Chris Zervoudis
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Penn Relays | Penn looks to protect its home turf
For the Penn track team, this is the most wonderful time of the year. Senior captain Jesse Carlin said Penn Relays are "like Christmas." Women's head coach Gwen Harris said, "I've been coming to Penn Relays since I was a kid. It is one of the best meets there is.
Win two, then wait-and-see, for W. Tennis
There is too much at stake for the women's tennis team to get sentimental now. Today's clash against Cornell will be the seniors' last home match. Going into the final weekend of play, the second-place Quakers (9-7, 4-1 Ivy) still have a mathematical shot at repeating as Ivy League champs.
Team Effort Topples Tigers
The defending Ivy League champion women's tennis took the first step in re-asserting itself atop the Ancient Eight on Saturday. The No. 72 Quakers used a complete team effort - each woman who played won at least one match, either in singles or doubles - to knock off No.
It's 'anyone's meet' at ECACs
Without a clear-cut favorite, Penn gymnastics' chance of winning is as good as anyone's. After finishing third in the Ivy League, the Quakers have a chance to win the conference. Tomorrow, they will compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships at William and Mary.
History, but not the kind Dowd's after
For the first seven days of spring break, the women's tennis team kept coming up just short in California. The Quakers lost to No. 72 San Diego State, No. 47 UC Irvine, No. 27 Pepperdine and No. 32 Long Beach State all by the score of 4-3. That was the first time coach Mike Dowd has ever lost four straight games by a 4-3 score in his 12-year career at Penn.
Bound by home, hoops and rain
Basketball is just a game for most, a hobby for some and a job for others. But for Penn's Anca Popovici and Drexel's Gabriela Marginean, basketball offered something more. It was a plane ticket to the U.S., a way to continue their educations and to represent their country.
United they stand: W. Tennis wins on doubles play
For the Quakers, two heads worked better than one over the weekend. The women's tennis team split six singles matches against Maryland, relying on a 2-1 doubles victory for the overall win, 4-3. Fourteenth-ranked doubles partners Julia Koulbitskaya and Ekaterina Kosminskaya downed their Terrapins' counterparts, 8-4.
Cornell on Red-hot streak over last nine
For the last few months, Cornell has looked a lot less like the Big Red-faced embarrassment of the early 2000s and more like the Cincinnati Reds' "Big Red Machine" of the 1970s. Pundits picked the team to finish first in the Ivy League preseason poll, and so far, the play has matched the hype.
Ivy Hoops Preview | New coach gets to 'start over'
After compiling a 2-12 record and finishing dead last in the Ivy League last year, things are not looking too much better for the Tigers this season. Princeton finally snapped a 12 game losing streak with a 60-46 victory over Dominican on Sunday, improving its overall win-loss to an abysmal 3-12.
It'll be a game of meters for M. Swim
Saturday's swim meet against Navy will be unlike any other. The Annapolis pool dictates that races are measured in terms of meters instead of the usual yards.
2nd place, but they're 'peaking'
The men's swim team is supposed to peak twice in the season, according to coach Mike Schnur. The first of those two peaks came this weekend at the Nike Invitational, where the Quakers took second place behind host Kenyon, the favorite. The 400 free relay team of Devon Carr, Pat Gallagher, Chris Buckand Kyle Loughran took first and set both a Penn and Kenyon pool record.
Overmatched M. Swimming tries to pull away a silver lining
The men's swimming team had its first home meet on Friday. As expected, Princeton (214.5-85.5) and Cornell (177-123) defeated the Quakers. In a sport where parity is far from the norm, Penn coach Mike Schnur had to be happy with what he got. "Last year we were no where close to the leader at any point of the meet," he said.
M. Swimming Season Preview: Penn's best ever? We just want fifth place
Coach Mike Schnur says this could be fastest Penn men's swimming team ever to enter a pool. So why would Schnur only set a goal for finishing within the top five of the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League? Those familiar with EISL swimming should know about powerhouses Princeton and Harvard.
F. Hockey: Ivies weigh in: 'Let's go Qua-kers!'
The Ivy League title hopes of Harvard, Columbia and Cornell all rest on Penn. All four of those teams are tied for second place in the Ivy field hockey standings at 4-2, but it is the Quakers who take on 5-1 Princeton on Friday at Franklin Field. A Tigers victory will ensure that they will be the champions of the 2007 season and garner the Ivy League's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
Field Hockey: Losing 'not an option' for Penn
The Ivy League field hockey title will now be decided with a Penn vs. Princeton showdown on Friday after the Quakers' took down Brown, 4-1, on Saturday. Penn is a position to become co-champions if it beats 5-1 Princeton in the final game of each teams' season.
Field Hockey: Quakers triumph without missing a beat
It only took five minutes for the Penn field hockey team to shake off the rust accumulated during a two-week break. Dartmouth had the ball for the first five minutes of the game, but as soon as Penn got its first possession, the Quakers dominated, winning 5-1.
Halftime warriors of the Palestra
They've been heating up halftimes at the Palestra since 2001. But the Quaker Girls dance team has one request: Please don't confuse them with the cheerleading squad.
