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Sports
Quakers start season 2-0 with two 1-0 victories
The women’s soccer team defeated American on Friday and Delaware on Sunday.
Reigning, defending Penn champs look to repeat in 2023-24
As the 2023-24 sports season takes flight, several Penn sports teams are aiming to repeat or three-peat as champions.
Penn on the Pitch: The 2018 Quakers and the fortress of Rhodes
In celebration of the Women’s World Cup, Penn Today is showcasing some of the noteworthy feats and players from the Penn women’s soccer team. This edition highlights the 2018 Quakers, co-champions of the Ivy League.
Penn on the Pitch: The sensational Katy Cross
In celebration of the Women’s World Cup, Penn Today is showcasing some of the noteworthy feats and players from the Penn women’s soccer team. This edition highlights 2005 alumna Katy Cross.
Fallon wins bronze at World Aquatics Championships
The rising junior is the first Quaker to medal at the World Championships.
Penn ties school record in Learfield Cup standings
Out of more than 350 Division I institutions, Penn finished 60th and matched the school record 409.5 points.
Yurkow awarded East Region Coach of the Year honors
The W. Joseph Blood Head Coach guided the Quakers to their first outright Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament berth in 28 years.
Fallon wins national title with sixth-fastest time in U.S. history
The rising junior won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke on Wednesday evening at the USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships.
Five rowers earn All-American honors
Two members of the men’s heavyweight crew team and three members of the men’s lightweight crew team have received All-American recognition.
Christie Novatin named new head softball coach
Novatin arrives at Penn following four years as the associate head coach at UConn, where she helped lead the Huskies to back-to-back regular season Big East Championships.
In the News
The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark
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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With one jump, Scott Toney set a Penn pole vault record, and topped his late brother’s mark in a fitting tribute
Scott Toney, a Wharton School fourth-year and pole vaulter from Mountainview, California, recently broke the Penn program record in a tribute to Marc Toney, his late brother and fellow pole vaulter.
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Meet the Masterman junior who just represented Brazil in the Youth Olympics
Masterman junior and Youth Olympics speedskater Lucas Koo, the son of Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine, hopes to attend the Wharton School after graduation.
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How managing nine younger siblings prepared Mataya Gayle to run Penn’s offense
Gayle is the Quakers’ second-leading scorer and has started every game this season.
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Voices of Penn’s basketball past reflect on the Quakers’ present challenges
The 1979 Final Four team was honored on last month at the Palestra as part of Penn’s annual basketball alumni weekend.
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