On Wednesday, Penn’s athletic director Steve Bilsky announced that Penn would add a varsity team next year: Quidditch.
Beginning with the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a showcase for elite college seniors running from April 11-14, Rosen will look to impress professional scouts in the hopes of hearing his name called during the NBA draft on June 28.
Though neither player doubted that they were playing well together, the doubles pairing of junior captain Jules Rodin and freshman Sol Eskenazi surprisingly cracked the top 60 Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
After being blown out, 12-2, in the first game of a doubleheader against Brown on Monday afternoon, the Quakers rebounded with a 7-5 comeback win.
Beginning with the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a showcase for elite college seniors running from April 11-14, Rosen will look to impress professional scouts in the hopes of hearing his name called during the NBA draft on June 28.
Though neither player doubted that they were playing well together, the doubles pairing of junior captain Jules Rodin and freshman Sol Eskenazi surprisingly cracked the top 60 Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
Though the Red and Blue boasted no individual winners, a number of strong performances provided optimism for the future.
Down, 7-3, at the half, the Quakers staged an impressive comeback, and with 5:39 left in the game, junior Tim Schwalje tied the game at nine. But it was all for naught.
The No. 8 Quakers split the difference on the weekend, dropping Friday’s game against Maryland, 14-6, and trouncing Ivy League opponent Columbia on Sunday, 19-8.
The Quakers were up three matches to one against Princeton, but dropped the final three matches in dramatic fashion.
The Quakers swept all four of their games this weekend and are now 4-0 in the Ivy League and 10-2 at their new stadium at Penn Park.
The Quakers swept Yale in Sunday’s doubleheader in its Ivy opener and will make up Saturday’s canceled doubleheader against Brown on Saturday.
The Quakers split their two games this weekend, losing to No. 3 Maryland but beating Columbia.
The Quakers looked dominant in their first weekend of spring lightweight crew with wins over Delaware and Saint Joseph’s.
The Penn men’s track and field team performed well at the Texas Relays where it faced much of the same competition it will face at the Penn Relays.
The Quakers lost 6-1 to the Tigers in their Ivy opener. The lone point came at No. 1 singles from freshman Sol Eskenazi.
This year the tables are turned on Yale and Brown, as the struggling teams will meet Penn’s new arsenal of freshman talent on Friday and Saturday, respectively, at Penn Park in the Quakers’ Ivy League opener.
It’s time to put it all together for the Penn baseball team (8-9), which seems to be catching fire at the right time heading into this weekend’s Ivy openers against Brown and Yale.
Saturday on the Schuylkill, the Penn lightweight rowing team will face former head man Mike Irwin and St. Joe’s. The Quakers would love nothing more than to pull out a few first-place finishes.
No. 8 Penn hosts No. 3 Maryland Friday, but will have to do so without leading goal scorer Maddie Poplawski, who is out with a concussion.
Solutions by The State News
