🏃‍♀️ Quaker Nation: Celebrating Penn's female athletes

Monday, February 12

Good morning, Penn!

Welcome back to Quaker Nation! This week, Penn's basketball teams went up against their greatest rival, Princeton, and a recent court decision gave Dartmouth men's basketball players the ability to unionize. But first, since National Girls and Women in Sports Day was this past Wednesday, let's take a look at 10 of Penn's greatest female athletes.

This week's top story:

The women who bled Red and Blue: 10 of Penn's greatest trailblazing female athletes

Photo by Laura Dwyer/DP File Photo

A basketball player attempts a free throw at the Palestra against Lafayette on Jan. 22, 1996.

More from DP Sports:

Both the men's and women's basketball teams played intense matchups against Princeton, but neither team could walk away with a win.
The National Labor Relations Board recently granted Dartmouth men's basketball players the right to unionize; here are the potential implications for Penn.
Men's squash secured a piece of the Ivy League title for the second time in three years with a dominant win over Yale.
In photo-essay format, here's a look at how women's athletics at Penn has changed throughout the years.

Player of the week:

After a relatively quiet freshman season, sophomore high jumper Kampton Kam has leapt off to a hot start. This weekend, Kam reset that Singapore national indoor record while tying the meet record with a height of 2.20m. Read our 2023 profile of Kam here.

Photo by Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford

One great read:

As Iowa guard and arguably best female college basketball player in the country Caitlin Clark edges ever so close to the NCAA women's all-time scoring record, Chantel Jennings analyzes when exactly in her career did people realize she was destined for greatness.

Best of sports photo:

Photo by Weining Ding

Penn guard Ese Ogbevire dribbles against Princeton defender in a game on Feb. 10.

Photo by Chenyao Liu

Penn guard Clark Slajchert goes up for a layup against Princeton.

Photo by Caleb Crain

Penn forward Jordan Obi shoots against Princeton on Feb. 10.

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