This was Wing Bowl 18, where “The Projectile Vomit of 2001” is more renowned than the War of 1812, and the world’s top competitive eater was ejected (twice!) for “alcohol-related issues.”
Under new leadership, the divers have helped carry their teams to numerous wins, including an impressive performance against West Chester.
Entering Saturday’s game, one could only wonder what Jeremy Lin would do to a 3-14 Penn team.
Twice this weekend, Penn found itself down big early, and twice its second half performance showed the difficulty of fighting an uphill battle.
The Quakers lost 8-1 to Harvard Saturday, leaving the Crimson in sole possession of first place. The league championship hinges on Harvard’s trip to Yale Friday. If the Crimson win, they secure the title outright.
Competing against four Pennsylvania opponents, the Quakers finished the night with a score of 181.200 — only 0.525 behind second-place finisher Ursinus.
Penn was able to hang on for a 53-51 victory against Dartmouth, but fell 80-66 at Harvard.
While competing in the two-day New Balance Invitational in New York City, five Quakers qualified for the ECAC Championships, bringing Penn’s total number of qualifiers to six.
The Quakers obliterated an overmatched Brown squad 35-6, then picked up its fourth straight dual victory with a 41-11 demolition of Harvard.
The Dartmouth and Harvard women’s basketball teams each piled it on early and often, cruising to 51-37 and 66-40 victories, respectively.
Penn men’s squash was handed its sixth loss of the season Saturday, when the Quakers lost 7-2 to a No. 2-ranked Harvard team in Cambridge, Mass.
Penn kept it competitive for nearly the entire game, but a barrage of threes towards the end squashed any chance of a comeback. When it was all over, the Quakers fell to Harvard, 80-66, now stand at 2-2 in the Ivy League.