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Senior Sydney Stipanovich and junior Michelle Nwokedi were recognized for their stellar play this past season with Big 5 honors.

Penn women's basketball may have ended its season almost a month ago, but the awards haven't stopped coming in, recognizing the team's standout season. Junior forward Michelle Nwokedi was just named a member of the All-Big 5 First-Team of the season, while senior center Sydney Stipanovich picked up a Second-Team honor herself. 


Heading into this weekend, Penn men’s tennis knew that this was going to be one of, if not the toughest, pair of matches the team would face all season. The Quakers took on Columbia and Cornell this weekend, dropping both matches to the top-25 ranked programs.

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With the help of a crucial doubles win from senior Kana Daniel and sophomore OJ Singh, Penn women's tennis was able to upset first-place Cornell, 4-3.

Heading into this weekend, Penn men’s tennis knew that this was going to be one of, if not the toughest, pair of matches the team would face all season. The Quakers took on Columbia and Cornell this weekend, dropping both matches to the top-25 ranked programs.





With another pair of complete game wins against Yale and Brown, senior pitcher Alexis Sargent is putting Penn softball on her back in the tight Ivy League race.

In two starts, one each against Brown and Yale, the senior ace threw two complete games, compiling a 2.00 ERA for the weekend. Penn (14-12, 5-3 Ivy) went on to win both games, beating Yale by the score of 4-1 and Brown by the score of 5-3, and Sargent earned the victory in both.


Freshman thrower Maura Kimmel continued her impressive rookie season this weekend, once again breaking the school record for discus.

On Saturday, Penn track and field continued a string of impressive and record-setting performances at the Virginia Quad Meet. The women's squad finished first overall, while the men came in second, falling only to the host school. The Quakers continued the trend of building up stronger performances as the season progresses, recording 15 top-10 record marks, including three new school records.







Leading the Ivy League in wins, strikeouts and ERA, softball pitcher Alexis Sargent is certainly in the conversation for the Penn Athletics spring season MVP.

With women's lacrosse ranked in the top 10 nationally, track and field seeing school records fall left and right, baseball having won ten of its last 11 games and more, the season has seen some supreme successes already — but only one athlete can stand out as the best. Our sports editors take to the roundtable to debate: Who is the Penn Athletics spring season MVP so far?






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