Coach Jerome Allen will take team to Cameron Indoor for New Year’s Day game on ESPNU.
Though it took the team some time to adjust, several players faced the challenges head on and worked tirelessly to improve their play.
Freshmen basketball players Keelan Cairns and Simeon Esprit hail from Ireland and England, respectively, but have fit right in at Penn so far — or as well as two tall athletes with foreign accents can fit in.
Essentially an extended season beyond the normal high-school season, club volleyball has become a necessity for high-school players pursuing a collegiate career.
The Quakers have struggled in closing out games this season, which has resulted in the sixth-place position at which they currently sit in the Ivy League. However, the plethora of five-set matches the Red and Blue have played this season may be indicative of their true abilities.
The Penn volleyball team has faced several uncertainties and unknowns during its defense of back-to-back Ivy League titles. But the Quakers have come to count on reliable play from one scintillating freshman.
Casual volleyball fans and players tend to focus on the high-flying jumpers and fast-paced kills, but on coach Kerry Carr’s team, the focus has always been singular: defense.
Penn faced off against Princeton and Delaware this weekend, losing both hotly contested matches.
Penn opens up the Rocket Classic in Toledo, Ohio with a matchup against a Top-25 team in Ohio State.
The Penn volleyball team has won two straight championships. But it will have to go for a three-peat with a new-look roster.
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