Sports Features
For Penn swimming's Eric Schultz, personal achievement comes second to team ambition
When Eric Schultz was a senior at La Salle College High School and considering Penn as the place he would spend the next four years swimming, he never dreamed of becoming an Ivy League champion.
Darien Nelson-Henry embraces his leading role with Penn basketball
Nelson-Henry has as dominating of a presence as life allows.
Penn squash's Max Reed reflects on an unconventional journey to the top of his sport
As Drake so eloquently said, “Started from the bottom, now we here.” For Max Reed, that story is all too true. The freshman from Lebanon, N.H., has taken a unique and — at times — bumpy path in his short career, but certainly is back on top.
Penn alum, swim coach Brendan McHugh looks to Olympic bid
A coach, a lawyer and a swimmer walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of bad joke.
Penn women's squash ready to prove status among nation's elite
Looking at the ranking of the men’s and women’s college squash tells two very different stories.
Penn men's tennis's freshman rookie has big dreams and bigger goals
Penn may not be best known for cranking out young superstars, but after this year, they just might.
With Nationals on the horizon, Penn women's squash's Yan Xin Tan scores Richey Award nomination
Runa Reta. Katie Patrick. Lissa Hunsicker. Come Sunday, senior co-captain Yan Xin Tan hopes to add her name to the list above as just the fourth Richey award winner in school history..
First-year analytics group boosts Penn basketball behind the scenes
Led by former Penn graduate student and current Penn math professor Nakia Rimmer, the Penn Basketball Analytics Group is in its first year of operation.
A renaissance long overdue for Penn men's squash
That seismic activity you’ve been feeling recently has been Penn squash leaving opponents shaking in their boots after the team's wins. In a way you could thank coach Jack Wyant’s squad for the outbreak of parity that has left the College Squash Association rankings in tatters week after week.
As she looks to defend her Ivy title, Penn swimming's Virginia Burns reflects on how she got to where she is
Ask anybody, and they’ll tell you that college is the time to change who you are. But Penn swimming phenom Virginia Burns didn’t foresee the transformation she would undergo.
Women's Lacrosse Issue | Expectations still the same despite end of reign atop the Ivy League
Performing under the weight of expectations is no easy task. Just ask Penn women’s lacrosse. Heading into the 2015 season, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Quakers would end the season with an Ivy League Championship.
Women's Lacrosse Issue | Starting role up in the air at goalkeeper
But now, Ferguson’s 2015 graduation leaves a gaping hole in the net as Penn women’s lacrosse seeks to bounce back from a disappointing season in which saw the Quakers fail to win the Ivy League for the first time since 2006.
Women's Lacrosse Issue | Despite loss of 2015 seniors, Penn women's lacrosse is ready to go in 2016
It’s bad enough losing one all-time talent. Penn women’s lacrosse coach Karin Corbett has to find a way to handle losing three.
Men's Lacrosse Issue | Freshman class ready to take Ivy League by storm
With a highly touted recruiting class headlined by an astonishing five U.S. Lacrosse High School All-Americans, the building blocks are in place for the program to prove that last year was a fluke and return to national prominence once again.
Men's Lacrosse Issue | Trust him, he's a Doktor
Over a decade and a half later, Doktor is readying for his senior season wearing the Red and Blue and leading the offense for Penn men’s lacrosse. The memories of 15 years ago remain salient in the attacker’s mind as he readies to turn a new chapter in his career in the sport.
Men's Lacrosse Issue | 2015 brought share of highs and lows for Quakers
Penn men’s lacrosse had an up-and-down season in 2015, failing to defend the Ivy League Tournament Championship it had earned the year prior.
Looking forward.
It’s a Tuesday night game at Villanova for Penn women’s basketball. At tipoff, in the first chair on the bench, senior captain Keiera Ray intently watches a contest that she won’t be able to enter. Donning her Penn sweats, she is still one of the players. And with clipboard in hand, she is now one of the coaches as well.
Triple threat: Three men's lacrosse freshmen named in U-19 U.S. Men's National Team roster
This summer, however, three members of the men’s lacrosse team will add white to their color scheme and play for a different and perhaps more meaningful purpose.
Penn basketball assistant Mihalich Jr. blazes his own trail
The mystique of Philadelphia college basketball has been well-documented – with the Palestra being named the nation’s most “Hallowed Hall” in a December 2014 NCAA.com feature – and that allure makes it quite difficult for local figures to stay away. For Penn men’s basketball, consider Joe Mihalich Jr. the latest victim.