PHILADELPHIA – No. 8 Penn concludes the 2017 regular season on Sunday, hosting Yale at Franklin Field for Senior Day. Opening draw with the Bulldogs is set for 1 p.m.
The Quakers (12-2, 5-1 Ivy League) are one win away from the program's 12th Ivy League championship overall and 10th since 2007. Penn enters the weekend tied atop the Ivy League standings with Cornell and Princeton, but both the Big Red and Tigers play on Saturday and will have concluded their regular seasons before Penn steps on the field Sunday.
The field is set for the 2017 Ivy League Tournament – Penn, Cornell, Princeton and Harvard have all secured berths in next weekend's tournament to decide the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
What is not decided, however, is where the ILT will be held.
• If Penn, Princeton and Cornell are all tied at 6-1: Cornell Hosts the Ivy League Tournament
• If Penn and Princeton are tied: Penn Hosts the Ivy League Tournament
• If Penn and Cornell are tied: Cornell Hosts the Ivy League Tournament
• If Princeton and Cornell are tied: Princeton Hosts the Ivy League Tournament
• If Penn, Princeton, Cornell and Harvard are all tied at 5-2: Penn Hosts the Ivy League Tournament
Notes to Know…
• Penn is 21-18-1 all-time against Yale.
• The Quakers are 11-8 against the Bulldogs at Franklin Field.
• The Red and Blue have won 12 in a row against Yale dating back to 2005.
• The Quakers have won six games in a row and nine of their last 10.
• Penn's six-game winning streak is the eighth-longest in the nation.
• The Quakers lead the nation in Save Percentage as a team (.557) and are No. 4 in Scoring Defense (7.79).
• Individually,
Britt Brown is No. 2 in the country in Save Percentage (.558) and No. 4 in GAA (7.73).
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Katy Junior ranks No. 13 in the nation in Caused Turnovers Per Game (2.29).
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Alex Condon enters today's game with 98 career points. Her 83 career goals are 14th all-time at Penn. Condon's 52 points this season are tied for 12th all-time in a season by a Quaker and four away from moving into the No. 8 spot. She has 41 goals this season – tying her career high – which ranks No. 6 all-time at Penn. She is three away from moving into the No. 4 spot.
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Emily Rogers-Healion enters today's game with 95 career points. Her 45 assists are 8th all-time by a Quaker. Rogers-Healion has 22 assists this season, 11th-most in a single season by a Quaker and three away from moving into the No. 9 spot.
In their three plus years in University City, this group has won 54 games – fourth-most all-time of any graduating group. Already winners of two Ivy League championships, a win today would secure the group's third Ivy League title. Next week, the Class of 2017 will play in its fourth Ivy League Tournament. Champions of the 2014 Ivy Tournament, Penn has played in the championship game each of the Class of 2017's three previous trips.
About the Bulldogs…
• The Bulldogs enter today's game looking to finish 2017 at .500 with a win, entering with a 7-8 record.
• Yale's 198 goals scored this season are the second-most of any Ivy League team, but Yale's 65 goals scored in Ivy League play are sixth.
• Senior Hope Hanley leads the Ivy League in scoring with 30 goals and 48 assists for 78 points. Included in her season totals are a 10-point game against Quinnipiac and an 11-point game against Stanford. Her 48 assists are No. 2 in the country.
• Senior Tess McEvoy is fifth in the Ivy League with 57 points, scoring 41 goals and adding 16 assists. She is also seventh on caused turnovers with 22.
• Sophomore Izzy Nixon is second in the Ivy League with 78 draw controls. Her 5.2 draw controls per game are No. 19 in the country.
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