Basketball Supplement | For Penn women's basketball, four captains fill four very different roles
This season, Penn women's basketball captains have some big shoes to fill, and some unorthodox ways to go about filling them.
This season, Penn women's basketball captains have some big shoes to fill, and some unorthodox ways to go about filling them.
Tony Hicks was objectively the most talented player on Penn basketball’s roster.
Same, same but different. The typical American collegiate experience is four years. While some deviate from that path and finish early or late, a majority of students at Penn find themselves on a similar track.
Penn fencing is opening its season, lunging.
Tony Hicks was objectively the most talented player on Penn basketball’s roster.
Same, same but different. The typical American collegiate experience is four years. While some deviate from that path and finish early or late, a majority of students at Penn find themselves on a similar track.
Bill Wagner, who has headed Penn’s sprint football program for the past forty-five years, has coached thousands of players during his time in Franklin Field.
When Michael Hamann got out of the pool, he knew something was wrong.
Not many things in this world get better with age, but don’t tell that to the pair of Penn men's swimming senior captains. Over the last three seasons, Eric Schultz and Chris Swanson have won countless races and championships, including a combined eight individual Ivy titles.
One sis, two sis, Red sis, Blue sis.
The sports world was quiet on Friday afternoon.
Statistics have always been an integral part of sports.
Dig. Set. Kill. The success of a volleyball team’s offense often relies on the relationship between the setters and the outside hitters. Penn’s primary setter, senior Ronnie Bither, has spent the past four years working to make sure the Quakers' offense runs smoothly.
Winning percentage isn’t the only thing being raised in Ray Priore’s first year at the helm of Penn football.
This is the Penn football we're accustomed to seeing.
Tallying a 4-1 record in such closely contested games shows that Penn is capable of literally running circles around its opponents deep into games. This level of fitness and stamina is new for the Quakers, thanks to a revamped strength and conditioning program and the help of Penn Athletics’ new SpartaTrac training system.
For Watson, things are looking pretty elementary. Justin Watson, that is. Through the first six games of Penn football’s season, the sophomore wide receiver is putting together one of the best pass-catching seasons in recent memory.
But these buckets aren’t being interpreted in the traditional sense. Instead, they’re taking the form of bucket hats, and Penn women’s soccer has a surprising amount of them.
In 2015 Ivy League volleyball, the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
For a Division I women’s basketball player, there is about a two percent chance of playing professionally.