“I thought their setter was good,” Baise said. “Their outside hitters made very few errors. They were solid all around. They have no real weaknesses.”

After Weintraub, Kuld had the second-most kills with nine, and Rob Lothman led the way with 27 assists.

“Our passing was off tonight,” Baise said. “That’s the key to the offense. If the pass isn’t there...it just makes for a long night.”

The loss dropped Harvard to 0-8. The Crimson did not win a set in all of February.

Nevertheless, Harvard remains optimistic.

“We’re still really hopeful we can turn it around,” Weintraub said. “This is only the first league match. We play all those other matches to see what works and what doesn’t work. We still have a lot of league matches ahead of us, and we look forward to them.”

—Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at tjwalsh@fas.harvard.edu.