Sports briefs

Men’s v-ball sweeps Queens, 3-0

Senior middle blocker Juan Cardet earned a team-high 11 kills to lift the Harvard men’s volleyball team past Queens College, 3-0 (30-19, 38-36, 30-26), this past Sunday (Feb. 15) in Flushing, N.Y. At the setter position for the Crimson, first-year Dave Fitz tallied 40 assists, as Harvard improved to 3-1 on the season.

The team plays host to Southampton and Vassar this Saturday (Feb. 21) and Sunday (Feb. 22), respectively.

Squash takes Yale, 7-2, for Ivy title

The men’s squash team stayed perfect in league play to capture Harvard’s first Ivy title of the 2003-04 season with a 7-2 victory over Yale this past Saturday (Feb. 14) in New Haven. After dropping the first match, 3-0, the No. 3 Crimson (7-1; 6-0 Ivy) roared back with a five-match sweep to quickly overwhelm the No. 2 Elies (8-2; 4-1 Ivy), 5-1.

Harvard returns to Yale Feb. 27-29 for the College Squash Association’s team championships.

– Compiled by Andrew Brooks