According to Casey, Harvard has been adjusting its defense in practice this week for the Tigers.
Penn, on the other hand, presents a much more balanced attack, meaning the Crimson must prepare for attacks from a wide array of scorers.
“Penn doesn’t have that one shining outside hitter,” Holte said. “We are going to have to keep ourselves balanced in order to stop their attack.”
To match, the Crimson will also try to have a balanced dynamic. It will rely on the efforts of all of its members, particularly setters senior Beth Kinsella and freshman Hannah Schmidt. Holte stressed the setters’ importance to the team’s success.
“A lot of the time we forget to praise our setters, but they’ve been doing a great job,” she said.
While the back-to-back matchups at Penn and Princeton will present a formidable challenge for the Crimson, a pair of wins would cement Harvard’s position in the upper ranks of the Ivy League.
“It’s nice to be in the top half,” Casey said.