Penn women's soccer falters on final day, forced to share Ivy title with Tigers
Penn women's soccer lost their first Ivy League game on the last day of the season, falling to the Tigers 1-0.
Penn women's soccer lost their first Ivy League game on the last day of the season, falling to the Tigers 1-0.
None are coming in as highly touted as now-sophomore center Eleah Parker was last year, but that doesn’t mean they won’t make an immediate impact.
Wang is the highest rated recruit so far of coach Steve Donahue’s tenure at Penn, and that pedigree has shown so far in the preseason. Wang has been a standout performer, displaying his immense talent frequently in practices and scrimmages.
All three started in every game for Penn last season, meaning more than half of the team’s starting lineup this season will be players new to that role. But the Quakers won’t be losing everyone from that Ivy League runner-up team last season.
None are coming in as highly touted as now-sophomore center Eleah Parker was last year, but that doesn’t mean they won’t make an immediate impact.
Wang is the highest rated recruit so far of coach Steve Donahue’s tenure at Penn, and that pedigree has shown so far in the preseason. Wang has been a standout performer, displaying his immense talent frequently in practices and scrimmages.
The most obvious answer seems to be junior Devon Goodman. After coming off the bench for 3.8 points and 14.0 minutes per game last season, coach Steve Donahue plans to at least open the season with Goodman in the starting five.
This win was on the juniors and sophomores. And if they can play like they did here against Cornell over the final two weeks, they might just set themselves up for a title run next year.
Penn football put up just three points in the first half, but eventually found enough momentum to roll over Cornell, 20-7, and take the Trustee’s Cup for the sixth year in a row.
Follow along as Penn football looks to defeat the Cornell Bears in a Friday night showdown in Ithaca, N.Y.
While Penn women's soccer might have the most important game to play this weekend, here's a look at three others teams that will also be in action.
It’s the buy-in from all 30 players, the desire to put everything on the line each time they step foot on the pitch, the commitment to conditioning and training, that has made all the difference.
Now, as the Quakers approach a Friday night showdown on ESPNU where they’ll hope to break a third-place tie with Cornell, things are right back to where they were before the season — when it comes to who’s under center, it’s anyone’s game.
Come Monday afternoons next semester, New York Jets linebacker and Wharton 2013 graduate Brandon Copeland will be back at Penn co-teaching a seminar course titled “Inequity and Empowerment: Urban Financial Literacy,” alongside Dr. Brian Peterson.
Ivy League bragging rights aren’t the only thing up in the air. The other honor on the line is the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
Penn has allied itself with an asset management firm at the expense of the student experience. Penn Athletics thought about its wallet before its student-athletes.
Despite a strong performance by Delaware, Penn emerged victorious against the Blue Hens with a 2-1 win. The Quakers proved that their win against Brown this past Sunday, their first in nine games, wasn’t just a fluke.
Penn Athletics announced a new multi-year corporate sponsorship centered on the naming rights of the Palestra court with Macquarie Investment Management in a press conference in the Palestra on Tuesday afternoon.
The Quakers may be down three starters and a key reserve from last season, but their schedule this year won't be any easier.
In every season, there are games with high stakes played on big stages that come to define a team.