W. Swimming finishes last in Cambridge Penn finished its season with an 0-7 Ivy League record and a dismal 1-9 overall finish, winning just once all season against Division III Swathmore. "We were kind of expecting to finish eighth," Hibbert said "The only way to score points is to make the top 16 out of all the preliminary heats for an event and then place in the point round. We don't have the depth to do that." Several Quakers did, however, beat their personal best times last weekend. Holland broke the Pennsylvania record for the 200 and 400-yard Individual Medley. Hibbert swam her best time in the 500 freestyle and Walshaw set a new personal mark in the 200 breaststroke and 100 fly. Things might change for the Quakers as early as next season when a talent-heavy class of 2002 arrives. Penn already has secured five early decision swimming recruits, and Quakers head coach Kathy Lawlor-Gilbert is expecting more in the spring. -- Amit Dholakia W. Tennis win streak broken in Virginia The women's tennis team's three-match winning streak came to a screeching halt last weekend against stiff competition from Virginia Commonwealth and Richmond. The Quakers lost 7-2 to VCU and 8-1 to Richmond. Both schools, which are members of the Colonial Athletic Association, were expected to greet the Quakers with very good teams. VCU has gone 57-26 in the last four years while compiling a 32-10 home record. Richmond is coming off a successful 12-4 season. "These were the best teams we've played," Penn coach Michael Dowd said. "I believe we were ready to play. They were just better than us." The Quakers were coming off wins against Temple, Penn State and Rutgers, as well as solid individual performances last weekend at the Princeton Invitational. The team's confidence level was very high and there was a great deal of optimism about the rest of the season. The only Quakers point against Richmond was earned by the No. 2 doubles team of junior Corin Esterowitz and senior co-captain Lara Afanassiev. -- Tom FitzGibbon
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