Venus ultimate frisbee team enters new season in the 'spirit of the game'
A noticeable increase in popularity is propelling Venus, Penn’s 35-year-old all-women ultimate Frisbee team, into a new competitive season.
A noticeable increase in popularity is propelling Venus, Penn’s 35-year-old all-women ultimate Frisbee team, into a new competitive season.
Will Snow, Sports Editor: The best team headed into Ivy play has to be women's soccer.
Beware the comments section. It’s a nasty, nasty place where productive discussions turn vile, where attacks are not based on arguments but the people who produce them. Four years of publishing articles and I’ve only had one foray into the pseudo-cyber bullying the comments section breeds.
Once again, Penn field hockey won in a one-goal game that fails to represent the team’s dominance during the course of play.
Will Snow, Sports Editor: The best team headed into Ivy play has to be women's soccer.
Beware the comments section. It’s a nasty, nasty place where productive discussions turn vile, where attacks are not based on arguments but the people who produce them. Four years of publishing articles and I’ve only had one foray into the pseudo-cyber bullying the comments section breeds.
Ever since I started playing sports, almost every coach I’ve had has talked about resilience as if it was their big secret.
The Good: After ending the first half with a sizable, the Quakers gained momentum with a powerful performance by Tre Solomon.
With the Ivy League ban on postseason play, Penn football’s non-conference matchups aren’t the team’s top priority.
One of the worst things a quarterback can do is spend too much time trying to make a decision in the pocket.
Last year, Penn field hockey’s opponents probably had one plan to keep the ball out of their net: find Alexa Hoover and keep the ball as far away from her as possible.
In order for Penn to have a shot at the College Sprint Football League title, they had to beat one of the service academies, something they haven't done since 2010. And just two weeks into their season, they've done just that.
It took them seven games, but Penn men's soccer finally got it done in regulation Saturday. Emphatically.
On the second day of Fall, Penn had a hard time standing up to a much more experienced Tiger squad at the Palestra. After battling back to force a decisive fifth set in their Ivy opener, Princeton took control en route to a victory over the Quakers.
A controversial foul call in the 29th minute proved to be the difference on Saturday, as Harvard senior Midge Purce’s penalty kick gave the Crimson a 1-0 victory over the Quakers in the Ivy League opener.
Penn field hockey took a trip to the Empire State this past weekend to take on Ivy rival Cornell and No. 1 Syracuse in what is one of the toughest weekends on their schedule.
In a turnover-ridded, mistake-filled game, Fordham managed to make fewer costly errors en route to a 31-17 defeat of the Quakers.
Following the success of last season’s pre-Yale fan fest, Penn Athletics has decided to renew and enlarge the program for 2016, bringing the pregame festivities to two football games and two basketball games.
Last year, they got away. Saturday marks the rematch. Penn football will travel to New York Saturday to play at Fordham for its road opener. In last year’s matchup, Penn came back from a 25-point deficit before losing on a late Fordham field goal, 48-45.
Welcome to the big league. That’s what this weekend looks like for Penn women’s soccer as they begin the Ivy season by hosting Harvard.