Softball
Penn softball salvages weekend series with Columbia with win in final game
After dropping both legs of a Saturday doubleheader in extra innings, the Quakers desperately needed to get off to a hot start in the afternoon contest. They did just that, taking a 6-0 lead after two innings and never looking back.
Outside of March Madness, Penn sports has plenty to look forward to this weekend
It is easy to forget – given Penn men’s basketball recent ascension to Ivy League champs and March Madness – that a number of other teams are in the thick of their seasons right now, battling for similar glory. Outside of the basketball programs, seven other Penn squads will be searching for wins this weekend.
Here's how the rest of Penn Athletics fared over spring break
Basketball may have taken the headlines, but the rest of Penn Athletics has been equally busy.
Penn softball to open season with wild 11-game stretch down south
This spring break, the Quakers will head to Clearwater, Florida to play their opening games of the season in the USF Under Armor Invitational. The Quakers will play a total of 11 games in a span of just seven days.
After accounts of mistreatment on softball team, Penn's Athletic Director seeks input from alumni
The DP was forwarded an email sent to Penn softball alumni from Penn Athletic Director M. Grace Calhoun.
Penn softball coach Leslie King inducted into Softball New Zealand Hall of Fame
Penn softball coach Leslie King spent the weekend across the Pacific Ocean in Wellington, New Zealand, where she was inducted into the Softball New Zealand Hall of Fame on Sept. 2.
Poor retention and accounts of mistreatment by Penn softball coach raise 'a huge red flag'
These allegations raise questions about whether the pressure King imposed on her players crossed the line into mistreatment.
Seeing double: Twin sisters Kayla, Sarah Ketring bring twice the energy to Penn softball
That’s the case for the Ketring twins, Sarah and Kayla, of Penn softball. The freshmen duo from Moorpark, Calif. have taken the journey across the country to go to college and play softball together.
Penn softball's Leah Allen awarded Ivy League Player of the Year
A tough start to the season took Penn out of Ivy League contention early, but a strong finish helped solidify the All-Ivy seasons of five Quakers.
Leah Allen powers Penn softball to three weekend wins, breaking another record along the way
With just four games left of the 2017 softball season, senior right fielder Leah Allen is doing all she can to cement her legacy as one of the greatest players to ever grace Penn Park.
Penn softball continues slide with heartbreaking 5-4 loss to St. Joe's
In a rollercoaster matchup between Big 5 rivals that saw three lead changes in the final three innings, the Quakers fell to Saint Joseph's by the score of 5-4 on a two run, walk-off single. This loss is the fifth straight and six out of seven for the Red and Blue (15-17, 5-7 Ivy), who were swept in a four-game weekend set at home against Princeton.
Sophomore Stud: Cwiertnia hasn't slowed down a bit for Penn softball
With such a star-studded senior class, Penn softball is desperate for a late season rally to send some of its top contributors off in style.
With four straight losses to Princeton, Penn softball plummets down Ivy League standings
This one hurts. Penn softball entered this weekend's four game set with Princeton on the upswing, winners of four of their last five, and in prime striking distance, just one game back from the Tigers in the Ivy South Division. But now, it's all but over.
Penn softball continues to mash as they beat Drexel 10-3
The bats are coming alive at the right time for Penn softball. The Red and Blue defeated Drexel 10-3 on Wednesday and can now shift their focus onto the weekend as they await Ivy League-leading Princeton for a crucial set of doubleheaders around the diamond.
Penn baseball, softball get breaks from wild Ivy League races with non-league tilts
For Penn baseball and softball, Ivy League weekends are action packed marathons of excitement. A lot can change in four games in two days, so any weekday action is often a welcome break from the chaos of the conference title races. This Wednesday, Penn baseball and softball get such a chance.
Penn softball takes three out of four on road to stay near top of Ivy standings
Consider the stakes raised. After collecting a sweep of Yale and a split with Brown over the weekend, Penn softball has faced every opponent in the North Division and already has its eyes on the South Division title.
Penn Athletics Weekend MVP: Alexis Sargent
In two starts, one each against Brown and Yale, the senior ace threw two complete games, compiling a 2.00 ERA for the weekend. Penn (14-12, 5-3 Ivy) went on to win both games, beating Yale by the score of 4-1 and Brown by the score of 5-3, and Sargent earned the victory in both.
Following wild Ivy League series, Penn softball falls to Villanova in non-league match
When it rains, it pours. Penn Softball, like the thunderstorm that loomed overhead, couldn’t get anything going in a devastating 8-1 loss to Villanova. The results last weekend showed the Quakers (11-11, 2-2 Ivy) can come back from a deficit late, but this game was over in a hurry.
Roundtable | Who's the Penn Athletics MVP of the spring season so far?
With women's lacrosse ranked in the top 10 nationally, track and field seeing school records fall left and right, baseball having won ten of its last 11 games and more, the season has seen some supreme successes already — but only one athlete can stand out as the best. Our sports editors take to the roundtable to debate: Who is the Penn Athletics spring season MVP so far?