Basketball

Flexing Quakers fluster Big 5 foe La Salle

The women’s basketball team defeated the Explorers 72-59 on Tuesday at La Salle. The Quakers dished out 23 assists and caused 22 turnovers.

Jordan Dingle goes up for the shot in between two Delaware defenders during a game at The Palestra.

Dingle dazzles, collects Ivy and Big 5 Player of the Week awards

The third-year guard led the Red & Blue to four straight victories and has scored at least 20 points in each of Penn’s last six games, the longest streak by a Quaker in 44 years.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn victorious in inaugural Cathedral Classic with 86-73 win over Delaware

Penn won its third game in as many days in the inaugural Cathedral Classic at the Palestra after defeating Delaware on Sunday.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn downs Hartford 75-55 in the first game of the inaugural Cathedral Classic at the Palestra

Jordan Dingle led the Quakers with 20 points and scored his 1000th in the Quakers’ win over Hartford in the inaugural Cathedral Classic three-day tournament at the Palestra.

Alanna Shanahan, director of Penn Athletics, at Franklin Field

New podcast series features captivating conversations with Penn alumnae

Alanna Shanahan, director of Penn Athletics, is hosting a series of interviews with alumnae in support of “Power the Next 100,” a new fundraising initiative focused on women’s varsity athletics.

A collage showing women athletes playing a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, softball, lacrosse, and volleyball.

Giving initiative powers next generation of women athletes at Penn

“Power the Next 100” will serve as the catalyst to help Penn Athletics fulfill its commitment to holistically developing its women student-athletes over the next 100 years.

Anthony Erz oberserves gameplay from the sidelines during a men's lacrosse game at Franklin Field.

Erz promoted to head athletic trainer

Anthony Erz began his career at Penn in 2015 as an assistant athletic trainer and previously worked as head athletic trainer for the football and men’s lacrosse teams.

CBC Radio (Canada)

Appeal or wait? Brittney Griner’s legal team faces tough decision post-sentencing, says expert

Ph.D. candidate Kimberly St. Julian Varnon of the School of Arts & Sciences, who advised the WNBA Players’ Association on Brittney Griner’s case, outlines the post-sentencing path for Griner and her legal team.

Franklin Field, with center city Philadelphia to the right in the background.

Penn Athletics hires Liz Nobis as first-ever mental health professional

Nobis earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Biola University’s Rosemead School of Psychology in 2021 and has been serving as a postdoctoral fellow at Penn’s Counseling Services for the past year.

At the Quaker's Choice Awards at the Palestra, from left, Kristina Khaw, Sam Handley, Theo Lenz, Gracyn Banks, and Nikola Kovacikova stand with their trophies and awards

A toast to dear old Penn student-athletes

At the Quaker’s Choice Awards on Wednesday evening at the Palestra, Penn Athletics presented its major intercollegiate senior awards to five student-athletes.

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