There’s no quit in Quakers
Coming off a draining one-point loss to Columbia and a blowout at the hands of Cornell, some might say most of the Penn men’s basketball team’s significant contests are behind them.
Coming off a draining one-point loss to Columbia and a blowout at the hands of Cornell, some might say most of the Penn men’s basketball team’s significant contests are behind them.
A slow start that was capped by a 23-point Princeton run forced the Quakers to play catchup for the rest of the night. But solid free-throw shooting kept Princeton in the lead en route to a 68-56 victory.
The Quakers closed their home schedule on a high note, downing Dartmouth 78-68 last night.
With under five minutes remaining, Penn committed five of its season-high 21 turnovers and blew a 7-point lead in loss to Harvard.
In a 15-3 pounding of Temple Wednesday, senior Ali DeLuca scored four goals to bring her season total to ten.
On Saturday, several Quakers will begin competition in the 2010 IC4A Championships, the first meet of the postseason, in which only select athletes will compete.
Given the team’s rebirth this season, the Quakers expect results at the Ivy Championships.
If the Penn baseball team needs time to shake off some winter cobwebs, it will certainly get the chance to do so over spring break.
The Quakers will finally get the chance to take the field when they travel to Kissimmee, Fla., to play ten games from March 7-12 as part of the Rebel Spring Games.
After a 14-9 loss to Lafayette in his second game, men’s lacrosse coach Mike Murphy is still looking for his first victory with the Quakers.
If Penn fails to secure a victory, it will be the first time the team has gone winless in the League since 1977-78, when the Red and Blue played just two Ivy games.
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.