Penn men's tennis welcomes diverse freshman class
Coach David Geatz and his staff successfully recruited five new freshmen from across the country.
Coach David Geatz and his staff successfully recruited five new freshmen from across the country.
A three-time All-American with a Wikipedia page full of athletic achievements, Reynolds is the premiere upperclassman on a youth-heavy Penn program.
With a score of 190.15, the Quakers finished behind host Brown and Yale, but managed to edge out Cornell. After struggling to do so all season, the Red and Blue managed to top 190 for the third straight meet.
And while Penn still took care of the Big Green on Saturday, Friday night was a clear display of a new hierarchy in the Ivy League: Harvard ... and everyone else.
A three-time All-American with a Wikipedia page full of athletic achievements, Reynolds is the premiere upperclassman on a youth-heavy Penn program.
With a score of 190.15, the Quakers finished behind host Brown and Yale, but managed to edge out Cornell. After struggling to do so all season, the Red and Blue managed to top 190 for the third straight meet.
In the program’s first ever match against the Redbirds (4-3), the injury-riddled Quakers (1-5) fought hard across the board, but ultimately the team was not able to win the close matchups it needed, falling 5-2 on Sunday.
Competing at Brown’s Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, the Quakers finished fifth overall in the team standings with 882 points, which was the team’s best finish since the 2010-2011 season.
With the most important challenge of the year looming on the horizon, sometimes all a team needs is a little morale boost.That’s exactly what Penn wrestling got this weekend, going on the road to defeat rivals Princeton and Drexel, 22-9 and 20-10, respectively.
The Quakers began the weekend with a big victory on Friday at Harvard, 63-50, before last-place Dartmouth upset the Red and Blue on Saturday night, 53-50.
Over the course of the Quakers Ivy League slate, it's become evident that Penn seems to be the athletic embodiment of both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
In a major upset, one that ended in heartbreaking fashion, the Quakers fell to the Big Green, 53-50.
It was the game Henry Brooks was always meant to have. All of the Penn junior forward’s best attributes were on display. The active hands. The deft touch inside. And most of all, the nasty attitude on defense.
Last year, the Penn men’s lacrosse team danced with the Blue Devils and came out on top. This year, the team wasn’t quite as lucky.
Playing at Franklin Field beneath a clear sky and mild 50-degree temperatures and blustery winds, the Quakers shrugged off a slow start to notch a win in its season opener against Delaware, 11-8.
I’d like to imagine a world where Penn coach Jerome Allen and Harvard coach Tommy Amaker switched jobs for the past two weeks, and then faced each other yesterday.Talent wise, Harvard and Penn aren’t so different - the Crimson have the edge, but not one that explains 20 and 30-point wins.
Penn women’s basketball went up to Cambridge, Mass. on Friday night and beat Harvard, 63-50. It was the first time Penn (17-5, 7-1 Ivy) beat the Crimson (17-6, 7-2) on the road in 10 years and paved the way for a first-place tie between Penn and Princeton, who faces Harvard on Saturday.
Harvard guard Siyani Chambers' passing display left the Quakers flat-footed and ultimately defeated.
Following two grueling defeats at the hands of Yale and Brown last weekend, the Red and Blue return home for another Ivy doubleheader, this time against Harvard and Dartmouth.
Penn women’s basketball heads up to Cambridge on Friday for a battle with Harvard for first place in the Ivy League, followed by a date with last-place Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H.