Category Archives: Women's Lacrosse

Perfection, (brief) disappointment at Penn Park over the weekend

I arrived at Penn Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to catch the last couple of innings of the Penn softball team’s one-game playoff for the Ivy League South Division title vs. Cornell. As I walked down the ramp from the … Continue reading

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Penn’s action-packed sports weekend

As far as sports weekends go, it’s hard to imagine too many being bigger than this one for Penn athletics. Want to head out to campus to take in some of the action? Here’s a look of what’s on tap: … Continue reading

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Senior Spotlight: Giulia Giordano

A day after playing her final lacrosse game at the University of Pennsylvania, Giulia Giordano experienced an even deeper sense of finality: she walked at commencement. Those two experiences, back-to-back, may have been overwhelming for the now Penn graduate, but … Continue reading

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For Penn lacrosse programs, success breeds succees

Penn men’s lacrosse coach Mike Murphy knew it was possible for his team to ascend to the top of the Ivy League and become a national power. For proof, he didn’t have to look very far. On the very same … Continue reading

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Week in perspective: A new Voice, a new robot and the end of an old streak

There’s been some interesting sports news coming out of Penn this week. Let’s start with something I’ve been following for a while: After a long wait, John Alexander learned he would replace his father, C.T. Alexander, as the public announcer … Continue reading

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Senior Spotlight: Ali DeLuca

By Ted Rawlings Continuing to shine Penn senior athletes under the lights, I talked to another nationally recognized Quaker athlete: women’s lacrosse player Ali DeLuca. A two-time second team All-American, the 2007 Ivy League Rookie of the year and the … Continue reading

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The rise to national prominence

By Ted Rawlings Karin Brower Corbett begins this decade as the Penn women’s lacrosse head coach with a much different feel than she did to start the previous one.  Hired in 2000, Corbett had the tall task of leading a … Continue reading

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