Volleyball finally earns first win
By Jason Nagata
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By Jason Nagata
Upon arriving in Charlotte, N.C., last weekend, the womens' volleyball team met southern hospitality with a special song mix entitled "The Dixie Chick Quakers Come to UNC," made by parents of team members.
This year saw Penn lose two institutions from its athletic program.
The historic Adams Cup has been contested since 1931 -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt once attended -- and this past weekend, the most recent edition was held in Annapolis, Md.
Spring Fling partiers weren't the only people who braved the harsh elements Saturday.
Despite falling behind in the first 1000 meters, the Penn lightweight rowing team maintained its composure.
The heavyweight crew team opened its spring season by competing against some of the top crew teams in the nation last weekend -- and losing every single race.
This weekend, both the men's heavyweight and women's rowing teams faced stiff competition while on the road.
The women's swimming and diving team is all about consistent improvement.
The Penn men's swimming and diving team raced against two competitors on Saturday: Harvard and the snow storm.
During November's meet against La Salle, junior Janis Scanlon climbed up the ladder of the three-meter diving board, took a deep breath and attempted the reverse two-and-a-half dive, the same dive that Greg Louganis was doing when he hit his head in the 1988 Olympics.
Saturday's women's swim meet against Yale came down to the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. With Penn and Yale neck-and-neck after the first three legs of the relay, it was up to anchor Jessica Aiello to close out the race and beat a team that had dominated the Quakers for a long time.
Normally the Penn swim team expects warm weather during its annual training trip to Florida, but at last weekend's meet, the sunshine state felt like Philadelphia.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams have a lot to be grateful for during the Thanksgiving holiday.
After the first day of competition at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League Championships last season, the Penn men's swimming and diving team was in eighth place out of nine teams. By the end of the next day's competition, they improved to seventh and on the final day of competition, the Quakers pulled in front of Brown for a sixth place finish.
BOSTON -- The Penn volleyball team turned the tide this weekend by beating Harvard and Dartmouth 3-0 with ferocious defense, ending a five-match losing streak.
Win or lose, the Penn volleyball team made sure that it was the loudest squad in the Palestra this weekend.
After losing its final game at the Penn-Sheraton Invitational Tournament last weekend to Towson in three games, the Penn volleyball team (4-7, 1-0 Ivy) needed to refocus for its game against rival Princeton (8-3, 0-1) on Friday.
Pepperdine, a top-30 team in national polls, beat the Penn volleyball team 3-0 on Friday night at the Penn-Sheraton Invitational. However, the fact that the Quakers came within three points of winning game two against a California powerhouse gave the crowd a glimpse of what Penn is capable of achieving.