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Sports
Women’s lax team ranked No. 7 in country in preseason poll
The defending Ivy League co-champions return their leading points and goal scorers from last season, and begin play on Feb. 16 against Delaware.
Russell rewarded for all-around, exceptional play
The senior guard has been selected Big 5 Co-Player of the Week.
Quakers top Hatters on New Year’s Eve
The women’s basketball team was too much for Stetson.
15-0: The 1897 Penn football team
The Quakers won the 1897 national championship with an unblemished 15-0 record. No team has gone 15-0 since.
Penn preps for 33rd Street Battle, Stetson, Princeton
The women’s basketball team takes on Drexel on Dec. 21, Stetson on Dec. 31, and Princeton on Jan. 5.
Wang picks up Big 5, Ivy League honors
The forward on the men’s basketball team has been named Rookie of the Week.
In a rocking Palestra, Penn vanquishes Villanova
The Quakers’ 78-75 win last night put an end to the Wildcats’ 25-game Big 5 winning streak, and marked the first time Penn has beaten Villanova in 16 years.
Penn shipwrecks Explorers, gets ready for Nova
The men’s basketball team downed La Salle 83-65 on Saturday. They take on defending national champion Villanova on Tuesday evening.
Inside man
Nick Miller, a senior inside linebacker on the Penn football team and a unanimous First-Team All-Ivy selection, chats about his incredible Quaker career.
Quakers fee-fi Big 5 foe La Salle
Penn eased to a 65-34 win over the Explorers on Wednesday at The Palestra.
In the News
After a back injury, this Penn senior’s record-breaking track success is ‘a long time coming’
Penn fourth-year Isabella Whittaker has set multiple program and Ivy League records this season and has Olympic hopes.
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For Penn’s wrestling team, an ‘innovative’ succession plan from one program legend to another
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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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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