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Nothing has come easy for men's tennis walk-on Zach Lessen, who is one of several Penn athletes forced to battle since Day One just to earn and maintain a spot on his respective varsity squad.

Penn Athletics has a variety of varsity sports teams, but it also hosts a wealth of club sports. These club teams can even be surprisingly successful — the men’s club basketball team, for instance, had a record-breaking year. But for the best club athletes, just how easy is it — and how often does it occur — to move up to the varsity level? The latter question is easier to answer.


If you asked most Penn students if they really enjoyed their toughest Pottruck workouts, the answer would probably be no. Hard runs or the dreaded leg days are often the things that — despite being sometimes necessary — they dread the most. Calvary Rogers, freshman track phenom, on the other hand, relishes the opportunity to have his coaches push him every day in practice.

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By Alexis Ziebelman · April 19, 2016

And that’s two. Late last night in good ol’ Baltimore, the Quakers were able to build on their Ivy win Saturday to defeat UMBC in a non-conference game 8-7. The Red and Blue got the first point on the board with an unassisted goal from midfield Tyler Dunn just 34 seconds into the game. But the Retrievers didn’t let Penn stay up for long.



A rising star for Penn track, a member of Class Board and an Undergraduate Assembly representative, Calvary Rogers has taken University City by storm in his freshman year.

If you asked most Penn students if they really enjoyed their toughest Pottruck workouts, the answer would probably be no. Hard runs or the dreaded leg days are often the things that — despite being sometimes necessary — they dread the most. Calvary Rogers, freshman track phenom, on the other hand, relishes the opportunity to have his coaches push him every day in practice.



Senior attack Nick Doktor helped Penn men's lacrosse to a dramatic 14-13 win over Harvard.

Less than a day after hundreds of students flocked to Franklin Field to experience the musical stylings of Chance the Rapper, Penn men’s lacrosse put on an equally compelling performance of its own. On Saturday, a crowd of 718 — which included a number of former players who returned to celebrate the team’s Alumni Day — took in an exciting, back-and-forth game.




Penn women's rowing defeated Cornell for the Class of '89 Plaque -- only the third time Penn has won it in program history.

Penn women's rowing tested its limits this weekend, and they did not come away empty handed. While in action at the Clemson Invitational in South Carolina, the Quakers secured the Class of '89 Plaque for only the third time in program history.





Senior midfielder Pat Berkery, who was on the team that came up just short of the Ivy League crown two years ago, is optimistic that this year's group can once again challenge to be top dog in the Ancient Eight.

After the stage comes down and the sun comes up, Franklin Field will transform back from a concert venue to a stadium. At 3 p.m. on Saturday, Penn men’s lacrosse will host Harvard in an attempt to snap out of a three-game losing streak









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