Key Matchups: Men's swimming seniors prep for final Ivy championships
As winter teams aim to finish their seasons on a strong note, spring teams strive for a good start to theirs. Here’s a look at the key competitions this weekend.
As winter teams aim to finish their seasons on a strong note, spring teams strive for a good start to theirs. Here’s a look at the key competitions this weekend.
Penn has been the dominant team in the League all season, but with their loss to Princeton on Tuesday, the Quakers are set to have to battle against the Tigers for the top spot.
Princeton's Bella Alarie exploded for 33 points and 10 rebounds on Tuesday night and the visiting Tigers rolled to a 68-53 win.
On Tuesday, the Ivy League announced the 2019 Indoor All-Ivy track and field teams, and Penn was well-represented.
Penn has been the dominant team in the League all season, but with their loss to Princeton on Tuesday, the Quakers are set to have to battle against the Tigers for the top spot.
Princeton's Bella Alarie exploded for 33 points and 10 rebounds on Tuesday night and the visiting Tigers rolled to a 68-53 win.
There still remains a plethora of possible Ivy League tournament scenarios with just four games left to play for each team.
Penn women's basketball hopes to continue its strong run in conference play against archrival Princeton at the Palestra.
Following her outstanding performance against Columbia and Cornell, senior forward Princess Aghayere earned co-Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Week honors.
The Red and Blue began the day strong with a dominant 23-4 win over Johns Hopkins. Their success continued with a 16-11 win versus St. Johns and a subsequent 17-10 victory against Princeton.
This weekend in Cambridge, Mass., Penn women's track repeated as champions with 136 points while the men finished second behind Princeton.
The Quakers ended the dual meet season on Sunday in Bethlehem, Pa. Hoping to steal a win away from No. 20 Lehigh, the Red and Blue came up short and concluded the regular season with a 34-6 defeat.
Both the Penn men's and women's teams beat William & Mary, with the men clinching a 4-3 victory to end the weekend with a positive outcome.
After a disappointing double-overtime loss to Harvard last weekend, Aghayere helped the Quakers get back on track as the Red and Blue swept a weekend series against Columbia and Cornell.
Moments of brilliance, like the win over Villanova in December, are nice, but poise that lasts for an entire season? That’s magical.
The sweep of the New York Ivies makes the Quakers 8-1 in League play with just five regular season games remaining.
The Quakers got the job done on Saturday in a strong 68-50 win over Cornell, which sat two slots above them in the conference standings entering the game.
From the start of the contest, the Quakers struggled to keep up with the Blue Devils, ultimately losing 17-7.
In the end, the offenses would come back down to earth and the Quakers would win, 69-58, in a game that was close but never really in doubt.
Penn men's and women's basketball will look to pick up Ivy wins over Cornell on Saturday, as the women tip off at 4:30 while the men take the court at 7:00.