Steele | What a difference a year makes for Grace Calhoun
Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of Grace Calhoun's introduction as Penn's new athletic director.
Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of Grace Calhoun's introduction as Penn's new athletic director.
Penn sent a total eight competitors to the championship, with six on the men’s side and two on the women’s. Overall, the team placed eighth out of 25 teams, with the men finishing fourth and the women finishing in 14th place.
Everything about the context of Sunday's game was the same as Penn women's basketball's contest against Temple in January: the two teams doing battle, the Palestra serving as host and a Big 5 matchup coming down to the wire. Unfortunately for the Quakers, this time around, the end result was different. Despite yet another double-double from Ivy League Rookie of the Year Michelle Nwokedi, the Red and Blue faltered down the stretch, giving up a backbreaking three to Owls' freshman guard Alliya Butts with 3:04 remaining en route to a 61-56 loss in the second round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. "They know it's their last game," coach Mike McLaughlin said.
The latter was almost the case for Penn track and field this Saturday, as heavy snow on Friday almost interfered with Franklin Field’s Philadelphia College Classic, Penn’s outdoor season opener.
Penn sent a total eight competitors to the championship, with six on the men’s side and two on the women’s. Overall, the team placed eighth out of 25 teams, with the men finishing fourth and the women finishing in 14th place.
Everything about the context of Sunday's game was the same as Penn women's basketball's contest against Temple in January: the two teams doing battle, the Palestra serving as host and a Big 5 matchup coming down to the wire. Unfortunately for the Quakers, this time around, the end result was different. Despite yet another double-double from Ivy League Rookie of the Year Michelle Nwokedi, the Red and Blue faltered down the stretch, giving up a backbreaking three to Owls' freshman guard Alliya Butts with 3:04 remaining en route to a 61-56 loss in the second round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. "They know it's their last game," coach Mike McLaughlin said.
Penn football legend and NFL Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik died early Saturday morning at the age of 89.
Ahead by as many as 13 within the final four minutes, Penn women’s basketball fended off a late run from Hofstra to hold on to its first-ever WNIT victory, 65-58. The Red and Blue (21-8) will host Temple on Sunday at the Palestra in the second round
On Senior Night — two and a half weeks ago — Penn women’s basketball clinched its automatic berth in the WNIT following a 59-33 win over Yale that guaranteed the Quakers at least second place in the Ivy League.
One day after introducing Steve Donahue as its next head basketball coach, Penn Athletics have hired Stanford assistant Nicole Van Dyke to take over the women’s soccer program after a lengthy coaching search.
Spring is in the air at Penn. With the warmer weather and impending fun that comes with the arrival of spring on campus, everyone is anticipating an eventful final few weeks of the semester.
What do you do when you're the biggest fish in your pond? Find a bigger pond.
The first week since Spring Break has seen the Sun break through its winter haze, lighting up Penn’s campus with a newfound radiance.
The road has not been kind to Penn baseball thus far this season, but a return home was not the antidote that the Red and Blue had hoped for.
The Quakers have made a quick transition from head coach Jerome Allen, beloved by his squad and in his fifth full year at the helm, to Steve Donahue as the new coach.
15 years after leaving the Red and Blue to take over the head coaching position at Cornell, former Penn basketball assistant Steve Donahue was formally introduced as the Quakers' next coach at a press conference at the Palestra on Tuesday.
The number 20 was plastered all over the Palestra Tuesday afternoon for the introductory press conference of new basketball coach Steve Donahue. It was proudly emblazoned on the Penn jersey that adorned the podium on the dais.
After winning its first six games of the season in impressive fashion, what is left for Penn’s women’s lacrosse to prove?
The Ivy League football world is clamoring about Columbia, and for the first time in almost two decades, it isn’t in the form of mockery.
When Spring Break rolls around, some college students go on extravagant excursions to exotic destinations, seeking beautiful views, warm weather and adventure.