Despite the powerful hitting of the Lancers (2-8), the Crimson (5-0) was able to overcome and take the match, 3-1.

After an attack error gave MIT the first game of the match, things did not appear to be going the right way for the Harvard men’s volleyball team.

The Crimson (2-0, 0-0 EIVA) only needed three games to take down Rivier (1-1, 1-0 GNAC), sweeping the visitors (25-13, 25-21, 25-21) at the Muldoon Fitness Center on Friday night in Nashua, N.H.

The Harvard men’s volleyball team (3-0) cruised to its second straight shutout win, defeating Springfield, 3-0, in its home opener Saturday night at the Malkin Athletic Center.

After dropping a tight third set in its season opener, the Harvard men’s volleyball team buckled down and defeated Endicott, 3-1, in Beverly, Mass., on Tuesday night.

The Harvard men’s volleyball team (9-13, 1-7 EIVA Hay) is looking to continue building upon the core foundation that it created with last year’s team.

Although the Harvard men’s volleyball team began the season with a string of victories and earned retribution for some of last year’s losses, the Crimson (9-13, 1-7 EIVA Hay) struggled in league play in the latter stretch of its season, earning its only league victory against NJIT in the last game of the season.

Some professional athletes are introduced to the sport they come to love before they can even speak.

In more ways than one, the stories of this year’s Harvard men’s volleyball team and its four-game thriller on Saturday have been ones of perseverance.

Harvard will try to end its skid in its final game of the season against the New Jersey Institute of Technology (7-19, 1-6) at the Malkin Athletic Center tomorrow afternoon.