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Temple Gets By Penn In Big Five Opener 78 – 73

November 10, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA 11/9/2013 – It was the earliest Big Five game per the calendar, November 9. But it could have been November 27, December 17, January 8, or February 21. Once the ball was in […]

Penn Women Survive And Move On In WBI On Last Second Shot

March 24, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA 3/23/2013 – In postseason basketball the idea is to survive and move on. And that is precisely what the University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team did winning 49 – 48 over the Fairfield […]

Yale Three-Point Shooting Too Much For Penn To Overcome

March 10, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA 3/9/2013 – The Yale Bulldogs started quickly scoring the first ten points of the game, and never looked back defeating the University of Pennsylvania 70 – 65 in an Ivy League women’s basketball […]

Penn Topples Harvard From Ivy League Top Spot

March 3, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 3/2/2013 – It was quite a turnaround for the University of Pennsylvania Men’s basketball team. On Friday night Penn lost to Dartmouth, the last place team in the league. In this game they would […]

#23 Penn Wins the Wrestling Battle of 33rd Street Over Drexel

February 25, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 12/24/2013 – The #23 University of Pennsylvania wrestling team won the Battle of 33rd Street in the wrestling mat with an impressive 37 – 0 win over the Drexel Dragons. Penn won five matches […]

Big Step Forward For LaSalle, Beats Saint Joseph’s 76 – 64

February 17, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 2/16/2013 – This was a “big” game for both teams. Big in terms of Atlantic 10 standings, NCAA Tournament implications for LaSalle, at least a share of the Big Five title on the […]

Penn Women Get A Big Win Over Harvard 77 – 72

February 16, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 2/15/2013 – The University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team ended a 17-game losing streak to the Harvard Crimson behind a career-high 31 points by freshman guard Keiera Ray winning 77 – 72 at […]

Penn Wrestlers Defeat Harvard and Brown in Dual Meet Competition

February 9, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 2/9/2013 – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team knew they could not win the Ivy League title as Cornell clinched the sport in the national duals. However, there was still much to wrestle […]

Energized Saint Joseph’s Defeats Penn 79 – 59

January 20, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1/19/2013 – The Saint Joseph’s Hawks men’s basketball team entered The Palestra as the home team to meet the University of Pennsylvania Quakers in a Big Five battle. The Hawks were coming off […]

Villanova Wins Another Big Five Women’s Championship

January 17, 2013 phillycollegesports 0

Villanova Earns Second Straight Title and 100th Big Five Win PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1/16/2013 – The Villanova Wildcats women’s basketball team won their second straight Big Five championship, and third in the last four years by […]