By Steven Tydings
10/15/12 12:27am
After defeating Brown in four sets behind freshman Alex Caldwell’s triple-double, the Quakers’ three-match winning streak came to an end in straight sets at Yale on Saturday.
By Ike Onyeador
10/12/12 12:34am
Penn (8-8, 3-2 Ivy) will use last week’s momentum going into this weekend’s matches at Brown and Yale — the final two games in the first round-robin of Ivy play.
By Riley Steele
10/07/12 10:59pm
Friday at the Palestra, the Quakers took down Cornell for the eighth consecutive time, battling out three tough sets to capture a straight-set conference win, 25-21, 27-25, 25-23.
By Brette Trost
10/04/12 12:58am
Looking at the statistics, it is clear that Penn volleyball’s Dani Shepherd dominates the court. The junior sits atop the Division I standings in digs per set and has held the title for almost three weeks.
By Brette Trost
10/01/12 1:02am
The Quakers split their first Ivy weekend away from their home court, easily overcoming Dartmouth in three sets but falling to Harvard in a five-set battle.
By Mars Jacobson
09/28/12 1:08am
After two five-set losses last weekend to Princeton and Towson, the Quakers (5-7, 0-1 Ivy) will look to rebound in their first full weekend of Ivy League play. Penn did not have a midweek game this week, which gave the team extra time to focus on what it can do to turn those close losses into wins.
By Brette Trost
09/24/12 1:15am
The Quakers could not pull out the win against Princeton, falling in the five-set battle at home Friday. It was deja-vu Sunday, as Penn fell to a different Tigers team: Towson.
By Ike Onyeador
09/21/12 1:29am
Going into the Ancient Eight schedule with their preseason record a draw, the Red and Blue know they must now make progressive steps forward from here on out.
By Steven Jaffe
09/20/12 1:25am
Wednesday night at Delaware, the Quakers (5-5) defeated the Blue Hens (3-10), 3-2 (22-25, 23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 15-13), winning the final three sets to secure a .500 record entering conference play.
By Mike Tony
09/18/12 9:25pm
Of the 22 players on the volleyball team, 10 are from California. The women’s soccer team has three Californians on its roster. Both teams took trips out west within the past month.
By Brette Trost
09/18/12 8:08pm
After a 1-2 showing at the West Penn Invitational at the Palestra, this will be the last chance for the Red and the Blue to work out the kinks before the wins and losses really begin to count.
By Ike Onyeador
09/17/12 1:33am
Penn got out to a sluggish start Friday night against George Mason, needing four sets to dispatch their lowly opponent. Saturday, the Quakers lost their final two matches to Radford and Rutgers.
By Ike Onyeador
09/14/12 1:13am
Before embarking on a quest to regain their once-held status as volleyball champions of the Ivy League, the Quakers will need to defend a smaller honor this weekend at the Palestra.
By Ike Onyeador
09/09/12 11:56pm
Facing tough competition, the Red and Blue returned from their West Coast road trip with a victory, going 1-2 in Berkeley, Calif.
By Brette Trost
09/07/12 12:18am
Penn (2-1) heads to Berkeley this weekend for the Molten Classic, where they will face the University of California (2-3), Northern Arizona (6-0) and UC Riverside (3-3) in some of its toughest matchups of the season.
By Ike Onyeador
09/05/12 12:06am
With wins over La Salle and Villanova over the weekend, the Red and Blue improved their overall tournament record to 9-3.
By Brette Trost
08/28/12 11:03pm
After winning back-to-back Ivy championships, the Quakers found 2011 to be a more challenging year, as they finished in fifth place. But this year, coach Kerry Carr believes an infusion of new faces both will propel Penn to the front of the Ancient Eight standings.
By Ike Onyeador
11/07/11 12:26am
Three weekends ago, in the middle of that five-game losing streak, Brown and Yale came to the Palestra and defeated the Quakers, 3-2 and 3-0, respectively. This weekend, Penn wanted retribution. It was partially attained.
By Steven Jaffe
11/03/11 2:24pm
Yet it’s rare that one becomes talented enough to play two sports at the Division-I level. Such is the case for sophomore volleyball player Kristen Etterbeek, who could just as well have been a collegiate tennis player.
By Mitchell Joseph
10/30/11 11:06pm
The victory over Dartmouth was Penn’s second on the season and lifted the Quakers into sole possession of sixth place in the league.
By Chan Park
10/25/11 10:42pm
Essentially an extended season beyond the normal high-school season, club volleyball has become a necessity for high-school players pursuing a collegiate career.
By Lucas O'Connor
10/24/11 1:56am
Penn Volleyball jumped out to early leads against Ivy co-leader Princeton in the last two sets, but gave them up shortly after the Tigers called timeouts and regrouped.
By Ike Onyeador
10/21/11 1:52am
After one go-round through the Ivy League, it’s about time for the Penn volleyball team to right the ship.
By Chan Park
10/18/11 9:21pm
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.
By Angelyn Irvin
10/16/11 10:47pm
The Quakers fell in five sets to previously slumping Brown Friday night and were swept by Yale the next day.
By Chan Park
10/14/11 12:21am
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.
By Ike Onyeador
10/06/11 12:41am
The Quakers head to New York this weekend to play Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Saturday.
By Angelyn Irvin
10/03/11 2:08pm
Quakers pick up first Ivy win over Dartmouth, but fall to the Crimson in five sets.
By Chan Park
09/30/11 12:32am
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.
By Chan Park
09/26/11 2:41am
Penn faced off against Princeton and Delaware this weekend, losing both hotly contested matches.
By Ike Onyeador
09/22/11 4:06am
On the surface, it may be unclear why the Penn volleyball team would move away from an offense that won two-straight Ivy championships.
By Ike Onyeador
09/16/11 12:59am
After graduating three All-Ivy players, Quakers aim to use uncertain lineups as versatility advantage
By Ike Onyeador
09/12/11 11:35pm
Despite three losses at the Rocket Classic to Toledo, Alabama and No. 25 Ohio State, the Penn volleyball team’s trip to Ohio was still worthwhile.
By Chan Park
09/08/11 11:41pm
Penn opens up the Rocket Classic in Toledo, Ohio with a matchup against a Top-25 team in Ohio State.
By Ike Onyeador
09/07/11 1:50pm
A lot has changed for Ivy champion Penn volleyball. But when it comes to the Big 5 tournament at the Palestra, this year’s result was much the same.
By Chan Park
09/07/11 8:36pm
The Penn volleyball team has won two straight championships. But it will have to go for a three-peat with a new-look roster.
By Chan Park
12/08/10 12:00am
Penn ended the 2010 campaign tied atop the Ivy League with a 12-2 record (17-10 overall) and a second straight Ivy title. Ultimately, the season was another successful one for the Quakers.
By John Phillips
12/06/10 12:00am
The Penn women’s volleyball team lost in three straight sets to Ohio on Sunday.
By Sushaan Modi
12/03/10 12:00am
The Penn volleyball team will compete Friday afternoon in Durham, N.C., against Ohio University in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
By John Phillips
11/22/10 12:00am
The Quakers defeated Yale in five sets in a playoff match between the Ivy League co-champions in New Haven, Conn. Penn will return to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year.
By John Phillips
11/18/10 12:00am
The Quakers outlasted Princeton in five sets to capture a share of the Ivy title. They will face co-champion Yale in a playoff Sunday at 1 p.m. in New Haven, Conn.
By Chan Park
11/17/10 12:00am
Records have been set and milestones reached, but a second straight Ivy volleyball title still hangs in the balance Wednesday at Princeton.
By Ike Onyeador
11/15/10 12:00am
The Quakers notched road wins over both Harvard and Dartmouth to set them up for a Wednesday showdown with Princeton, as a piece of the Ivy title sits on the line.
By Mike Tony
05/14/13 12:08am
Ryan Deitrich won’t be returning to Penn for his final year of eligibility after missing his freshman campaign due to injury, but he’ll still be playing college baseball — as a Duke Blue Devil.
By Brette Trost
04/24/13 12:17am
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.
By Brette Trost
04/22/13 12:16am
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.
By Spencer Small
04/18/13 10:54pm
The Quakersare preparing for a four-game away series versus Cornell this weekend.
By Spencer Small
04/17/13 10:00pm
By the end of the fourth, Penn (21-14, 6-6 Ivy) had burst the game wide open with a 9-0 lead over a seemingly helpless Lehigh (18-20, 5-7 Patriot) squad, finishing with a 13-2 victory. The game finished in a healthy 13-2 victory over.
By Todd Costa
04/16/13 10:27pm
Wednesday, the Quakers travel to Bethlehem, Pa. to face Lehigh in their final nonconference matchup of the season.
By Steven Tydings
04/15/13 8:17pm
Coach John Cole and his staff work towards the end of the year to put each player into one of several summer leagues around the country so they can improve throughout the offseason.
By Brette Trost
04/14/13 8:19pm
Princeton took three of four from the Quakers in the weekend series, scoring seven runs in each of the four games.
By Steven Tydings
04/11/13 7:41pm
The Quakers (19-11, 5-3 Ivy) play four crucial games this weekend, taking on Princeton in their first division games of the year.
By Brette Trost
04/10/13 8:05pm
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).
By Evan Spiller
04/09/13 8:07pm
In the final Big 5 matchup of the season, the Quakers will look to score early to avoid the Explorers’ talented bullpen.
By Danielle Chuang
04/09/13 10:02pm
Penn baseball’s rookie sensation from Cary, Ill. has stormed onto the scene this season, establishing himself as one of the Quakers’ best hitters. But baseball wasn’t always Vilardo’s game.
By Brette Trost
04/07/13 8:14pm
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.
By Anna Strong
04/04/13 8:41pm
The Quakers made a strong statement in their opening weekend of Ivy play, sweeping Dartmouth and splitting with Harvard. This weekend, they have the chance to start pulling away in the race.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/03/13 7:37pm
John Cole’s squad could be looking at its first bid for a Gehrig Division crown since 2007 and its first run at an Ivy League title since 1995.
By Todd Costa
04/02/13 10:38pm
The Quakers fell to Villanova at Meiklejohn Stadium, 5-4, in the penultimate round of the Liberty Bell Classic.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/01/13 7:06pm
Penn failed to finish off its impressive Ivy League start by surrendering three runs in the ninth, losing, 6-3.
By Riley Steele
04/01/13 6:24pm
After a pair of series’ against Ivy League opponents, the Penn baseball team will hit the field for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday when they host Villanova in the semifinals of the Liberty Bell Classic.
By Jimmy Lengyel
03/31/13 9:13pm
The Red and Blue made critical plays to sweep the Big Green in back-to-back 3-2 victories before rallying past Harvard with a 4-1 afternoon victory, followed by a rain-delayed 3-3 postponement (at the top of the eighth inning). That game will resume Monday at noon.
By Steven Tydings
03/28/13 8:04pm
Over a two-day span, Penn baseball takes on two opponents in four big games. And there is just one goal: start out Ivy play in the win column as they take on Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend.
By Evan Spiller
03/28/13 12:48am
The Red and Blue (13-7) trounced Lafayette, 8-1, in the first round of the Liberty Bell Classic, its fourth win in five straight games against the Leopards (3-19).
By Steven Tydings
03/25/13 8:18pm
After struggling last season, senior first baseman Spencer Branigan has become a leader for the young Quakers squad while putting up career-high hitting numbers.
By Todd Costa
03/24/13 9:40pm
Penn (12-7) took on Lafayette (3-17) in two doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, winning the first three games before dropping the last one on Sunday afternoon.
By Anna Strong
03/22/13 12:33am
This season, Penn baseball’s freshmen have been impressive contributors and have filled some holes left by last year’s graduating class. But much of their success has been due to the upperclassmen leadership, particularly from senior captains and offensive powerhouses Ryan Deitrich and Spencer Branigan.
By Todd Costa
03/20/13 9:03pm
Thanks to designated hitter Joey Greco’s sixth inning bash, the Quakers (9-6) powered their way to a 12-5 win over their crosstown rival, the Villanova Wildcats (5-13), on Wednesday afternoon. In a game that featured some messy pitching, it was the offense that decided this one.
By Jimmy Lengyel
03/19/13 11:28pm
Wednesday, the Penn baseball team hopes to have a little bit of recent history repeat itself against Villanova.
By Steven Tydings
03/18/13 9:06pm
With the Quakers returning just three seniors, a lot of attention has been placed on the team’s youth. And leading the new wave for the Red and Blue is a group of eight freshmen who are already making an impact for Penn.
By Brette Trost
03/17/13 9:57pm
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.
By Mike Wisniewski
03/14/13 8:56pm
What stats signal a good Ivy baseball season? After comparing American League and Ancient Eight statistics, the numbers really don’t lie after all.
By Steven Tydings
03/14/13 8:53pm
For the Red and Blue, the daily grind of the baseball season starts now as the Quakers will play George Washington in two doubleheaders this weekend.
By Todd Costa
03/13/13 9:29pm
Though the Quakers (5-5) were never outplayed while visiting Towson (8-7), some late drama made Wednesday afternoon’s 5-4 win a little bit close for comfort.
By Riley Steele
03/12/13 8:36pm
The Penn baseball team is hitting the road again, as the Quakers travel to Maryland to take on Towson.
By Brette Trost
03/11/13 9:04pm
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.
By Anna Strong
03/10/13 10:54pm
The Quakers spent the time off from academics on a three-team, nine-game tour of the South, making stops at Williamsburg, Va. to take on William & Mary, Durham, N.C. to play Duke and Rock Hill, S.C. to square off with Winthrop.
By Mars Jacobson
02/27/13 10:46pm
While the rest of the student body will be off on spring break, the Quakers will travel south, opening their season with a nine-game road trip in ten days, making stops in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
By Alex Ott
01/15/13 11:39pm
Junior Alex Ott joins the DP Sports staff after two seasons of varsity baseball at Penn. Despite notching 17 appearances as a freshman (the fifth highest single-season total in school history), Ott chose to walk away from the sport with great reluctance and a greater story.
By Ian Wenik
10/25/12 12:47am
Former Daily Pennsylvanian sports editor and current Fox Sports broadcaster Ken Rosenthal was gracious enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to talk to the DP.
By Anna Strong
07/11/12 7:49pm
The star pitcher, who went 5-3 in his senior season with a 2.45 earned run average, was drafted in the 15th round by the Oakland Athletics.
By Anna Strong
06/06/12 11:17pm
Voiro was selected by the Oakland Athletics with the 469th pick overall. He became the highest-selected Quaker since Ben Krantz was picked in the 15th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2003.
By Anna Strong
05/11/12 12:59am
Vince isn’t ready to let go of the game he’s been playing since his bam-bam bat days.
By Brette Trost
04/23/12 11:32pm
The Penn baseball team fell short against division leader Cornell. Dropping three of four, the Quakers (16-20, 7-9 Ivy) are officially done.
By Allison Bart
04/23/12 12:11am
As Penn takes on division leader Cornell at home for a pair of doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday, it will need to win three or four games to remain in serious contention for the division title.
By Anna Strong
04/23/12 12:11am
It was an ideal night for baseball and the energy was palpable from both dugouts, but the Hawks ultimately prevailed, 6-3.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/23/12 12:11am
Though the Red and Blue failed to capture the crown, falling to St. Joseph’s, 6-3, they added a new baseball program benchmark.
By Alyssa Kress
04/23/12 12:11am
On a perfect spring evening, a strong group of students, friends and family came out to support the Quakers in the Liberty Bell Classic final at Citizens Bank Park.
By Evan Spiller
04/18/12 11:42pm
As the Phillies play at San Francisco tonight, they will cede — for one game — their stadium to the Quakers and the Hawks for the championship of the Liberty Bell Classic.
By Allison Bart
04/18/12 12:20am
In this weekend’s four-game series at Princeton, the Penn baseball team struggled to emerge against a tough Tigers team, losing three of four.
By Anna Strong
04/16/12 11:19pm
The Quakers will face their toughest test of the season against Princeton this weekend as they look to gain games on division-leading Cornell.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/15/12 11:30pm
Since top pitchers Vince Voiro and Cody Thomson were sitting out to rest, Cole decided to give his lesser-used arms an opportunity. But they couldn’t get the job done, and the Quakers fell to the Explorers, 11-4, at Meiklejohn Stadium.
By Anna Strong
04/12/12 10:51pm
Penn sits in the bottom position of its division, tied with Columbia at 5-3. Cornell, at 7-1, is alone at the top, for now. As Penn coach John Cole said of the tight race, “Anything can happen in this league.”
By Sanjay Menghani
04/18/13 8:01pm
With one week left before the Ivy League Championships, the Quakers head to Annapolis, Md. for their last tune-up tournament.
By Sanjay Menghani
04/14/13 8:50pm
The women’s team headed to Suffern, N.Y. to take part in the Roar-EE Invitational, finishing fifth out of 10 teams. The men had the same finish out of 14 teams at the Princeton Invitational.
By Habeeb Suara
04/11/13 9:39pm
The men are coming off a sixth-place finish at the Yale Invitational. Seniors P.J. Fielding and Max Marsico tied for 10th place overall, but it wasn’t enough for the team to win. This weekend, the Quakers look to get a top five finish for the first time this semester.
By Sanjay Menghani
04/04/13 8:57pm
The Penn men’s golf team heads into the homestretch of its schedule as spring descends upon the Northeast.
By Sanjay Menghani
03/12/13 8:01pm
The men’s golf team returned to action at the 16th annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C. and the Quakers finished 11th out of a field of 18 teams.
By Evan Spiller
10/24/12 12:27am
The Penn women took first at the Sacred Heart Fall Classic, while the Penn men placed fifth at the Ivy League Match Play.
By Mike Tony
09/25/12 12:58am
The Quakers won the Rehoboth Beach Invitational, finishing first in an 11-team field after coming in third in last year’s tournament.
By Mike Wisniewski
09/06/12 11:22pm
The Penn athletic department announced Thursday that Bob Heintz has been hired as the new head coach, replacing Scott Allen, who held the position since 2008.
By Mike Tony
04/23/12 11:32pm
The Penn men’s golf team won the Navy Spring Invitational in Annapolis, Md., on Sunday.
By Mike Tony
04/23/12 12:11am
Golf has been in the Williams family since Jim Williams played at USC. Today, Scotty is the captain of the men’s team and Kelsey is a freshman on the women’s team. The oldest, Bryant was captain of the 2009-10 men’s squad.
By Mike Tony
04/18/12 12:20am
Penn men’s golf team tied for sixth out of 13 teams at the 54-hole Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Club over the weekend. The Quakers finished 16 shots behind first-place Yale, which carded an 858.
By Evan Spiller
04/12/12 12:44am
The Penn women’s golf team finished third in the Brown Invitational on Monday.
By Mike Tony
04/06/12 2:58am
Marsico has been the low scorer for Penn in 11 of 18 tournaments since his arrival, and he currently boasts a 71.2 stroke average, the team’s lowest.
By Sushaan Modi
04/03/12 12:01am
The men’s golf team missed out on a chance to repeat as champions in the Quaker Invitational, falling to IUPUI, 613-614.
By Mike Tony
03/21/12 12:05am
In its second tournament of the spring season, the Penn men’s golf team successfully defended its team title at the George Washington Invitational.
By Calder Silcox
10/16/11 11:34pm
This weekend, Penn women’s golf closed out its fall season with an exciting win over Ivy competition at the Boston Golf Club.
By Chan Park
07/07/11 12:00am
Quaker has solid showing at APL Championship but tournament run cut short.
By Mike Tony
06/23/11 12:00am
Quaker golfer is set to play in the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships
By Nina Wolpow
04/25/11 12:00am
It is safe to say that the road home from New Jersey this weekend was not a celebratory one for the Penn men and women’s golf teams.
By Steve Purcell
04/22/11 12:00am
The Quakers have had a solid spring season and are looking to cap it off by capturing their first Ivy championship since 2007.
By Steve Purcell
04/18/11 12:00am
In the strong 12-team field at the 36-hole Wolfpack Spring Open — which featured several top Division I programs, including No. 23 host North Carolina State — the Quakers finished 11th.
By Calder Silcox
04/18/11 12:00am
Though rain canceled the last nine holes at the Roar-ee Invitational, Penn women’s golf was able to catch Fairleigh Dickinson to tie for first place Saturday in Suffern, N.Y.
By Nina Wolpow
04/15/11 12:00am
Just over a week away from the Ivy championships, women's golf heads to the Roar-EE Invitational to face both Princeton and Yale.
By Steve Purcell
04/11/11 12:00am
Coach Scott Allen says his team "made a statement" with its second-place finish at the Princeton Invitational
By Steve Purcell
04/08/11 12:00am
After winning the Ivy League individual men’s golf title last spring, junior Scotty Williams packed up and left for a semester abroad in South Africa.
By Nina Wolpow
04/06/11 12:00am
Blustery conditions cut Georgetown’s Hoya Invitational short, with the Penn women ending the tournament tied for third place with Princeton.
By Calder Silcox
03/22/11 12:00am
Two tournaments into the spring season, Penn men’s golf claimed its first trophy at the George Washington Invitational this weekend in Bethany Beach, Del.
By Nina Wolpow
03/21/11 12:00am
Slow greens and high winds kept the Penn women’s golf team from pushing past first-place Yale and St. John’s for the top spot this weekend at the C&F; Bank Intercollegiate in Williamsburg, Va.
By Steve Purcell
03/18/11 12:00am
Penn will kick off its season this weekend in Williamsburg, Va., for the C&F; Bank Intercollegiate.
By Steve Purcell
03/14/11 12:00am
The men’s golf team came out flat at the Coca-Cola Intercollegiate this weekend.
By Steve Purcell
11/03/10 12:00am
Heading into the Richmond Invitational, the women’s golf team was having a season of almosts.
By Megan Soisson
10/21/10 12:00am
The day after Game 1 of the NLDS, Shane Victorino decided to unwind with a round of golf and had a chance encounter with the Penn women's team.
By Steve Purcell
10/08/10 12:00am
Coming off an impressive second-place finish out of 13 teams at the Rehoboth Beach Fall Invitational, the men’s golf team is looking for an equally strong performance at the Big Five Classic.
By Michael Gold
09/28/10 12:00am
In the only tournament they will host this fall, the Quakers finished second, carding 14 strokes higher than first-place Maryland.
By Chan Park
09/02/10 12:00am
By Brian Kotloff
08/05/10 12:00am
The Penn women’s golf team’s march into uncharted territory will continue next week in Charlotte, N.C.
By Megan Soisson
06/24/10 12:00am
This year, Allen has begun to pave the way for a new era of Quakers golf, starting with the recruitment of Francesco Melpignano.
By Kevin Esteves
05/27/10 12:00am
Nearly a month after his stellar performance at the Ivy Champs, Scotty Williams found himself on an even bigger stage.
By Lauren Plotnick
05/14/10 12:00am
After clinching their first ever Ivy league title, the Quakers made history with their first appearance in postseason play since becoming a varsity program in 2000.
By Michael Gold
04/29/10 12:00am
On Monday, the Quakers found out they would be participating in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship West Regional.
By Michael Gold
04/26/10 12:00am
Yesterday, the Penn women’s golf team made history at the legendary course, when it won its first Ivy title since its inaugural season in 2000.
By Becky Umbach
04/23/10 12:00am
Penn’s 10-year-old women’s golf program may be the second youngest in the Ivies, but it may also be the most experienced.
By Becky Umbach
04/23/10 12:00am
Penn’s 10-year-old women’s golf program may be the second youngest in the Ivies, but it may also be the most experienced.
By Becky Umbach
04/19/10 12:00am
Even though the Penn women’s golf team had to wait until the sun went down, the Quakers proved to their Ivy League rivals that they are a force to be reckoned with going into the conference championships.
By Becky Umbach
04/16/10 12:00am
Penn is headed to Suffern, N.Y., to participate in the Roar-EE Invitational hosted by Columbia Friday and Saturday.
By Becky Umbach
04/12/10 12:00am
This weekend, the Penn men’s golf team got a taste of what they’ll lose when the seniors graduate in May and what talent they’ve gained in the freshman class.
By Michael San Soucie
03/24/10 12:00am
Ahead by 11 shots after two rounds, the Red and Blue seemed poised to take home first place despite windy conditions and an unfamiliar course.
By Jennifer Scuteri
10/16/09 12:00am
The Penn women’s golf team will tee off at the Lehigh Invitational this weekend.
By Michael Roberts
10/14/09 12:00am
Having already shattered the team record for the lowest single round in the program’s seven-year history twice this year, the Quakers bested the new single-round record of 301 by shooting a 297 Sunday at the Richmond Invitational and finished in 3rd place.
By Michael Roberts
10/12/09 12:00am
After shooting a 309 Saturday, the Quakers found themselves in 13th place out of 17 teams at the Big 5 Invitational. They were able to rebound quickly Sunday and tied Binghamton for fourth place with an overall two-round total of 600.
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/21/13 9:32pm
The Quakers took down the Big Green in blowout fashion, 11-2. The Senior Day campaign was led by four goals from Ryan Parietti, who was playing in his final game at home.
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/20/13 5:01pm
The Quakers bounced back from their loss to Harvard to dominate Dartmouth on Senior Day, thanks to six combined goals from senior Ryan Parietti and junior Zack Losco
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/18/13 11:05pm
Coming off of a tough loss to Harvard in overtime last weekend, Penn desperately needs a win against Dartmouth.
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/16/13 12:25am
After finishing last spring 3-10 and 1-5 in conference play the Red and Blue knew that something needed to change. Enter former Michigan assistant coach Judd Lattimore.
By Danielle Chuang
04/13/13 5:49pm
Though the board showed an 8-7 overtime loss for Penn (6-4, 2-3 Ivy) against Harvard (6-6, 2-2) on Saturday, the Quakers fought a good fight in the fourth quarter, tying the score at 7-7 before falling in extra time.
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/11/13 11:23pm
After a couple of close losses to top-10 teams, Harvard is hungry for a victory while the Quakers try to carry the momentum from their crushing 10-3 victory over Brown last week.
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/08/13 6:23pm
Star sophomore Isaac Bock is the third Bock to represent the Quakers on the lacrosse team
By Karl Bagherzadeh
04/06/13 5:41pm
The Quakers (6-3, 2-2 Ivy) rode a 5-0 run to close the first half on their way to a bruising 10-3 victory behind a hattrick by sophomore attack Isaac Bock — Penn’s first victory over Brown in four years.
By Alexis Ziebelman
04/04/13 8:47pm
No. 17 Penn (5-3, 1-2 Ivy) has lost to Brown (5-3, 1-1) each of the last three years, so history may not necessarily be on the Quakers’ side for those 60 minutes when they hit the road to take on the Bears on Saturday at 3 p.m.
By Alexis Ziebelman
03/31/13 9:19pm
After a spirited comeback to force overtime, the No. 13 Quakers (5-3, 1-2 Ivy) fell to Yale in the extra period, 7-6.
By Alexis Ziebelman
03/28/13 10:07pm
Penn will take on Yale at Franklin Field on Saturday at 1 p.m. With the home crowd’s support and a sunny day forecasted, the Red and Blue have every opportunity to get back on track.
By Ian Wenik
03/24/13 10:56pm
Going up against No. 2 Cornell, the No. 9 Red and Blue (5-2, 1-1 Ivy) found themselves playing catch-up with the Big Red (7-1, 2-0) all game long, leading to a 10-5 loss.
By Steven Tydings
03/21/13 9:32pm
Six games into the season, there is a plethora of stats that you can reel off that shows how well Cornell has played this year. Cornell enters its matchup with the Quakers as the No. 2 team in Division I while tied with Brown and Penn atop the Ancient Eight.
By Alexis Ziebelman
03/19/13 8:56pm
In only his first year on the team, freshman attack Nick Doktor has quickly established himself as one of Penn’s most dependable and mentally tough players.
By David Greenbaum
03/17/13 10:04pm
Penn got off to a fast start, shutting out the Tigers (4-2, 0-1 Ivy) in the first quarter, while scoring three goals of its own.
By Ian Wenik
03/14/13 11:10pm
Though the record shows that the No. 14 Quakers have only beaten the No. 7 Tigers once since 1990, in reality, the gap between the two teams has never been closer than it will be when they face off at Franklin Field this Saturday.
By David Greenbaum
03/10/13 11:23pm
The Quakers performed admirably, bouncing back from a loss against No. 7 Denver by beating No. 17 Lehigh and Villanova to bring their record to 4-1 after the break.
By Mars Jacobson
02/27/13 12:11am
On a cold and wet night at Franklin Field, the No. 14 Quakers beat St. Joseph’s in a hard-fought contest, 6-5, to extend their all-time record against the Hawks to 10-0.
By David Greenbaum
02/25/13 11:24pm
The Quakers were under the radar against Duke, but this time around they will be the favor as they face as St. Joe’s.
By Kristi Edleson
02/25/13 1:18am
Friday night, the Penn men’s lacrosse team took down the Blue Devils by a final score of 14-9 at Franklin Field.
By David Greenbaum
02/21/13 9:23pm
Most teams like to open their season against a weaker opponent to gain confidence going into the season. But Penn men’s lacrosse is not most teams, as they will take on No. 14 Duke.
By Danielle Chuang
02/20/13 8:19pm
The Quakers kick off their season this Friday night at Franklin Field against No. 14 Duke, and the beginning of their season is peppered with additional big games against the likes of Denver and Lehigh.
By Claire Cohen
02/05/13 9:19pm
In October, the Penn men’s lacrosse team began working with Comegys Community School through the Comegys University-Assisted Community School partnership. Once a week, the team tutors fourth to sixth grade boys and teaches them how to play lacrosse.
By Anna Strong
07/11/12 8:00pm
The 10-year veteran of NCAA lacrosse will become the top assistant on Murphy’s staff, replacing Jason Archbell, who left Penn to assume the head coaching position at Bowdoin College.
By Alyssa Kress
04/23/12 11:32pm
Penn trailed, 5-1, late in the third quarter and was down, 7-4, with four minutes left in the game. Although they cut the deficit to one, they couldn’t complete the comeback.
By Evan Spiller
04/23/12 12:11am
Now with their first winning streak of the year, the Quakers (3-8, 1-4 Ivy) have a strong shot at making the Ivy Tournament if they put together a victory in their final Ivy game against Dartmouth (2-8, 0-4) on Saturday. But Murphy is not wavering from his critical perspective.
By John Phillips
04/23/12 12:11am
Goalie Brian Feeney showed no signs of put in another strong performance, as the Quakers defeated the Hawks at Finnesey Field, 9-5.
By Eli Cohen
04/18/12 11:42pm
The Quakers (2-8, 1-4 Ivy) will take the short trip to Finnesey Field to battle Saint Joseph’s (3-8) on the heels of a victory over Harvard.
By John Phillips
04/18/12 12:20am
On Senior Day, the Quakers finally won their first Ivy League game, beating Harvard 13-11.
By Alyssa Kress
04/16/12 11:19pm
Not only does Penn (1-8, 0-4 Ivy) need help in the Ivy playoff race, but the Red and Blue will need to play near-perfectly Saturday against Harvard (6-5, 2-1) in the seniors’ final game at home.
By Eli Cohen
04/12/12 10:51pm
The Quakers visited in-state foe Bucknell for a respite from Ivy play but found only an onslaught of offense.
By David Greenbaum
04/11/12 12:14am
On Saturday night, the Penn men’s lacrosse team lost their fourth straight Ivy game, 11-10, to Brown at Franklin Field.
By Allison Bart
04/06/12 3:00am
The Quakers will need to play the entire 60 minutes, especially after last week’s last-minute loss to Yale. A loss to Brown would most likely take them out of the running of the four-team Ivy League playoffs.
By Evan Spiller
04/04/12 12:04am
Down, 7-3, at the half, the Quakers staged an impressive comeback, and with 5:39 left in the game, junior Tim Schwalje tied the game at nine. But it was all for naught.
By Karl Bagherzadeh
03/30/12 2:24am
Hope lurks around the corner Saturday when Penn (1-5, 0-2 Ivy) takes on Yale (2-4, 0-2) in New Haven, Conn.
By Mike Tony
03/30/12 12:26am
For men’s lacrosse senior Dan Savage, going out in style would have meant racking up wins and improving upon last year’s 8-5 campaign and berth in the NCAA Tournament. But that hasn’t happened yet for the 1-5 Quakers.
By Eli Cohen
03/27/12 12:34am
Going into the fourth quarter, the Quakers seemed poised for an upset over No. 4 Cornell. But thanks to eight unanswered goals, the Big Red came out on top.
By John Phillips
03/26/12 12:44am
When the Quakers take on the Big Red at Franklin Field on Saturday, Cornell will still be without the two-time Ivy League Player of the Year. But don’t be fooled, the Big Red (5-1, 1-0 Ivy) are still a team to be reckoned with.
By Eli Cohen
03/26/12 12:45am
In the latest U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches’ Poll, the Ivy League has two teams ranked in the top 13 — No. 4 Cornell and No. 13 Princeton — and two squads, Harvard and Yale, receiving votes.
By Eli Cohen
03/20/12 12:48am
The most recent stop on the grueling gauntlet that the Penn men’s lacrosse team calls its regular season schedule ended as three others before it had: with a loss.
By Megan Soisson
03/12/12 1:58am
After notching its first win of the season, a 10-6 victory over then No. 8 North Carolina, Penn men’s lacrosse let Villanova slip away in an 8-7 loss Saturday at Franklin Field.
By Evan Spiller
02/29/12 1:24am
The Quakers lost, 10-4, in a game in which they steadily checked out from throughout the match.
By Eli Cohen
02/28/12 11:45pm
After losing a little face in a 12-8 loss at Duke on Friday, coach Mike Murphy and the Penn men’s lacrosse team is looking to rebound and concentrating on faceoffs to do so.
By Eli Cohen
02/27/12 12:40am
Penn men’s lacrosse lost its season opener to No. 10 Duke, despite hat tricks from two different players.
By Lauren Plotnick
02/27/12 11:16pm
The Quakers’ schedule is so rough that it was recently ranked the toughest in the NCAA by Inside Lacrosse magazine, and their opener Friday at No. 10 Duke is no exception.
By Evan Spiller
02/23/12 11:06pm
For Penn lacrosse players, high-end equipment is often unnecessary. While there are clear benefits at the Division I level, they see little reason why young kids need several expensive sticks when they begin playing the game.
By Vivek Sivakumar
05/26/11 12:00am
Quakers headed in the right direction after a season of several ups and downs.
By Calder Silcox
05/14/11 12:00am
Penn men's lacrosse's season came to an end in the first round of the NCAA tournament, losing 13-6 to another former NCAA finalist, Notre Dame.
By Joe Sanfilippo
05/09/11 12:00am
After receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the Quakers will head to South Bend, Ind., Saturday to square off with last year’s national runner-up and current fourth-seed Notre Dame (10-2).
By Sushaan Modi
05/09/11 12:00am
The Quakers will take on Notre Dame on Saturday in Foxoboro in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
By Mars Jacobson
04/22/13 12:09am
Penn (9-11, 1-6 Ivy) lost to the Lions (15-7, 5-2) in New York by the slimmest of margins, 4-3. The Quakers then dropped Sunday’s match to No. 51 Cornell (14-8, 3-4), 5-2.
By Christine Chen
04/18/13 8:08pm
The birds are chirping and the sun is shining, but the Penn men’s tennis team is still practicing indoors — an unfortunate consequence of circumstances completely outside their control.
By Riley Steele
04/16/13 8:30pm
The four newcomers on the Penn men’s tennis team have found the transition to playing college tennis nothing but smooth.
By Riley Steele
04/14/13 8:33pm
Matched up with two of the toughest teams in the Ivy League at the Hamlin Tennis Center, the Penn men’s tennis team defeated No. 70 Dartmouth on Saturday before falling to No. 19 Harvard in a heartbreaker on Sunday.
By Riley Steele
04/13/13 8:43pm
Matched up with No. 70 Dartmouth, the Red and Blue (9-8, 1-3 Ivy) picked up their first Ivy League victory of the season, 4-3.
By Riley Steele
04/11/13 8:11pm
When the Penn men’s tennis team takes the court this weekend, avoiding the distractions surrounding Fling will not be the Quakers’ biggest challenge.
By Sanjay Menghani
04/10/13 8:24pm
The story of Wee’s tennis career goes back to his homeland of Singapore and takes quite a few turns.
By Christine Chen
04/07/13 8:18pm
The Quakers wrapped up their Ivy road trip with a 5-2 loss at Brown, and a 7-0 loss at No. 54 Yale.
By Riley Steele
04/04/13 8:45pm
After dropping their Ivy League opener to Princeton last weekend, the Quakers will travel to take on Brown on Saturday and No. 54 Yale on Sunday.
By Mike Tony
04/01/13 12:32am
Penn (8-6, 0-1 Ivy) came back to win the last three matches over No. 52 Princeton (12-4, 1-0) to move closer, but the Tigers had already clinched the victory.
By Sanjay Menghani
03/28/13 11:28pm
The men’s tennis team will take the short trip to Princeton on Saturday to take on the Tigers. Coming off its first road win of the season, the culmination of its non-conference schedule, Penn will be entering its first Ivy League match of the spring 2013 season.
By Christine Chen
03/28/13 12:50am
Whether there’s a difference between indoor or outdoor tennis depends on who you ask.
By Christine Chen
03/24/13 9:29pm
In their last pre-Ivy game, the Quakers (8-5) finally managed to win on the road, garnering a 5-2 victory over St. John’s in New York.
By Riley Steele
03/22/13 12:26am
Undefeated in seven home contests, the Red and Blue have dropped all five of their matches away from Levy Pavilion. However, the team’s matchup with St. John’s on Saturday gives Penn a chance to end its road woes.
By Riley Steele
03/19/13 11:25pm
On a team that returned only three members from last year’s squad, Jeremy Court fits the description of a veteran in every way.
By Riley Steele
03/17/13 9:54pm
The Quakers dropped their fifth consecutive road contest on Saturday after falling to No. 26 Virginia Commonwealth, 7-0.
By Christine Chen
03/10/13 11:28pm
Penn then traveled to Miami to play Barry — the fourth-ranked team in Division II — on Wednesday.
By Todd Costa
02/26/13 8:58pm
The Penn men’s tennis team will continue this century-old rivalry Wednesday afternoon at the Levy Pavilion, where it will try to increase its winning record over Navy. The Midshipmen haven’t beaten Penn since 1999.
By Mars Jacobson
02/19/13 8:36pm
Wednesday afternoon, the Quakers (3-1) will play host to Temple at Levy Pavilion.The Quakers are a perfect 20-0 all-time against the Owls (2-3) and are undefeated at home so far this season.
By Riley Steele
02/17/13 11:30pm
Both teams took on the visiting Seawolves at the Levy Tennis Pavillion on Friday afternoon. The men (3-1) kicked off the day with three doubles matches against the Seawolves (0-2). The Penn women’s tennis team (4-0) won its toughest matchup to date, taking down defending American East champion Stony Brook 4-3.
By Mike Tony
02/14/13 2:40am
Penn men’s tennis got an unexpected scare Sunday, relying on the No. 5 singles match to give the Quakers a 4-3 win over Georgetown.
By Riley Steele
02/12/13 9:23pm
Fresh off their first win of the spring season on Feb. 3, Penn men’s tennis is looking to capture back-to-back victories with a win at Levy Pavilion this afternoon.
By Riley Steele
02/03/13 9:44pm
Sophomore Jeremy Court scores the Red and Blue’s only singles match win against the Nittany Lions, while Penn easily cruises past Buffalo after winning the doubles matchup.
By Habeeb Suara
11/27/12 12:46am
Dubbed a “future star for Sri Lanka” by the country’s national newspaper at the age of 12, Vimuktha De Alwis has only just begun to show his potential with the Quakers.
By Kristi Edleson
10/18/12 1:46am
Thursday, six members of the men’s team head to Yale, while seven from the ladies side journey to West Point, N.Y., to participate in this distinguished competition sponsored by the U.S. Tennis Association.
By Evan Spiller
09/17/12 1:37am
Penn men’s tennis had a mixed start to the season over the weekend at the Princeton Invitational.
By David Greenbaum
04/23/12 11:32pm
On Senior Day at Levy Pavilion, none of the team’s seniors were able to walk away with a victory in their matches.
By Steven Jaffe
04/18/12 11:42pm
The Quakers, they’ll be adding to next year’s roster with the arrival of a particularly noteworthy recruit: Vimuktha “Vim” De Alwis.
By Ian Wenik
04/12/12 10:51pm
Working together, the freshman-sophomore pair has posted an 8-5 overall record on their way to stabilizing the doubles portion of the Penn tennis team’s lineup.
By Karl Bagherzadeh
04/11/12 12:14am
The Quakers split their two matches this weekend. They lost 5-2 to Yale on Saturday, but upset Brown, 4-3, in dramatic fashion on Sunday.
By Steven Jaffe
04/03/12 12:01am
First-year men’s tennis coach David Geatz came in with mild expectations. He saw a team that had talent, but not a team that was on par with the one he had coached at Cornell a few years back.
By David Greenbaum
04/04/12 12:04am
The Quakers were up three matches to one against Princeton, but dropped the final three matches in dramatic fashion.
By David Greenbaum
03/29/12 12:36am
In their first match at their new facility, Hamlin Tennis Center, the Quakers lost 5-2 to No. 58 St. John’s.
By Ian Wenik
03/30/12 12:26am
Freshman star Jeremy Court hopes to set an example for the rest of the team as the Quakers (8-4) face off against St. John’s (11-5) on Wednesday at the Hamlin Tennis Center — their final tune-up before Ivy League competition begins.
By David Greenbaum
03/27/12 11:10pm
During Rob Wang’s first two years at Penn, Wong made little impact on the tennis team and quit when his relationship with former coach Nick DeVore deteriorated. However, with a new coach, he’s back on the court.
By David Greenbaum
03/21/12 12:05am
The Penn men’s tennis team split its two matches this weekend, beating William & Mary 6-1, but losing to Old Dominion 4-3.
By David Greenbaum
03/12/12 11:35pm
Overall, the men’s team (7-3) played well and showed an ability to fight through adverse conditions. The women’s team looked confident in their two matches over the break.
By David Greenbaum
02/26/12 11:34pm
While both the men’s and women’s tennis teams got off to 2-0 starts against Buffalo, only the men hold on to win.
By Steven Jaffe
02/10/12 12:05am
The Daily Pennsylvanian recently sat down with David Geatz, the new coach of the men’s tennis team, for a Q&A session.
By David Greenbaum
02/07/12 10:44pm
A crucial game penalty may have cost Penn the match, as the men’s tennis team lost to George Washington, 5-2.
By Ian Wenik
02/02/12 10:28pm
Bolstered by wins from freshman Jeremy Court at both No. 4 singles and No. 2 doubles, the Quakers defeated the Midshipmen, 4-3, Wednesday night.
By Chan Park
06/23/11 12:00am
New Quakers head coach brings high level of optimism to a deflated program.
By Brian Kotloff
06/23/11 12:00am
Bringing in a new coach should help turn a struggling program around, especially if he follows these steps.
By Brian Kotloff
04/26/11 12:00am
The resignation of head coach Nik DeVore on Friday allows the Penn tennis team to close the book on a difficult four-year run in which the Quakers finished a combined 6-22 in the Ivy League.
By Kevin Esteves
04/25/11 12:00am
After four years at the helm of the Penn men’s tennis program, coach Nik DeVore resigned from the position Friday.
By Brandon Bell
04/19/11 12:00am
Facing Cornell in Penn’s last home match of the season, the Big Red proved to be as tough as their undefeated record showed, winning the match, 5-2.
By David Greenbaum
04/10/11 12:00am
Going into the Ivy League season, the Penn men’s tennis team was looking to contend for the title. Now, they are in danger of finishing at the bottom of the league.
By Brandon Bell
04/07/11 12:00am
The Penn men's tennis team walked away victorious on Wednesday night with a valiant 5-2 win over Delaware.
By Chan Park
04/06/11 12:00am
The Quakers will take a welcome break from their challenging Ivy schedule to take on the Delaware Blue Hens Wednesday in Newark, Del.
By Brandon Bell
04/04/11 12:00am
The No. 61 men’s tennis team continued Ivy League play this weekend as it traveled north to take on Brown and Yale.
By Christine Chen
04/14/13 9:47pm
The race saw the Bulldogs taking home the Cup for the 37th time, with Penn coming in third in both the first and second varsity races.
By Mike Tony
04/14/13 7:50pm
A high school boat veered into the middle of Penn’s lane roughly 800 meters into the 2000m race, taking the No. 13 Quakers out of contention and helping ensure the fourth victory in a row for No. 15 Princeton with a time of 5:45.0.
By Christine Chen
04/05/13 12:47am
The Penn men’s lightweight rowing team will host the annual Matthews-Leonard Cups, which involve races between Penn and Cornell. This year, Harvard has been invited as a guest and will participate in the race, though the contention of the Cups is only between Penn and Cornell.
By Sanjay Menghani
03/31/13 8:30pm
The weekend proved to be a mixed bag for the Quakers rowing teams. While the men’s lightweight rowing team had a successful weekend against MIT, the women’s team finished third out of the three teams in the Connell Cup.
By Jimmy Lengyel
03/24/13 10:47pm
The men took home the McCausland Cup at George Washington’s expense after losing the Burk Cup to Northeastern in the morning. Meanwhile, the women’s team swept both George Washington and St. Joseph’s.
By Mike Wisniewski
03/21/13 9:07pm
Roughly fifty strokes, or 500 meters, will be the main focus of the Penn women’s crew team when it takes on St. Joseph’s and George Washington this Saturday on the Schuylkill River in the first race of the spring.
By Fiona Glisson
03/13/13 8:06pm
Jim Senese, Engineering senior on the Heavy Weight Crew Team, has chosen to build a device — which expands like a telescope — that will be able to shift oars outward and inward. The system is similar to that of gears on a bike.
By Ryan Anderson
02/18/13 10:04pm
It’s been said that conflict and a huge time commitment make rowing at Penn difficult to commit to. And as an ex-rower who was a member of the freshman heavyweight team all last semester, I was being asked to commit again.
By Lexi Caffrey
02/01/13 6:32pm
I am writing you this letter to thank you for all you have done for my teammates and me over the years. In light of John Phillips’s DP article, I thought it was an appropriate time to recognize you and your colleagues in the Athletic Department who put so many thankless hours into making the student athletes at Penn better students, athletes and people.
By Libby Mulligan
02/01/13 6:27pm
I think it’s really sad that of all the articles Mr. Phillips could have written about this team, full of interesting, talented, intelligent and unique women, he instead chose to focus on two of the small minority that have chosen to give up and walk away from this fantastic group.
By Selbie Jason
02/01/13 1:09am
Although the article claims that we have lost 11 “rowers with pedigree” in the past two years, we have actually lost eight and only three of those were in one of the three boats eligible for NCAA championships.
By John Phillips
01/29/13 11:53pm
Rowing is one of the few varsity sports on campus that allows walk-ons without hesitation at the beginning of each year, but it has struggled with the departures of many rowers, even experienced ones.
By Anna Strong
11/08/12 1:58am
Renovations of Hutchinson Gym have displaced the women’s rowing team from its normal indoor practice facility, forcing the squad to split time with the men’s programs in Hollenback and Franklin Field.
By Alexis Ziebelman
11/07/12 12:09am
Walking on is common in the sport of rowing, which many athletes don’t begin or even have access to before college.
By Joe Sykes
10/17/12 12:21am
At the Head of the Charles Regatta, the men’s lightweight, men’s heavyweight and women’s teams will be joined by 9,000 athletes in what is the ultimate two-day competition.
By Todd Costa
10/15/12 12:41am
On Saturday, the crew teams participated in the Navy Day Regatta, and with multiple top-three finishes, there is much to be optimistic about for this upcoming season and beyond.
By Kristi Edleson
10/12/12 1:21am
The Penn crew team will compete in the historic Navy Day Regatta this weekend to celebrate the 237th birthday of the United States Navy.
By Anna Strong
08/28/12 10:52pm
Susan Francia became the first female Penn alum to ever win two gold medals in a single event.
By Mike Wisniewski
07/18/12 8:50pm
Every few minutes, someone walking by greets Chief with a quick hello, and many come over to spend a few minutes chatting with the old man. He’s a “people person,” according to loyal customer and friend Fritz Spang, who stops by daily at the end of his routine two-and-a-half-mile walk.
By Anna Strong
07/03/12 10:56pm
In her seven years on the national team, Francia and her crew have won five World Championships in the eight, and she has also excelled in national and international races in the pair. She was also part of the eight that won gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/23/12 11:32pm
All three of the Penn rowing teams struggled against superior-ranked teams this weekend, failing to notch a single first-place finish in 14 starts.
By Anna Strong
04/18/12 11:42pm
Both men’s and women’s teams compete in several fall regattas that do not factor into their official results for the season but serve as good indicators on how the team is progressing.
By Anna Strong
04/18/12 12:20am
Each of Penn’t three crew teams competed on the road this weekend and none came home victorious.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/11/12 12:14am
As a sign of spring season finally hitting full gear, all three Penn crew teams participated in races over the weekend, with varying results.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/03/12 12:53am
The Quakers looked dominant in their first weekend of spring lightweight crew with wins over Delaware and Saint Joseph’s.
By Mike Wisniewski
03/30/12 2:27am
Saturday on the Schuylkill, the Penn lightweight rowing team will face former head man Mike Irwin and St. Joe’s. The Quakers would love nothing more than to pull out a few first-place finishes.
By Anna Strong
03/27/12 12:34am
The men’s retained the McCausland Cup by beating George Washington on Saturday.
By Anna Strong
10/27/11 10:54pm
Last weekend, the Varsity Eight made an appearance at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, finishing an impressive 13th out of 37 boats. They’ll take part in both the Head of the Schuylkill and the Princeton Chase this weekend.
By Mike Wisniewski
10/27/11 2:06am
Former Penn and current Temple men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy recently tried a unique way to build his team’s chemistry — he had his players go out on the Schuylkill River to train with the Temple crew team.
By Mike Wisniewski
10/20/11 12:26am
Members of Penn’s three rowing teams will be among the 8,000 athletes that take to the Charles River this weekend. Rowers from amateurs to Olympians, teenagers to old-timers all participate in one of 55 categories over two days.
By Anna Strong
10/06/11 12:39am
This weekend, the Penn women’s rowing team will honor Jill Costello’s legacy by participating in ‘Jog for Jill’ prior to racing in the Navy Day Regatta.
By Chan Park
08/04/11 12:00am
Incoming freshman races for U.S. Junior team in World Championships
By Mike Wisniewski
03/12/11 12:00am
With finals, moving out and, for some, graduation, the last few weeks have offered plenty for the typical student to handle. But rowers on the women’s crew team have had one more thing on their mind.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/25/11 12:00am
The Penn heavyweight crew team rowed a doubleheader Saturday, hosting the Adams Cup in the morning and the Burk Cup in the afternoon.
By Calder Silcox
04/19/11 12:00am
Both the heavyweight and lightweight crews traveled to Derby, Conn., this weekend to compete for the Blackwell and Dodge Cups, respectively, against Columbia and Yale.
By Kevin Esteves
04/11/11 12:00am
The women’s rowing team won the Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight races, taking home its first Orange Challenge Cup victory since 1995.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/08/11 12:00am
With no coach, no uniforms and no varsity status, the men of the 1951 lightweight crew team overcame implausible odds to become one of the most successful crews in the history of Penn rowing.
By Anna Strong
04/07/11 12:00am
Most students at Penn have a pretty clear idea of where they’re from. Most could tell you where they grew up, and most could name a city or a town they go home to for breaks. But for freshman varsity rower Corey Bassett, the word “home” is a little less concrete, but no less meaningful.
By Anna Strong
04/04/11 12:00am
In the season opener for the men’s lightweight rowing team, the Quakers learned a valuable lesson: in any race — freshman or varsity — aggression is key.
By Mike Wisniewski
03/31/11 12:00am
For many Penn lightweight rowers, this Saturday’s meeting against Marietta on the Schuylkill is just a tune-up to prepare for the cup season. But for coach Nick Baker, it has special meaning.
By Anna Strong
03/28/11 12:00am
In a sport as mentally demanding as rowing, confidence is key. Coming off two big wins against Georgetown and Duke last weekend, the women’s rowing team kept their spirits high.
By Megan Soisson
03/28/11 12:00am
After a three-year drought, the Quakers beat George Washington Saturday on the Potomac River and took back the McCausland Cup.
By Mike Wisniewski
02/25/10 12:00am
Imagine staring at a clock for 40 minutes as it counts down, second by second, teasing you while you physically exert yourself to the brink of exhaustion.
By Nina Wolpow
10/29/10 12:00am
This weekend, in the hustle and bustle of Homecoming, the Penn men’s and women’s crew teams will each launch several boats in the 40th annual Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.
By Ari Seifter
10/01/10 12:00am
A winner of one varsity and five junior varsity national championships during his time as a Penn rowing coach, Ted A. Nash now offers a 66-mile challenge to the Quakers heavyweight rowing team.
By Brian Kotloff
07/29/10 12:00am
Penn rowing’s twin stars, Elizabeth and Rebecca Donald, will return home from their trip to Belarus with some bronze to show for it.
By Phil Leguichard
07/15/10 12:00am
Penn women’s rowing’s dynamic duo is getting set to hit the international stage.
By Phil Leguichard
06/10/10 12:00am
A momentous season ended in bittersweet fashion for both Penn men’s rowing teams Saturday.
By Phil Leguichard
06/02/10 12:00am
For the third straight season, the Penn men’s heavyweight rowing team will enter the IRA Championships with a fresh taste of defeat.
By Stuart Milne
05/14/10 12:00am
With exams over, the crews have the luxury of more sleep, which can only help the Quakers as they head into Sunday’s Eastern Sprints Championships.
By Jimmy Lengyel
05/21/13 3:44pm
We won’t see the immediate impact of Penn’s nascent prestige on this year’s recruiting class, but that’s not to say this year’s recruits won’t step in and make an impact.
By Jimmy Lengyel
05/21/13 3:21pm
The Red and Blue came off of a 12-0 shutout at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies heading into its elimination game versus the Arizona Wildcats in College Station. On Saturday, the Quakers (30-20) battled with a storied Arizona (33-25) team, coming up just short in extra innings, 3-2.
By Jimmy Lengyel
05/18/13 12:04am
The Quakers fell in 5 innings to Texas A&M, managing just one hit while the Aggies smashed Penn pitching
By Jimmy Lengyel
05/16/13 1:14pm
Saturday, Texas A&M will host a four-team double elimination tournament for the NCAA Softball Regional Finals including Baylor, Arizona and Penn.
By Mike Tony
05/13/13 12:44am
The Quakers will travel to College Station, Texas, to battle Texas A&M in the first round of Penn’s first ever NCAA Tournament Friday at 6 p.m. Eastern time, in a game that will be aired on ESPN2.
By Jimmy Lengyel
05/05/13 6:23pm
The Quakers dispatched Dartmouth in a hard-fought contest that featured clashes in all aspects of the game. With a bit of home-field inspiration and fuel from their deep senior leadership, Penn edged the Big Green in the deciding third game of their series, 3-2.
By Jimmy Lengyel
05/04/13 8:16pm
Penn Park was bursting with excited fans and an electric energy as the Penn softball team took on Dartmouth in the first Ivy League Championship series to ever be played on Penn soil.
The Quakers failed to wrap up the title with a sweep, edging the Big Green in the first matchup, 1-0, and losing the second game, 6-2.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/27/13 11:50pm
Penn dispatched the Lions, 2-1 and 12-4, respectively, providing an emotionally charged ending to the season for the Quakers (28-17, 16-4 Ivy) and their first home-field advantage in program history.
By Evan Spiller
04/22/13 12:42am
The Penn softball team, on the path to winning the Ivy League championship, suffered a hiccup in an otherwise stellar season when it blew the second game of a doubleheader against Cornell on Saturday.But The Quakers recovered nicely, winning both games Sunday to finish the weekend with a 3-1 series victory.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/18/13 8:52pm
This weekend, Penn softball travels to Ithaca, N.Y. to take on Ivy South rival Cornell in a series that the Quakers hope will help secure their top Ivy ranking.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/17/13 10:07pm
Penn (21-15) did not score an earned run on the day but took advantage of three critical errors by the Dragons, (12-29) winning 3-2.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/16/13 9:17pm
Softball isn’t always considered a banner sport, not drawing the massive crowds that football and basketball do perennially. But the Quakers have shown this year that they are no ordinary Ivy team.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/14/13 8:27pm
Penn started the weekend off by splitting games with Princeton — winning, 10-9, and then losing, 5-3 — before sweeping the Jersey rivals the next day, 9-2 and 5-4.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/11/13 8:26pm
After a promising weekend Ivy League sweep, Penn once again struggled in their mid-week clash, as the Quakers committed four errors and only connected for three hits en route to a 9-0 shutout against Villanova.
By Kenny Kasper
04/10/13 11:07pm
Armed with hot bats and a well-rounded pitching rotation, the Quakers (17-13, 0-2 Big 5) will take on Villanova (14-20, 2-2) Thursday night at Penn Park.
By Elysse Gorney
04/09/13 12:33am
Penn softball’s Elysse Gorney finds a constant source of inspiration in her late brother, Greg.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/07/13 8:22pm
Penn (17-13, 7-1 Ivy) swept Yale (7-21, 3-5) courtesy of back-to-back shutouts, 7-0 and 9-0, respectively. Then the Quakers swept Brown (7-16, 1-7) in two more solid performances, 7-1 and 6-4.
By Jimmy Lengyel
04/03/13 11:03pm
After narrowly losing to the Hawks in the first game of a doubleheader, 2-1, the Quakers imploded in the second contest of the day, falling 17-2.
By Kenny Kasper
04/01/13 9:51pm
Due to Ivy League regulations, until this year Ancient Eight squads have been prohibited from starting their seasons before March 1. Across other conferences, many squads start in the second week of February.
By Kenny Kasper
03/31/13 6:26pm
In their opening weekend of conference play, the Quakers (13-11, 3-1 Ivy) swept Harvard for the first time since 2003, defeating the defending-champion Crimson on Friday at Penn Park, 6-3 and 7-2.
By Kenny Kasper
03/28/13 8:45pm
Charming their teammates with mischief and athleticism alike, seniors and New York natives Stephanie Caso and Samantha Erosa anchor the Quakers’ defense at shortstop and second base, respectively.
By Jimmy Lengyel
03/25/13 12:30am
Sophomore Alexis Borden continued her pitching dominance by throwing a no-hitter until the seventh inning, giving the Quakers a 5-1 victory over Holy Cross in the first game of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon.
By Evan Spiller
03/21/13 9:14pm
After a dismal start to the season, the Quakers have answered with four straight wins since last Friday. They hope to continue this momentum against Holy Cross on Saturday.
By Jimmy Lengyel
03/20/13 10:19pm
Penn scored early in each contest but went the distance in a dramatic 8-7 afternoon victory followed by a 2-0 shutout of the Hawks. The sweep marked the second of Lehigh during King’s 10-year tenure.
By Jimmy Lengyel
03/17/13 11:56pm
The Quakers had trouble gaining rhythm early in both games against Lafayette but quickly found their footing, posting an 8-0 afternoon victory followed by an 11-2 evening rout of the Leopards (3-8).
By Kenny Kasper
03/14/13 8:51pm
After a rough start to the season, the Quakers will have their first games at Penn Park and hope to continue the trend of doing well on their home turf.
By Evan Spiller
03/13/13 11:14pm
Wednesday afternoon, St. Josephs’s convincingly beat Penn, 5-0. The Hawks stole a lead early on in the first two innings and held on from there.
By Todd Costa
03/11/13 1:37am
The first five games were a part of the UCF Spring Fling Tournament in Orlando, Fla., in which the Quakers finished with an 1-4 record.
By Reuben Hampton
02/27/13 10:28pm
While most students will be off relaxing, the squad will be heading to Florida for spring training before their season opener against Saint Joseph’s in mid-March.
By Anna Strong
07/25/12 9:49pm
Melendez and Erosa wrapped up a stint on the Puerto Rican national softball team over the weekend at the International Softball Federation’s World Championship, which was played in Whitehorse, Yukon.
By Anna Strong
06/13/12 8:55pm
The Quakers are sending one assistant coach, Lisa Sweeney of the softball team, to take a head coaching position at Princeton while taking one former head basketball coach on as an assistant, Jason Polykoff of the Friends’ Central School.
By Anna Strong
05/24/12 11:49am
The Quakers posted a program-best record of 33 wins but could not overcome the repeat-champion Crimson, who won 1-0 and 5-2 in the championship series.
By Kenny Kasper
05/11/12 1:32am
As Penn softball ace Alexis Borden churned out inning after inning of flawless pitching, nearly everyone in attendance began to realize that she was approaching a hallowed feat: the perfect game.
By Kenny Kasper
04/25/12 3:26am
Currently tied with Cornell for the top spot in the Ivy League, the Red and Blue (27-15, 11-5 Ivy) will play Columbia (12-29, 6-10) for a chance to win their first division championship since 2007 and just second in program history.
By Kenny Kasper
04/23/12 11:32pm
The Quakers swept the Big Red in a Friday doubleheader on Friday before splitting with them on Saturday.
By Brette Trost
04/23/12 11:32pm
For the first time in five years, the Penn softball team will face Cornell without graduated star pitcher Elizabeth Dalrymple. This time, the Quakers will feature the ace.
By Kenny Kasper
04/23/12 12:11am
Under the lights for the first time at Penn Park, the Quakers came back from a deficit on two occasions and piled up a season-high 16 hits to beat the Dragons, 8-7.
By Brette Trost
04/18/12 12:20am
Penn (23-14, 8-4 Ivy) showed it could back up stellar pitching with dominant offense, as the Quakers took three of four on the road, outscoring Princeton, 20-6.
By Kenny Kasper
04/16/12 11:19pm
Last year, the Red and Blue swept Princeton in a four-game series, catapulting the team into the race for a playoff spot after a tumultuous start to league play. If the Quakers (20-13, 5-3 Ivy) can repeat the feat this weekend in back-to-back doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, they can again assert themselves as a serious contender for an Ancient Eight title.
By Anna Strong
04/12/12 12:44am
But much like the perennial NL East champs, the 2012 Quakers struggle mightily at the plate. In this weekend’s 1-0 loss to Dartmouth, Alexis Borden was stellar again, allowing just one run on three hits while completing the game. But it was all for naught.
By Kenny Kasper
04/11/12 12:14am
The Red and Blue’s road woes continued this weekend as Penn lost three of four games during its trip to North Division opponents Dartmouth and Harvard.
By Anna Strong
04/06/12 2:58am
After making serious dents in Brown and Yale’s conference records last weekend, the Penn softball team will look to keep its momentum going against Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend.
By Anna Strong
04/03/12 12:53am
The Quakers swept all four of their games this weekend and are now 4-0 in the Ivy League and 10-2 at their new stadium at Penn Park.
By Kenny Kasper
03/30/12 2:29am
This year the tables are turned on Yale and Brown, as the struggling teams will meet Penn’s new arsenal of freshman talent on Friday and Saturday, respectively, at Penn Park in the Quakers’ Ivy League opener.
By Kenny Kasper
03/29/12 12:21am
An offensive onslaught, coupled with strong pitching performances, led the Red and Blue to sweep La Salle, 8-0 and 5-1, in their last outing before starting Ivy play on Friday.
By Kenny Kasper
03/27/12 12:34am
The Quakers swept their opening three games of the Penn Spring Invitational, but ultimately lost in the final to Villanova.
By Kenny Kasper
03/22/12 2:06am
Penn women’s softball suffered two narrow defeats Wednesday afternoon in a doubleheader at Lehigh, as the Mountain Hawks scored in just two innings in the two games. Meanwhile, Lehigh’s pitching held Penn scoreless, leading the team to 3-0 and 2-0 victories over the Quakers.
By Anna Strong
03/23/12 12:06am
It will be pitching that the Quakers will turn to as they take on Lehigh in a midweek doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
By Anna Strong
03/16/12 12:31am
The Quakers won their opening game at Penn Park, but lost their second as part of a doubleheader against St. Joe’s at Penn Park.
By Karl Bagherzadeh
03/16/12 12:31am
Wednesday afternoon the beautiful weather will provide Penn softball with a picturesque backdrop in its home opener against Saint Joseph’s in the first game at the new Penn Park stadium.
By Mars Jacobson
04/03/13 9:21pm
When deciding her goals for her final season at Penn, senior pole vaulter Davielle Brown doesn’t have to look far, as volunteer assistant coach Samantha Crook holds the indoor and outdoor pole vault records that Brown is gunning for.
By Evan Spiller
10/10/12 12:45am
First-year Penn coach Steve Dolan manages his team with a soft-spoken, health-oriented approach. He tries to explain to runners the purpose of each training session and patiently works with them so they may get the most out of each day’s efforts.
By Ian Wenik
10/02/12 1:17am
Healthy again after a hip injury cost her a trip to NCAA regionals last fall, Leslie Kovach is back to work on returning to her All-American form.
By Ian Wenik
09/17/12 1:35am
In Steve Dolan’s competitive debut as head coach, the men finished sixth out of 14 teams, while the women posted a second-place finish for the second consecutive year.
By Ian Wenik
09/11/12 12:18am
Senior George Dickson III may never benefit from the vast improvement Penn hopes Steve Dolan will bring to the program, but the runner has still helped mentor freshmen and impressed coaches with his leadership.
By Evan Spiller
09/10/12 12:05am
Senior Leslie Kovach finished second for the women while the men’s team had strong performances from its freshmen.
By Anna Strong
06/20/12 9:21pm
Coaching changes continue across Penn sports, with the latest announcements coming from men’s and women’s track and field.
By Reuben Hampton
06/06/12 10:27pm
This will be the sophomore’s second trip to the outdoor championship. Reynolds placed seventh at the meet as a freshman with a 2.14-meter leap and placed eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March of his sophomore campaign with a 2.20-meter leap, earning All-America honors at both meets.
By Reuben Hampton
05/30/12 9:56pm
The Quakers went into last week’s NCAA Track & Field Championship meet in Jacksonville, Fla., with a majority of the athletes needing career performances to advance.
By Reuben Hampton
05/24/12 11:49am
The men’s and women’s track teams are sending four men and five women to Florida for the qualifying rounds of the NCAA Track & Field Championships, which will take place from May 24-26.
By Sushaan Modi
05/11/12 1:32am
While the women dominated the performances on the track and in the field yesterday, it was the men’s turn Friday.
By Sushaan Modi
05/11/12 1:32am
Judge, the senior from Tewksbury, Mass., managed to get over bar at 1.68 meters but missed on all three attempts at her next height. It didn’t matter as all her competitors also failed and Judge was declared the winner having jumped flawlessly at lower heights.
By Ike Onyeador
05/11/12 1:32am
High school track at Penn Relays may be most noteworthy, as many of the participants will potentially find themselves competing for or against Penn in the near future.
By Sushaan Modi
04/25/12 3:35am
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The women’s team has a legitimate shot at sweeping all three distance relays if they have enough in the tank.
By Mike Wisniewski
04/25/12 3:30am
Women’s track and field coach Gwen Harris knew her group of 13 recruits was going to be special when they entered Penn as freshmen four years ago.
She just didn’t know how special.
By David Greenbaum
04/28/12 12:34am
For Brian Chaput, a Penn 2004 graduate and javelin thrower making a bid for the U.S. Olympic team, the journey to greatness has had several hurdles along the way.
By Anna Strong
04/25/12 3:37am
For fourth-grade runner Emily Hauck, the Penn Relays were as unfamiliar as the crowd of people surrounding her as she took her place in the paddock minutes before her race.
By Ian Wenik
04/24/12 2:05am
Judge has cemented herself as one of the Red and Blue’s all-time greats with her high jump of 1.75 meters in a dual meet against Princeton on April 14, tying the school record set by Nicole Maloy in 1994.
By Ian Wenik
04/23/12 11:32pm
In their final tune-ups before this weekend’s Penn Relays, the Penn men’s and women’s track teams posted a number of impressive performances.
By Ike Onyeador
04/18/12 12:20am
Although the Quakers fell short in the two-team dual, 85-77, many members of the team rewrote the school’s record book Saturday at Franklin Field.
By Ian Wenik
04/11/12 12:14am
With just three weeks until the historic Penn Relays, the Red and Blue turned in dominating individual performances in this weekend’s Penn Invite against a relatively weak field.
By Sushaan Modi
04/06/12 1:12am
The Quakers will host their second meet of the season as 25 teams converge on Franklin Field on Saturday for the Penn Invite.
By Ian Wenik
04/04/12 12:04am
Though the Red and Blue boasted no individual winners, a number of strong performances provided optimism for the future.
By Ian Wenik
04/03/12 12:53am
The Penn men’s track and field team performed well at the Texas Relays where it faced much of the same competition it will face at the Penn Relays.
By Ike Onyeador
03/29/12 11:44am
Track athletes have both winter and spring seasons with just one week off between the two.
By Lucas O'Connor
03/30/12 12:26am
Fourteen Quakers will compete in the 85th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, the second largest track and field competition in the country.
By Lucas O'Connor
03/27/12 12:34am
Penn track and field won ten titles against local teams at the Big Five Invitational.
By Ian Wenik
03/26/12 12:45am
Coming off of a third-place finish in the javelin at the Wake Forest Invitational, the junior is hoping to find even more success at this Saturday’s Big Five Invitational at Franklin Field.
By Kenny Kasper
03/20/12 11:31pm
Though Hateley does not have pole vaulting teammates on the men’s side, he is able to rely upon the instruction and advice of three vaulters from the women’s team, including junior Davielle Brown.
By Ike Onyeador
03/21/12 12:05am
After a forgettable end to their indoor season two weeks ago at the Easter College Athletic Conference Championships, the women’s track team was ready to take its talents outdoors.
By Brette Trost
03/16/12 1:52am
The Quakers head to North Carolina for the Wake Forest Invitational this weekend for the meet that marks the beginning of the outdoor season.
By Mike Tony
03/12/12 11:35pm
The sophomore finished at 2.20 meters in Nampa, Idaho, on Saturday, and his eighth-place finish was good enough to guarantee him All-America status for the second time in his young career.
By Sushaan Modi
03/01/12 2:02am
Maalik Reynolds won the indoor Ivy League Championships and will compete at the NCAA Championships on March 10-11.
By Ian Wenik
02/26/12 11:28pm
Both men and women finished seventh in the team competition at the 2012 Heptagonal Indoor Championships at Cornell.
By Brette Trost
02/07/12 11:36pm
Interim head coach Robin Martin has announced that Penn track alumni Samantha Crook and Tuan Wreh will be joining the staff as full-time assistant coaches.
By Mike Wisniewski
02/01/12 10:37pm
This week the team announced an exciting recruiting class of nine athletes, four of whom are or have been ranked nationally in the top 10 in their respective events.
By Sushaan Modi
12/15/11 11:31am
The long time men’s track and field coach will step back from coaching to take a directors role at a track and field academy in Ohio.
By Mike Tony
09/11/11 10:18am
Mike Kiley and Conor Nickel’s homecoming for the Fordham Fiasco will be especially poignant this year on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
By Sushaan Modi
07/28/11 12:00am
Rising sophomore caps year with 2011 Pan-American Junior Championship title.
By Sushaan Modi
07/21/11 12:00am
Penn distance coach promoted to first ever head of both men’s and women’s cross country.
By Mike Tony
07/14/11 12:00am
Legendary track star and historic institution to be inducted into Philly Sports Hall of Fame.
By Sushaan Modi
06/23/11 12:00am
Four Quakers will compete in the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
By Calder Silcox
06/10/11 12:00am
Reynolds raised his personal and school best to 2.28m at Heptagonal championships in early May, but failed to clear 2.17m (7' 1.5") at NCAAs.
By Brette Trost
06/09/11 12:00am
Quaker track record-holder is set to run on highest level at NCAA Championships.
By Sushaan Modi
05/26/11 12:00am
Senior Darryll Oliver is making an impact both on and off the track.
By Sushaan Modi
05/13/11 12:00am
Freshman high-jumping sensation Maalik Reynolds keeps raising the bar.
By Sushaan Modi
04/30/11 12:00am
A fabulous day at the Penn Relays saw the end of another great weekend with some dazzling performances.
By Calder Silcox
04/30/11 12:00am
The standout rookie leaped to 2.22 meters, enough to earn himself first place at Penn Relays.
By Calder Silcox
04/28/11 12:00am
Under the lights at Franklin Field, sophomore Leslie Kovach demolished a Penn record in the 5000m women's championship, finishing fourth overall with a time of 16:11.59.
By Sushaan Modi
04/28/11 12:00am
This team will be hoping to rewrite the record books with three runners returning.
By Jennifer Yu
05/21/13 7:43pm
The NCAA women’s lacrosse national championships will be held at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pa. this weekend, featuring three of the opponents that Penn faced off against in the regular season.
By Ian Wenik
05/10/13 5:24pm
Sparked by a goal from Casey Bocklet with 3:01 left in the first period, Virginia scored seven unanswered goals, demoralizing the Quakers en route to a 12-6 win that drew the Red and Blue’s season to an abrupt close at Georgetown’s Washington, D.C. campus.
By Mike Tony
05/05/13 10:03pm
Penn women’s lacrosse (11-5) will face Virginia (9-9) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday at 3 p.m., in Washington, D.C. If the Quakers win, they will square off with host No. 6 Georgetown in the second round.
By Karl Bagherzadeh
05/05/13 2:30pm
After dominating the regular season on the way to a seventh straight Ivy title, Penn confirmed its authority over the conference as it defeated Dartmouth, 10-7, in the final of the Ivy League Tournament.
By Mike Tony
05/03/13 10:33pm
The No. 16 Penn women’s lacrosse team took care of business at Franklin Field Friday night, handling Cornell, 10-5, to advance to the Ivy League Tournament final for the second straight season.
By Alex Ott
04/22/13 12:36am
Though Saturday’s contest with Brown required overtime, the Quakers came out on top, 10-7, capping off an undefeated Ivy campaign. As a result, the Red and Blue will yet again host the Ivy League tournament at Penn Park.
By John Phillips
04/18/13 8:13pm
While the Bunting sisters reunite, Caroline and her fellow Quakers will look to build off the momentum that victories over two then-undefeated Ivy foes provided, enabling them to win the Ivy League title outright.
By Tim Ghosh
04/18/13 12:25am
Behind a clutch performance from junior midfield Shannon Mangini, Penn fought its way to a 10-9 overtime victory over Princeton (8-5, 5-1) Wednesday at Franklin Field — and a seventh straight Ivy title.
By Alex Ott
04/16/13 10:26pm
The classic Penn motto, “Puck Frinceton,” says everything you need to know about Wednesday’s Ivy League women’s lacrosse matchup between the Quakers and the Tigers.
By Alex Ott
04/12/13 8:35pm
A trio of upperclassmen put together one of the most clutch performances in recent memory, leading the Red and Blue to a crucial 8-7 victory over Dartmouth.
By Tim Ghosh
04/11/13 8:26pm
With the regular season Ivy League title in the balance, the Penn women’s lacrosse team has the opportunity to finally get a little revenge against Dartmouth.
By Alex Ott
04/07/13 4:52pm
The Quakers knocked off Columbia in New York, 13-8, the 17th Penn victory in 17 meetings between the schools.
By John Phillips
04/04/13 9:07pm
In basketball, since the advent of the free throw, the term “free” has been associated with the idea of a guarantee. That’s why, when watching women’s lacrosse for the first time, it’s easy to get confused about what free means.
By Alex Ott
04/04/13 8:36pm
After the Penn women’s lacrosse team was able to keep up with the No.1 team in the country against Maryland and dominated Lehigh, the Quakers are eager to maintain their rightful spot at the top of the conference standings as they return to Ivy play.
By Tim Ghosh
04/03/13 9:11pm
Penn (5-4) dominated an outclassed Lehigh (3-9) squad on Wednesday night, 13-4. Following its 0-3 start, Penn has now won five of its last six games, the lone blemish being a 15-10 defeat to No. 1 Maryland last Saturday.
By Alex Ott
04/01/13 6:37pm
For junior lacrosse players Tory Bensen and Lindsey Smith, sophomore year was one they would love to put behind them, as both suffered knee injuries that severely shortened their seasons. Slowly, they work their way back to 100 percent.
By Alex Ott
03/31/13 9:17pm
The No. 24 Red and Blue (4-4) traveled to College Park to face the No. 1 Terrapins (13-0) on their home field and for the most part, they held their own. But the Quakers fell, 15-10.
By John Phillips
03/28/13 11:08pm
As the Quakers travel down to College Park, Md., to take on the faster Terrapins on Saturday, it’s clear to Penn what must be done.
By John Phillips
03/25/13 8:43pm
Iris Williamson, a Philadelphia native, has put up 17 goals this season despite joining Penn with the belief that her contributions to the team would be primarily defensive.
By Megan Soisson
03/24/13 10:53pm
After relinquishing a 10-3 halftime lead, the No. 16 Penn women’s lacrosse team regrouped as it went to overtime with No. 17 Cornell and won, 12-11.
By Alex Ott
03/21/13 10:39pm
The Penn women’s lacrosse team came from behind after a long fight to get the overtime win at Franklin Field.
By John Phillips
03/20/13 9:12pm
At 2:30 p.m. today, the Quakers will look to extend their winning streak to three as they take on a struggling Vanderbilt team at Franklin Field.
By John Phillips
03/18/13 9:03pm
The Quakers have suffered offensively so far this season as numerous upperclassmen have taken on new roles to compensation for the absence of graduate Erin Brennan.
By Alex Ott
03/18/13 12:07am
The senior’s effort helped the Quakers knock off Yale, 12-8, on a cold and snowy Saturday afternoon.
By Megan Soisson
03/14/13 9:06pm
Lucy Ferguson wants to play. That’s all she’s ever wanted to do and that’s partly why she didn’t originally choose Penn for her collegiate lacrosse career.
By Alex Ott
03/11/13 1:52am
After losing their first three games, the Quakers are now tied atop the Ivy League standings.
By Megan Soisson
02/27/13 10:51pm
The Penn women’s lacrosse team lost its first game of the season to Drexel on Saturday, and the Quakers aren’t happy about it.
By Alex Ott
02/25/13 11:20pm
Senior Meredith Cain will lead the Quakers this year, but coming into college, she didn’t even know if she would even play lacrosse.
By Megan Soisson
02/22/13 12:17am
The Penn women’s lacrosse team may not have all the kinks worked out, but the Quakers are ready to go for Saturday’s season opener against Drexel.
By Sushaan Modi
02/20/13 8:26pm
With eyes on another Ivy trophy, an Ivy Tournament title and a deep run in the NCAA championships, the Quakers certainly have high expectations for the coming spring.
By Mike Wisniewski
08/01/12 8:36pm
Three of the four goalies who were selected had previously played on the national team. Leitner, who graduated in the spring, knew going in that the competition was going to be very tough.
By Mike Wisniewski
06/20/12 9:39pm
After advancing past the first round of tryouts for the U.S. National Lacrosse team for the second-straight year, the former Penn goalkeeper will head to Baltimore for the second round at UMBC from July 27-29, in an effort to make the national team and earn a spot on the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup roster.
By Alyssa Kress
05/13/12 10:01pm
Sixty minutes wasn’t enough to decide who should move on in the NCAA tournament.
In the Penn women’s lacrosse team’s first round game at No.
By Alyssa Kress
05/11/12 1:32am
Despite a loss to Dartmouth, the Quakers earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and will take on No. 6 Loyola.
By Alyssa Kress
05/11/12 1:32am
Behind hat tricks from Meredith Cain and Courtney Tomchik, the Quakers beat Harvard, 9-5, in the semifinals of the Ivy League tournament. They will play Dartmouth Sunday for the championship and NCAA tournament berth.
By Sushaan Modi
04/26/12 1:53am
With the Penn women’s lacrosse team’s spot in the Ivy League Tournament still in jeopardy, the Quakers turned up the pressure and played their best game of the season, throttling Princeton, 13-8, at Class of 1952 Stadium.
By John Phillips
04/25/12 3:27am
Don’t tell freshman lacrosse defender Leah McBride Penn-Princeton is more than your average rivalry game. It could make an already pressure-filled game on Wednesday, when the Quakers (7-5, 5-1 Ivy) take on the Tigers (7-6, 4-2) in Princeton, N.J., even more contentious.
By Ethan Alter
04/24/12 1:57am
Though women’s lacrosse has long been played sans helmets, the sport has faced increased scrutiny in recent years for rising concussion rates.
By John Phillips
04/24/12 2:00am
Despite moving from the bench to starting role for the Penn women’s lacrosse team, O’Loughlin hasn’t changed one bit in her first year at Penn.
By Ethan Alter
04/24/12 1:53am
Though women’s lacrosse has long been played sans helmets, the sport has faced increased scrutiny in recent years for rising concussion rates.
By Megan Soisson
04/23/12 11:32pm
At Franklin Field on Senior Day, Penn took care of business with a commanding 15-6 win over Brown. But it wasn’t until after the game that the Quakers (7-5, 5-1 Ivy) truly celebrated.
By Tim Ghosh
04/23/12 11:32pm
Brennan and Leitner will say goodbye to the stadium they’ve called home for four years when No. 9 Penn hosts Brown in the Quakers’ final regular season home game.
By Tim Ghosh
04/16/12 11:19pm
Though the Penn women’s lacrosse team held the lead, 7-6, it failed to score over the last 24:45 of the game and fell to the No. 9 Big Green, 9-7.
By Jennifer Scuteri
04/16/12 11:19pm
After notching a narrow one-goal victory over Dartmouth last season, the Quakers will travel to Hanover, N.H., on Saturday for a must-win matchup. If the Quakers hope to keep their quest for an Ivy championship alive, they will have to capitalize on moments that will unseat the Big Green.
By John Phillips
04/12/12 10:51pm
Rather than have a player averaging nearly four goals per game, as Northwestern senior Shannon Smith does, the Red and Blue prefer to distribute the wealth.
By Ethan Alter
04/11/12 12:13am
Much of this heritage is retained in the men’s game today. Players wear helmets, thick gloves, shoulder pads, arm pads and elbow pads. Contact is encouraged and imposing one’s physicality on the opposing team is at least as important as speed and skill.
Women’s lacrosse is essentially a different sport.
By Ethan Alter
04/11/12 12:14am
Facing Northwestern, the defending national champions, the Quakers could not pull off the upset at Franklin Field.
By John Phillips
04/05/12 1:31am
Sophomore Courtney Tomchik was one of the top recruits in the country, but an injury before her first career game leaves her flying under the radar.
By Jennifer Scuteri
04/04/12 12:04am
The No. 8 Quakers split the difference on the weekend, dropping Friday’s game against Maryland, 14-6, and trouncing Ivy League opponent Columbia on Sunday, 19-8.
By Jennifer Scuteri
04/03/12 12:53am
The Quakers split their two games this weekend, losing to No. 3 Maryland but beating Columbia.
By Reuben Hampton
04/21/13 9:41pm
The Quakers ended their season on a somber note after tough losses to Columbia and Cornell.
By Reuben Hampton
04/20/13 5:14pm
The Lions took an insurmountable 4-0 lead while leading the other three matches before Friday’s match was called early to accommodate the Time to Shine event
By Reuben Hampton
04/07/13 7:32pm
The Quakers (9-5, 1-2 Ivy), were able to slip by Brown (6-9, 0-2) on Friday, 4-3, but fell to No. 41 Yale (13-2, 2-0), 5-2, to close out their weekend homestand.
By Reuben Hampton
04/05/13 7:26pm
Today’s match against the Bears was the first of a home doubleheader for Quakers, and a victory helps set the tone for tomorrow’s duel against Yale at the Hamlin Tennis Center.
By Kristi Edleson
04/04/13 7:17pm
Friday and Saturday, the Quakers will take on Brown and Yale on their own turf at the Hamlin Tennis Center hoping not to repeat last year’s road losses.
By Reuben Hampton
03/31/13 11:51pm
Looking to start off Ivy play with a win at home against the Tigers on Saturday, Penn appeared overmatched for the first time in a long time, falling 6-1.
By Kristi Edleson
03/28/13 8:35pm
The Penn women’s tennis team (8-3) will take on Princeton (8-4) this Saturday at home in its first Ivy match of the season.
By Kristi Edelson
03/25/13 12:23am
After winning the doubles’ point, the Quakers took down the Owls in a clean sweep at home this weekend.
By Kristi Edelson
03/21/13 9:20pm
Familiarity certainly does not breed contempt for Penn women’s tennis as it prepares to take on Temple, which is, after all, one of the Quakers’ most familiar opponents.This Saturday at noon, the Quakers (7-3) will host the Owls (5-8) at Levy Tennis Pavilion for Penn’s last non-Ivy match of the season.
By Kristi Edleson
03/17/13 8:36pm
The Penn women’s tennis team lost, 4-3, in a close match Saturday when they took on Maryland.
By Reuben Hampton
03/10/13 11:18pm
The shorthanded Quakers were able to eke out a 4-3 win in Fort Meyers on Friday against a tenacious Florida Gulf Squad, thanks to a clutch performance from Sophomore Alex Ion.
By Tim Ghosh
02/27/13 10:13pm
The Quakers (4-2) will travel to DeLand, Fla. during the break to take on James Madison (2-3) this Sunday and Stetson (3-1) the following day.
By Riley Steele
02/17/13 11:30pm
Both teams took on the visiting Seawolves at the Levy Tennis Pavillion on Friday afternoon. The men (3-1) kicked off the day with three doubles matches against the Seawolves (0-2). The Penn women’s tennis team (4-0) won its toughest matchup to date, taking down defending American East champion Stony Brook 4-3.
By Reuben Hampton
02/15/13 1:21am
Having yet to drop a single match this season, Penn women’s tennis looks to keep its record unblemished in their last home contest of the winter.
By Nick Greiner
01/21/13 10:06pm
Penn women’s tennis proved solid enough to win handily at Levy Tennis Pavilion, even after splitting up the best duo in the Northeast region — freshman Sonya Latycheva and sophomore Sol Eskenazi.
By Reuben Hampton
11/09/12 2:00am
Going into their second-round match Thursday at the 2012 United States Tennis Association/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Championships in Flushing, N.Y., the Penn doubles pair of Sol Eskenazi and Sonya Latycheva fell just short in a 8-5 loss to Ashley Dai and Whitney Kay of North Carolina.
By Reuben Hampton
10/24/12 12:32am
Sol Eskenazi and Sonya Latycheva won six straight matches en route to the regional title, beating four Ivy teams along the way, including top-seeded Princeton.
By Kristi Edleson
10/18/12 1:46am
Thursday, six members of the men’s team head to Yale, while seven from the ladies side journey to West Point, N.Y., to participate in this distinguished competition sponsored by the U.S. Tennis Association.
By David Greenbaum
10/07/12 11:03pm
This past weekend, sophomore Sol Eskenazi and senior Jules Rodin had the opportunity to test their talents against the best collegiate tennis players in the country.
By Megan Soisson
10/02/12 1:16am
Sol Eskenazi starts competition Tuesday at UCLA with pre-qualifying singles matches. Then on Thursday, Eskenazi and Jules Rodin begin doubles main draw play.
By Anna Strong
05/24/12 11:51am
The future is bright for Penn women’s tennis as the postseason accolades continue to roll in for freshman standout Sol Eskenazi.
By Steven Jaffe
04/23/12 11:32pm
On Friday, the Red and the Blue played their final home match and picked up a 5-2 win. On Sunday, the Red and the Blue would fall to No. 73 Columbia, 6-1, in the Big Apple.
By David Greenbaum
04/18/12 12:20am
The Penn women’s tennis team split the weekend, scoring a big upset over No. 72 Harvard before losing to Dartmouth.
By Steven Jaffe
04/11/12 12:14am
The Penn women’s tennis team moved to 0-3 in the Ivy League for the fourth consecutive season, losing to No. 27 Yale and No. 53 Brown.
By David Greenbaum
04/05/12 1:31am
Freshmen Sol Eskenazi and Alex Ion come from Argentina and Romania, but they have made a seamless transition to American life and college tennis.
By Anna Strong
04/04/12 12:04am
Though neither player doubted that they were playing well together, the doubles pairing of junior captain Jules Rodin and freshman Sol Eskenazi surprisingly cracked the top 60 Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
By Steven Jaffe
04/03/12 12:53am
The Quakers lost 6-1 to the Tigers in their Ivy opener. The lone point came at No. 1 singles from freshman Sol Eskenazi.
By Anna Strong
03/22/12 2:09am
In a final non-conference tune-up before Ivy play starts next weekend, Penn fell to local rival Temple, 4-3.
By Steven Jaffe
03/23/12 12:06am
This afternoon, the Quakers will host the Owls at the new Hamlin Tennis Center in Penn Park at 4 p.m.
In recent seasons, the two squads have been fairly evenly matched — the two programs have split the last four head-to-head matchups.
By David Greenbaum
03/12/12 11:35pm
Overall, the men’s team (7-3) played well and showed an ability to fight through adverse conditions. The women’s team looked confident in their two matches over the break.
By David Greenbaum
02/26/12 11:34pm
While both the men’s and women’s tennis teams got off to 2-0 starts against Buffalo, only the men hold on to win.
By Mike Tony
02/08/12 10:33pm
Hsu’s triumph in Taiwan was more than just a homecoming. It was the victory that brought her tennis career full circle.
By David Greenbaum
02/07/12 10:44pm
A crucial game penalty may have cost Penn the match, as the men’s tennis team lost to George Washington, 5-2.
By Aaron Campbell
04/19/11 12:00am
After a long nonconference schedule followed by a tough stretch of Ivy play, women's tennis finally notched not one but two Ivy League victories.
By Aaron Campbell
04/17/11 12:00am
The women’s tennis team finished its season this weekend on a high note, ending with two consecutive Ivy League victories — two more than it had all last season — over Cornell Friday and Columbia Sunday.
By Mike Tony
04/15/11 12:00am
After going just 10-28 and winless in Ivy play during coach Sanela Kunovac’s first two years at the helm, the women’s tennis program is setting up for success.
By Brian Kotloff
04/08/11 12:00am
Want to know what a tennis prodigy looks like? Take a glimpse into the story of Penn freshman Connie Hsu.
By Mike Tony
04/07/11 12:00am
The senior team captain and freshman phenom have been a catalyst all season for the team’s more competitive results.
By Mike Tony
04/04/11 12:00am
As the Penn women’s tennis team’s Ivy League losing streak continues, they are learning firsthand from talented opponents how to gut out close victories in conference play.
By Aaron Campbell
04/01/11 12:00am
After a close loss to Princeton last week, the Quakers are possibly facing their toughest challenge yet — two consecutive match days against No. 28 Yale and No. 43 Brown this weekend.
By Megan Soisson
03/28/11 12:00am
In champion-like fashion, the Tigers bounced back to win three straight and claim the match, 4-3.
By Zachary Kowalski
03/21/11 12:00am
After a frustrating set of matches over spring break in which the team went 0-3, the Quakers edged Georgetown, 4-3.
By Laura Schad
02/21/11 12:00am
The Quakers ultimately fell to Stony Book, 4-3, this Saturday at the Levy Tennis Pavilion.
By Zachary Kowalski
02/18/11 12:00am
After its first home loss of the season, Penn women’s tennis has the rare opportunity to rebound alongside its male counterpart, when they both play Stony Brook at Levy Pavilion.
By Zachary Kowalski
02/14/11 12:00am
Connie Hsu won her 30th match this weekend, despite Penn losing 4-3 to Richmond.
By Calder Silcox
02/10/11 12:00am
After 10 days away from competition, Penn women’s tennis returned to Levy Pavilion picking up right where it left off, earning a 5-2 win over Temple Wednesday.
By Zachary Kowalski
01/21/10 12:00am
After an impressive 7-0 sweep of crosstown rival Drexel in its spring debut, the women’s tennis team will look to take their momentum on the road as they travel to Richmond, Va., to compete in the VCU Invitational this weekend.
By Calder Silcox
01/20/10 12:00am
Freshman phenom Connie Hsu made her spring debut for the women’s tennis team Wednesday, picking up just where she left off after a stellar fall season.
By Michael Gold
10/28/10 12:00am
Just two months into her collegiate tennis career, Connie Hsu has already established herself as a championship contender.
By Michael Gold
09/27/10 12:00am
At the Cissie Leary Memorial Invitational, freshman standout Connie Hsu and senior Alexa Ely earned the tournament’s doubles championship and Hsu took home her second collegiate singles title.
