Wrestling
Freshmen shine at Intrasquad Meet
The Penn wrestling team unofficially kicked off its season Saturday, facing off against familiar opponents: themselves.
Wrestling Notebook | Eiter hits Worlds stage
Penn wrestling coach Rob Eiter is making a move into the spotlight on Tuesday — in Budapest, Hungary of all places.
*Wrestlers pit pit-bulls
The wrestling program has been shrouded in mystery since last November, when the Penn Athletic Department doled out suspensions to Penn wrestlers under the vague guise of “administrative policy.”
Scott Giffin’s All-American dream
Junior Scott Giffin defeated No. 6 Mike Benefiel en route to All-America honors and a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Tournament, the highest finish for a Penn wrestler since 2007.
It's March Mat-ness at wrestling NCAAs
Penn will send six wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which begin Thursday.
Pinning down bids at EIWAs
The EIWA tournament will be held at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena this Saturday and Sunday, and will feature 13 teams all fighting for the season crown.
Wrestling coach’s little grapplers
After a long day of practice, Penn wrestling coach Rob Eiter sometimes comes home to find that his living room has turned into a wrestling mat.
Pinning down wrestling rules
Wrestlers can pull from a number of complicated tactics, which often have even more complex names, in order to gain points.Measuring knee-high with Lehigh
The Penn wrestling team made quick work of an inferior Princeton squad Saturday, downing the Tigers, 23-11. Sunday proved less fruitful, however, as the Quakers could not keep up with the No. 7 Mountain Hawks, falling 30-9.
Brothers make Eiter a believer
While the Bible says to do unto others as you would want done unto you, the Burak brothers often find themselves ignoring this adage on the mat.
Storybook trip for Penn wrestlers
The Quakers obliterated an overmatched Brown squad 35-6, then picked up its fourth straight dual victory with a 41-11 demolition of Harvard.
Penn to tackle deja vu
Wrestlers kick off EIWA matches against Brown and Harvard in preparation for upcoming contests against top-ranked teams.
Valenti grapples for the gold
Former Penn wrestling phenomenon and current assistant coach Matt Valenti has his eyes set on making the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Quakers punish hobbled Hofstra squad
The Quakers walked away from their trip to Hofstra on Sunday having won six of their eight contests on the day (each team won a decision by forfeit), culminating in a 31-12 drumming of the Pride (5-7-2).
Battling wounded Pride
The Quakers will travel to Hempstead, N.Y., Sunday to take on a hobbled Hofstra team that has seen its starting 125- and 149-pound starters go down with season-ending injuries.
Journey west yields mixed results
In a doubleheader of sorts, the Red and Blue lost to a ranked Pittsburgh squad and then hopped on the bus to nearby Wexford, Pa., to enact some revenge against Clarion.Top Penn wrestlers still out with injuries
Penn senior wrestlers Cesar Grajales and Matt Dragon are on the injury report once again as the Quakers travel across the state Saturday to take on No. 23 ranked Pittsburgh.
Will it be a Re-Pitt upset?
When they face the the No. 23 Panthers tomorrow, the Quakers will go up against many of the same wrestlers they upset in a 20-16 victory last year when the Panthers were ranked 24th.Top 25 rank still out of reach
Though the Penn wrestling team entered Sunday’s match on the high of a two-game win streak and with a golden opportunity to take down a national powerhouse, they left disappointed.
