Penn cross country sweeps field at Princeton
Channeling the lyrics of rock legend Tom Petty, Penn’s cross country is certainly “running down a dream” this season.
Channeling the lyrics of rock legend Tom Petty, Penn’s cross country is certainly “running down a dream” this season.
It was a dark night at Rhodes Field on Saturday, and not just because the lights went out. After grabbing the lead early in the second half and waiting through two game delays due to technical trouble, Penn women’s soccer came within 19 seconds of registering their first Ivy League win of the season.
Even if you were at yesterday’s game supporting the Big Green, you felt the disappointment and saw the frustration on the faces of Penn men’s soccer after 88 solid minutes of play without a score on either side ultimately gave way to a 1-0 Red and Blue defeat.
Still Columbia. As the 2015 season has developed and Columbia football has attempted to regain any semblance of dignity after two consecutive winless seasons, I've frequently used the above phrase to describe the product the Lions have put on the field in five games. Although not inherently connected to what we've seen from Columbia in years past, there are certain aspects of the Light Blue's play that reminds us that this team went 0-for-its last 24 until its win over Wagner on Oct.
It was a dark night at Rhodes Field on Saturday, and not just because the lights went out. After grabbing the lead early in the second half and waiting through two game delays due to technical trouble, Penn women’s soccer came within 19 seconds of registering their first Ivy League win of the season.
Even if you were at yesterday’s game supporting the Big Green, you felt the disappointment and saw the frustration on the faces of Penn men’s soccer after 88 solid minutes of play without a score on either side ultimately gave way to a 1-0 Red and Blue defeat.
Penn’s prospects are doubling
Penn football scored early and often in its reunion with former head coach Al Bagnoli, drubbing Columbia 42-7. The win is the Quaker’s nineteenth consecutive victory over the Lions.
Keep the floodgates open. After breaking its eight game goal drought on Tuesday against American, Penn women's soccer will seek to end another drought within its 2015 season - a winless Ivy record.
Soccer is without doubt the world’s sport. Outside the United States, the majority of athletes grow up playing soccer at some point in their lives.
Penn cross country has just one meet left — the Princeton Invitational — before championship season begins, leaving little time for improvement as the men’s and women’s squads search for strength in numbers heading into nationals. The men and women both put on similar performances at their most recent meet, the prestigious Notre Dame Invitational.
In the weeks leading up to Penn football’s upcoming matchup against Columbia, the game has been framed in countless ways. One of the first winnable games of the season for the Quakers.
To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often.
A lapse in concentration and a few wasted opportunities.
After three weeks on the road, they’re coming home.
They are not the faces of Penn football. But at the end of Saturday’s game, Fordham fans knew who they were.
On Tuesday night under the lights at Rhodes Field, something clicked for the embattled women’s soccer squad. Heading into Tuesday’s tilt with American, the Quakers (5-3-4) had only scored one goal in their previous six games.
In addition to their accomplishments on the pitch, Penn’s soccer teams have continued to succeed off the field.
You miss a hundred percent of the shots you don’t take, but you can still miss a hundred percent of the shots you do take.
What are you planning on doing after graduation? Heading to grad school? Getting a job on Wall Street? 2015 College graduate Ronnie Glenn is taking none of the typically prescribed post-grad paths.