By Sushaan Modi ·
06/23/11 12:00am
Four Quakers will compete in the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
By Calder Silcox ·
06/10/11 12:00am
Reynolds raised his personal and school best to 2.28m at Heptagonal championships in early May, but failed to clear 2.17m (7' 1.5") at NCAAs.
By Brette Trost ·
06/09/11 12:00am
Quaker track record-holder is set to run on highest level at NCAA Championships.
By Sushaan Modi ·
05/26/11 12:00am
Senior Darryll Oliver is making an impact both on and off the track.
By Sushaan Modi ·
05/13/11 12:00am
Freshman high-jumping sensation Maalik Reynolds keeps raising the bar.
By Sushaan Modi ·
04/30/11 12:00am
A fabulous day at the Penn Relays saw the end of another great weekend with some dazzling performances.
By Calder Silcox ·
04/30/11 12:00am
The standout rookie leaped to 2.22 meters, enough to earn himself first place at Penn Relays.
By Calder Silcox ·
04/28/11 12:00am
Under the lights at Franklin Field, sophomore Leslie Kovach demolished a Penn record in the 5000m women's championship, finishing fourth overall with a time of 16:11.59.
By Sushaan Modi ·
04/28/11 12:00am
This team will be hoping to rewrite the record books with three runners returning.
By Steve Childs ·
04/28/11 12:00am
No event in track and field captures the spectator’s attention quite like the steeplechase.
By Megan Soisson ·
04/28/11 12:00am
Excited for the Penn Relays? Neither am I. Or at least not as excited as I was last year, when Usain Bolt descended upon Franklin Field
By Mike Wisniewski ·
04/28/11 12:00am
Elementary school children have been running at the Relays since the early 1950s.
By Brette Trost ·
04/28/11 12:00am
A look at international participation in the Penn Relays.
By Steven Jaffe ·
02/02/12 10:26pm
The Quakers are off to their best start in eight years without their best gymnast at full strength.
By Angelyn Irvin ·
01/27/12 1:06am
A first-year environmental studies major, Allan has launched an eco-blog, a website on sustainability and most recently, a social media consulting firm for environmental non-profit organizations.
By Steven Jaffe ·
01/24/12 10:41pm
The Quakers had their best performance since 2008 on the way to beating Rutgers.
By Angelyn Irvin ·
01/16/12 9:55pm
The Penn gymnastics team is starting its season on a high note, finishing third at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational Sunday in Washington, D.C.
By Jennifer Scuteri ·
04/21/11 12:00am
Nastia Liukin's road to the podium was not easy, a story she told before a group of about 50 at Bodek Lounge Wednesday night.
By Tim Ghosh ·
04/04/11 12:00am
Despite a career night for sophomore Dana Bonincontri, she fell just short of qualifying for the NCAA Championships at the Ann Arbor Regional on Saturday night.
By Tim Ghosh ·
03/21/11 12:00am
After winning the all-around at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships Saturday, Penn sophomore Dana Bonincontri was named ECAC gymnastics Athlete of the Year.
By Tim Ghosh ·
02/28/11 12:00am
Sophomore Kirsten Strausbaugh and the Penn gymnastics team have finally reclaimed the Ivy Leage titles.
By Brette Trost ·
02/23/11 12:00am
As a young child watching the Olympics, sophomore Dana Bonincontri knew right away gymnastics was the sport for her.
By Kevin Esteves ·
02/10/11 12:00am
The Red and Blue cruised past Ursinus, West Chester and Wilson in the home quad-meet with a score of 187.925 — five points more than any opponent.
By Tim Ghosh ·
01/31/11 12:00am
Penn led from start to finish at its dual meet Saturday against Yale, winning 187.200-181.000.
By Tim Ghosh ·
01/24/11 12:00am
After placing last at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational last week, the Quakers finished third Saturday at a quad meet, ahead of Brown and behind North Carolina and host Rutgers.
By Megan Soisson ·
01/18/11 12:00am
Sophomore Dana Bonincontri led the Quakers with a second-place performance on the uneven bars and third place in the all-around competition at the one-day invitational hosted by George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
03/22/10 12:00am
The Penn gymnastics team came close to upsetting Cornell but couldn’t overcome the recently crowned Ivy League champion’s powerful presence in the floor competition.
By Becky Umbach ·
03/18/10 12:00am
The Red and Blue trounced the Golden Rams, finishing with a score of 189.950, while West Chester ended with a score of 182.300.
By Brette Trost ·
03/01/10 12:00am
Though the Ivy Classic remained close throughout its duration, ultimately the Quakers were forced to settle for the bronze for the third year in a row.
By David Greenbaum ·
02/22/10 12:00am
Getting healthy was all it took for the Penn gymnastics team to have its best performance of the season. At the Shelli Calloway Invitational in Towson, Md., the Quakers recorded their highest score this season, with 186.4.
By Sima Golnabi ·
02/18/10 12:00am
With a complete lineup for the first time in months, the Red and Blue will travel to Towson, Md., for the Shelli Calloway Invitational, where they will take on the Tigers, Cornell, Temple, and Ursinus.
By Becky Umbach ·
02/15/10 12:00am
Boosted by the return of two injured gymnasts, the squad finished third against the University of Bridgeport, Brown and the Rhode Island Club Team.
By Michael Gold ·
02/11/10 12:00am
Penn was slated for a rematch with West Chester and Ursinus Wednesday, but the blizzard postponed and eventually canceled the meet.
By Brian Kotloff ·
09/15/11 2:36pm
Men’s club soccer captain Ben Wang recalls a spring day last year when field space was so limited, the team held practice on varsity baseball’s batting cage field. That will no longer be a problem with Penn Park.
By Ethan Alter ·
04/08/11 12:00am
Referees, uniforms, war paint … short shorts? Welcome to Penn Powderpuff football.
By DP Sports Editors ·
03/28/11 12:00am
Intramural basketball playoff scores: March 21-24
By DP Sports Editors ·
03/21/11 12:00am
Intramural Soccer Results from Thursday 3/17
By DP Sports Editors ·
03/21/11 12:00am
Intramural Basketball Scores for the week of March 14, 2011
By DP Sports Editors ·
03/05/11 12:00am
Intramural Basketball Scores for the week of 2/28
By DP Sports Editors ·
02/28/11 12:00am
Penn Rec intramural basketball scores for February 18-21, 2011
By DP Sports Editors ·
02/21/11 12:00am
Penn Rec intramural basketball scores for February 14-17, 2011
By Mike Tony ·
10/19/11 2:46pm
Freshmen runners John Trueman and Connor Ryan have started a blog based on their experiences during their first year on the team. The blog, featured on Penn Athletics’ website, is expected to touch on everything from freshman anxieties and team workouts to college life.
By Mike Tony ·
09/14/11 12:06am
This summer Athletic Director Steve Bilsky announced Boldon as the first-ever overarching head coach of both men’s and women’s cross country at Penn.
By Calder Silcox ·
02/07/12 11:37pm
From his first Red and Blue scrimmage in November 1992, to his final game, a loss to Alabama in the NCAA tournament in March 1995, he dominated Penn’s backcourt alongside Jerome Allen. The Quakers did not lose an Ivy League game during his Penn career.
By Eli Cohen ·
19 minutes ago
Harvard grad Jeremy Lin’s success in the NBA has shown Rosen that his dream is possible, if not likely.
By Mike Wisniewski ·
21 hours ago
Here’s the skinny on what went down this weekend in the Ivy League, although you could probably figure it out on your own.
By Megan Soisson ·
21 hours ago
Even with one loss, they could still have it all.
By Alyssa Kress ·
02/05/12 10:10pm
Followers of the Penn basketball team have emphasized the need for other players to step up and have big games, and thus far, those performances have been few and far between.
By Jennifer Scuteri ·
02/05/12 10:28pm
The Quakers rallied after their first Ivy loss to Yale on Friday and, with some help from senior guard Rob Belcore, emerged victorious over Brown on Saturday, 65-48.
By Megan Soisson ·
02/05/12 10:29pm
The Quakers opened the game with impressive ball movement from inside-out, which allowed them to overcome the early deficit. Yale and Penn traded leads throughout the first period — the margin was never greater than four points — and they went into the locker room tied at 29.
By Jennifer Scuteri ·
02/05/12 10:10pm
Although the men’s basketball team will be facing not one, but two Ivy League opponents this weekend, the Quakers are trying not to get too far ahead of themselves.
By Eli Cohen ·
02/02/12 10:28pm
Penn basketball hopes that its fast start allows it to gain momentum and draw fans.
By Ethan Alter ·
02/02/12 10:26pm
But Wise, the second-year assistant coach for the men’s team, doesn’t always show up to the Palestra to coach Zack Rosen and Tyler Berardini.
By Brian Kotloff ·
02/02/12 10:26pm
Last year, everything the Quakers built during a trio of league wins crumbled to pieces in a nightmarish week. Penn believes this year will be different.
By Kevin Esteves ·
02/01/12 10:37pm
With each passing game, more and more credence is being lent to the idea that maybe, just maybe, the Quakers have a shot at the Ivy title that has been all but handed to the No. 23 Harvard Crimson.
By Brian Kotloff ·
02/01/12 12:55am
No Penn player has ever graduated without beating Princeton at the Palestra.
In a 82-67 win Monday night, Quakers seniors Tyler Bernardini and Zack Rosen quickly made sure they didn’t become the first.
By Alyssa Kress ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
It means, rather, that this year, the Tigers are going down. Penn is poised to widen the 122-102 all-time lead, and it starts tonight at the Palestra.
By Eric Levenson ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
But let’s chew on a little more recent history. None of the current Tigers have ever lost at the Palestra, and Princeton has won five straight overall against the Quakers.
By Kevin Esteves ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
Toughening league competition and Princeton’s quirky academic calendar are the two main factors that brought about this year’s Monday night special at the Palestra.
By Sushaan Modi ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
Sydney Johnson had conquered the Ivy League. Yet three weeks later, he stunned the Tigers faithful when he left for Fairfield. His former teammate, Mitch Henderson, was hired as his replacement.
By Jerome Allen ·
01/30/12 11:07pm
To My Fellow Quakers,
On behalf of the entire men’s basketball program, I want to thank all of you who have attended our basketball games this season.
By Jen Scuteri ·
01/29/12 11:16pm
A roundup about Penn Men’s Basketball class of 2016.
By Calder Silcox ·
01/27/12 1:06am
This year, pride will have to wait. For the first time since 1997, there was no neighborhood matchup.
By Steven Jaffe ·
02/06/12 11:11pm
The men’s squash team beat Brown, 7-2, Saturday, and fell to Yale, 8-1. In the meantime, the women’s squad beat both Brown and Stanford Saturday, 7-2 and 6-3, respectively, and lost to Yale, 5-4, Sunday.
By Mike Tony ·
02/05/12 10:10pm
Despite finding itself in the midst of a four-game losing streak going into this weekend’s matches against Brown and Yale, the Penn men’s squash team still sees signs of progress to hang its hat on.
By Mike Tony ·
02/02/12 10:28pm
It always seems to be showtime for Derek Chilvers. In his first year on the men’s squash team and his second year as a member of Off the Beat, Penn’s premier pop-rock a cappella group, Chilvers continues to perform under pressure.
By Steven Jaffe ·
01/30/12 11:07pm
Sunday in Hartford, Conn., the Penn men’s squash team will have its shot at tagging the Bantams with another ‘L.’
By Steven Jaffe ·
01/24/12 12:22am
For most, Jan. 19 was an ordinary Thursday. For the Penn’s men’s squash team, however, it held so much promise since the season began in November.
And it ended in sheer disappointment.
By Steven Jaffe ·
01/16/12 9:21pm
On Saturday, Penn was demolished by Harvard 9-0. The Quakers then traveled to Dartmouth on Sunday and fell 5-4, dropping their first two matches since last playing on Dec. 10.
By Steven Jaffe ·
12/11/11 10:58pm
On Saturday, the Quakers defeated Williams, 6-3, at the Ringe Courts.
By Mike Tony ·
12/08/11 1:49am
Trailing 4-1 in the overall match, sophomore Dan Judd turned things around for Penn by eking out an hour-long, five-game victory.
By Steven Jaffe ·
12/07/11 12:33am
Currently at 1-1, the team will have to win both of its matches this week to reach its goal of heading into winter break with a winning record.
By Steven Jaffe ·
12/05/11 12:21am
Men’s Squash loses all of its matches against Princeton on Sunday.
By Mike Tony ·
11/30/11 12:44am
The Quakers will enjoy constancy on the court this season, returning seven letter-winners from last year, including senior captains Trevor McGuinness and Thomas Mattsson.
By Mike Tony ·
11/29/11 11:43pm
Penn will enjoy constancy on the court, returning seven letter-winners from last year.
04/05/11 12:00am
Jack Wyant's double life
By Nina Wolpow ·
02/28/11 12:00am
After advancing to the Hoehn Cup (B division) finals, defeating Bates and Williams, the Quakers fell short, losing 7-2 in the title match to Western Ontario. With the win, 2009 Hoehn Cup champion Western Ontario wrestled the title back from the Red and Blue, who won it last year.
By Mike Tony ·
02/25/11 12:00am
John Dudzik and freshman teammate Daniel Judd will likely fill the No. 7 and 8 spots competing in Division B at this weekend’s College Squash Association men’s team championships.
By Steve Purcell ·
02/14/11 12:00am
Freshman Daniel Judd and junior Trevor McGuinness were Penn’s sole victors in a 7-2 loss against No. 4 Rochester on Sunday.
By Steve Purcell ·
02/07/11 12:00am
Harvard proved to be too much to handle on Saturday, taking down both the men’s and women’s squash teams at the Ringe Courts.
By Mike Tony ·
02/02/11 12:00am
Despite battling a cramp-inducing muscle condition, squash junior Thomas Mattsson’s has retained his number one spot on the ladder.
By Nina Wolpow ·
01/26/11 12:00am
Freshman squash player Justin Ang's journey to Penn took him through a New Hampshire boarding school and Singapore's army.
By Mike Tony ·
01/21/11 12:00am
When the Trinity men’s squash team was last defeated, most current college squash players were still in elementary school.
By Aaron Campbell ·
01/30/12 11:07pm
With tough meets coming almost weekly, Friday’s matchup gives the Quakers an opportunity to break away from their normal meet routine.
By Allison Bart ·
01/29/12 11:16pm
For the Penn swimming teams, third place at the Ivy League Championships — after Harvard and Princeton — is usually the goal.
By Adam Garnick ·
12/08/11 1:46am
Freshman Alex Porter has made up a steep learning curve in only his first few meets.
By Allison Bart ·
11/21/11 12:33am
Both the men’s and women’s teams battled it out Saturday at Sheerr Pool, beating Cornell and ultimately falling to Princeton in a spirited competition.
By Adam Garnick ·
11/16/11 11:25pm
In basketball, a coach will say he wants his best player to have the ball when the game is on the line. For Penn men’s swimming coach Mike Schnur, that equivalent player — or in this case, swimmer — is sophomore Rhoads Worster.
By Aaron Campbell ·
11/16/11 7:01pm
When senior Brendan McHugh was 17, he participated on a summer swim team with younger brother Dillon, now a freshman, and his three other younger siblings. Thus it was business as usual when the two brothers reunited on the Quakers squad this year.
By Chan Park ·
11/15/11 11:47pm
Though it took the team some time to adjust, several players faced the challenges head on and worked tirelessly to improve their play.
By Eric Dober ·
11/14/11 12:40am
In the men’s swimming season opener, Penn fell to Columbia in nail-biting fashion, 154-146, Friday night at Sheerr Pool.
By Allison Bart ·
11/10/11 12:06am
After months of hard work, perseverance and a freshmen infusion, the Penn swim teams have put last year’s fatigue behind them, and they’re ready for a season on top.
By David Greenbaum ·
03/03/11 12:00am
After women’s swimming fell just short of a top-three finish at its Ivy Championships last weekend, the men face the same challenge this weekend.
By Aaron Campbell ·
02/14/11 12:00am
Freshman Will Hartje took third in the finals of the 200-yard breastroke, while fellow freshman Michael Lin came in second in the 100 backstroke, with a personal best time of 52.75
By Alyssa Kress ·
02/11/11 12:00am
The men’s and women’s swimming teams will face six other schools this weekend at the Terp Invite at University of Maryland, giving each swimmer the best chance to end the season on a high note.
By Brette Trost ·
02/02/11 12:00am
The men’s and women’s swimming teams both continued their winning streak against neighborhood rival La Salle Tuesday night.
By Calder Silcox ·
01/31/11 12:00am
The Quakers drowned local foe West Chester Friday, as the men and women won 170-105 and 164-111, respectively.
By Aaron Campbell ·
01/28/11 12:00am
After facing four straight Ivy foes, the Penn men's swimming team will face off against West Chester at home Friday at 5 p.m. in its second-to-last dual meet of the season.
By Aaron Campbell ·
01/16/11 12:00am
The Penn men’s swimming team defeated both Yale and Dartmouth on Saturday in a tri-meet held in New Haven, Conn.
By David Greenbaum ·
01/13/11 12:00am
The Penn swimming teams’ grueling practices and workouts in and out of the pool during their winter break trip to Florida left the men in great shape, but may have temporarily left the women a little worse for wear.
By Aaron Campbell ·
12/07/10 12:00am
The Quakers were the quickest in the pool Saturday during the Total Performance Invitational at Kenyon, defeating five other teams in the victory. The women also took first place, scoring with 1,443 points. They topped Kenyon for a second straight year.
By Alyssa Kress ·
12/02/10 12:00am
'Swiver' Will Hartje is a triple threat. The freshman doesn’t just swim and dive — he sings too.
By Aaron Campbell ·
11/18/10 12:00am
The men's swimming team jumps right into Ivy meets, giving them less time to fine tune their performances
By Sushaan Modi ·
21 hours ago
Peyton Manning’s absence only emphasized his worth to the city and franchise, and Knapp’s did the same for the women’s basketball program.
By Vivek Sivakumar ·
02/06/12 11:11pm
In the penultimate home weekend of the season, the Penn women’s basketball team dropped a 72-60 decision to Yale on Friday and fell, 59-55, to Brown in overtime Saturday.
By Tim Ghosh ·
02/05/12 10:10pm
To get back into the win column, the Quakers are willing to put their bodies on the line — literally.
By John Phillips ·
02/02/12 10:26pm
Jackie’s brother Mitchell taught her everything she knows when it comes to basketball.
By Mike Wisniewski ·
02/02/12 10:26pm
Throwing caution to the wind, Knapp chose not to opt for an operation after tearing two ligaments in her knee. To her, there was only one option: play hurt.
By John Phillips ·
02/01/12 10:37pm
Standing at barely 5-foot-6, the second shortest player on the Penn women’s basketball team, Meghan McCullough seems harmless. But don’t judge the point guard by first glance.
By Ike Onyeador ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
In stark contrast to Friday’s game, the Quakers had just two players in double figures — sophomore Alyssa Baron, who tallied 24 points, and freshman Jackie Kates, who scored 10.
By Ike Onyeador ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
The ovation Penn basketball captain Jess Knapp received was not only for her long-awaited return, but for her toughness in coming back to play with two torn ligaments in her right knee.
By Mike Wisniewski ·
01/30/12 11:07pm
When Jess Knapp tore her ACL and MCL, everything changed for the Penn women’s basketball team. But with Knapp’s return to practice this week, despite her unhealed knee, spirits are high once again.
By Tim Ghosh ·
01/29/12 11:16pm
Brooklyn Juday, of Tipton High School in Indiana, and Keiera Ray, of national powerhouse Bolingbrook High School in the suburbs of Chicago, will be joining the Quakers in the fall.
By John Phillips ·
01/24/12 12:22am
After having served as an assistant at college basketball powerhouse Connecticut for 14 years, Temple’s Tonya Cardoza has accrued a wealth of coaching experience.
By Brette Trost ·
01/18/12 1:36am
The Quakers dropped their fifth straight as star guard Alyssa Baron goes scoreless for the first time in her collegiate career.
By Tim Ghosh ·
01/17/12 1:14am
Despite the Quakers’ best defensive effort this year they dropped their fourth straight game at Big 5 rival St. Joseph’s, 42-34.
By Vivek Sivakumar ·
01/13/12 2:25am
Though the Red and Blue secured a monumental victory against La Salle last season, it was the team’s only win in the city series since 2004.
By Ike Onyeador ·
01/12/12 2:05am
Quakers can’t make the necessary adjustments and fall against NJIT, 52-48.
By John Phillips ·
01/11/12 10:57am
When the Penn women’s basketball team takes the court for Wednesday’s matchup against NJIT, they will do so without their defensive anchor, senior Jess Knapp.
By Sushaan Modi ·
01/11/12 12:55am
After losing senior forward Jess Knapp to injury over the break, Penn lost to Princeton 83-48 in the opening game of the Ivy season.
By Sushaan Modi ·
01/08/12 6:56pm
After beating UNC-Greesnboro on Thursday, Penn falls to San Diego State and loses Jess Knapp to injury.
By Lucas O'Connor ·
12/23/11 12:30pm
For the first time since 2006, the Quakers were victorious over Drexel in a 67-65 overtime win at the Palestra.
By John Phillips ·
12/23/11 2:24am
When the Fighting Irish took on Penn last month, they put 69 points on the board. Only Duke and Purdue, ranked No. 9 and No. 20 respectively, have held the Irish to fewer points in a game this year.
By Steven Jaffe ·
02/06/12 11:11pm
The men’s squash team beat Brown, 7-2, Saturday, and fell to Yale, 8-1. In the meantime, the women’s squad beat both Brown and Stanford Saturday, 7-2 and 6-3, respectively, and lost to Yale, 5-4, Sunday.
By Kenny Kasper ·
02/02/12 10:28pm
Madeleine and the No. 6 Stanford women’s squash team will compete against Leslie and the No. 3 Penn squad, reuniting a pair of twins who opted to wear different uniforms and compete on opposite coasts.
By Kenny Kasper ·
01/30/12 11:07pm
While the Quakers now have the upper hand in the national rankings, the Red and Blue are not overlooking the young, but talented Bantams.
01/18/12 1:35am
Thursday, Penn faces another challenge when No. 17 Franklin & Marshall visits Ringe Courts for a midweek tilt in a match in which the Quakers will look to build confidence.
By Kenny Kasper ·
01/17/12 1:15am
No. 1 Harvard denied the No. 3 Quakers’ upset bid Saturday in Boston, winning 7-2. On Sunday, Penn regrouped and returned to its winning ways, sweeping No. 8 Dartmouth, 9-0.
By Mitchell Joseph ·
12/11/11 11:04pm
The Quakers took one step toward validating their No. 3 position this past Saturday, defeating No. 9 Williams without dropping a single game, 9-0.
By Adam Garnick ·
12/05/11 12:13am
No. 5 Penn upsets No. 3 Princeton for its first win of the year.
By Kenny Kasper ·
12/01/11 1:22am
Currently seeded 5th in the nation, the women’s squash team will compete against all nine of the other top 10 teams, and every opponent on its schedule ranks in the top 20.
By John Phillips ·
03/03/11 12:00am
Ever since she picked up a squash racket at the age of ten, Penn sophomore Nabilla Ariffin has done whatever it takes to win, even if it meant cutting a few corners.
By John Phillips ·
02/23/11 12:00am
The women’s squash team returned to practice Monday with a sobering taste of reality: the team portion of the season is over.
By Mike Tony ·
02/21/11 12:00am
Princeton avenged an earlier loss against the Penn women's squash team in the first round of the Howe Cup Tournament on Friday.
By John Phillips ·
02/18/11 12:00am
Two weeks after losing to the Crimson, the Quakers head into this weekend’s Howe Cup a changed team.
By John Phillips ·
02/04/11 12:00am
In freshman her freshman season, Harvard's Laura Gemmell took the squash world by storm. She won 14 of 16 matches without dropping a game.
By John Phillips ·
01/26/11 12:00am
Yarden Odinak’s teammates claim she’s indestructible, while Pia Trikha has an unblemished record. Penn will need strong performances from both squash players as they head to Princeton on Wednesday.
By John Phillips ·
01/16/11 12:00am
Despite a 41-day layoff since their last match, the Red and Blue (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) showed few ill effects against Williams (6-6), ultimately winning 8-1.
By Steve Purcell ·
12/02/10 12:00am
The No. 5 women (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) dominated once more, winning 9-0. The men (0-2, 0-1) suffered another defeat, losing 8-1 to the Diplomats.
By Mike Tony ·
11/20/10 12:00am
With a roster comprised of 90 percent underclassmen, the women started their season by sweeping Cornell, 9-0. In another beginning, Jack Wyant dropped his first game as men's squash coach to the Big Red, 5-4.
By Steve Purcell ·
11/19/10 12:00am
In addition to seven freshmen men and the three first-year women, the team welcomes new assistant coach Amy Gross, who was hired in mid-October.
By Nina Wolpow ·
11/17/10 12:00am
Now a senior, Madeira is the captain and only upperclassmen in coach Jack Wyant’s program. The consensus is that she’s knocking the ball out of the park — or the court.
By Nina Wolpow ·
11/05/10 12:00am
This weekend, both the men’s and women’s squash teams will travel to New Haven, Conn. to compete in the Ivy League Scrimmages.
By Aaron Campbell ·
01/30/12 11:07pm
With tough meets coming almost weekly, Friday’s matchup gives the Quakers an opportunity to break away from their normal meet routine.
By Allison Bart ·
01/29/12 11:16pm
For the Penn swimming teams, third place at the Ivy League Championships — after Harvard and Princeton — is usually the goal.
By Aaron Campbell ·
12/08/11 11:24pm
Penn will have to travel to Manhattan during reading days to take on two of the Ivy’s best.
By Allison Bart ·
12/07/11 12:45am
Sophomore swimmer Shelby Fortin has to prove herself just one more time in order to join the United States Olympic swimming team.
By Allison Bart ·
12/01/11 1:24am
Unlike dual meets, there aren’t any limits on the number of events in which each swimmer can participate. Many of the swimmers are using this invitational as an opportunity to achieve personal bests and demonstrate their abilities.
By Allison Bart ·
11/21/11 12:33am
Both the men’s and women’s teams battled it out Saturday at Sheerr Pool, beating Cornell and ultimately falling to Princeton in a spirited competition.
By Eric Dober ·
11/14/11 12:40am
In the men’s swimming season opener, Penn fell to Columbia in nail-biting fashion, 154-146, Friday night at Sheerr Pool.
By Allison Bart ·
11/10/11 12:06am
After months of hard work, perseverance and a freshmen infusion, the Penn swim teams have put last year’s fatigue behind them, and they’re ready for a season on top.
By Alyssa Kress ·
02/28/11 12:00am
The women’s swim team racked up an incredible nine new school records at the Ivy League Championships this weekend on its way to a fourth-place finish.
By Alyssa Kress ·
02/24/11 12:00am
Penn’s goal of third place at the Ivy championships this weekend will only be possible if every participant swims and dives better than she ever has.
By Alyssa Kress ·
01/27/11 12:00am
On her way to becoming one of the team’s stars, freshman Shelby Fortin is doing things never done before by Penn female swimmers.
By Aaron Campbell ·
01/16/11 12:00am
The Quakers’ women’s swim team traveled to New Haven, Conn. this weekend, defeating Dartmouth, 164-136, but falling to Yale, 179-121.
By David Greenbaum ·
12/13/10 12:00am
Penn has lost the last three dual meets against the Columbia Lions. On Friday, however, that dual meet losing streak ended for the Red and Blue with a victory at Sheerr Pool.
By Aaron Campbell ·
12/09/10 12:00am
After taking first place last weekend at the Kenyon Invitational, Penn women's swimming will face Columbia at Sheerr Pool this Friday at 4 p.m.
By David Greenbaum ·
11/22/10 12:00am
Despite falling behind in many of their races, the Quakers came back back to touch out their opponents at the end to edge out a win against the Big Red, 156-144, and stay close in a 171.50-121.50 loss to Princeton.
By Becky Umbach ·
11/15/10 12:00am
While the men’s swimming team lost both their meets this weekend — Friday to Columbia and Saturday against the University of Connecticut —the women beat the Huskies resoundingly, racking up 171.5 points to UConn’s 126.5.
By Alyssa Kress ·
11/11/10 12:00am
After both the men’s and women’s swim teams took fourth at last season’s Ivy League Championships, the coaches and swimmers have made changes in the offseason that they hope will lead to a higher finish this year.
By Megan Soisson ·
03/01/10 12:00am
Even with a chaotic slate, the Quakers managed to finish in the top half of the field in both the Ivy League and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championships.
By David Greenbaum ·
02/26/10 12:00am
While the Quakers’ top 17 swimmers began the Ivy League Championships yesterday in Boston, the rest of the team is traveling to Pittsburgh to compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at Trees Pool.
By Megan Soisson ·
02/25/10 12:00am
For the next three days, the Quakers’ focus will be put to the test during the Ivy League Championships held at Harvard’s Blodgett Pool in Boston.
By Ian Wenik ·
19 hours ago
For most people, gaining or losing 10 pounds is a major transition. For some on the Penn wrestling team, though, it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
By Evan Spiller ·
21 hours ago
Ortenzio came to Penn and impressively started as a freshman. Although he had an average year, at 20-18, he has since worked hard to improve. His record was a solid 31-13 during his junior year. Returning this season after a semester away, Ortenzio is having a career year.
By Lucas O'Connor ·
02/06/12 11:11pm
After falling to Harvard, 23-19, in the morning, the Quakers recovered with an afternoon win over Brown, 30-7.
By Ian Wenik ·
01/31/12 8:56pm
Losing five of their first six matches, the Quakers’ comeback attempt fell well short in a 23-13 defeat to the No. 24 Pride.
By Karl Bagherzadeh ·
01/18/12 1:36am
Although Penn has a slim chance to win the Ivy League, some Quakers’ grapplers are having great individual seasons.
By Karl Bagherzadeh ·
01/13/12 2:32am
Penn will face rival Cornell in the Quakers biggest test of the season.
By Lucas O'Connor ·
12/11/11 11:09pm
Penn wrestling had a chance to assert its prowess facing two top fifteen opponents before heading into winter break. But after falling to No. 10 Lehigh last week, experience was Penn’s achilles heel this week, as No. 15 Maryland triumphed over the Quakers, 21-15.
By Karl Bagherzadeh ·
12/08/11 11:20pm
Although rankings drive selection to the NCAA tournament, its wins that speak the loudest.
By Kenny Kasper ·
12/06/11 11:49pm
After an eight-year hiatus, a familiar ally has returned to Penn wrestling. Brian Dolph, who first joined the Quakers coaching staff as an assistant in 1994, left to pursue work as a high-school coach and physical education teacher in 2003.
By Lucas O'Connor ·
12/05/11 12:20am
Sunday’s wrestling match against the rival Mountain Hawks displayed the two teams’ complementing weight classes, but Lehigh prevailed, 21-15.
By Karl Bagherzadeh ·
12/02/11 12:57am
In an action-packed weekend, Penn wrestling will have a chance to establish state supremacy as they face two local foes.
By Evan Spiller ·
11/30/11 12:47am
Valenti has been training for the U.S. world team for six years, but has yet to make it. To do so, he must be in the country’s top three at the 60 kilogram weightclass — he is currently ranked sixth.
By Ian Wenik ·
11/27/11 11:59pm
Penn wrestling’s “Big Three” walked into the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals on Saturday looking to make a statement. Their actions spoke louder than any words could.
By Kenny Kasper ·
11/22/11 12:58am
Following his sophomore year, Smith chose to follow former Wolverine Scott Giffin to Penn, where Giffin had transferred after a year in Ann Arbor.
By Karl Bagherzadeh ·
11/21/11 12:36am
While one is an experienced senior and the other is a freshman, Bryan Ortenzio and Steve Robertson have one thing in common.
By Lucas O'Connor ·
11/18/11 1:08am
The Red and Blue will look to their younger wrestlers to step up in the absence of senior Zack Kemmerer, who will represent Penn in the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic in Arizona instead.
By Evan Spiller ·
11/16/11 11:37pm
Junior Troy Hernandez spent three to four days a week in physical rehabilitation recovering from a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
By Ian Wenik ·
11/14/11 12:44am
Penn’s wrestling team got off to a successful start Sunday, placing a total of eight wrestlers on the podium at Binghamton University’s Binghamton Open.
By Mitchell Joseph ·
11/08/11 11:32pm
Coach Rob Eiter has put together an incredibly challenging schedule, which will feature four of the top-10 finishers from last year’s NCAA Championships.
By Chan Park ·
06/16/11 12:00am
Two Quaker wrestlers fell short in the World Team Trials
