Rosen signs with Israeli top division club Hapoel Holon

Former Penn guard Zack Rosen is finally a professional basketball player.

The three-time first team All-Ivy guard posted a photo of himself signing a contract on twitter at around 9 p.m. Penn's all-time leader in assists went undrafted and struggled to gain playing time while with the Philadelphia 76ers team in the Orlando Summer League.

Nevertheless, he will be playing professionally next year in one the world's most competitive basketball leagues, Ligat HaAl, Israel's premier league.

Hapoel Holon is based in Holon, Israel just south of Tel Aviv. The team, which sports yellow and purple uniforms, won the championship in 2008 defeating perennial champion Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The team finished fifth (out of 11) last year in the regular season and won their first-round playoff matchup before bowing out to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Rosen will join fellow Americans Patrick Sullivan, Ron Lewis, Tasmin Mitchell and Bryant Dunston. Dunston and Lewis, played for Fordham and Ohio State, respectively. He will leave for Israel in late August.



Francia goes for second straight gold

Penn rowing alum and 2004 grad Susan Francia and the U.S. women's eight will look to defend their gold medal Thursday afternoon in the 2,000-meter final at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Buckinghamshire, England. The race will go off at 12:30 p.m. local time, or 7:30 a.m. EST.

The Americans qualified for the final by coming in first place in their heat on July 29, beating out Australia by more than six seconds. The biggest threat to the boat defending its title will likely be Canada, the Netherlands and Romania.

The Dutch and Romanians finished won the silver and bronze, respectively, in Beijing in 2008. Francia's boat was the lone American shell to win gold four years ago.

Francia, who first took up rowing at Penn, will row second seat. She is one of six returning rowers, in addition to Erin Cafaro, Elle Logan, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies and Mary Whipple, the coxswain.



Green Bay Packers sign Greg Van Roten

Three-time All-Ivy offensive lineman and recent graduate Greg Van Roten has signed a free agent contract with the Green Bay Packers.

Van Roten will attend the Packers training camp, which runs from Thursday, July 26, to Tuesday, August 28, and includes preseason games against the San Diego Chargers, the Cleveland Browns, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Though Van Roten will face unprecedented challenges to his capabilities on the field, his performance as a Quaker, particularly in his junior and senior seasons, certainly helped him impress NFL scouts on Penn’s Pro Day back in March.

On the Pro Day, at which Van Roten’s teammates Luke Nawrocki, Erik Rask and Matt Hamscher also participated, Van Roten put up numbers that were on par with results reported from the NFL Regional Combine hosted at the New York Jets facility.

In the 40-yard dash, Van Roten ran a 5.06 seconds, compared to the average combine time of 5.11 seconds. His vertical jump reached 34.5 inches, two inches better than the combine average of 32.5.

As a result of his Pro Day performance and stellar junior and senior seasons as a Quaker, Van Roten was invited to play at three NFL mini-camps in May. The invites came from the Chargers, the Jets and the Packers, and he chose to attend the San Diego and New York camps, as the Packers camp was the same weekend as the New York camp.

In his senior season, even despite his switch from tackle to guard midway through the season, Van Roten anchored the fifth-best offense in program history (2,284 total yards of offense).

Van Roten was also an All-Ivy honoree on the 2010 squad that had the highest rushing and scoring offense in the Ivy League. That year, the Red and Blue also finished with the sixth-best rushing attack in the FCS and the second-best rushing season in program history.

Van Roten finished his Penn career with a 28-12 record overall and a 23-5 Ivy League mark. The Class of 2012 won two Ivy titles and were just the third team ever to string together back-to-back undefeated Ivy seasons.



Koko Archibong heading to Olympics with Nigerian Basketball Team

With only 18 days remaining until the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Penn has one more athlete heading to London.

Koko Archibong, a College graduate from the Class of 2003, became the latest member of the Quakers’ family to punch his ticket to the Olympics when the Nigeria basketball team defeated the Dominican Republic, 88-73, to earn the final spot in the men’s tournament and its first ever appearance at the Olympics.

In helping Nigeria qualify, Archibong will be the first current or former men’s basketball player to ever compete at the Olympics.

The forward, who currently plays for LTi Gießen 46ers in Germany , appeared in 99 games during his Quakers’ career and captained the team in 2002-03 along with Andy Toole. During his time at the Palestra he won three Ivy League titles and finished with 1,131 points and 504 rebounds. In his junior year he tied school record by starting all 32 games .

Nigeria’s road to qualification began in the 2012 International Federation Basketball (FIBA) Olympic Qualifying Tournament, with the top three teams qualifying for the London 2012. Drawn in a group along with Lithuania and Venezuela, Nigeria lost its opening game to Venezuela 71-69.

Facing a must-win game against Lithuania, which sports Toronto Raptor’s forward Linas Keliza, Nigeria earned a six-point win and advanced to the quarterfinals with a higher scoring differential.

In the final eight, No. 21 Nigeria faced one of the world No. 4. Greece and pulled off an improbable 80-79 upset thanks in large part to Ade Dagunduro, who scored the team’s last seven points . As the final whistle sounded the Nigerians piled up on center court to celebrate the victory.

Although a win in the semifinals would have guaranteed the Nigerians a berth in the Olympics, D’Tigers lost to Russia before defeating the Dominican Republic in the third-place game.

“Well if you consider yourself to be a big time player you got relish those moments,” said Ike Diogu, Nigeria’s leading scorer during the tournament and seven-year NBA player, in an interview with FIBA after the game. “I said I’m going to be the one to put the team on our back, thank goodness the balls went in.”

Nigeria will be matched with the USA, Lithuania, Tunisia, France and Argentina during group play, which runs from Jul. 29 to Aug. 6. If they finish in the top four, they will advance to the quarterfinals on Aug. 8.

“We’re going to try and place,” guard Derrick Obasohan told FIBA.



Rosen Joins Sixers' Summer League Squad

After passing on Zack Rosen three times during Thursday's NBA Draft, the Sixers have added the former Penn PG to their roster for the Orlando Pro Summer League. Eight NBA squads will join the action from July 9 to July 13, playing one game each day during the five-day stretch.

With the fate of Lou Williams still up in the air and the Sixers in need of a guard, Rosen could eventually find a home playing for Philly.

"In terms of roster, spots, and the construction of the organization, from the outside kind of looking in, the Sixers are a good fit," Rosen said.

Given Rosen's free agent status, however, any team is free to invite him to training camp or sign him, including the other seven teams playing in the summer league.

It remains to be seen whether Rosen will also play in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, which will feature 24 teams playing in the 10-day tournament from July 13 to July 22.



Tonight's the night for Zack Rosen

When the NBA draft gets underway Thursday at 7 p.m. in Newark, N.J., the New Orleans Hornets will select Anthony Davis with the first overall pick. That won’t surprise anybody. After that, however, anything could happen.

Those watching from the Penn community may be more interested in the second round than the first to see if any team takes a chance on Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Year Zack Rosen — the Quakers’ all-time leader in assists, games and minutes.

Rosen has worked out for numerous NBA teams, including the Sixers, Nets, Pistons, Suns and Kings. If selected — which is a big “if” — he would likely go in the second half of the second round.

Here are a few stories to keep you occupied on what's being written about Rosen as  the draft approaches. For those interested in watching, it will be broadcast on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m.



Drexel may host CAA basketball tourney at the Palestra

Looks like the Palestra could host a postseason basketball tourney after all, but Quakers fans won't be the ones filling the stands.

Instead, Drexel is making a bid to host the Colonial Athletic Association's conference tournament in 2013, CSNPhilly reports. Virginia Commonwealth has hosted the tournament at the Richmond Coliseum since 1990, but the Rams are leaving the CAA and joining the Atlantic 10 starting this fall. The Palestra is one of the gyms under consideration to host the tourney.

A conference tourney hasn't been held at the Palestra since 1995, when the Atlantic 10 finished a seven-year run at the gym. The Dragons would hope to take advantage of the location change, just as the Virginia teams in the CAA took advantage of the tournament's locality — a non-Virginia school hasn't won the CAA title since UNC-Wilmington won in 2006.

Two other locations under consideration are Atlantic City and Baltimore, and league officials say a final decision will be made shortly.



Penn basketball adds two assistant coaches

The men's basketball team has officially named its two new assistant coaches: Ira Bowman will be replacing Mike Martin, who left to take the head coaching position at Brown, while Jason Polykoff will be taking over for Rudy Wise.

Bowman transferred to Penn from Providence College and played for the Quakers for two seasons, in 1994-95 and 1995-96. His first year in the Red and Blue was Allen's final season at Penn.

As a senior, Bowman was named Ivy League Player of the Year and first-team All-Philadelphia Big 5. The Quakers went 12-2 in the Ivy League that season, but fell to Princeton in a one-game playoff for the conference title.

Bowman played professionally with the Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks, as well as overseas in Italy and Australia. He spent the past four years coaching at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Here is what Jerome Allen had to say about Bowman:

I am extremely happy to continue building this program with someone who is deeply passionate about this University. The career Ira had here has been well documented, and I know he will put forth every effort working to make this program the best that it can be.

Bowman had this to say about rejoining the Quakers:

It is with great appreciation and honor that I return to the University of Pennsylvania. It was a privilege to play here and I am equally grateful to have an opportunity to coach here alongside Coach Allen, whom I deeply respect. Jerome was a tremendous teammate at Penn; his character, humility and determination are the building blocks of what it means to be a Quaker. I share his passion and commitment in making Penn basketball the elite program we believe it is. I could not be more excited!

Jason Polykoff has been the head coach at Friends Central School in Wynnewood, Pa., for the past five years. His team has won four consecutive Pennsylvania Independent Schools State Championships from 2009-12. Polykoff played basketball at Haverford College.

Here is what Polykoff said about his new position:

Having an opportunity to coach at Penn is essentially a dream come true. If you combine the history of Penn basketball with the Big 5 and the Palestra, it is too good of a situation to pass up. Also, to have the opportunity to work with Jerome Allen, Dan Leibovitz and Ira Bowman-three great coaches and even better people-I know I am going to learn a lot. Just as important, I've been affiliated with high academic institutions my whole life, coming from Friends' Central, to Haverford College, and back to Friends' Central. I feel a sense of comfort at a place like Penn.



Lisa Sweeney takes head coaching job at Princeton

The Quakers are sending assistant coach Lisa Sweeney of the softball team to take a head coaching position at Princeton.

Sweeney spent one year coaching at her alma mater, Lehigh, before spending two seasons as an assistant and pitching coach at Penn. In her second season, she worked with unanimous All-Ivy selection and Rookie of the Year Alexis Borden, who helped to lead the Red and Blue to a record-breaking season.

The 2012 squad posted a 33-17 record (15-5 Ivy) and won the South Division for the first time since 2007. The Quakers scored 213 runs over 50 games, which was the highest rate among any team in the Ivy League. Penn also led the league in on-base percentage and finished second in batting average. Due in large part to Borden’s success, the Quakers also had the second-best team earned run average (2.28), second only to league winner Harvard (1.84).

In her college career, Sweeney was one of the most successful pitchers in Patriot League history. To date no one in league history has won (104), shut out (31), pitched in (141), started (112) or finished (91) more games than she has. Sweeney also holds the league record for strikeouts in a career with 928.



Allen hires Friends' Central's Polykoff as assistant

With Mike Martin departing for his alma mater in Providence, RI, coach Jerome Allen’s staff was left with a vacancy. Allen may have a found a solution nearby.

Penn is set to hire Jason Polykoff, as an assistant for the Quakers program, according to a report by Philly.com.

The head coach at Friends’ Central School for the last five years, Polykoff was 113-28, won two Friends Schools League championships and earned four straight Pennsylvania Independent School Tournament titles during his tenure.

The 28-year old coach already has a close connection with Allen. He coached Allen’s son, Jerome, who was a sophomore forward for Friends' Central last year. Polykoff played guard at Friends’ Central and Haverford (Class of 2006) before becoming a math teacher and basketball coach at his former high school school.

Polykoff has coached a number of Division I athletes, the latest being Amile Jefferson, a 6-foot-7 forward who ultimately recruited by Duke and was ranked No. 25 in ESPN’s Class of 2012.



Mike Martin named Brown head coach

After six years as an assistant coach for Penn basketball, Mike Martin is officially leaving the Red and Blue. In a press conference Friday afternoon in Providence, R.I., Martin will be named the head coach of the Brown basketball.

A four-year starter for the Bears, Martin graduated from Brown in 2004. After playing a year professionally for Dart Killester in Ireland, Martin returned to Brown and served as an assistant under then-coach Glenn Miller for the 2005-06 season. When Miller was appointed Penn’s head coach the following year, Martin followed him to the Palestra.

Martin remained at Penn even when Miller was fired seven games into the 2009-10 season. While serving under both Miller and current head man Jerome Allen, Brown was instrumental in the recruiting process that brought players such as Zack Rosen, Henry Brooks and Miles Cartwright to the Quakers. Allen released a statement on Mike Martin’s appointment via Penn Athetics:

I am extremely happy for Mike and his family; his hiring is well-deserved. Mike has done the University of Pennsylvania a great service for the last six years, and it is only right that he get the opportunity to run his own program.

As I have learned the past three years, it is a special opportunity to oversee a program that you once played in, and I know that Mike will embrace that opportunity at Brown. With the exception of two times each season, I wish Mike nothing but the best of success.

For weeks, Martin has been the center of rumors surrounding the vacant head coaching position. Brown fired its former coach Jesse Agel shortly after the season concluded.

Tomorrow’s press conference will be streamed live on brownbears.com at 1 p.m.



Report: Mike Martin a finalist for head coaching job at Brown

According to a tweet from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Mike Martin was chosen be the new head coach at Brown:

However, no official announcement has been made, and a follow-up tweet from Jeff Goodman, also of CBS Sports, said that the deal was not finalized:

With Brown graduation over the weekend, it is unlikely the University will announce anything before the middle of next week, according to GoLocalProv.

Martin has been an assistant coach at Penn for six seasons. He came to Philadelphia after playing and coaching for the Bears. He was a four-year starter at Brown and finished his college career with a 63-45 record. He graduated in 2004 and was an assistant coach at Brown in 2005-06 before coming to Penn.



Ivy ADs decide against postseason basketball tournament

We learned last month that the Ivy League basketball coaches were proposing the league develop a postseason tournament instead of having the regular season winner  represent the conference in the NCAA tournament.

It's an interesting idea that would fundamentally change the league. I didn't like it. Neither did Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky. Neither did Eamonn Brennan from ESPN.

Today, after the Ivy League's spring meetings concluded, the league office released this statement that the proposals had been denied by the athletic directors:

RED BANK, N.J. -- The Ivy League announced today that its directors of athletics have decided not to move forward with proposals for postseason tournaments in men's and women's basketball.

"After careful consideration of these proposals, the athletics directors decided that our current method of determining the Ivy League Champion and our automatic bid recipient to the NCAA Championship is the best model moving forward," saidRobin Harris, Ivy League Executive Director.

In men's and women's basketball, the Ivy League plays a 14-game, double round-robin schedule where each team plays each other home and away. The team with the best conference record in each sport is awarded the Ivy title and the League's NCAA Tournament automatic bid.

The Ivy League athletics directors discussed the proposals at their annual meetings, which concluded Thursday afternoon in Red Bank, N.J.

And that's the end of that chapter.



Ivy League reups TV deal with NBC Sports for football, basketball and lacrosse

If you enjoyed seeing Ivy League football on the Versus network last season, you'll be happy to know the rebranded NBC Sports Network has renewed it's contract with the Ancient Eight.

If you didn't enjoy the lack of basketball coverage fo the Ivies last season, you should be very excited to hear that with the new two-year deal, NBCSN has added "six-to-10 men's basketball games" annually and up to four men's lacrosse games in addition to the six-to-10 football games.

The league office announced the deal today.

"The Ivy League is excited to continue our relationship with the NBC Sports Network," said Robin Harris, Ivy League Executive Director in a statement. "The NBC Sports Network has been an outstanding partner and we appreciate their interest in enhancing our existing relationship by increasing the number of games and sports. We are pleased to showcase more Ivy League competition nationally to our passionate fan base which has a thirst for Ivy League athletics."

The deal also includes the rights to broadcast "The Game," Harvard and Yale's annual end of the season football rivalry match. There is no mention of the Penn-Princeton men's basketball games, though these may be valuable properties the NBC decides to pick up. According to the release, "Even more Ivy League games may be seen on a national basis within this agreement as the NBC Sports Network has acquired the rights to sublicense additional football and men's basketball games to a national sports network."

UPDATE (4:45 PM): Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky has commented on the deal: "I think this is a great television package for the Ivy League and will allow a national audience to become more acquainted with the high level of talent that exists among our schools. Kudos to Robin Harris and her staff for getting this accomplished."



Penn women's lacrosse earns at-large bid to NCAA tournament

The Penn women's lacrosse team thought its NCAA tournament chances were slim after its 6-4 loss to Dartmouth Sunday in the championship game of the Ivy League tournament.

But Sunday night, the Quakers learned that they had earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. They will face No. 6 Loyola (MD) on May 13 at 1 p.m.

Loyola earned an automatic bid after winning the Big East tournament. The Greyhounds beat powerhouse Syracuse in the championship game and enter the tournament with a 12-5 record.

This will be Penn's sixth consecutive tournament appearance. Last year, the Red and Blue fell to Duke in the first round, 12-9.

This is the first time since 1983 that Penn and Loyola will meet in the tournament. The Quakers beat the Greyhounds, 9-5, in their first-ever NCAA tournament win.

Check out what Penn coach Karin Brower Corbett and senior co-captains Emily Leitner and Erin Brennan had to say about their bid after the jump.

Penn coach Karin Brower Corbett

On earning an at-large bid:

I was surprised and very happy. I'm very happy for Erin [Brennan] and Emily [Leitner] especially. I just think that Erin did not have a good game [Sunday] and she knows it, and for all that she's done for the program and what a great player she is, for her to have her last game on a day like [Sunday] was probably one of the things that upset me the most. You just want the best for that kid. And Emily Leitner played her heart out, and although she played well, she cares about winning and the team ... I'm just happy to be able to continue with the two of them. They've been such a great asset to this program in so many ways. I was sad about possibly ending, so I'm very excited. You know, we played a tough schedule and although we didn't win, I guess it paid off with the criteria that they have ... We couldn't ask for a better situation. Who knows? You could be going to Florida, you could be going to Northwestern. We don't have to go very far from home and I'm just happy we have another week, at least.

On Loyola:

They had a great Big East tournament this weekend. They beat Syracuse, which clearly has been a top team all year long. I don't know too much about them. We haven't played them in years ... We have a lot of game tapes we've got to watch and really see what they're like. I'm sure that they're going to be very athletic and fast, and we're going to have to deal with that. But I think the thing for us is to play a better game than we did [Sunday]. Our offense really has to play better than they have in some games. The offense really has to win the game for us. So that's what we're really going to concentrate on this week.

Senior goalkeeper Emily Leitner

On earning an at-large bid:

We were pretty bummed because we had the chance to take our destiny in our own hands and leaving it up to chance, you never know how it can go. But, we were all watching the selection show [Sunday night] and we were all really pumped. It's basically like coming back from the dead and having another chance to keep this season going for as long as we can keep winning.

On learning Penn had received a bid:

We're all watching [the selection show] and fast forwarding and all of a sudden we saw our names up there and everyone was just so happy and exploded, crazy cheering and yelling.

On Loyola:

They're a great team. They beat Syracuse in the Big East championship and they're on a roll. I know they're fast and have a lot of great players. So, it's not going to be easy, but we're just happy to have a chance to keep the season going.

Senior attack Erin Brennan On earning an at-large bid:

For me and Emily, it's everything, especially since we dropped what was potentially the last game of the season [Sunday]. I definitely was not happy with how I played and the performance of our team to end the season, so us getting another chance brings new life to what we have. From now on, we just need to play all in, all out, and just go for it. We have nothing to lose.

On learning the team had received a bid:

Everything was up in the air for us after we lost [Sunday], which was very disappointing, especially for Emily and I ... All of us know that no matter what happens, we were fortunate enough to get this bid and we need to step on the field next Sunday and just come ready to play and not leave any regrets on the field. We're not happy with our performance [Sunday]. I did not want to end my career with this game. All of us from now on will do everything we can to prove that we are a championship team, which many people I don't think believe.

On Loyola:

Loyola is a good team. They're similar to us in that they haven't gotten much recognition. They've had some really big wins this year. Recently they beat Syracuse. So for us, it's just about playing our game. They're out for blood, same as we are.



History will be made

In case you haven't heard, the women's lacrosse team is the No. 1 seed in the Ivy Tournament. And since Franklin Field will be occupied by the Heps track meet this weekend, the lacrosse tournament will be held at Penn Park. If you're into being a part of history, I suggest heading down to Dunning-Cohen Champions Field (former home of the Bubble... I mean, seasonal air structure) at 5pm Friday, where you will witness the first ever varsity game on the field (it's Dartmouth versus Cornell). If you want to see the second varsity game on the turf at Penn Park, wait until 8pm when Penn takes on Harvard

Tickets are $10 for students, but Penn Athletics has put together a nice deal. The team is on Locust Walk today until 2pm and tomorrow from 11-2 giving tickets to anyone who can score on a goal. Apparently it's pretty easy, so save yourself the money and take a shot!

The winners of Friday's games will face off in the championship round Sunday at noon, also at Dunning-Cohen. Definitely check it out.

Ticket info: If you can't get free tickets, Friday's tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. It's $10 and $5 on Sunday, and the weekend costs $20 for adults and $10 for students. 



He's baaaaack: Glen Miller a candidate for Brown head coach job

Glen Miller might be the smartest man to ever coach Ivy League basketball.

Word up the Northeast corridor is that Miller is a candidate for the head coach opening at Brown in the wake of Jesse Agel's firing. Miller was the most successful coach in Bears history, before he left to take Fran Dunphy's coveted position coaching at Penn in 2006. After devastating the Quakers' program in 3.5 short years, Miller was fired, and has since served as Basketball Operations coordinator and an assistant under Jim Calhoun.

GoLocalProv.com has more on the short list for the Brown job (which includes Penn assistant and stud Mike Martin).

So why is Miller the smartest coach in the history of the Ancient Eight? After running the Penn program into the ground during his tenure here, he destroyed the League's most successful program over the previous decade. It was all just a beautifully concocted mastermind plan to derail the competition and, when he returns to coach the Bears, bring an Ivy title to Providence.

Inception.



Penn men's golf wins Ivy title in playoff

Yesterday I took a drive to Atlantic City — not for the usual reasons — but to see my friend Scotty Williams compete at the Ivy League men's golf championships at Galloway National Golf Club.

It was a fun time (and Williams had quite the entourage following his round), but apparently I should have gone down today. The Quakers came back from a 16-stroke deficit on the final round to tie Dartmouth forcing a team playoff, the first ever in Ivy championship history. All five competing members from each squad would play the 18th hole, the best four scores would be added up. Incredibly, they all tied. Let's let @PennGolf tell the story:

And here's a shot, courtesy of Penn Athletics, of the team with coach Scott Allen and Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris holding up the trophy.

You can read more about the match here.



Penn softball guarantees share of South Division title with sweep of Columbia

In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn softball was announced as the DP’s team of the year on the women’s side.  Of course, the Quakers had yet to even finish regular season play.

If there was any doubt as to the softball team's claim to this award before, it should no longer remain.

With one weekend of Ivy play remaining, the Red and Blue could guarantee at least a share of the South Division title by sweeping Columbia in their four-game series.  It would be the Quakers' first division title since 2007.

Penn not only swept, but decimated the Lions.  In doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday, the Quakers outscored Columbia 33-5 and won at least one game each day by mercy rule.

While Penn’s offense shelled its opponent, pitching virtuoso Alexis Borden had the most impressive performance of the weekend.  The freshman pitched every inning for the Quakers against Columbia and gave up just five runs in 33 innings.  The four wins boosted Borden’s record to 23-4 on the season and helped Borden pass Jessie Lupardus for most wins in a single season in Penn history.  Lupardus had 20 wins in 2008.

Penn (32-15, 15-5 Ivy) will now keep a close eye on Cornell (22-21, 13-5), who was tied with the Quakers for the lead in the South Division entering the weekend.  Two games into its four-games series at Princeton, the Big Red is still in contention for the division, as it won both games today.  However, Cornell will have to sweep again on Sunday in order to keep pace with the Red and Blue.

If Cornell wins both games on Sunday, then the Quakers and the Big Red will play a one-game playoff to determine which team will play in the Ivy League Championship series against Harvard next weekend.

Though the Crimson have run the table this year largely untouched, Penn’s dominant performances of late have made the Quakers a serious threat for an Ivy League title.  In particular, the best of three setup of the Ivy championship series would benefit the Red and Blue, as Borden could feasibly pitch the entirety of the series.  With this in mind, Penn seems well positioned to spoil Harvard’s otherwise easy travels in the Ivy League this season.

 



Penn wins 6th straight Ivy Title

Here is video from the Penn women's lacrosse team's historic 13-8 win over Princeton on Wednesday that ensured the team's sixth straight Ivy title.



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