Tony | Ivy success not made of just money for Penn basketball
What can Penn basketball do to get better? One answer is to keep having recruiting classes like the Quakers’ Class of 2017.
What can Penn basketball do to get better? One answer is to keep having recruiting classes like the Quakers’ Class of 2017.
Cornell and Penn joined forces to take on the combined team of their British opponents, and both the men and women emerged victorious by scores of 14-5 and 15-4, respectively.
The Quakers wrapped up their Ivy road trip with a 5-2 loss at Brown, and a 7-0 loss at No. 54 Yale.
Penn (17-13, 7-1 Ivy) swept Yale (7-21, 3-5) courtesy of back-to-back shutouts, 7-0 and 9-0, respectively. Then the Quakers swept Brown (7-16, 1-7) in two more solid performances, 7-1 and 6-4.
Cornell and Penn joined forces to take on the combined team of their British opponents, and both the men and women emerged victorious by scores of 14-5 and 15-4, respectively.
The Quakers wrapped up their Ivy road trip with a 5-2 loss at Brown, and a 7-0 loss at No. 54 Yale.
The Penn baseball team finished its cross-divisional play this weekend, splitting a pair of doubleheaders against Yale and Brown with the Lou Gehrig Division race still wide open.
The Quakers (9-5, 1-2 Ivy), were able to slip by Brown (6-9, 0-2) on Friday, 4-3, but fell to No. 41 Yale (13-2, 2-0), 5-2, to close out their weekend homestand.
The Quakers knocked off Columbia in New York, 13-8, the 17th Penn victory in 17 meetings between the schools.
The Quakers (6-3, 2-2 Ivy) rode a 5-0 run to close the first half on their way to a bruising 10-3 victory behind a hattrick by sophomore attack Isaac Bock — Penn’s first victory over Brown in four years.
Today’s match against the Bears was the first of a home doubleheader for Quakers, and a victory helps set the tone for tomorrow’s duel against Yale at the Hamlin Tennis Center.
The Penn men’s lightweight rowing team will host the annual Matthews-Leonard Cups, which involve races between Penn and Cornell. This year, Harvard has been invited as a guest and will participate in the race, though the contention of the Cups is only between Penn and Cornell.
In basketball, since the advent of the free throw, the term “free” has been associated with the idea of a guarantee. That’s why, when watching women’s lacrosse for the first time, it’s easy to get confused about what free means.
Penn has many connections to the coaching scandal, which broke when ESPN aired video footage of Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice hitting and taunting players, at times yelling homophobic slurs.
The Penn men’s golf team heads into the homestretch of its schedule as spring descends upon the Northeast.
No. 17 Penn (5-3, 1-2 Ivy) has lost to Brown (5-3, 1-1) each of the last three years, so history may not necessarily be on the Quakers’ side for those 60 minutes when they hit the road to take on the Bears on Saturday at 3 p.m.
After dropping their Ivy League opener to Princeton last weekend, the Quakers will travel to take on Brown on Saturday and No. 54 Yale on Sunday.
The Quakers made a strong statement in their opening weekend of Ivy play, sweeping Dartmouth and splitting with Harvard. This weekend, they have the chance to start pulling away in the race.
After the Penn women’s lacrosse team was able to keep up with the No.1 team in the country against Maryland and dominated Lehigh, the Quakers are eager to maintain their rightful spot at the top of the conference standings as they return to Ivy play.
Friday and Saturday, the Quakers will take on Brown and Yale on their own turf at the Hamlin Tennis Center hoping not to repeat last year’s road losses.