While the Quakers' victory brought head coach Al Bagnoli's win total to the century mark, Norries Wilson was just getting started as head coach of Columbia. The Lions pulled an impressive 37-7 upset victory over Fordham, scoring 20 points off of turnovers.
EASTON, Pa. - Penn football coach Al Bagnoli is no stranger to special-teams disasters: His team fell victim to several of them last year. He must have felt an ironic satisfaction, then, to see his team force two of those miscues in key situations on Saturday.
They're back. After a four-game losing streak that put last year's team under .500 in the Ivy League, the Quakers of old have seemingly returned.
EASTON, Pa. - Watching the game in real time, the question was obvious: Looking at the box score, it became even more pressing.
Saturday could have been quite a day for Penn sports. Four teams are playing at home - women's tennis is hosting the Cissie Leary Invitational, football is playing against Villanova, men's soccer against Harvard and volleyball against Binghamton in the Penn-Sheraton Invitational.
For years, Penn junior Collette DeBenedetto lifted weights as a means. It was just another facet of her workout, another way to improve her track and field career. Now, weightlifting is her end - her sport.
For years, Penn junior Collette DeBenedetto lifted weights as a means. It was just another facet of her workout, another way to improve her track and field career. Now, weightlifting is her end - her sport.
EASTON, Pa. - Penn football coach Al Bagnoli is no stranger to special-teams disasters: His team fell victim to several of them last year. He must have felt an ironic satisfaction, then, to see his team force two of those miscues in key situations on Saturday.
They're back. After a four-game losing streak that put last year's team under .500 in the Ivy League, the Quakers of old have seemingly returned.
As Al Bagnoli twiddled his victory cigar, one has to wonder what he was thinking about. Was he enjoying his 100th win as Penn's head coach? The end of a four-game losing streak? Beating a top-25 team? Seeing his starting sophomore quarterback begin his career 11-for-11? Instead, Bagnoli may have been realizing that his front seven put up a dominant performance, holding an offense that scored 28 points in the first half alone a week earlier to 11 against the Quakers.
The Penn men's tennis team came up short at the Virginia Invitational, despite a successful first day. Senior Mikhail Bekker and sophomores Jonathan Boym and Justin Fox all won tough three-set matches on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals, but junior Jason Pinsky lost his first match.
If preseason success is any indication of a team's chances in weeks to come, then both the Penn men and women's cross country teams are heading toward very productive seasons. The men's team earned a first-place finish at Saturday's Lock Haven Invitational.
With a 2-1 victory over Penn on Saturday, Cornell's field hockey team jumped out to 4-0 for the first time in its history. But the perfect record was broken up by Vermont yesterday in a 2-0 Big Red loss. Despite 11 shots, the Quakers were only able to convert once in Saturday's game.
With a 2-1 victory over Penn (2-4, 1-1 Ivy) on Saturday, the Cornell field hockey team started out 4-0 for the first time in its history. Cornell took a 2-0 lead in the first half, while the Quakers were only able to convert once. Junior Melissa Black scored on a penalty corner as time wound down in the first half.
EASTON, Pa. - How Robert Irvin would perform in his collegiate debut was almost as big a question as whether he would be the one lining up under center on Saturday. He answered both questions - not just by winning the starting job (several weeks ago, according to coach Al Bagnoli), but by earning the right to keep it.
After earning its first win this season in Fullerton, Calif., the Penn women's volleyball team celebrated California style: with a trip to the beach feasting on In-n-Out burgers. At the Holiday Inn Buena Park Fullerton Classic last weekend, the Quakers fell to San Diego State on Friday afternoon, 0-3, and to Cal State Fullerton, 3-1, on Saturday morning.
Penn sprint football quarterback Mike Loguidice led his team in a valiant attempt to win, but mistakes and a poor night of blocking dampened all hopes for capturing the Allegiance Bowl title. In the end, the Quakers fell to Cornell, 20-12. In the loss, Loguidice performed well, completing 15-of-25 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns.
It certainly wasn't clean or pretty, but as far as the men's soccer team was concerned, it worked.
With high expectations and team support, the women's tennis team fought with fire this weekend during the 14th annual William & Mary Invitational in Virginia. The matches took place on Friday and Saturday in individual tournament format, and no team scores were kept.
What a weekend for Jessica Fuccello. The freshman forward notched two game-winners over the weekend when the Quakers traveled to play UNC-Greensboro and East Carolina. The two wins kept the Quakers' undefeated season alive, moving them to 4-0-1 overall. "I was kind of on a streak of non-scoring," Fuccello said.
Four years ago at Lafayette, quarterback Marko Glavic was ending a career as the Patriot League's all-time leading passer, and an average-sized kid out of Loveland, Ohio - population 11,219 - was running the Leopards' scout team. Fast forward to 2006, and that kid is now staking his own claim to the history books.
The Quakers football team got its season off to a strong start with a 21-11 win to spoil the opening of Lafayette's new stadium today. Sophomore QB Robert Irvin got the start over junior Bryan Walker, who played in several games last season. Senior RB Joe Sandberg had 166 yards and two touchdowns over 24 carries.
The Quakers women's soccer team is taking its undefeated act on the road this weekend. Leaving Rhodes Field for the first time this fall, Penn (2-0-1) will travel south to North Carolina to challenge UNC-Greensboro and East Carolina. Even after tying Rice Sept.
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