🏆 Quaker Nation: A new champ in town

Monday, March 11

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Welcome back to Quaker Nation! It was a busy spring break for Penn sports, with men's lacrosse knocking off the nation's No. 1 team and women's basketball securing a spot in Ivy Madness. But first, men's squash has a banner to hang.

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This week's top story:

Penn men's squash wins first national championship with victory at Potter Cup

Photo by Julia Van Lare

Penn men's squash celebrates after winning a point against Princeton on Feb. 4, 2023.

More from DP Sports:

In a clash with the nation's top team, men's lacrosse came out on top, defeating Duke in a 14-12 thriller.
Women's basketball secured a spot in Ivy Madness with a win over Harvard, but fell to Princeton in the final game of the regular season.
Men's basketball fell in a season finale clash with Princeton, extending the Quakers' losing streak against the Tigers to 11.
As the tides of college basketball change in the era of the transfer portal, Ivy League coaches remain convinced of their conference's place in the puzzle.

Player of the week:

In men's basketball's win over Columbia, senior guard Clark Slajchert became the 43rd player in program history to score 1,000 points. A week later, Slajchert played his final game for the Red and Blue, concluding a career defined by perseverance. Read our profile on Slajchert here.

Photo by Weining Ding

One great read:

How do you replace the most decorated coach in college football history? Quickly. Two months after Nick Saban's retirement, ESPN's Chris Low breaks down Alabama's rapid search for a new face of the program.

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