2008 Woodie Awards
"Cool. Calm. Chilled."
Why does women's basketball coach Pat Knapp describe his team like that despite having lost 14 games in a row?
Because Penn (3-17, 0-5 Ivy) is not the only Ivy League team struggling this season, and this weekend is its best chance yet for a win.
Wednesday's practice for the men's squash team was just like any other - relaxed, with plenty of jokes and racquets flying around.
For four seniors this week of practice at the Ringe Squash Courts will be their last. Coming up on the last hurrah of their squash careers at this weekend's College Squash Association Championship, the eldest Quakers want their departure to be memorable.
It may be the weekend, but the Penn women's tennis team has an exam on Saturday.
The subject: Virginia Commonwealth, in Richmond, Va.
"I think this weekend we're going to find out how we're playing," coach Mike Dowd said. "When we're playing a team of this level we're going to find out where we are as a team and what we're going to need to work on afterwards.
Matt returns home, but on other side of the mat
Two-time national champion Valenti now an assistant coach with Columbia
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The Quakers seek revenge today and pray for an upset tomorrow.
This afternoon, the No. 28 Quakers (11-4) will take the mat against aspiring rival Columbia. Last year the Lions upset the then-No. 16 ranked Quakers by a score of 22-12.
But this time, the Lions won't have home-mat advantage, a factor that some Quakers believe played a role in last season's loss.
Two-time national champion Valenti now an assistant coach with Columbia
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For Tyler Bernardini, Valentine's Day was heavy on the basketball and light on the roses.
"Just working on my jump shot," the freshman guard said when asked if he had plans. "Just trying to 'ball."
Of late, Bernardini has been prevented from doing just that.
His brother-in-law may get the notoriety, but Brown coach Craig Robinson fancies himself an agent of change.
It started in his own gym, where he morphed Glen Miller's run-and-gun system into the deliberate march of his alma mater.
Now, he wants change at the top; no team other than Penn and Princeton has won the Ivy League in the past 20 years.
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