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Golf Issue | Practice can be a struggle with no course on campus

By Jonathan Pollack · March 30, 2016

Unlike other Penn sports teams, the golf teams do not have a course that they can practice on located on or very near campus.

Track & Field Issue | Men's and women's teams one and the same in everything but score

By Anna Dyer · March 22, 2016

Historically in athletics, men and women of respective professional sports do not train with or compete against each other.

Track & Field Issue | Five freshmen to watch out for in 2016

By William Snow · March 22, 2016

Five track and field freshmen to watch out for in 2016

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Golf Issue | Freshman class ready to help take Ivy titles

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By Tom Nowlan · March 30, 2016

What’s a team to do when it’s already reached the pinnacle of a conference? Reload, of course. Penn men’s golf will rely heavily on new faces if it is to contend once again in 2016.

The swan song of Penn swimming's Chris Swanson

By Will Snow · March 22, 2016

There’s no other way of putting it — it’s the end of an era. Penn men's swimming legend Chris Swanson has one meet left to bear the colors Red and Blue.

Track & Field Issue | Mattis and Awad eye 2016 Olympics

By Cole Jacobson · March 22, 2016

If all goes as planned for senior men’s track and field stars Thomas Awad and Sam Mattis, this June’s NCAA National Championships won’t mark the end of their respective 2016 seasons.

Senior Sam Mattis's 67.45-meter discus throw at last weekend's Philadelphia College Classic gives him claim to the best throw in the world so far in 2016.

Track & Field Issue | Mattis and Awad eye 2016 Olympics

By Cole Jacobson · March 22, 2016

If all goes as planned for senior men’s track and field stars Thomas Awad and Sam Mattis, this June’s NCAA National Championships won’t mark the end of their respective 2016 seasons.

Track & Field Issue | Men's and women's teams one and the same in everything but score

By Anna Dyer · March 22, 2016

Historically in athletics, men and women of respective professional sports do not train with or compete against each other.

Track & Field Issue | Five freshmen to watch out for in 2016

By William Snow · March 22, 2016

Five track and field freshmen to watch out for in 2016

Senior Casey Kent has led the way for Penn wrestling as of late, culminating in a third-place finish at the Southern Scuffle over winter break.

Casey Kent looks to leave a lasting mark on Penn wrestling

By Steven Jacobson · March 21, 2016

If anyone had forgotten about Casey Kent last year, his performance in the 2015-16 season has served to jog their memories.

More than a game

By Nick Buchta · March 18, 2016

Family. One word describes Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin’s program.

Senior 184-pounder Lorenzo Thomas leads the Quakers as they head to New York City for the NCAA Championships.

Time off is nothing unusual when it comes to wrestling

By Will Agathis · March 17, 2016

In collegiate wrestling, there exists a great disconnect between the NCAA and the Ivy League in their policies.

Junior transfer Gabe Kleiman will look to help Penn baseball finally break through the roadblock presented by Columbia in each of the past two seasons.

Baseball Issue | Losses to Columbia loom large in quest to take Ivy title

By Tommy Rothman · March 16, 2016

Penn baseball is looking to improve after falling just short in each of the last two seasons. But after their roster was pillaged by the University's 2015 Commencement Ceremony, the Quakers will have to fight just to stay afloat.

After losing 10 players to graduation last year, Penn baseball looks to break through to the Ivy League Championship Series with a slate of 13 news players.

Baseball Issue | Massive freshman class looks to fill shoes of departed seniors

By Cole Jacobson · March 16, 2016

Yurkow and his Quakers don’t rebuild; they reload.

As he starts his third season, Penn baseball coach John Yurkow will look to rattle off his third straight winning Ivy season after ending a drought for the Quakers that lasted from 2008-2013.

Baseball Issue | Yurkow continues to build program in third season

By Tom Nowlan · March 15, 2016

Being great, but not the very best. It happens to a lot of people. Scottie Pippen. Art Garfunkel. Pepsi.

Junior Leah Allen looks to help Penn softball past Dartmouth for the 2016 Ivy title.

Softball Issue | After consecutive championship series defeats, Penn softball looks to break through in 2016

By Jonathan Pollack · March 14, 2016

They've been so close, they could almost taste it. For consecutive years, Penn softball has reigned supreme in the Ivy South Division.

Six rookies highlight the freshman class for a Penn softball squad ready to take the Ivy title away from Dartmouth.

Softball Issue | Penn softball sparked by infusion of freshman talent

By Jacob Snyder · March 14, 2016

Following last May’s season-ending loss in the Ivy League Championship Series to Dartmouth, Penn softball said a heartfelt goodbye to a talented group of graduating seniors.

On Monday night, the women's basketball team found out its fate in the NCAA tournament: a school record high 10-seed and a date with Washington in College Park, Md., in the Lexington Region.

10-seeded Penn women's basketball gets ready to dance

By Holden McGinnis · March 14, 2016

Penn is having deja vu all over again. Two years ago, the Quakers beat Princeton on the road to clinch the Ivy League title and then traveled to College Park, Md., to face Texas.

Senior Lauren Li will help anchor Penn softball's rotation following the graduation of Alexis Borden, one of the program's all-time great pitchers.

Softball Issue | Replacing Borden will be no easy feat for Leslie King's Red and Blue squad

By Sanjay Dureseti · March 14, 2016

In poker and in softball, having an ace dramatically increases the likelihood of victory. In the initial stretches of the season, however, it is clear that Penn softball will have to bet with different odds.