Penn catches case of the splits
After the 2-2 weekend the Quakers are just 11-14 overall, but a solid 6-2 in Ivy play.
After the 2-2 weekend the Quakers are just 11-14 overall, but a solid 6-2 in Ivy play.
Despite fighting back in the late innings, the Penn softball team struggled during their spring break trip, tallying up only two wins over seven games.
The Quakers traveled to Cornell to compete in the first part of the two-week Ivy League Championships, where they went 3-1. They will look to show their strengths on their homecourt at Hutchinson Gym next week, when round two of the Ivy Championship will take place.
While Penn won’t be sending any student athletes to Vancouver, freshman Evan Prochniak will be the sole representative for the Penn fencing program at this year’s Junior Olympics.
While her Quakers lost 4-3 to Temple, coach Sanela Kunovac is confident that her team can avoid the ten-game skid that defined the team’s season last year.
After both the men’s and women’s teams won all five of their matches last year at the Brandeis/MIT Eric Sollee Invitational, Penn fencing is hoping for a repeat performance.
The women’s tennis team successfully put out the Dragons’ fire in Sanela Kunovac’s coaching debut.
The gymnastics team anxiously awaits their first meet, unsure how they will perform with a new assistant coach, a host of injuries and eight freshmen.
The men’s fencing team hopes to replicate last year’s perfect season at the Philadelphia Invitational on Jan. 10, while the women’s team looks to build on last year’s 14-5 season as well.
With the No. 4 team in the country rolling into town tonight, Penn field hockey coach Val Cloud is realistic at her team’s chances of beating rival Princeton.