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In the pitcher's circle, Bella Fiorentino prepares to throw the ball, while wearing her white Penn jersey.

Bella pitches beauty, blanks Brown

Junior Bella Fiorentino pitched a two-hit shutout in the softball team’s 3-0 defeat of Brown on Sunday in Rhode Island.

At the Penn Squash Center, Andrew Douglas (top), Nathan Kueh (bottom) and Aly Abou Eleinen (right) swing their racquets during a match.

Tenacious men’s squash triumvirate awarded All-American honors

Seniors Andrew Douglas and Aly Abou Eleinen are First-Team selections and freshman Nathan Kueh is a Second-Team honoree.

Top: Sophomore goalkeeper Krissy Kowalski of the women’s lacrosse team; bottom: freshman catcher Asa Wilson of the baseball team; right: junior catcher Sarah Schneider of the softball team. (Images: Penn Athletics)

Ivy League gives props to three Quakers

Sarah Schneider of the softball team, Asa Wilson of the baseball team, and Krissy Kowalski of the women’s lacrosse team have earned weekly conference recognition.

Penn gymnasts pose with the GEC Championship banner and their championship trophies.

Quakers crowned inaugural GEC champions

Penn Gymnastics bested seven other teams on Saturday to win the first-ever GEC Championship and set a new team score record in the process.

From left, Mike Schnur, head coach of the swimming and diving team, junior Anna Kalandadze, senior Lia Thomas, junior Catherine Buroker, and AD Alanna Shanahan.

Thomas concludes spectacular season with national title

The senior won gold in the 500 freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Championships, making her the first female swimmer in school history to win an individual national title.

Sydney Kraez performs a back flip on the beam during a meet at the Palestra.

Penn Gymnastics vaults into GEC Championships as No. 1 seed

The Quakers, the regular season champions of the GEC, will vie for the inaugural GEC Championship on March 19 against seven other schools.

Lia Thomas wins an N.C.A.A. swimming title

With her victory in Atlanta, Thomas became the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. swimming championship in the 500-yard freestyle.

Fran McCaffery, returning to the NCAA Tournament with Iowa, was nicknamed ‘White Magic’ in his Sonny Hill League days

McCaffery, who played at La Salle College High and Penn and whose game revolved around slick hand balling, earned the nickname playing alongside Gene Banks and Lewis "Black Magic" Lloyd in the famous Sonny Hill League. He will be taking the Hawkeyes into the NCAA Tournament this week for the sixth time in his 12 seasons.

Wearing her Blue Penn jersey, Kennedy Suttle sits in the bleachers at the Palestra with her arms draped across the seats.

True grit: On the block with Kennedy Suttle

The senior forward on the women’s basketball team chats about playing basketball at age 3, working out with Dwight Howard, why she likes playing defense, her favorite memory from her Penn career, and her plans for the future.

Jordan Dingle, left, dribbles to the basketball against Yale during the Ivy League Tournament in Connecticut. Kayla Padilla, right, dribbles to the basket against Duke at the Palestra.

Dingle, Padilla, pick up First-Team All-Ivy honors

The sophomore on the men’s basketball team and junior on the women’s basketball team both led the Ivy League in scoring.

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