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Higdon's arrival at Harvard in the fall of 1994 marked the first of two unusual choices. Despite a legacy at Yale that includes his two older sisters and his father, who was the Elis' football captain in 1962, Higdon decided that Boston and the Beanpot were enough to draw...
What this meant was that Harvard couldn't take advantage of Yale's own passing woes, which were much greater than Harvard's. Especially in the first game, the Elis would score a side out even if their passer misdirected a serve receive, because Bulldog dinks and rolled spikes found...
In the final set, the Elis were obviously psychologically out of the game, with passes going all over the place. However, Harvard seemed to just coast at times, playing uninspired ball and ending up with a 15-12 clinch.
Elsewhere in the league, Yale (12-12, 7-5) fell into a tie for third with Cornell after splitting a pair of lopsided games. The Elis managed to knock off struggling Columbia (61-48), but lost the more important contest to Cornell.
Yale's freshman sensation, center Katy Grubbs, earned Rookie of the Week honors for the fifth time this season, knocking down 25 points and 11 rebounds in the Elis' two games.