Tennis
Penn men's tennis falls at home to Penn State, 5-2
It’s Penn vs. Penn. Sunday afternoon, Penn men’s tennis faced off against No. 21 Penn State at the Hecht Tennis Center, dropping its last home match before heading into Ancient Eight play, 5-2.
Penn women's tennis downs Maryland, 5-2
Penn tennis knows a thing or two about rallying. Women’s tennis faced off against longtime rival Maryland, walking away victorious, 5-2, on Saturday
Penn women's tennis' Marta Kowalska goes from Poland to Penn
Photoshopping Vladimir Putin amongst other things onto pictures of her teammate in play, Marta Kowalska, with her friend and doubles’ partner OJ Singh, crafts a Facebook-worthy cover photo to advertise this weekend’s match against Maryland.
Penn men's tennis looks to stay hot at home against Penn State
This weekend the Penn vs. Penn State rivalry will take place yet again on the courts of Hecht Tennis Center as the schools’ men’s tennis teams will engage in a battle of squads ranked in the top 60 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The Quakers (4-6) look to continue rolling after an easy win over New Mexico last weekend. That win, along with beating No. 38 Dartmouth and losing close-fought matches to No. 52 Princeton and No. 32 Harvard, has propelled the Red and Blue into 59th in the rankings, their first national rank this season. The undefeated Nittany Lions will visit Philadelphia ranked 21st and ready for revenge.
Penn men's tennis wins again at home
In its first action since a busy weekend where the team went 1-2 against three ranked Ivy squads at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, Penn men’s tennis rebounded swiftly with a 6-1 defeat of New Mexico.
Penn men's tennis's freshman rookie has big dreams and bigger goals
Penn may not be best known for cranking out young superstars, but after this year, they just might.
After two-week hiatus, Penn women's tennis returns to the court with win over Albany
After two weeks off the courts, Penn women's tennis served up a big win at home. The Quakers defeated Albany, holding a 5-2 advantage at the Hecht Tennis Center Saturday afternoon.
Penn men's tennis hangs tough with best of Ivy League
Until this weekend, Penn men’s tennis had yet to play a tournament in the 2016 season at full strength. Its veteran star, senior Vim De Alwis, was recovering from knee surgery after getting injured late in the 2015 season, and rookie sensation Dmitry Shatalin was stuck sorting through NCAA clearance bureaucracy.
Penn men's tennis unexpectedly and excitedly prepares to host ECACs
Things seem to be falling into place this weekend for Penn men’s tennis.
Mixed results for Penn Tennis as men swept, women sweep
For Penn Tennis, the courts of the Hecht Tennis Center and Penn Park provide a homecourt advantage like no other.
Penn women's tennis dispatches Rutgers, 6-1
So far, this long schedule seems to be paying dividends for the team, as demonstrated on Sunday afternoon at Hecht Tennis Center. Coming fresh off a win against Old Dominion, the Quakers sent Rutgers packing with a 6-1 finish.
Penn men's tennis notches dramatic win
It was a much-needed turnaround. Following a disappointing trip to Seattle last weekend that produced losses to both East Tennessee State and Washington, Penn Men’s Tennis was in desperate need of a spark to kick-start a season full of expectations and promise. In Saturday’s meet at the Hecht Tennis Center against Middle Tennessee State, they got just that.
Tennis Issue | After Eskenazi's graduation, Penn women's tennis presses on
The Quakers want to be the Ivy League's top team for the first time in nine years, but they'll have to do it without the top player in program history. Sol Eskenazi, who became the program's most decorated player ever with eight All-Ivy awards in her four years at Penn, graduated last spring.
Tennis Issue | For Penn men's tennis coach David Geatz, success seems to come at every stop
Over a career that spans more than 30 years, David Geatz has amassed a shelf’s worth of accolades and with it, a reputation as one of the league’s most illustrious program builders.
Tennis Issue | After injuries derailed early 2015 success, Penn men's tennis looks to reclaim that old magic
With everyone healthy and playing well, the Quakers felt prepared heading into Ivy play. The team was hot and expectations were high. But things quickly began to go downhill.
Tennis Issue | Incoming recruits, healed injuries to fuel both Penn tennis squads in '16
Big expectations are nothing new for Penn’s tennis programs, and both the men’s and women’s team go into this year with high Ivy League finishes in their sights. Penn women’s tennis finished the 2014-2015 season with three victories in their last four Ivy League matches, including impressive wins against nationally ranked Columbia and Cornell.
Tennis Issue | Trial by fire for Red and Blue
To be the best, you have to beat the best. Penn women’s tennis will have a chance this weekend to start proving that they deserve the exciting expectations surrounding the program for the 2016 season as they travel to compete in the International Tennis Association Kickoff Weekend. The tournament is reserved only for teams ranked in the top 100 in the ITA preseason rankings.
Penn men's tennis aces season opener
Not a bad start. On Saturday, Penn men's tennis opened up its season with a strong 7-0 victory over Navy, logging wins all across the board.
Penn women's tennis gets revenge over Tigers at home tournament
Sunday saw the conclusion of an excellent showing for Penn Women’s Tennis at the Cissie Leary Invitational Women’s tennis tournament, a tournament hosted on Penn’s very own campus this past weekend.