Malinowski bats .550, earns Ivy League Player of the Week
The sophomore infielder batted 11-20 and scored 10 runs in wins over Lafayette and Fairleigh Dickinson.
Sophomore infielder Eduardo Malinowski of the baseball team has been on a tear recently, batting .550 across five games and scoring 10 runs, which has earned him Ivy League Player of the Week distinction.
In a 19-3 win over Lafayette in New Jersey on March 12, Malinowski went 5-6 with a double, a triple, one RBI, and four runs.
The Quakers played doubleheaders against Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, March 16, at home and Sunday, March 17, in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Malinowski was 0-2 with one run, one walk, and one RBI in an 8-4 victory in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader. In the second game, an 18-5 win, he was 2-5 with two runs, one RBI, and one walk.
Penn defeated Fairleigh Dickinson 8-5 in the first game of Sunday’s contests. Malinowski batted 2-4 and had one run, two RBIs, and one triple. In game No. 2, a 16-2 triumph, he was 2-3 with two runs, three RBIs, one walk, one double, one triple, and one stolen base.
On the season, Malinowski—the Big 5 and Ivy League Rookie of the Year last season—is batting .321 for the 9-4 Quakers, and has 18 hits, 14 runs, 14 RBIs, and four triples. He is tied for second in the country in triples and is first in triples per game average.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
