Quakers right their own ship at Navy
The Penn men's tennis team dispatched Navy 7-0 last year, but with injuries and losses piling up over the past two weeks, this year's matchup figured to be a struggle.
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The Penn men's tennis team dispatched Navy 7-0 last year, but with injuries and losses piling up over the past two weeks, this year's matchup figured to be a struggle.
For the men's tennis team, spring break will signify more than just a week without classes. With a three-match road trip in California on tap, it will also mark the annual switch from indoor to outdoor courts.
Bad calls are an unfortunate but ubiquitous aspect of most athletic competitions.
For four years straight, the Quakers have blown out Yale at the Palestra, winning by an average of 22 points.
When the Quakers traveled to Dartmouth and Harvard earlier this season, they held second-half leads before losing in two encouraging performances.
The women's basketball team has struggled with injuries all season. Only six Quakers have played in all 22 games this season, and only one, Anca Popovici, has been a constant in the starting lineup.
Following a Jan. 15 loss to Seton Hall, the women's basketball team had a 16-day break before its next game against Harvard.
"Cool. Calm. Chilled."
Ahead for nearly the entire game at Harvard on Friday, the women's basketball team seemed in control, poised to end a 10-game losing streak.
In the past, Penn might have overlooked a Dartmouth squad coming off a nine-win season and picked to finish dead last in the Ivy League preseason poll.
After beating Drexel's Omar Laalej last season, Penn's Jonathan Boym neglected to shake his opponent's hand. Drexel coach Tricia Udicious called the episode "embarrassing," and then-Quakers' coach Mark Riley ultimately forced Boym to return to the court and conform to tennis etiquette.
Following their first winning streak of the season two weeks ago, there were encouraging signs that the Quakers were turning a corner, especially on offense.
Clinging to a three-point lead with 19 seconds left, there was no doubt which player Penn would lean on to put the game away.
The Rider women's basketball team compiled a dismal 2-28 record last year, including a 77-65 home loss to Penn. But the Quakers are catching the Broncs at the wrong time.
Coming into the season, the Penn women's basketball team had defeated Big 5 rival Saint Joseph's only once in 32 games. That pattern continued last night as the Hawks cruised to a 63-46 victory over the Quakers (1-3).
Before the season began, Penn women's basketball coach Pat Knapp said that somebody would step up on offense to replace the scoring void left after the Quakers graduated their top three scorers last year.
The men's basketball team doesn't have an organized hazing ritual for incoming freshmen, but 6-foot-8 power-forward Jack Eggleston had a unique initiation onto his new team.
On the surface, it seems like the Penn women's basketball team may be in for a rough season.
After a brutal 56-7 loss, sprint football coach Bill Wagner called out Navy for what he construed to be unsportsmanlike play.
Not much went right for the sprint football team on Friday night at Franklin Field, as it fell 56-7 to Navy (5-0).