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...victory at the historic Palestra gave Harvard its first sweep of Penn since the 1941-42 season, along with a program-record 10 road wins. Friday night also represented the Crimson’s 20th Division...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Patient Defense Anchors Victory | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

Game after game, Princeton proves its worth. The three-point loss to the Big Red was nothing to hang its head over, and it bounced back nicely with a 58-51 win against Penn at the Palestra. I see the Tigers protecting their home court and continuing to roll...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teams Ready For Ivy Rumble | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard’s newcomers, the EIWA Championships at the University of Pennsylvania’s Palestra served as a humbling reminder of the depth of Eastern schools. For the veterans, this weekend’s tournament scored them plane tickets to St. Louis for the NCAAs.Three Crimson grapplers advanced to Sunday’s semifinal bouts and the season-ending championships, with junior co-captain J.P. O’Connor and sophomore Corey Janzten taking second, while junior co-captain Louis Caputo notched a third-place finish.Top-seeded O’Connor—also...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trio of Star Grapplers Qualifies for NCAAs | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...Penn has its way, it could be the start of an absolutely chaotic last weekend in the Ivies. The Quakers have struggled this season, but have actually played a little better on the road than at home this year. It lost four straight just two weeks ago in the Palestra, a streak unheard of in recent years...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: No Lack of Fight in Final Stretch | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...would be Yale and not Penn in contention for Ivy accords? Or that Penn would be 0-4 at home so far on the season?? The Quakers do have three more chances to break their goose egg at home, and the Bulldogs haven’t won in the Palestra since 1997. But Penn has been all about breaking streaks at home this season, a good omen for the visitors...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Harvard Looking To Split Weekend | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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