Six Singing Spikers Swamped

CHESNUT HILL--Wayne Lem returned yesterday to the scene of his coaching glory days.

Two years ago, the Harvard volleyball coach left Boston College after 10 years at the helm of the highly succesful program.

If B.C. misses Lem, it found a strange way of showing him.

The Eagles' power and height proved to much for Harvard, as B.C. flew away, 15-12, 15-7, 15-7. Northeastern also jumped into the act, pounding the Crimson, 15-3, 15-10, 16-14

But after suffering a pair of hefty setbacks, the Crimson seemed unphased. In fact, the team broke into song on the bus ride home.

So much for the agony of defeat.

"We lost at the net," Co-Captain Maia Forman said. "They were bigger and stronger at the net. We had a hard time adjusting to the different line-up without Suzie playing."

After falling behind early in the first-set, 9-5, the spikers fought back to tie the match at 10-10. However, the Eagles managed to hold off the spikers with several strong blocks and spikes.

So much for the agony of defeat "We lost at the net," Co-Captain Maia Forman said. "They were bigger and stronger at the net. We had a hard time adjusting to the different line-up without Suzie playing."

After falling behind early in the first-set, 9-5, the spikers fought back to tie the match at 10-10. However the Eagles managed to hold off the spikers with several strong blocks and spikes.

"We didn't play that well today," Lem said. "We should have played a lot better. I think we were intimidated by their height."

"We really missed [Suzie Tapson's] height and her hitting at the net," Lem added. Tapson suffered a sprained-ankle in practice.

After losing in three straight sets to the Eagles, the Crimson was hoping to rebound against the hefty Huskies.

Northeastern quickly jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first set, and the squad was looking to add insult to injury with a shutout. But Forman recorded an ace to stop the shutout and get the Crimson on the scoreboard at last.

Harvard failed to score a point in its seven prior serves, and it only scored twice more during its next 11 serves.

The spikers were outmuscled, out served and outplayed en route to a 15-3 crushing.

In the second set, Pascale Jean-Louis served up an ace to give the Crimson its first lead of the match. Leah Polikoff and Co-Captain Jodi Cassell increased Harvard's lead to 3-0 with smashes down the Huskies baseline.