More wins for Baseball; more scheduling for Hoops
Without playing a game, and six months before its season begins, the Penn baseball team picked up a few extra victories. If only it were always that easy. On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Committee on...
View ArticlePenn just might have the smartest football team
Every academic year, the NCAA releases a list of Academic Progress Rates for its member schools. Each team on each school is rated based on the academic eligibility and retention of its scholarship...
View ArticleContinued success for women’s golf
The Penn women's golf team has been on fire in 2010. After winning an ECAC championship in the fall and the team's first Ivy title (at a course legendary for its difficulty, no less), Penn also...
View ArticleHarvard nets 6-seed in NIT
The 32-team NIT field was also announced yesterday, and Harvard earned a 6-seed, its first ever NIT berth. The Crimson will be the 9th Ivy representative in the men's NIT, and the first since 2003....
View ArticleTennis phenom Connie Hsu headed for NCAAs
A month ago, I had the pleasure of profiling tennis freshman Connie Hsu, a native of Taiwan who has excelled in tennis since she was five years old. Even back in Feburary, both Hsu and coach Sanela...
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NCAA releases Academic Progress Rates
The annual academic progress rate (APR) scores — tracking classroom performance of Division I teams — were made available by the NCAA today. We spent all year writing about how the Quakers do on the...
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NCAA announces major men’s basketball recruiting changes
Posting on a high schooler's facebook wall? Not okay. Sending them a private message? Go for it. The NCAA today announced a set of changes to the recruiting guidelines that basketball coaches must...
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Dani Shepherd alone atop Division I
thedp.com Junior Dani Shepherd currently leads the Division I standings in digs per set. After an impressive weekend against Princeton and Towson, she is now boasting 6.61 digs/sets, which will extend...
View ArticleW. Soccer: Fate to be pulled out of a hat?
With just two weeks remaining in the Ivy League women's soccer schedule, three teams are in the hunt for an Ivy title, which has stimulated discussion about how a potential three-way tie between the...
View ArticleSudden change of plans for former Penn football prospect
While recruits for the Class of 2017 begin the process of formally announcing their college decisions, one Florida high school senior will no longer be able to do so. According to an article in the...
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