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EARC Sprints | April showers bring victory flowers?
by Sarah Davis | May 4, 2009 1:00AM
Sunday, Penn's heavyweight rowing team hopes to steer past April's troubles and glide to Ivy victory at the Eastern Sprints Championship. Held annually at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., the Sprints include the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges teams, which is comprised of the Ivies plus some other schools such as Navy, Northeastern and MIT.
Softball looks to tame recently fireless Dragons
by Sarah Davis | April 22, 2009 1:00AM
With only six games left in the season, the Penn softball team is determined to make every one count. The Quakers (12-25-1, 7-9 Ivy) will have two chances to do so today, as they take on slumping Drexel (20-16) in a 3 p.m. doubleheader this afternoon at Drexel Field.
Tigers softball burning bright
by Sarah Davis | April 17, 2009 1:00AM
Though the softball season is quickly coming to a close, two Ivy League rivals are heading into this weekend still hungry to prove why they deserve to be atop the South Division. Penn (9-24-1, 4-8 Ivy) will hope to sweep Princeton (13-15, 7-5) in a weekend of twin doubleheaders that start tomorrow at 12:30 on Warren Field.
Softball | Hit to win: Bats a must against Bears
by Sarah Davis | April 10, 2009 1:00AM
After two quiet losses Wednesday in which Penn scored just three runs in two games against Temple, the team is no doubt looking for the bats to show up. This weekend's doubleheaders against Cornell (27-7, 6-2 Ivy) could be just the opportunity the Quakers (9-20-1, 4-4) need to erase any lingering bad memories of the Temple games.
Doubles trouble for M. Tennis after losses
by Sarah Davis | April 6, 2009 1:00AM
For the men's tennis team, this weekend brought little but disappointment. After a loss to Princeton last weekend in their Ivy season opener, the Quakers lost two more league matches on the road this weekend. Friday they fell to Brown, 6-1, and Saturday they dropped a devastating 4-3 match to Yale.
M. Tennis | Not again - if Penn can help it
by Sarah Davis | March 27, 2009 1:00AM
Tomorrow, for at least one reason, the Penn men's tennis team is hoping that this year isn't like the last. In their 2008 Ivy opener, the Quakers fell, 5-2, to Princeton at home in a contest that coach Nik DeVore called "a bitter, bitter one." The Quakers will have a chance for revenge this year when they open their 2009 Ivy League slate with a 2 p.
California dreaming for M. Tennis
by Sarah Davis | March 6, 2009 1:00AM
Although the men's tennis team is traveling to the West Coast next week, it will not be spending the time wandering on the beach, watching the sun set and relaxing before the upcoming Ivy League season. The Quakers (5-4) will have to leave the comforts of Levy Pavilion - where they remain undefeated so far this season - to take on four competitive California squads, two of which are nationally ranked.
M. Golf | A new chip off the old Blodgett
by Sarah Davis | March 5, 2009 1:00AM
This spring, the men's golf team has a winning formula that seems to be equal parts new and old. The new starts at the top. The University hired Scott Allen to be the new head coach for the team in August following the retirement of twelve-year veteran Francis Vaughn.
M. Tennis | Looking to exert Levy leverage
by Sarah Davis | February 25, 2009 1:00AM
With their spring break trip to sunny California on the horizon, the men's tennis team only has to endure the frigid Philadelphia air for so much longer. Of course, the northeastern terrain - or rather, the indoor sanctuary - has served the team well thus far.
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