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Penn Relays | Penn looks to protect its home turf
by Chris Zervoudis | April 23, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | April 18, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | March 31, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | March 28, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | March 18, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | March 4, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | February 25, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | February 8, 2008 1:00AM
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'
by Chris Zervoudis | January 30, 2008 1:00AM
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
by Chris Zervoudis | January 25, 2008 1:00AM
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.
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