Three takeaways from Penn women's basketball's win over Columbia
Penn women’s basketball clinched the No. 2 seed in the Ivy League Tournament with its weekend sweep over Cornell and Columbia.
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Penn women’s basketball clinched the No. 2 seed in the Ivy League Tournament with its weekend sweep over Cornell and Columbia.
A win is a win. Still, the Quakers' victory against Brown doesn’t make me optimistic about how March will pan out for Penn women's basketball.
Penn women’s basketball is on its hottest stretch of the season after extending its winning streak to seven with home wins over Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend. After starting the month at the bottom of the Ivy League standings, the Quakers now sit comfortably at second conference play.
The regular season for men’s and women’s squash may be over, but the competition isn’t over for Penn. Three first team All-Ivy players will compete in the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) Championships.
This weekend, Penn women’s basketball gained ground in the Ivy League standings with back-to-back wins over Columbia and Cornell. The team was led by two dominant performances by junior center Eleah Parker, earning her DP Sports Player of the Week.
It’s usually difficult to play with fatigue, but not for Penn women’s basketball.
After losing three games in a row, Penn men’s basketball has flipped the switch and have won three straight. Penn’s turnaround is thanks to two monster games by senior guard Devon Goodman, earning him DP Sports Player of the Week.
Coming into their game against Dartmouth, things were not looking good for Penn women’s basketball. They came into the game on a four-game losing streak, including two against Ivy opponents Princeton and Harvard. Following the tough loss to the Crimson that dropped them to 0-2 in the Ivy League, the Quakers had to travel to Dartmouth and play less than 24 hours later.
On Sunday, the sports world was rocked by the devastating news of the death of NBA star and Philadelphia legend Kobe Bryant.
Breaking onto the scene with a dominant season may be hard to follow up, but that is exactly what sophomore Sydney Kraez plans to do for Penn gymnastics. Like most gymnasts, Kraez started gymnastics at a very young age, but it was actually her younger sister who started before her. Kraez watched her sister compete at a local club, thought it was exciting, and then got involved in the club at seven years old. Few sports allow the freedom and creativity that gymnastics allows, and that is what sparked Kraez’s passion for the sport. “I just love the feeling of being able to flip my body around in ways that isn’t very normal for many people,” Kraez said. That passion only grew when she came to Penn and enjoyed the team aspect that wasn’t present at the club level. “Here you get to come together as a team every weekend and just show off the hard work that you’ve been putting in, and that’s what I love most,” Kraez said. As a freshman, Kraez competed in all 12 meets and made the transition from club to college look easy, quickly etching her name into the record books. In only her second collegiate meet against Yale, Kraez’s score of 9.825 on the vault became the third-best in program history. Her 9.875 in the floor exercise against Lindenwood is the fourth-best in program history. For Kraez, her sophomore season will be about building on her first-year performances while also adding more to her repertoire. Last season, she competed in all the events except the uneven bars. But in the first two meets this season, Kraez has competed in all four events, becoming an all-around competitor. “This year, I came in with a little bit of a different mindset, and I was able to get my bar routine together,” Kraez said. The addition of one more routine was definitely an adjustment for Kraez. It also meant that there was added pressure because the extra routine does not only reflect on her ability, but is also another performance that counts towards the team’s overall score. Not only has she taken on that role, but she has excelled in it. In the first meet of the season against Towson, Kraez won the all-around title with a 38.725. On Sunday, she placed fourth in the all-around. “This year, I think I’m way more confident on all the events anyway,” Kraez said. “Having freshman year as an experience and being able to learn from my mistakes [helps me].” Kraez’s success goes far beyond simple physical skills. The way in which she approaches the meets mentally translates to her success. It was that ability that allowed her to adjust her mindset at the start of this year and to reflect on her last season which has led to early success this season. “[Kraez] is a hard worker and is really a good motivator in the gym,” coach John Ceralde said. Only one year in, Kraez has already made a profound impact on Penn gymnastics. As a sophomore, she is bound to have an even better season, especially as an all-around gymnast.
Penn track and field is bound to have a record-breaking season, and Nia Akins is shaping up to be a large part of that, earning her DP Sports Player of the Week.
Penn women's soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke resigned from her position on Saturday after five seasons as the head coach of the team to take on the same position at the University of Washington.
In the Quakers' first trip to Hawaii since the 2015-16 season, they celebrated the new year with two wins in paradise.
After a historic start to the season, the Quakers are no longer undefeated.
Injuries are tough for any athlete to overcome, but they are especially tough for athletes who are just beginning their collegiate careers. However, for Penn women’s basketball forward Kennedy Suttle, a freshman year injury has set her up for an impressive second season.
The dominance continues for the Red and Blue.
Forty years ago, freshman Roger Reina stepped foot on Penn’s campus as a starting member of the wrestling team. That was only the beginning of his lifelong commitment and dedication to the sport that has made him a legend in the wrestling community.
For the first time since March, meaningful college basketball will be played at the Palestra.
It was coach Bill Wagner’s last game at Franklin Field, and Penn sprint football was sure to give him a proper send off in a dominating win.
It is common for athletes to take big steps forward in between their first and second seasons, and Penn field hockey sophomore forward Maddy Fagan is no exception.