Quakers get shot at Princeton upset
Penn (9-7, 3-3 Ivy) will travel to No. 2 Princeton (15-1, 6-0) to face its old rival in their classic season finale matchup.
Penn (9-7, 3-3 Ivy) will travel to No. 2 Princeton (15-1, 6-0) to face its old rival in their classic season finale matchup.
If Penn and Dartmouth win this weekend, there will be a three-way tie for the Ivy League championship with Princeton. But the league can only grant one automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and it has an unusual method for breaking the deadlock.
While at Penn and working for the Daily Pennsylvanian in 2002, Jesse Spector made a joking attempt to buy the Montreal Expos. Now he covers the NHL for the Sporting News.
Under the open philosophy of coach Bill Wagner, the Penn sprint football team has become a hotbed for players trying out — and often succeeding at — new positions on the field.
If Penn and Dartmouth win this weekend, there will be a three-way tie for the Ivy League championship with Princeton. But the league can only grant one automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and it has an unusual method for breaking the deadlock.
While at Penn and working for the Daily Pennsylvanian in 2002, Jesse Spector made a joking attempt to buy the Montreal Expos. Now he covers the NHL for the Sporting News.
In Penn’s 20-17 victory over Brown, neither team was dominant on offense or defense. Saturday, special teams made the difference.
We take a closer look at Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Brown, spotlighting Max Kurtzman’s actions throughout the course of the contest.
With international attention on the sport at a high following the Olympic Games, the judo club at Penn is working to gain notoriety and relevance on the university’s sports circuit.
The Quakers’ seniors closed Franklin Field in style with a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory over Brown on Sunday.
Penn’s homecoming victory over Brown on Saturday featured two elite wide receivers. One of them pulled in 17 catches for 170 yards and a touchdown. The other had 5 receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown.
Besieged by problems on both sides of the ball from the outset, the Quakers were run over by Navy, 44-10.
On Saturday evening against Brown, York ended Senior Night in dramatic fashion, winning the game for Penn by netting her first goal of the season in overtime. The 1-0 victory at Rhodes Field ensured the Quakers will play for a share of the Ivy League championship on Nov. 3 at Princeton.
The nationally ranked Bears (12-1-2, 4-0-1 Ivy) got off to a quick start when they found the back of the net under four minutes into the match on a one-timer to the upper left corner off a deflection.
Penn’s Homecoming game against Brown came down to the final minutes, as Connor Loftus kicked a 35-yard field goal to give the Quakers a 20-17 victory.
For current Penn undergrads, it is unimaginable that hundreds of students would line up hours before basketball tickets go on sale in order to reserve their seats — that type of devotion is reserved for a headlining act.
To beat Brown, which has one of the top defenses in the Ivy League, the Quakers will need to be more efficient inside the 20-yard line in Saturday’s showdown at Franklin Field.
At 7:30 p.m. on Homecoming evening, the Quakers will face off against first-place Brown at Rhodes Field.
Coming off of a big comeback win against Princeton last weekend, the Penn volleyball team enters its weekend slate with a growing confidence after having won four of its last five matches.
Penn will face Brown on Saturday in a game the Red and Blue must win to stay in contention for the Ivy championship and in the seniors’ last match at Rhodes Field.