It may seem like the Quakers are destined for doom this year, but this team is just finding its identity.
Though the Quakers won three early matches, they were ultimately overmatched by a roster that included six wrestlers ranked in the top 10 in their weightclass, as the Cowboys lassoed the Red and Blue, 35-10.
Penn dropped its fifth straight game Tuesday night, falling to the Lehigh, 73-66, in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.
Penn has four freshmen, but two in particular — Jamal Lewis and Tony Hicks — need to step up if Penn plans to compete in the Ivy League this season.
While in high school at Choate Rosemary Hall in New Haven, Conn., Sheridan helped organize annual squash clinics for inner-city children in order to promote squash in urban areas. Now, as a member of the varsity squad at Penn, he is a member of the Youth Leadership Committee for RhodySquash, another organization that promotes squash in urban areas.
Two years removed from her playing days, Erin Power has joined the coaching staff of her alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach under Mike McLaughlin.
Two years removed from her playing days, Erin Power has joined the coaching staff of her alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach under Mike McLaughlin.
Though the Quakers won three early matches, they were ultimately overmatched by a roster that included six wrestlers ranked in the top 10 in their weightclass, as the Cowboys lassoed the Red and Blue, 35-10.
Penn dropped its fifth straight game Tuesday night, falling to the Lehigh, 73-66, in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.
Jerome Allen isn’t concerned about offensive production as long as the Quakers lack a defense that can implement his defensive schemes.
As part of the package for men’s hoops student-section season ticket holders, a T-shirt designed by PANYC State — pronounced “panic” — is included. These shirts, currently available in white, read “Hurrah Pennsylvania 12-13” and feature a basketball-toting Ben Franklin.
Al Bagnoli stubbornly ran the ball over and over again in the first half against Cornell at a rate of less than 1.3 yards per carry, but it paid off in the end. The lesson? Trust Al Bagnoli.
Dougherty is averaging 20.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in the first five games of this season. He’s playing all the roles for a team that still has plenty of casting to do. From beyond the arc, he’s nailed four three-pointers.
As one of just three seniors on the squad, captain Evan Prochniak has stepped up to assume a leadership role on the men’s fencing team.
As the buzzer called the end of the game, Miles Cartwright’s last-second three-point heave fell short and Fordham handed Penn a 70-68 defeat in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.
With three wrestlers in the finals, Penn had a chance to make up for a disappointing finish to last weekend’s Binghamton Open. All three title bouts went into overtime.
Penn’s title teams of 2009 and 2010 may have run the Ivy League table, but the 2012 version is the most impressive of the current dynasty.
It’s hard to make any generalizations about the Quakers four games into the season — no one can know how the young players are going to develop or how the team will gel.
The men’s and women’s squash teams had mixed results as they took on Bates and George Washington over the weekend.
The women’s swim team beat Cornell but fell to Princeton Friday at Sheerr Pool, while the men’s side experienced the same results on Saturday.
Penn women’s basketball now faces a test of morale after falling to Army on Sunday, 58-53. The Quakers have now dropped their first three games of the season.
Penn fell to the Dragons, 61-59, in a game that the Quakers let slip out of their grasps as the clock wound down.
Penn football earned its third outright Ivy League championship in four years Saturday afternoon with a 35-28 win over Cornell.
Solutions by The State News
