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Players on the field hockey team celebrate in a circle on the field.

Field hockey team collects first wins of season

Penn defeated Cornell on Saturday at Ellen Vagelos Field and Temple on Sunday in North Philly.

Penn’s offense comes alive in 28-24 win over Lafayette

The win had plenty of offensive highlights, with senior quarterback Nick Robinson and sophomore wideout Ryan Cragun, senior tailback Karekin Brooks, and wideout Rory Starkey, and ends a four-game Quakers losing streak dating back to last season and sends them into next week’s Ivy League and home opener with Dartmouth on a winning note.

Penn star running back Karekin Brooks one of six brothers, the small one

Karekin Brooks’ five brothers are all defensive line-sized guys—in his mind, he’s always the small one. In last Saturday’s opener at Delaware, Brooks, known as KK to teammates and coaches, ran 28 times for 158 yards and added three catches for 20 more, pushing him to 11th all-time in rushing, with 2,002 yards.

Alex Touche, captain of the men's soccer team, prepares to strike the ball.

On defensive guard, Touche honored by Philly Soccer Six

Junior Alex Touche has been named Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week.

Members of the Sprint football team run onto the field before a game.

Sprint football team puts up 60 on Cornell

In their 100th meeting, the Quakers defeated the Big Red 61-7 in New York.

Football players take part in blocking drills in the endzone at Franklin Field during training camp.

Quakers apt to resume championship-winning ways

The Penn football team opens its 2019 season on Saturday, Sept. 21, at No. 20 Delaware.

At the Palestra, Parker Jones jumps in the air and prepares to strike the ball.

Penn serves up tourney title at Palestra

The women’s volleyball team won the Valley Forge Sports Invitational this past weekend at the Palestra.

Joey Bhangdia, a midfielder on the men's soccer team, dribbles the ball down the field.

Quakers outfox Red Foxes

The men’s soccer team beat the Marist Red Foxes 1-0 on Monday evening at Rhodes Field.

Junior midfielder Breukelen Woodard of the women's soccer team dribbles the ball between two defenders.

Woodard wills Quakers to weekend win and draw

The Quakers battled Fairfield to a draw on Friday and defeated Mount St. Mary’s on Sunday. Both games were held at Rhodes Field.

Penn hoops star Princess Aghayere is using her passion for teamwork to save girls’ lives in Liberia

The senior leader of Penn’s 2019 regular season Ivy Champions left Philadelphia after graduation, and traveled 4,600-mile to Liberia. With Penn friends Summer Kollie and Oladunni Alomaja, Aghayere started Rebound Liberia, a youth program whose goal is to use basketball to empower girls in the small West African country.

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