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Autumn Leak and Sydney Ormiston of the volleyball team and Matt Leigh of the men’s soccer team have been recognized for their impressive performances over the holiday weekend.
The Quakers open their season today at noon against No. 5-ranked Louisville in Princeton, New Jersey, as part of the ACC/Ivy League Conference Crossover.
All spectators in attendance (12 years old and above) must attest to having been vaccinated and face coverings are required at all indoor and outdoor competition venues.
The women’s soccer team defeated George Mason 2-1 on Sunday, giving Casey Brown her first win as head coach.
Twenty-four players competed on 15 different teams over the summer, in 10 different states, with a number of players reaching their league’s all-star games.
Thirteen Quakers competed in the Games, which were held in Paris, and returned with 20 medals in track & field events.
John Baxter Taylor Jr. of Philadelphia, a superstar on Penn’s track & field team in the early 1900s, won gold at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
A former Quaker and an incoming Quaker are competing in the Olympics in Tokyo, giving Penn a total of eight athletes participating in the Games
Six Quakers are going for the gold in the Olympic Games, representing the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Bermuda, and Taiwan/Chinese Taipei.
Peter Matt and Josh Hood became the 15th and 16th Quakers in the last 20 years to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.
This year’s Penn Relays again will have a set of races with big international stars on Saturday, and though exact numbers weren’t provided, the increase in prize money more than doubles what it was before.
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Jordyn Hall is Penn’s director of football operations, a role she’s had since last spring when she was a fourth-year student.
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Penn fourth-year Isabella Whittaker has set multiple program and Ivy League records this season and has Olympic hopes.
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Matt Valenti will take over the Penn wrestling program in 2025-26, when longtime coach Roger Reina will move into an emeritus role for one season before retiring from coaching.
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Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that women’s college basketball needs to cultivate more superstars and superstar matchups like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to keep investors bought in and fans engaged.
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