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Volleyball
Coaching from off the field, off the sidelines, off the campus
Coaching from off the field, off the sidelines, off the campus
With Ivy League sports on hold, two new head coaches—women’s volleyball and women’s soccer—are trying to navigate an unusual situation.
Grace Calhoun named ‘Game Changer’ by Sports Business Journal
Grace Calhoun named ‘Game Changer’ by Sports Business Journal
Penn’s director of athletics and recreation is leading the NCAA Division I Council through the coronavirus pandemic and other complex issues.
Meredith Schamun named new volleyball coach
Meredith Schamun named new volleyball coach
The Rice alumna has been an assistant coach at Villanova, Tulane, and the University of Central Florida.
Leak named Ivy Rookie of the Week
Leak named Ivy Rookie of the Week
The freshman led the Quakers in kills during Penn’s defeats of Harvard and Dartmouth.
Digging deep with Parker Jones
Digging deep with Parker Jones
The junior on the volleyball team chats about her responsibilities as an outside hitter, her interest in Penn, the joy of beach volleyball, and coaching the freshman team while she was in high school.
Penn serves up tourney title at Palestra
Penn serves up tourney title at Palestra
The women’s volleyball team won the Valley Forge Sports Invitational this past weekend at the Palestra.
Penn welcomes Iain Braddak as new women’s volleyball coach
Penn welcomes Iain Braddak as new women’s volleyball coach
In 2015 and 2016, Braddak was the head women’s volleyball coach at Smith College before serving as an assistant coach at Columbia in 2017.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
While the Kelces face off in the Super Bowl, local siblings are quietly competing all the time
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Autumn Leak from Saddle River, New Jersey, is noted for directly competing against her twin sister, Audrey Leak, in women’s volleyball.
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