The Harvard men's volleyball team had its cake and ate it, too, this weekend at Vassar, winning three matches en route to the championship of the Burgundy and Gray Invitational.

The tournament was a nice tune-up for the coming week, according to co-captain A.J. Lewis.

"It's actually the first time [this year] we've beat some decent competition," Lewis said.

Saturday afternoon, in the tournament final, the Crimson dropped its only game of the weekend, 8-15 in the first game against Eastern Mennonite.

"Last year [at the tournament], we only lost one game," Lewis said. "Same scenario this year."

The Crimson quickly rebounded from the game, winning the next three games 15-8, 15-6 and 15-3 for a 3-1 match victory.

"They couldn't really stop our middle attack," Lewis said.

In the match, senior middle blocker Evan Mager performed the rarest of volleyball feats. Mager came up with a triple-double--20 kills, 10 digs and 12 blocks.

Co-captain Ed Pankau ended a tremendous match with 16 kills and 21 blocks. Junior outside hitter Joe Herger had 12 kills and 14 digs.