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...When we played Princeton last time, we definitely didn’t show up as well as we can,” said freshman outside hitter Laura Mahon. “But I think we’re a superior team, and it should make a difference being home and being better prepared...
While the outside hitting arsenal from the Tigers will pose problems for Harvard on tonight, Penn brings a lethal middle attack to the match tomorrow afternoon. In the Crimson’s 3-2 victory over the Quakers at The Palestra, Penn’s middle hitter Michelle Kauffman blitzed Harvard with 20 kills and a .485 hitting percentage on the match. Fellow middle hitter Lynzy Caton turned in 14 kills as well...
...Crimson countered the Quakers’ offensive attack behind captain and outside hitter Kaego Ogbechie’s 29 kills, and Harvard rolled past the Quakers 15-8 in the match’s deciding game...
...defeat Penn again, the Crimson must find a way to control the middle at the net. The Quakers’ offense often relies upon the middle hitter’s slide—when the middle hitter runs behind the setter to catch the defense off guard—to open up both the middle and the outside for the front...
Forcing early attack errors should provide momentum for a Harvard offense that needs little to get it going. Ogbechie dominated both the Quakers and Tigers earlier this season, rounding out her 29-kill performance at Penn with 15 kills against Princeton. Sophomore outside hitter Katie Turley-Molony turned in her best back-to-back performance on the same road trip with 20 kills against the Tigers and 10 against the Quakers. The Crimson had four players tally 10 or more kills in the teams’ first meetings, and Harvard will look for similar balanced offense today and tomorrow with...