DP Sports Player of the Week: Adam Goldner
Penn men’s lacrosse clinched its first regular season Ivy League title in 30 years in style, tying the school record for goals in a game in a 26-13 win over Harvard.
Penn men’s lacrosse clinched its first regular season Ivy League title in 30 years in style, tying the school record for goals in a game in a 26-13 win over Harvard.
When all was said and done, Penn took home 10 victories, and 10 of its performances secured spots in the top 10 all-time for their respective events.
With 717 shots, the team placed third among the 12 teams in the tournament that featured two rounds and 36 holes.
The lightweights would be rowing at home against Columbia and Yale, while heavyweights faced Columbia and Princeton.
When all was said and done, Penn took home 10 victories, and 10 of its performances secured spots in the top 10 all-time for their respective events.
With 717 shots, the team placed third among the 12 teams in the tournament that featured two rounds and 36 holes.
Penn hasn’t won an Ivy title since 1988, and the Quakers’ success this year hasn’t come without practice and perseverance.
In a matchup of two of the best teams in the Ivy League, it was a battle between Penn’s hot offense and Princeton’s dominant pitching.
The Quakers were ultimately handed their third overall loss and first of Ivy play in a 15-11 defeat on senior day.
It was through Dr. Michael Platt that Leone learned about the neuroscience research Platt was doing as part of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative.
Watch a Penn women’s lacrosse game for only a few minutes, and you’re sure to notice the constant activity of Barry from the midfield.
Anyone who has watched the Red and Blue take the field this year will observe another element of the Major League game trickling down to Meiklejohn Stadium: the shift.
Goldner sits third in the nation in goals scored per game with 3.67; his total is 33. For context, Penn has scored 123 goals this season.
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After tallying 49 runs in a sweep against Dartmouth last weekend, the Quakers didn’t generate much offense against Monmouth on Wednesday at Meiklejohn Stadium.
The No. 6 Quakers have now won six games in a row and are the only undefeated team in the Ivy League as they prepare to face Harvard on Saturday.
Penn women’s lacrosse will take on Dartmouth this Saturday in the second installment of a five-game Ivy League stretch.
Coach Mark Anderson’s California-centric roster is a product of the state’s talent in the sport, academic goals, and interestingly enough, weather.
Practicing at Bala Golf Club, the women’s team travels an approximate half hour every time they have an outdoor practice.
After missing part of her senior season in high school to a devastating injury, Liv Smith spent eight months to prepare for her first year of college athletics.