The field hockey team beat Brown 3-2 over the weekend in Rhode Island.
The two Erins on the field hockey team scored goals mere minutes apart on Saturday to help elevate the Quakers to a 3-2 victory over Brown in Providence, Rhode Island.
Junior midfielder Erin Kelly scored a goal at the one-minute-and-change mark of the first quarter, followed by junior forward Erin Quinn’s goal around four minutes later. Sophomore forward Madison Jiranek assisted on Quinn’s goal.
The Bears were held scoreless in the first half and the Quakers entered intermission up 2-0.
Brown got on the board with 30 seconds left in the third quarter to trim Penn’s lead to 2-1.
Senior forward/midfielder Alexa Schneck scored the game-winning goal in the fourth quarter.
Senior forward/midfielder Alexa Schneck scored a penalty stroke goal with five minutes left in the game to give the Red & Blue some breathing room and a 3-1 advantage. Brown scored a goal in the final minute of the contest, but it was too little too late.
Kelly had one shot, one shot on goal, and one goal. Quinn finished with two shots, two shots on goal, and one goal. Schneck put up three shots, one shot on goal, and one goal. Her game-winning goal was the ninth of her career.
Jiranek had one shot and one shot on goal along with her assist. Senior goalkeeper Ava Rosati had five saves.
Penn is 4-2 in Ivy League play and 7-9 overall headed into Saturday’s season finale against No. 8 Princeton at Ellen Vagelos Field.
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
