Articles by Vivek Sivakumar
05/10/12 7:35pm
Sivakumar | Lessons learned along the way
If you had told me in the summer of 2008 that I would eventually become a staff writer for one of the most accomplished student papers in the world, I would’ve laughed. 02/05/12 3:22pm
Women's basketball swept at home by Yale and Brown
In the penultimate home weekend of the season, the Penn women’s basketball team dropped a 72-60 decision to Yale on Friday and fell, 59-55, to Brown in overtime Saturday. 01/12/12 11:28pm
Penn women's basketball has three Big 5 games left
Though the Red and Blue secured a monumental victory against La Salle last season, it was the team’s only win in the city series since 2004. 12/11/11 11:23pm
Women's hoops defeats Army, 70-60
After suffering a 31-point loss at Notre Dame, Penn women’s basketball was staring at two losses on the young season. Down 10 in the first half to visiting Army, the Quakers responded to their first real bout of adversity and rallied for a 70-60 win to continue the best start in program history. 11/30/11 12:47am
History books in reach for Penn women's basketball
The Quakers (3-1) are off to their best start since 1982-83, and with a win tonight at Lafayette (2-4), they will have their first ever 4-1 start in program history. 11/29/11 11:47pm
Women's basketball eyes history books with strong early play
With all of the positive energy built up after last year’s dramatic turnaround, the fast start has galvanized the team. 11/14/11 12:34am
Alyssa Baron carries load in women's basketball's overtime win
Penn women’s basketball was prepared for a battle in its opener against St. Francis. But the Quakers weren’t exactly expecting an overtime nail-biter against a team that’s never beaten them. 10/30/11 11:06pm
Loss to Brown dooms men's soccer to losing season
With the rain and snow that pelted the northeast this weekend, Saturday’s men’s soccer match between Penn and Brown was shaping up to be unpleasant no matter the result. 10/14/11 12:32am
Penn soccer preps for 'Separation Saturday'
Heading into Saturday’s match with Dartmouth, Penn men’s soccer finds itself locked in a tie for third in the Ivy League with the Big Green and two other squads. 09/26/11 2:31am
Quakers cruise through Penn Soccer Classic
Penn men’s soccer had two rainy, muddy, yet comfortable victories over Stony Brook and Long Island. 09/18/11 11:39pm
Penn soccer's Baker cooks Villanova with two goals
The result was eight shots and two goals for Baker, who paced the Quakers to a 2-1 victory over Villanova. 09/16/11 3:07am
Football Preview | Big shoes to fill for Penn's next kicker
This season, coach Al Bagnoli has the unique task of replacing the most prolific kicker in Penn history, Andrew Samson 09/08/11 11:25pm
Undefeated, Penn heads to sunny Southern California
The men’s soccer team travels out to sunny California this weekend for the San Diego Central Tournament, hosted by San Diego State. 09/06/11 10:54pm
Penn blows by St. Joe’s, remains undefeated
Although the Quakers (2-0) eventually ran away with the match, things didn’t start well for the Red and Blue as they fell behind the Hawks (0-2) early on a 19th-minute goal by freshman Jake Nelson. 05/26/11 4:35am
M. Lax sees growth in struggles
Quakers headed in the right direction after a season of several ups and downs. 04/21/11 5:00am
Penn torches Hawks’ defense in win
The No. 13 men’s lacrosse team was the huge favorite against winless Saint Joseph’s, and played like it, dismantling the Hawks, 13-5, for its seventh win of the season. 04/18/11 2:15am
Working overtime yet again
Saturday in Cambridge, the No. 15 Penn men's lacrosse team picked up its first away victory against Harvard in a double-overtime win. 04/11/11 2:28am
Quakers fall back in Ivy race
Brown — previously winless in conference — dealt a tough blow to the Quakers' regular-season title and NCAA tournament hopes with a 13-12 win. 03/31/11 3:11am
Lax loves lock-down defense
Defense never sells any tickets or shoots any commercials. But Quaker fans shouldn't sleep on Penn’s defense — these guys are good. 03/21/11 2:01am