Women's Soccer
Penn women's soccer takes another shot at first Ivy win
Keep the floodgates open. After breaking its eight game goal drought on Tuesday against American, Penn women's soccer will seek to end another drought within its 2015 season - a winless Ivy record.
Penn women's soccer breaks scoring drought
On Tuesday night under the lights at Rhodes Field, something clicked for the embattled women’s soccer squad. Heading into Tuesday’s tilt with American, the Quakers (5-3-4) had only scored one goal in their previous six games.
Penn women's soccer's scoring woes persist in draw
You miss a hundred percent of the shots you don’t take, but you can still miss a hundred percent of the shots you do take.
Penn women's soccer preps for Columbia roadtrip
After a slow start to Ivy League play, Penn women’s soccer is preparing itself for a redeeming road trip up to Columbia on Friday.
Scoring touch eludes Penn women's soccer
On a brisk Monday night at Rhodes Field, the Quakers played nearly flawless soccer. From a statistical standpoint, Penn dominated the box score in every column except the one that mattered most: the final score.
Penn women's soccer battles to a draw in defensive slugfest
On a frigid, rain-swept night, 110 minutes of play were not enough to separate Penn women’s soccer and Cornell, who battled to a 0-0 double overtime draw.
Feature of the Week | Penn women's soccer's Sasha Stephens keying young attack
Rewind to four weeks ago. It was a clear late-August day and Sasha Stephens had just stepped onto Rhodes Field clad in Red and Blue for the first time.
Penn women's soccer primed for major challenge
An undefeated women’s soccer team will take to Rhodes Field this Friday, one of two squads yet to post a loss in Division I.
Uncertainty surrounding Penn women's soccer's goalkeepers
Tear, strain, break, and fracture. In the midst of a season packed with daily practices and arduous games, injuries are an unfortunate and inevitable part of all sports. For Penn women's soccer, injuries are the ill-fated reality with which they must deal.
Penn women's soccer drops Ivy opener to Harvard
If you're going to come at the queens, you best not miss. Unfortunately for Penn women's soccer, the squad allowed too many opportunities to its opponent on Saturday, conceding 25 shots en route to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of two-time defending Ivy League champion Harvard. The Quakers (4-2-2, 0-1-0 Ivy) had high hopes for their first Ancient Eight contest of the season.
Penn women's soccer faces high stakes for Ivy opener
Only four members of the current Penn women’s soccer squad remember what it feels like to beat Harvard.
Recapping the weekend in Penn Athletics
This past weekend marked the first time in 2015 that each of the Red and Blue's fall sports teams were in action.
Assistant coach helping lead Penn women's soccer after playing career
When Penn women’s soccer assistant coach Emily Oliver stepped on the soccer field four years ago on December 4th, her objective was clear. It was the finals of 2011 College Cup, the NCAA women’s soccer national championship, and her team, the Stanford Cardinal, was facing Duke.
Roundtable: Which team has made you reconsider your preseason expectations?
The fall season may still be quite young for Penn Athletics, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been any surprises. So now, with most Red and Blue teams having gotten their seasons under way, we take the opportunity to talk about the squads that have made us reconsider our preseason expectations.
Penn women's soccer flirts with upset, salvages weekend split
The first big road trip of the season is always a challenge, and while Penn women’s soccer’s weekend in South Carolina was by no means perfect, the two games the squad played allowed for plenty of causes for optimism. Despite picking up their first loss of the season on Friday night in a 2-1 game against No.
New faces share spotlight in Penn women's soccer wins
Three games into Nicole Van Dyke’s tenure, Penn women’s soccer is firing on all cylinders. And to hear her players tell it, most of the credit should go to the first year coach.
Penn women's soccer looks to build on strong opening
Fresh off a successful season opener, Penn women’s soccer turns this weekend to games against Temple and Mount Saint Mary’s at Rhodes Field. The Quakers (1-0-0) will look to continue the strong offensive play that guided them to a 3-1 victory over Seton Hall last Sunday.
Women's Soccer Issue | Incoming Quakers showcase club ties
For just about everyone, college is about new experiences. A new city perhaps, new friends, new teachers. And for athletes, a whole new team filled with unfamiliar faces.
Women's Soccer Issue | Dawn of a new era with Van Dyke at helm
On any given weekend afternoon at Rhodes Field, you’ll see women charging up and down the turf, bold red block letters branding “PENN” across their chests.