The Penn coaching staff has one of its toughest decisions of the year: start junior Robert Irvin or senior Bryan Walker at quarterback? But health, not coach Al Bagnoli, might have to make that decision for them. Irvin aggravated his throwing shoulder during the Villanova game on Sept.
At 5-foot-5, two inches shorter than her next-smallest teammate and half a foot shorter than most of the Quakers, Madison Wojciechowski has an atypical frame for a quarterback. She stands out even more on the floor of the Palestra, when she sports a multi-colored getup that contrasts sharply with her teammates' plain uniforms.
The slowest person on the Philadelphia Eagles practice field has remained with the team for almost four decades. And the most devout and literary sports fans from the City of Brotherly Love wouldn't want it any other way. Ray Didinger has been covering the city's pro-sports teams since he was 23 years old, and has become the media equivalent of versatile ex-NFLer Kordell Stewart: sportswriter, radio personality, TV commentator and NFL Films producer rolled into one.
Sunday's match against Rider marked the third game out of four that women's soccer captain Natalie Capuano sat out due to a concussion. Coach Darren Ambrose said "she's been feeling the repercussions of it for about two weeks now." Capuano was cleared to play in the middle of last week by neurologists at Student Health Services, but didn't take the field in last weekend's games.
Stephen Egee is no stranger to Penn - his brother Kevin is a junior on the hoops team - and might like to make the Palestra his home for the next four years. The younger Egee says his brother has not tried to convince him to attend Penn, but that through Kevin, he has gotten a firsthand opinion on the coaches and team.
After losing its first four games, the Penn field hockey team has finally started to gel, winning three in a row. Considering the Quakers' next opponent, it couldn't have come at a better time. Tonight Penn (3-4) will host No. 21 Villanova (8-2) in a game matching two hot teams.
After losing its first four games, the Penn field hockey team has finally started to gel, winning three in a row. Considering the Quakers' next opponent, it couldn't have come at a better time. Tonight Penn (3-4) will host No. 21 Villanova (8-2) in a game matching two hot teams.
At 5-foot-5, two inches shorter than her next-smallest teammate and half a foot shorter than most of the Quakers, Madison Wojciechowski has an atypical frame for a quarterback. She stands out even more on the floor of the Palestra, when she sports a multi-colored getup that contrasts sharply with her teammates' plain uniforms.
The slowest person on the Philadelphia Eagles practice field has remained with the team for almost four decades. And the most devout and literary sports fans from the City of Brotherly Love wouldn't want it any other way. Ray Didinger has been covering the city's pro-sports teams since he was 23 years old, and has become the media equivalent of versatile ex-NFLer Kordell Stewart: sportswriter, radio personality, TV commentator and NFL Films producer rolled into one.
Despite dominating time of possession and outshooting Cornell 11-1 on Friday, the Penn women's soccer team had trouble finding the back of the net in its first Ivy League matchup of the season. The Quakers rely on precision passes to set up scoring opportunities, but their timing has been slightly off at times during the season.
Dartmouth quarterback Tom Bennewitz waited a long time for this one. As significant as Saturday's milestone 21-13 win over Penn was for his team and his program, that first win as a starter holds a special place.
Yale tailback Mike McLeod continues his march to the top of the Ivy League record books. He had the biggest day of his career - and one of the biggest in Ivy history - on Saturday, picking apart Holy Cross's defense for a Yale-record 256 yards. McLeod tied a 76-year-old school record by rushing for five touchdowns.
To those who weren't in Hanover, N.H., on Saturday, it's hard to fathom how Penn managed to score only 13 points, much less lose to Dartmouth. The Quakers had no turnovers, 406 yards of total offense, and on average, they started their drives from their own 44-yard line - tremendous field position, to say the least.
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 29 - The Quakers overcame deficits, questionable calls and brilliant play by the Tigers to force a fifth and deciding game. But in the end, the ball just wouldn't bounce the Penn volleyball team's way. Princeton took the five-game thriller 26-30, 33-31, 30-16, 34-36, 15-11.
HANOVER, N.H. When a team fails to meet early expectations, all eyes turn first to the man under center. When a team scores fewer than 12 points a game through those losses, all eyes turn first to the man under center. This isn't an excerpt from some kind of football prayer book.
HANOVER, N.H., Sept. 29 - Penn's season has officially taken a turn for the worst. In a wild finish, the Quakers trailed Dartmouth 21-13 with less than 30 seconds to go in the game.
The men's soccer team had an opportunity to vent out some frustration at its slow start to the season on Saturday at Saint Joseph's. Playing an overmatched and sliding St. Joe's squad, Penn dominated the entire game, winning 4-0. The win put Penn at 2-4-2, while St.
HANOVER, N.H., Sept. 29 - In what was a thoroughly confusing roller coaster of a football game on Saturday, it is fitting that the deciding play in the final moments would leave the Quakers with far more questions than answers.
Five weeks after Roger Federer successfully defended his U.S. Open title at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York, the Penn men's tennis team failed to follow suit at the same venue. The Quakers' two-year reign at the ECAC Championships met its end on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to Harvard.
It only took five minutes for the Penn field hockey team to shake off the rust accumulated during a two-week break. Dartmouth had the ball for the first five minutes of the game, but as soon as Penn got its first possession, the Quakers dominated, winning 5-1.
The Quakers' defense played well enough to keep them in the game, but it was the Cornell defense that handed Penn a 1-0 victory on Friday. The only tally came on an own goal just under 10 minutes into Penn's Ivy League opener. Cornell defender Leslie Campbell inadvertently headed the ball into her own net.
The Quakers struggled mightily in the red zone all game, and the failure to convert a crucial fourth down sealed the loss. Penn had 406 yards of total offense, yet it only managed to put 13 points on the board.
By the middle of the Dartmouth football team's 2005 campaign, the most unlikely of quarterbacks emerged. Josh Cohen, a true freshman, completed 25 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start against Holy Cross and earned the starting job for the rest of the season.
Solutions by The State News
