Penn Quakers baseball explained

Penn Quakers
Current:2024 Penn Quakers baseball team
University:University of Pennsylvania
Conference:Ivy League
Coach:John Yurkow
Tenure:11th
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Stadium:Meiklejohn Stadium
Capacity:850
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Ncaa Tourn:1975, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2023, 2024
Conf Tourn:Ivy

1995, 2023, 2024

Conf Champ:Ivy: 2022, 2023
EIBL: 1975, 1988, 1989, 1990

The Penn Quakers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] The team is a member of the Ivy League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Meiklejohn Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Quakers are coached by John Yurkow.

History

19th century

The University of Pennsylvania's first baseball team was fielded in 1875.

20th century

The Quakers won four championships in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, a baseball-only conference that existed from 1930 to 1992, which consisted of the eight Ivy League schools and Army and Navy.[2] Penn baseball has won two Ivy League title and has advanced to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship six times.[3]

21st century

In 2023, the fourth-seeded Penn team twice defeated third-seeded Cornell to win the program's second consecutive Ivy League Tournament title and earn a berth into the NCAA regional.[4]

Postseason

The Quakers have made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament six times.

Northeast Seton Hall
Maine
L 5–7
L 0–1
Central California
Southern
Michigan
L 3–13
W 10–6
L 6–7
Northeast Illinois
Arizona State
Le Moyne
W 7–1
L 4–15
L 16–18
West IIArizona State
UC Santa Barbara
Washington State
L 1–12
W 5–3
L 2–8
Midwest IIAuburn
Indiana State
L 1–2
L 5–6
Auburn RegionalAuburn
Samford
Southern Miss
W 6–3
W 5–4
L 2–11
Charlottesville RegionalVirginia
St. John's
L 2–4
L 9–10 (12 innings)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pennsylvania Quakers . d1baseball.com. July 7, 2021.
  2. Web site: Baseball. Martha Mitchell. Encyclopedia Brunoniana. June 1, 2015.
  3. https://pennathletics.com/documents/2017/12/6/18QuickFacts.pdf
  4. https://pennathletics.com/news/2024/5/20/back-to-back-ivy-champs-baseball-takes-two-from-cornell-punches-ticket-to-ncaa-regional.aspx retrieved May 22, 2024