Word: palming
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...addition to his Ivy hopes, Palm expects this year's squad to improve on last year's finish in the middle of the 20-member East Coast Volleyball League. "We could finish as high as third," Palm says...
Just how close the spikers come to accomplishing Palm's goals will depend on the rate and extent of improvement in back-row play. For this year at least, as go the service passing and defense, so goes the Crimson. If the back row play improves enough. Harvard should pose a threat to almost any Eastern team. "If this team gets the ball up to the setters in good position at the set, we have the power to score against most teams," Palm predicts...
Ross and Doyle complement each other well, and their acquisition gives Palm more flexibility in positioning players. Last year, Palm had to move Trumbull and Rohan around depending on the game situation. This year, positioning should become more stable because of the spikers' multiple talents...
...With a young team it's important to build up momentum early in the year," Palm says, explaining that an experienced team has less difficulty digging in an regrouping in the face of a rough first few games...
Tomorrow's season-opening trip to Yale, Palm's alma mater, should be comparable to stepping into a pool at the shallow and before forging ahead into deeper waters. The Crimson faced the Elis in a fall scrimmage, and "unless [Yale] has improved dramatically since then, [Harvard] shouldn't have much trouble," Palm says. Columbia will also be in New Haven to face Yale, and Harvard has arranged a scrimmage against the Lions...