Coming off last week's disappointing loss to Penn, the aging Malkin Athletic Center never looked better to the Harvard women's volleyball team.

The Crimson has yet to lose on its home court, and Quinnipiac had to expect a tough match.

However, nothing could prepare the Braves for the dominant attack from the Ivy-leading Crimson as Harvard (11-9, 3-1 Ivy) took the first two games each by a 15-5 score, and held on to beat the Braves (4-10) three games to one.

"It was a great match. Both teams played well," said Harvard coach Jennifer Weiss, despite her team's large margin of victory.

Harvard was led by Ivy League Player of the Week, sophomore outside hitter Erin Denniston, who had 13 kills and 9 digs for the Crimson. Junior middle hitter Katherine Hart had another superb game as well, recording 10 kills and 12 digs.

In the first game, Harvard jumped out to a quick 8-4 lead. Quinnipiac tried to organize itself with a timeout, but was unable to stop the subsequent Crimson attack led by Hart and freshman outside hitter Liz Cebron.

After another timeout with the score at 11-5, Harvard scored four points in a row off the serve of senior defensive setter Kristen Priscella, to win the first game.

In the second game, the Braves seemed to have turned things around, jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead, but then co-captains Linda Jellison and Kristen Schaeffer combined to block the next Quinnipiac attack.