Penn men's tennis still searching for first Ivy win
In the midst of a rocky season, Penn men’s tennis has not been able to catch a break. The Quakers dropped conference face-offs to No.
In the midst of a rocky season, Penn men’s tennis has not been able to catch a break. The Quakers dropped conference face-offs to No.
Part of what makes college athletics so dynamic and fun is its constant turnover of student-athletes.
“I didn’t think it was a big deal... In the worst case, I thought that I’d be missing one match.” If only that were the case.
While Penn track and field’s runners and jumpers practice on the track at famous Franklin Field, the Red and Blue’s throwing team is almost always hidden, out of view behind the Hollenback Center down River Fields Drive. As a result of their isolation, the throwers take a different approach to practice and have become members of a close-knit unit.
Part of what makes college athletics so dynamic and fun is its constant turnover of student-athletes.
“I didn’t think it was a big deal... In the worst case, I thought that I’d be missing one match.” If only that were the case.
Pitching? Check. Offense? Check. Penn baseball notched two Big 5 awards Monday, as senior outfielder Connor Betbeze took home Player of the Week while teammate and fellow senior Ronnie Glenn notched Pitcher of the Week. The awards came on the heels of a perfect seven-game stretch for the Quakers, who, in addition to a midweek victory over Saint Peter’s, notched doubleheader sweeps of conference foes Brown, Yale and Harvard. Glenn was dominant in his two appearances, notching two wins — both complete games — against Harvard and Brown.
After powering through the Ivy League’s four Red Rolfe division squads, Penn baseball returns to Philadelphia for a slight changeup in its action. Only two days after completing a four-game sweep against Yale and Brown by a combined 52-10, the Quakers return to the diamond on Tuesday in the semifinals of the Liberty Bell Classic against Big 5 rival Villanova. The midweek matinee marks the second time this season Penn (12-9) and the Wildcats (11-15) face off.
Winless in its first three Ivy League contests, Penn men’s lacrosse had nowhere to go but up in its matchup with No.
Penn baseball put on quite a power display this weekend. Facing two Ivy League rivals on the road, the Quakers (12-9, 7-1 Ivy) handily dispatched Yale on Saturday and Brown on Sunday.
With its season nearly over, Penn men’s swimming sent two representatives to the NCAA Championships for one last hurrah, giving the Quakers an opportunity to showcase their top performers on a national stage.
Before Penn basketball practice starts, it is every man for himself. Each player begins warming up, doing what each needs to do in order to feel ‘ready’ for the next two hours.
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.
33.2 seconds. Tie game. An NCAA Tournament bid on the line. In the end, experience trumped all as senior forward Steve Moundou-Missi drained a midrange jumper in the final 10 seconds to help Harvard claim its fourth straight automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
With Harvard and Yale playing a one-game playoff for the Ivy League's NCAA Tournament bid, here's a look at each team's two games against Penn.
They're perfect for a reason. Penn women's basketball found that out the hard way...again. Despite a strong effort in the game's first 25 minutes and energized play from forwards Michelle Nwokedi and Sydney Stipanovich, the Red and Blue could not overcome a run from Princeton midway through the second half, falling, 55-42, in the teams' regular season finale.
Person after person, alum after alum, player after player, everyone kept coming up to Jerome Allen.
Many of those connected to the program are upset by Allen's firing, especially given his ties to Penn basketball as a standout in the early 1990s.
Tim Krug played for the Penn basketball program from 1992 through 1996, including a three-year period in which he played alongside two-time Ivy League Player of the Year and current coach Jerome Allen.
With Jerome Allen out as Penn basketball head coach after Tuesday’s game against Princeton, Athletic Director Grace Calhoun is already on the lookout for a new head coach.