Harvard started the SHU comeback
A Tischler kill and service ace, brought the Pioneers within 20-19
After a Schoenfeld kill, a Chatterton kill and Crimson hitting error, brought the Pioneers level, 21-21
Harvard jumped back out to a two-point edge, on a SHU hitting error and Adam Gordon kill
Chatterton sliced the deficit in half and a McIntosh ace tied the score 23-23
Harvard took the lead on each ensuing pair of points
Tied at 24-24, Chatterton served long to give Harvard its second set point
Harvard sealed the win with blocks from Ethan Smith and Campbell Schoenfeld blocks, winning 28-26

Second Set (SHU 26, Harvard 24)

Mahony gave SHU a 9-7 lead, the largest of the set to that point for either team
A pair of SHU errors, surrounded a Schoenfeld kill, giving the Crimson a 3-0 run
Tischler ended the run with a kill and Butler followed, putting the Pioneers back on top
Those points were the opening points of a 5-3 SHU run that Chatterton capped with back-to-back kills, the second hammered a ball of the Crimson block, for a 14-12 SHU advantage
Back-to-back Pioneer attack errors was followed by a Li kill to the back line, giving the Crimson a 15-14 advantage
Chatterton went cross court to end the Crimson run and tie the match once again, before pairing with Mahony on a block for the 16-15 advantage
Mahony laid a ball over a Crimson blocker into the front row, tying the set, 18-18
McCrary put the ball on the ground and that was followed by a long attack from SHU to give Harvard a 20-18 lead
After trading blocks, Schoenfeld recorded a point, giving Harvard the 22-20 edge
A Butler kill followed, before McIntosh hammered a ball down, tying the score, 22-22
SHU hitting errors again gave Harvard a two-point lead, and set point, before a McIntosh kill and a Chatterton block drew SHU even, 24-24
After a Harvard hitting error, Balaguer blocked a swing from Li, giving SHU the set win, 26-24

Third Set (Harvard 25, SHU 23)

The Pioneers jumped out to a 5-2 lead with a McIntosh ace and kills from three different Pioneers spurring the start
Harvard rallied with a 5-1 run of its own, capped by a Smith and Li combo block, for the 7-6 lead
Ties followed at 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 10-10 and 11-11
Chatterton blocked back-to-back swings, the second with Balaguer, and then recorded a kill, to push SHU out to a 14-11 advantage
Harvard used a 6-2 run, helped by two Li kills and capped by a Gordon kill, to retake the lead, 17-16
An Ethan Smith service error tied the score, 17-17, before Gordan scored two straight points, with a kill and ace, to put the Crimson in front, 19-17
His next serve was errant, but Li followed with a kill to make the lead, 20-18
A Mahony kill and a Harvard error made the score, 20-20
With the score tied, 21-21, for the 12^th time, Balaguer and Chatterton blocked Schoenfeld to give SHU a 22-21 advantage
The teams traded points, tying, 22-22 and 23-23, before a Chatterton service error gave Harvard set point
Mahony's swing went long on the ensuing point, for the Crimson to earn the 25-23 win

Set Four (Harvard 25, SHU 18)

Harvard opened the fourth set with three straight points, before Paolo Samin found a seam in the defense to put SHU on the board
Trailing 5-2, Chatterton skied for a kill that began a 4-0 run, including a Mahony block to give the Pioneers a 6-5 advantage
Harvard answered with a run of its own, ended with a Ctvrlik service ace, put the Crimson back on top, 10-6
After exchanging service errors, SHU scored two of the next three points, to claw within three, 12-9
Harvard scored three-straight, with kills from McCrary and Schoenfeld, to build a 15-9 lead
Butler put the ball on the floor to begin a SHU stretch of four straight points, ended with a Chatterton kill that forced the Crimson to a timeout, with a 15-13 lead
Out of the timeout, Harvard scored back-to-back points, before McIntosh slid a tip through the block to get SHU within 17-14
Mahony's kill got SHU again within a pair, 18-16, before a kill from Schoenfeld and blocks by Gordon and Smith pushed the advantage back to four, 20-16
Schoenfeld's kill on the next service forced a SHU timeout with the Crimson in front 21-16
The Crimson back-to-back points out of the timeout and scored four of the last six points to seal the victory