Hardwood dazzles on the court a number of ways. Harwood puts balls on target on both short and long sets. She is so solid the middle often opens up wide to the point she can drop in deceptive setovers. Harwood can even back tap balls to shallow four zones on second hits. Harwood has great control on her swings. She sends hard crosses and mixes in good off shots. Harwood tips over blocks and pounds out sinking line drive float serves to different zones on the court.

Harwood runs an efficient offense for Vortex. She’s put a lot of time into hitting targets in practice with both front and back sets and it shows on the court. Harwood executes back sets with little lean. On defense, Harwood makes the simple passes. She steps back on balls to perform overhead passes then hustles forward even making pancake digs to keep plays alive.