Wenik | Penn basketball is playing the world's worst game of Whack-a-Mole
The season is only eight games old, but a frustrating reality about watching Penn basketball’s games has already become clear.
The season is only eight games old, but a frustrating reality about watching Penn basketball’s games has already become clear.
Penn and Temple had the opportunity to show off their skills in a low-pressure environment in front of a home crowd.
The Quakers have a healthy dose of poise to thank for their 6-3 victory over Navy.
After turning the ball over on the final possession of regulation, Penn’s offense wilted in overtime, losing its third consecutive game in a close game against Wagner
Penn and Temple had the opportunity to show off their skills in a low-pressure environment in front of a home crowd.
The Quakers have a healthy dose of poise to thank for their 6-3 victory over Navy.
On Friday, the Penn and Temple gymnastics teams will put on an exhibition, the first in the brand new Nalitt Family Center. And both squads couldn’t be more excited to show it off.
With an old rival coming to town, a fresh, young Penn wrestling squad will look to make a statement at the Palestra on Sunday.
The Quakers come into a Saturday night tilt at the Palestra against Wagner while in the midst of a losing streak after dropping back-to-back games on the road against Lafayette and No. 14 Villanova.
It was the type of balanced attack coaches dream about, though it didn’t necessarily start that way, as Penn went on to defeat LIU Brooklyn.
Now it’s time for the indoor track and field stars to shine for Penn. And for coach Steve Dolan, that means a particular emphasis on the freshman class.
If freshman guard Tony Bagtas can run the team this crisply in a baptism-by-fire situation at Villanova, the offensive reins of this program should stay in his hands.
After coming out last season alternating wins and losses, Penn men’s squash has shown improvement this year by winning its first two matches over quality opponents.
The Quakers are fresh off their biggest Big 5 road victory in a long time and now play host to Long Island Brooklyn, a struggling team they blew out of the water, 54-40, last season in New York.
The men and women of Penn swimming will be competing in the Total Performance Invitational at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. The invitational will last three days from Thursday to Saturday and will be just the second time that this year’s squad competes outside of the standard Ivy League dual meet.
Villanova was looking for a challenge when it returned to start Big 5 play. It didn’t get one from Penn.
Playing on the road, the Quakers (2-4) will take on a 7-0 Villanova squad that made national headlines with wins over then-no. 2 Kansas and then-no. 23 Iowa to capture the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament championship, vaulting the squad from unranked to No. 14 in the Associated Press poll.
Jeff Schiffner played shooting guard for Penn basketball from 2000 to 2004.
All 19 of the individual and team records for Penn women’s swimming have been set since 2009, with 11 of them having been broken in the last year. On the surface this seems quite anomalous.
Penn women’s basketball turned in one of its best Big 5 performances in recent memory with a 64-54 win over the Explorers, its first road victory over La Salle in 40 years