2008 Woodie Awards
Athletic Department officials are overhauling the season-ticket policy for the men's basketball program in an effort to transform the student section into a more formidable sixth man.
Starting this year, participants in the annual tradition of The Line - the surprise nighttime announcement and overnight Palestra bash where students trade sleep for tickets - will now get a general-admissions pass to the stud ent section of the Palestra, rather than a reserved seat for every game.
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What a difference an extra week of preseason makes.
With the Ivy League loosening its restrictions on preseason men's soccer practice from seven days to 14 this year, the Quakers appeared confident and ready to embark on their road trip against Marquette and DePaul.
When the Penn field hockey team last faced Rutgers, Meghan Rose took matters into her own hands. On a breakaway 20 seconds into overtime, her roller found the back of the net to give the Quakers their third-straight win over the Scarlet Knights.
But that was two years ago, and in May, Rose - and most of the Quakers' firepower - graduated.
W. Soccer | '07 champs eager for a fresh start
With two games up, W. Soccer not resting on last year's laurels
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Tri-captain Eileen Larkin said that this season, the women's soccer team is focused on improvement.
She and her teammates seem to have forgotten that they're the Ivy League champs.
It also must have slipped the Quakers' minds that they did not lose a single player from last year's squad, whose 13 wins were the second most in in program history.
With two games up, W. Soccer not resting on last year's laurels
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Megan Tryon will make her presence known at the Palestra today, when the Penn volleyball team opens its season.
But her prowess stems from other playing surfaces: Over her long athletic career, the sophomore setter has also demonstrated her skills in the sand and on the pitcher's mound.
No wonder Penn volleyball captain Kathryn Turner is talking about a steep learning curve.
Not only does the Ivy League have an abbreviated preseason schedule - a disadvantage against non-conference opponents who have already played matches by now - but the Quakers haven't won a season opener since 2004.
