Brette Trost
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Farewell Column by Brette Trost | Do what scares you
One of the most challenging things I have ever done. Working on a deadline, thinking critically quickly and building relationships with coaches and athletes are all things that have tested me. But it is because of these challenges that I have found my four years with the DP one of the most rewarding aspects of my time at Penn.
Trost | After surprising year from the mound, Penn Baseball needs an offensive spark
One cannot help but feel a bit of optimism that if the young and inexperienced pitching rotation can build on the successes they had this season, all it will take is a spark in the offense to catapult the Quakers to Ivy success.
Penn baseball's hitting goes cold in Ithaca
The Quakers (22-17, 7-9 Ivy) lost three of four in their series against the Big Red (21-14, 9-7), winning the first game, 6-0, before losing the last three contests, 4-2, 3-1 and 8-2 respectively.
No seventh heaven for Penn baseball
Princeton took three of four from the Quakers in the weekend series, scoring seven runs in each of the four games.
Penn baseball's bats heat up late in win over La Salle
After a weekend of frustrated bats against Yale and Brown, Penn baseball (19-11) finally showed some spark halfway through Wednesday’s game at La Salle (12-18).
Penn baseball splits four in weekend slate
The Penn baseball team finished its cross-divisional play this weekend, splitting a pair of doubleheaders against Yale and Brown with the Lou Gehrig Division race still wide open.
Penn baseball takes three of four from weekend
In Penn’s first back-to-back doubleheader of the season, the Quakers took three of four games over the weekend to improve their record to 8-6.
Penn baseball's youthful staff shows promise
The Quakers are working with a largely young and inexperienced rotation this season and are looking to a group of four that showed promise during Penn’s southern spring break.
Penn women's basketball's six-game winning streak snapped by Harvard
The Quakers fell to Harvard (17-8, 8-3 Ivy) Saturday night at Lavietes Pavilion, 67-54. The Crimson recorded two feats this weekend, breaking Princeton’s 33-game Ivy winning streak and Penn’s six-game streak.
Penn women's basketball outlasts Dartmouth, 55-45
The Quakers notched their sixth straight victory, beating Dartmouth, 55-45. Penn’s defense kept them alive in the first half against the Big Green (6-18, 4-6 Ivy). The Quakers offense was extremely cold, shooting 8-for-31, including 1-for-16 from behind the arc.
Women's basketball cruises over weekend, stay in Ivy title chase
With the two wins this weekend, it is the first time in program history that Penn has improved its win total in three straight seasons.
Penn women's basketball rolls over Cornell, 67-40
After the sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend put Penn in full possession of second place, the Quakers again dominated the Ivy competition, beating the Big Red, 67-40. Penn led the entire game.
Penn women's basketball looking to improve on nice Ivy start
Penn will head north this weekend to face Yale and Brown in its second road trip of the Ivy season. Because of the coming winter storm, the game time at Yale has been moved to 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon and Saturday’s game at Brown has been moved to Sunday at noon.
Penn women's basketball triumphs in Ivy road trip
In a season that has been plagued with last minute losses and lackluster play following halftime, Penn (9-8, 2-1 Ivy) finally proved that it has left the non-conference mistakes behind as the Quakers begin the Ivy season.
Penn women's basketball getting ready for battle against youthful Temple
The Quakers face an Owls squad that has fought an uphill battle all year long with six freshmen on the roster.
Trost | Does Penn Athletics toe the line for Title IX?
Penn has the worst proportionality of male to female athletes in the Ivy League, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics database.
2012 Penn women's basketball grad Knapp faces new challenges
The women’s basketball alum (C’12) has moved from on the court action to the sideline as she transitions into her new careers as a teacher, coach, and broadcaster.
Quakers face tough slate of road games
During the break, the Quakers will hope to improve their winning ways on the road and adjust to life playing back-to-backs.
Baron faces down old friends and foes
Penn may be taking on LIU-Brooklyn this Sunday for the first time in school history, but for junior Alyssa Baron, the meeting will bring back some high school nostalgia.
Bonenberger sisters bond over basketball
Sophomore Kara Bonenberger, a forward on the women’s basketball team, and her sister Alyssa spent their summer playing basketball in their hometown of Walnutport, Pa.
