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Coming off a season-opening loss to Temple in a Saturday night nail-biter, Penn looks to rebound against a Monmouth team that came back to defeat Hofstra over the weekend. The Red and Blue will look to notch their first victory of the season in West Long Branch, N.J., when they take on the Hawks. We identify who’ll be up and who’ll be down after the Quakers and Hawks are done battling Tuesday night.
As the Class of 2017 gets adjusted to its new surroundings in Philadelphia, five student-athletes have the added burden of trying to make a name for themselves as Penn basketball players.
La Salle: Fresh off a surprising Sweet 16 run in last year’s NCAA tournament, La Salle looks to build on that momentum to inch closer to an Elite 8 berth this year. Leading the charge is senior guard Tyreek Duran who has been named to his third straight Bob Cousy Award watch list, an annual award for the nation’s top point guard. Predicted to finish third in the A-10 Conference, this Philadelphia squad will definitely be contenders when the A-10 tournament rolls around. At the end of last season, the Explorers were ranked No. 24 by the USA Today Coaches Poll and return nine of their top 10 scorers from last season. Look for this guard-heavy lineup to continue to rely on its speed and athleticism to make up for their lack of size on the frontcourt. Their meteoric rise has not gone unnoticed as they have been slated for a program record 14 nationally televised games this year.
Twelve yards separated senior Kerry Scalora from Yale goalkeeper Elise Wilcox.
Two unbeaten streaks. Two physical defenses. Something’s gotta give.
In the third minute of the second overtime, senior Austin Kinn lined up with the hopes of leading Penn to victory with a decisive penalty kick.
When freshman Arielle Winfield goes for a kill on the volleyball court, she hits the ball hard. Just like her dad.
The Penn women’s soccer team looked to rebound from a tough loss to Harvard earlier in the weekend against Lehigh at Rhodes Field Sunday afternoon. Penn’s defense has been a fortress all season, allowing just four goals in seven games before facing the Mountain Hawks, so I followed junior goalkeeper Katherine Myhre for the entire match Sunday to find out just what makes the Red and Blue defense so impenetrable.
When senior Tyler Kinn leapt to make a save in the 96th minute of Penn’s Sunday match against UCSB, he didn’t just save the game, but he preserved the hope for a successful road trip.
In the first game of Penn’s men’s soccer’s west coast road trip, the Quakers had a chance to make an early statement against a formidable Cal Poly squad in an effort to move closer towards a top 25 ranking.