Spring Break
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Here is the story. Glen Miller took Penn to visit North Carolina, the creme de la creme of college hoops, and got within 10 points with under four minutes to play. Not too shabby.
"Well, I mean, we're never pleased with a loss. And we made a lot of mental mistakes out there … "
Miller is stingy; you almost have to pry a compliment from his mouth.
Penn coach Al Bagnoli said that sophomore quarterback Keiffer Garton ran the two-minute drill perfectly.
There was only one blemish - and it couldn't have been more costly. After leading the Quakers 63 yards to the Harvard 12, Garton found himself trailing by three and well within field-goal range.
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A Gatorade shower in 40-degree weather never felt so good.
Yesterday afternoon, coach Rudy Fuller happily had a cooler dumped on his head by his 2008 Ivy League Co-Champion Quakers.
After 94 minutes in the freezing wind at Rhodes Field yesterday - in a match originally scheduled for Saturday night, postponed one day because of inclement weather - a winner had not been decided.
By KRISTA HUTZ
Senior Staff Writer
hutzkm@dailypennsylvanian.com
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Quakers fans were braced for the worst going into Penn's season opener against No. 1 North Carolina.
What they got wasn't Penn's best, but still a respectable 86-71 loss to the Tar Heels.
So this is how it ends for the Red and Blue, no strangers to heartbreak by any stretch, but filled with a season-long optimism that makes Saturday's loss - and ostensible elimination from title contention - that much harder to swallow.
Kicking blunders, gut-wrenching turnovers, potentially blown calls - the Quakers have been there before in recent years, sure.
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W.. Hoops | 'Out of sync,' out of answers in opening loss
Mountain Hawks' fifth-ranked defense stifles W. Hoops in season opener
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This was not what Pat Knapp envisioned. Fresh off a disappointing season and the departure of three forwards, the women's basketball coach opted for a four-guard starting lineup. But in Friday's season opener against Lehigh, two of those four combined for zero points.
Mountain Hawks' fifth-ranked defense stifles W. Hoops in season opener
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Volleyball senior Stephanie Gwin had to wait until Senior Night to get her first start this season, but she wasted no time capitalizing on the opportunity. Sophomore Megan Tryon set her up on the first play of the Quakers' match against Brown, and the co-captain slammed a hard kill right down the middle.
Track | Brogan's fate in committee's hands
Senior may make NCAA championship; track teams close out fall season
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Senior Leah Brogan has never qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championship. But after her 18th-place finish (out of 191 runners) at Saturday's Mid-Atlantic Regional, she may well be on her way. Now, it's up to the NCAA committee to decide.
"She ran a great race," coach Gwen Harris said.
Senior may make NCAA championship; track teams close out fall season
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If Saturday's tournament at the 29th-annual Temple Fencing Collegiate Open serves as any indication of what the women's fencing team can expect from their freshmen this season, the Quakers do not need to worry.
Penn brought home six medals, including three earned by freshmen, in a tournament that featured athletes from 32 different schools.
W. Rowing | Lane gets revenge for recruit thievery
W. Rowing gets past Duke, other scholarship schools at Rivana Romp
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Since Ivy League student-athletes are not given scholarships, the women's rowing team's edging out of Duke, Iowa and Miami at the Rivanna Romp in Charlottesville, Va., was that much sweeter for coach Michael Lane. Penn was the only non-scholarship school in the race.
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The Penn women's swimming team needed to claim the top two spots in the 200-yard freestyle relay in order to beat Columbia. Immediately after the start of the 16th and final event, Penn coach Mike Schnur began shouting: "That's an illegal start! That's an illegal start!" The Quakers finished second and third in the relay, losing the meet, 159-141.
