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WOMEN’S TENNISEkaterina Kosminskaya• NCAA Championships qualifier (doubles)• First-team All-Ivy (singles)• Second-team All-Ivy (doubles)Julia Koulbitskaya• NCAA Championships qualifier (doubles)• Second-team All-Ivy (doubles)• Honorable mention All-Ivy (singles)Yulia Rivelis• First-team All-Ivy (singles, unanimous)MEN’S TRACK & FIELDAndrew Anderson• Second-team All-Ivy, indoor 4x400 relayKevin Benjamin• All-East, indoor DMR• Second-team All-Ivy, indoor 4x400 relayJohn Guzman• Heptagonal champion, indoor 4x800 relayMike Hall• Second-team All-Ivy, outdoor decathlonWomen’s Squash Claims Ivy TitleFor the Penn women’s squash team, the Feb. 10 match with Dartmouth would be a dayto remember. After traveling through a snowstorm to get to Hanover, N.H., the Quakersshowed no signs of wear as they dominated the Big Green, winning 9-0 to clinch the IvyLeague title.“In a lot of ways, this has been a storybook season,” said head coach Jack Wyant. “To geta chance to go on the trip to Cape Town, South Africa, and now to win the Ivy title, there’sno denying that. But good fortune goes to teams that work really hard, and this teamdefinitely did that. They have a great chemistry, and that goes a long way.”The victory gave the Quakers their first Ivy League title since 1999-2000. That year,the team also went on to win the national championship at the Howe Cup, finishing theseason 11-0. This year’s team advanced to the finals of the Howe Cup, but host schoolPrinceton avenged a loss to the Quakers during the regular season to claim the nationaltitle.“I’m really happy for the women on the team,” Wyant said. “They worked incrediblyhard — and our seniors have done so for four years now. They deserve this championship.”Willie Harris• Second-team All-Ivy, indoor 4x400 relayTim Kaijala• Heptagonal champion, outdoor 800• Heptagonal champion, indoor 1,000• Heptagonal champion, indoor 4x800 relay• Academic All-Ivy (winter)Kevin Kiley• All-East, indoor DMR• Heptagonal champion, indoor 4x800 relayBryan Scotland• All-East, indoor DMR• Heptagonal champion, indoor 4x800 relaySam Shepherd• Second-team All-Ivy, indoor 4x400 relayJeff Weinstein• All-East, indoor DMRMax Westman• Second-team All-Ivy, outdoor 110 hurdlesJason Pinsky unanimouslyselected asa first team All-Ivyhonoree, the thirdconsecutive yearin which he earnedthat distinction.Yulia Rivelis is aunanimous first-teamAll-Ivy selection, becomingjust the secondPenn women’stennis player to befirst-team All-Ivy allfour years.Kosminskaya andKoulbitskaya, ranked36th in the country,earn automatic bidto the NCAA Championships.Women’s rowing’svarsity eight finishesfifth at EAWRCSprints—its bestfinish in that racesince 1982.Women’s lacrosse playsin the NCAA semifinalfor the second consecutiveyear and winsa gripping OT game vs.Duke to advance to thechampionship game.Playing in the firstNCAA championshipgame for anyPenn sport since1986, the women’slacrosse team fallsto the four-timereturning champ,Northwestern.Senior Jesse Carlinwins the 800 witha time of 2:05.89at the NCAA EastRegional.1320232531May