Softball
Penn softball drops three of four over weekend
It wasn’t quite the weekend Penn softball expected. After taking three of four games from Harvard and powerhouse Dartmouth last weekend, the Red and Blue seemed primed for a strong outing this weekend.
Penn softball pulls off pendulum swing in midweek doubleheader
Peaks and valleys? Try Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon. Penn softball split a doubleheader with lowly nonconference foe Lafayette on Wednesday evening.
Alexis Sargent stepping up to the plate for Penn softball
Coming into 2015, Penn softball pitcher and first baseman Alexis Sargent had already recorded the eighth-most home runs in program history, notched the school's fifth-lowest career earned run average, been named second-team All-Ivy and led the Quakers to the Ivy League Championship series. All in her rookie season. Sargent’s tremendous debut in 2014 wasn’t totally unexpected, as the Virginia native joined the Red and Blue after being named to the All-State team three times in high school, among numerous other accolades.
Penn softball wins three of four to start Ivy play
Not a bad way to start things off. Penn softball took three of four Ivy League games over the weekend, splitting with Dartmouth on Friday and sweeping Harvard on Sunday.
Turchin is all in for Penn softball
When she strides across home plate to take her lefty stance inside the batter’s box, you might not expect anything out of the ordinary from Sydney Turchin.
Penn softball looks to break through the bubble
What was a freshman-heavy roster last year has now blossomed into a more mature, more aggressive squad. Penn looks poised to burst through the barrier from a good team to a truly dominant team.
Déjà vu for Penn softball against Dartmouth
Come May 3, Penn softball is hoping for a little deja vu
Penn softball gets shut out in its final tuneup
Non-conference games have just not been kind to Penn softball this season. In what was the team’s final game before the all important Ivy League Championship Series, Penn fell to Big Five rival Villanova.
Penn softball claims Ivy South title vs. Columbia
The Quakers silenced the Columbia Lions with three resounding victories to clinch the South Division title and an Ivy League Championship berth.
Penn softball three wins away from postseason
After stumbling in their midweek matchup with Monmouth, the Quakers (15-18, 10-5 Ivy) return to Ivy League play for their final conference action of the regular season when they take on Columbia in a home-and-home four-game series this weekend
Penn softball hits bump in road against Monmouth
Just a bump in the road.The Quakers looked to keep their recent run of success going as they tried to build on the three wins that they picked up in their last four games against their rival Princeton Tigers.One tuneup left before crucial Ivy matchup for Penn softball
This weekend, the Quakers have a four game series against division-rival Columbia, but first, they need to take on Monmouth.
Penn softball takes South division control
After winning three of its four contests against the Tigers, the Quakers are now sitting pretty, with a 2.5-game lead over trailing Columbia.
Ivy South up for grabs as Penn softball faces Tigers
A historic rivalry. An Ivy South division title. A conference championship appearance. These are the stakes for Penn softball as they take on the Princeton Tigers in its second division series of the season.
Dragons attack downs Penn softball
The Quakers were looking to extend their winning streak to three games after a big series against Cornell last weekend, but couldn’t put it together against next-door neighbor Drexel and lost, 6-2.
Penn softball aims to correct miscues vs. Drexel
While a lot went right for the Quakers this past weekend as they scored 27 runs while winning three of four games, there were plenty of things that are cause for worry before the matchup with the Dragons
Red and Blue eye return to Ivy League Championships
With three series remaining in the 2014 regular season, the Quakers know that if they win all three, the squad will be back in the Ivy Championship game.
Ace pitchers help Penn softball stop skid against Brown
Penn softball needed a win — and desperately — after it got swept on the road by Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend.
Penn softball unable to salvage win in three-game Ivy weekend
The Quakers, who came into the weekend with momentum after wins over Yale and Temple, fell in all three games they completed, losing to Harvard, 8-3, on Friday before getting swept by Dartmouth, 3-2 and 12-1, respectively.