Penn wrestling’s head coach Alex Tirapelle likes to stress the importance of communication to his athletes.
From the warmup, you could tell that something was special about this Penn basketball game. The Palestra crowd, often all too sparse in recent years, was today sizeable, raucous and often on their feet.
As many people start their new years with resolutions and hope, the Penn fencing team is following suit in preparation for a trophy-laden 2016.
Although Penn boasts countless spectacular student-athletes, the most impressive aspect of their success may not even be the athletic success itself.
2016 has already been a noteworthy year for two Penn basketball players no longer with the team.
Penn wrestlers were back on campus a few days early this semester to kick off the 2016 dual meet season in a hard fought 27-10 loss to Lehigh at the Palestra on Sunday. The Quakers had already gotten a taste of the 10th ranked Mountainhawks over winter break at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Penn wrestlers were back on campus a few days early this semester to kick off the 2016 dual meet season in a hard fought 27-10 loss to Lehigh at the Palestra on Sunday. The Quakers had already gotten a taste of the 10th ranked Mountainhawks over winter break at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn.
From the warmup, you could tell that something was special about this Penn basketball game. The Palestra crowd, often all too sparse in recent years, was today sizeable, raucous and often on their feet.
As many people start their new years with resolutions and hope, the Penn fencing team is following suit in preparation for a trophy-laden 2016.
All great things must come to an end. Penn Squash knows that all too well after this weekend.
In a season defined by dominant veteran performances, Penn swimming’s youth movement made a mark of its own over the weekend.
Freshmen play clutch minutes in near-victory
Penn basketball guard Antonio Woods has been declared ineligible for the remainder of the season.
On Tuesday, The Daily Pennsylvanian confirmed that Hicks had elected to play his final season at Louisville in 2016-17. We spoke to Hicks by phone Wednesday afternoon.
Tony Hicks, the former Penn basketball star who was slated to serve as a team captain in his final season with the Quakers before leaving the program in October, will transfer to Louisville.
When the clock struck midnight and the new year was rung in this weekend, many Penn students were out and about.
The 80-45 win was the largest margin of victory for the Red and Blue since the 2005-06 season, when the then-Fran Dunphy-led Quakers demolished Cornell by 40
Against No. 17 Villanova, Penn was overwhelmed in the first half of a 77-57 loss and never fully recovered.
In the world of Philadelphia basketball, 33rd Street has belonged to Drexel since 2006. Following Tuesday evening, by the slimmest of margins, the road will remain Dragon territory.
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When Weenies then-junior fullback/safety Matt Mantica proclaimed that the end of DPOSTM’s run of success was in sight at last year’s Kamin Cup, the incoming president’s prediction seemed ludicrous.
We’re in uncharted territory. With back-to-back wins over top 5 teams from the men’s side along with another perfect start to the season on the women’s side, associate head coach Gilly Lane finds himself as a leader of one of the most successful Penn squash programs in school history. “It hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Lane said.
Time for an encore. In its first Big 5 game of the season against La Salle, Penn basketball snapped out of a funk to capture its biggest win in several years.
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