Hwt. Crew cannot stop Northeastern's streak
Northeastern, ranked third in the country, won its fourth straight Burk Cup Sunday morning, beating Penn's heavyweight crew team on the Charles River.
The Huskies are still undefeated this season, while the Quakers have yet to win an event.
Penn returns to action May 15 at the EARC Sprints, and finishes the season against Cornell in the Schuylkill River on May 22.
-- Josh Hirsch
OF Moffie named to All-Ivy second team
Penn senior outfielder Nate Moffie, who hit a team-leading .340 on the year with four home runs and 25 RBIs, was named second-team All-Ivy.
One of only three players to start all 37 games of Penn's season, Moffie finishes his career with 183 hits, trailing only Nick Italiano's 194 for the all-time Penn record.
He finished his career with a .341 average, 17 home runs and 96 RBIs.
Brown senior outfielder Matt Kutler was the unanimous Player of the Year, while Yale's Josh Sowers and Harvard's Steffan Wilson took home Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors, respectively.
-- J.H.
Harvard beats Cornell to take baseball crown
In a two-game sweep Monday, Red Rolfe Division champion Harvard beat Lou Gehrig division champ Cornell to win the Ivy League championship.
The Crimson took the two games at home, 2-0, and 4-2, to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Harvard (26-15) only used three pitchers in the two games. Cornell finishes the year at 17-24.
-- J.H.
Five Quakers garner All-Ivy tennis honors
Sophomore Mikhail Bekker was a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team after a 6-1 Ivy League singles record. The honor comes a year after Bekker was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, the first time a Penn player had ever won an individual men's tennis award since they were first given out in 1988.
Senior David Lynn received second-team All-Ivy honors after playing in the No. 1 and 2 spots this season.
On the women's side, freshman Yulia Rivelis was named to the first team in singles, while senior Shelah Chao and freshman Julia Koulbitskaya were named to the first team in doubles.
Rivelis was 3-4 in the Ivy League this season at No. 2 for the Quakers, while Chao and Koulbitskaya were 4-3 as a team in the Ancient Eight.
-- J.H.
Softball lands six on 2005 All-Ivy squads
Second baseman Annie Kinsey and designated player Stephanie Reichert were first and second on the Quakers in batting average, hits, slugging percentage and doubles, and both were named first-team All-Ivy this year.
Kinsey, a freshman, led the team with a .368 batting average -- the sixth highest in program history. In 131 plate appearances, she struck out just twice.
The sophomore Reichert was second on the squad with a .337 average and scored a team-high 17 runs.
Pitcher Ann Ferracane made the second team after going 7-7 with a 2.71 ERA, accounting for half of Penn's wins in a 14-25 year.
Outfielders Kaelin Ainley and Jen Nichols and catcher Brandi King also made the second team for Penn, which finished 4-10 in the Ivy League.
-- Zachary Levine
Spofford leads Lax All-Ivy honorees
After starting every game of her collegiate career and having a stellar season for the Quakers, midfielder Katie Spofford was rewarded with her first All-Ivy selection -- a first-team spot.
Spofford scored 21 goals in 15 games for Penn, which finished the season 8-7 and ranked 20th in the nation.
Sophomore defender Sarah Eastburn made the second team, while attacker Emily Cochran -- who led the team in goals scored -- and defender Kate Parker earned honorable mention nods.
The men's lacrosse team placed nobody on the first or second teams but did land two on the honorable mention list.
Midfielder D.J. Andrzejewski earned an honorable mention for the second consecutive year after leading the team in goals and assists. Defender Andrew Blechman joined Andrzejewski on the list and was named the team's Most Outstanding Player.
The Quakers finished 2-11 and were winless in Ivy League play.
-- Z.L.
