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Sports
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.
Quakers outfox Red Foxes
Quakers outfox Red Foxes
The men’s soccer team beat the Marist Red Foxes 1-0 on Monday evening at Rhodes Field.
Woodard wills Quakers to weekend win and draw
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 takes down Towson
Penn takes down Towson
The women’s soccer team defeated the Towson Tigers 2-0 on Monday evening at Rhodes Field.
Quakers set grander heights for new season
Quakers set grander heights for new season
The women’s soccer team, the defending co-champions of the Ivy League, open their season on Friday, Aug. 30, against No. 3-ranked Stanford.
Dragon boating, on the world stage
Dragon boating, on the world stage
Computer and information science doctoral student Barry Slaff trains six days a week for dragon boating on the Schuylkill River, and is headed to Thailand to compete in the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships.
Douglas helps Team USA make history at Pan American Games
Douglas helps Team USA make history at Pan American Games
The junior guided Team USA to its first team gold medal in men’s squash.
McMahon brings home the gold with Team USA
McMahon brings home the gold with Team USA
The rising sophomore was part of the Team USA U19 squad that won the World Championships this past weekend in Canada.
Why do Achilles ruptures take so long to heal?
Why do Achilles ruptures take so long to heal?
Kathryn O’Connor, an assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, gives the ins and outs of Achilles tears.
McMahon selected for US Lacrosse Women’s U19 team
McMahon selected for US Lacrosse Women’s U19 team
The rising sophomore will represent America at the World Lacrosse Women’s U19 Championship in August.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s Ryan Betley back for one more year (but just one)
Five minutes into Ryan Betley’s 2018-19 Penn Quakers season, his season was over. Following a torn patellar tendon and surgery that took out his season, and months of recovery, Betley is looking at a fifth season—just not at Penn.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
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The Pennsylvania Gazette
‘Very little fazes her’
One of only a few female members of a college men’s basketball staff, May alumna Sarah Parks jumps into a new gig as Director of Operations.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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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