2008 Woodie Awards
Junior co-captain Craig Andrzejewski has a brother on a professional lacrosse team, but he's not letting that overshadow his own accomplishments: Craig is making a name for himself as the Quakers' offensive leader.
After his brother D.J. departed for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse following the 2005-06 season, Andrzejewski (pronounced andrew-JEFF-ski) assumed a starting role.
Penn may be guilty of its share of faults this season, but it can't be accused of lacking intensity during Ivy play. This weekend's two games at the Palestra were no exception.
Coming off last Tuesday's foul-fest of a win against Princeton - in which the teams combined for 52 fouls and four technicals - Penn's game lost none of its physical character.
Jeff Orleans said yesterday that he will retire as Ivy Group Executive Director, effective June 30, 2009.
Orleans, the only full-time Executive Director in Ivy history, has held his position since September 1984.
"I have been extremely fortunate over the last two decades to have the chance to help the Ivy League's extraordinary student-athletes succeed," the Yale and Yale Law School graduate said in a statement.
When your team is a double-digit underdog, allowing Saint Joseph's to shoot 63 percent from the field and letting Pat Calathes and Darrin Govens drop 26 apiece isn't exactly a winning prescription.
But then again, La Salle coach John Giannini is the one with a Ph.
Knapp can't find a date
Harvard and Princeton's late exams leave Penn with nobody to play for two weeks
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Following a Jan. 15 loss to Seton Hall, the women's basketball team had a 16-day break before its next game against Harvard.
But the time off was not a voluntary choice for Penn coach Pat Knapp, who feared that his squad would get rusty. The layoff was just one of several unfortunate byproducts of the unusual Ivy League schedule.
Harvard and Princeton's late exams leave Penn with nobody to play for two weeks
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When Brian Voelker was hired as the men's lacrosse coach before the 2003 season, he took the helm of a program that had not been to the NCAA tournament in 13 years. But within four years, he had taken his Quakers there twice.
Now, if Penn wants to return to the postseason after last year's absence, Voelker will have to navigate a boatload of young talent through a harsh regular-season schedule.
