04/20/09 5:00am
Friday afternoon on Senior Day, Lauren Sadaka's name resounded through the crowd. The senior co-captain was in the middle of her final stellar home performance during Penn's 7-0 win over Columbia.
But the weekend was just beginning for Sadaka, as yesterday she won the clinching match in Penn's 4-3 win over Cornell in Ithaca, N.
04/13/09 5:00am
By MAX WEISS
Staff Writer
weiss@dailypennsylvanian.com
Emily Wolf and Lauren Sadaka are at two very different stages in their collegiate tennis careers.
Wolf is a freshman just finishing up her first year on the team. Sadaka, on the other hand, is a senior trying to make the most of her last month before graduation.
04/03/09 5:00am
The clock on court two of Levy Tennis Pavilion read 6:30. Officially, practice begins at four o'clock and ends at six o'clock, but sophomore Alexa Ely and freshman Emily Wolf had just finished hitting.
Ely's day of class and tennis began with an early-morning individual session with interim coach Sara Schiffman while most Penn students were still sleeping.
03/30/09 5:00am
Down 7-4 and facing match point, juniors Ekaterina Kosminskaya and Maria Anisimova were on the brink of losing the doubles point in their match against No. 48 Princeton Saturday.
Kosminskaya extended the match by rifling a cross-court return to set up a strong volley down the line for a winner.
03/27/09 5:00am
Princeton's women's tennis team defeated Penn, 7-0, at Levy Tennis Pavilion Saturday.
The 48th-ranked Tigers played very well top to bottom. However, the scoreline did not tell the whole story of the match.
Juniors Maria Anisimova and Ekaterina Kosminskaya had a chance to secure the doubles point for Penn in their number one doubles match.
03/17/09 5:00am
For the past four years, spring break for the Penn women's tennis team has meant a one-week excursion to the West Coast to battle against some of the country's premier tennis competition.
Historically the trip has been a tough one for the Quakers as they have compiled a 7-10 record in the past four seasons.
02/27/09 5:00am
The Penn women's tennis team has had five different lineups in as many matches this season.
On a team that has been plagued by sickness and injury, the Quakers are hoping for a common stroke and consistency that has been sorely lacking in the young season.
02/26/09 5:00am
The Penn women's tennis team has had five different lineups in as many matches this season.
On a team that has been plagued by sickness and injury, the Quakers are hoping for a common stroke and consistency that has been sorely lacking in the young season.
02/20/09 5:00am
While competing in juniors, players learn how to work for themselves. Matches at a collegiate Division I level take on a deeper meaning.
"Your individual win is just as important as your teammate winning," senior co-captain Lauren Sadaka said. "It's a transition.
02/16/09 5:00am
Heading into the season ranked No. 2, the women's squash team had its eyes on returning to the finals of the Howe Cup with dreams of winning the national championship.
Unfortunately for the Quakers, they failed to reach that goal this weekend.
Although Penn won 8-1 over Cornell in the first round, its run was stopped by Harvard in the semifinals Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.
01/29/09 5:00am
PRINCETON, N.J., - Sydney Scott was growing irritated by Neha Kumar's uncanny shot-making ability.
In the decisive fifth game, after yet another miraculous Kumar recovery, Scott thrust her racquet at the court in frustration at her 4-1 deficit.
Although she did give up the next three points, instead of letting her anger get the best of her, the Penn junior rattled off eight straight points to cap off a captivating performance.
01/28/09 5:00am
Fractured tibia or not, senior co-captain Alisha Turner would not miss playing Princeton.
Last year Turner battled through her match in the national championship against the Tigers while nursing that injury which she had sustained a few days before.
"I guess I have a high pain threshold," Turner said.
01/14/09 5:00am
It's a good thing that coaches can't play for their teams.
If they could, the Penn women's squash team would be facing a tough task in tonight's match at Franklin and Marshall. The Diplomats' men's and women's head coach, John White, was ranked No. 1 in the world in March 2004, and retired from professional squash in October as No.
12/05/08 5:00am
Emily Goodwin extends her arm straight back at a high angle, the ball bounces in front of her, she bends her knees and accelerates her racquet head through the rising ball. While this stroke is routine on a squash court, it's especially sweet for the Penn senior and co-captain.
11/24/08 5:00am
By MAX WEISS
Staff Writer
weissmax@dailypennsylvanian.com
Britt Hebden and Katie Corelli both know what it's like to play squash for the Quakers - they were teammates on the Quakers of Penn Charter, and were on their 2006 national runner-up squad.
Hebden and Corelli are still playing squash together, but now as opponents.
11/19/08 5:00am
The women's squash team has it all. After winning their first Ivy League title since 2000 and finishing second in the nation, the Quakers return with three All-Americans and plenty of confidence.
"We are good, not to sound cocky," senior co-captain Emily Goodwin said.
11/03/08 5:00am
It was a fitting end to Senior Day. Ten minutes into overtime, senior Rachel Eng took a pass from classmate Nina Ferrier on a two-on-one, shimmied around a diving Brown keeper, Caroline Washburn, and lifted the game-winner over an onrushing defender. "Nina gave me a great pass," said Eng, who scored in her fifth-straight game.
10/27/08 5:00am
Senior forward Molly Weir did her best to break a scoreless deadlock for the women's soccer team. Playing against Yale, Weir rattled a shot off the crossbar in the 20th minute. Then in overtime, her shot from the right side forced the Bulldogs keeper to make a sliding save.
10/16/08 5:00am
At this weekend's National Tennis Center Invite, the Quakers got to play on Arthur Ashe Stadium and use the same locker rooms as the pros.
But even with a behind-the-scenes tour of U.S. Open facilities, the women couldn't quite channel their inner Maria Sharapova.
10/06/08 5:00am
Sophomore midfielder Sarah Friedman came into Saturday's match with Cornell knowing she could shatter Penn's single-season assist record.
"Kristin [Kaiser] and Kaitlin [Campbell] and I were researching Cornell, and one of the Web sites had written something about it," she said.
