In case you haven't heard

Glen Miller's sometimes-brilliant-most-times-shaky Quakers have staked an early claim to supremacy in the Ivy League, and they had plenty of help doing it.

Penn did what it had to, beating a talented group of youngsters in Ithaca and thumping the preseason No. 3 at Levien Gymnasium.

With the second win, Penn prevented Columbia -- who everyone, including yours truly, was high on -- from taking the driver's seat in the title race.

And by the time that game was settled, Princeton was doomed to an 0-2 start in the league after losses to Columbia and then Cornell. They don't even come close to controlling their own destiny after that weekend.

Even upstart Dartmouth fell to Harvard after winning the night before and lost its status as the 'hot' team in the Ivies.

Penn should certainly be happy after this weekend. There are still chances for failure, but as of now the Quakers hold the hammer. Almost as importantly, the teams that had the chance to wrest it from them all missed out.

For the women's side, Penn notched its first Ivy win convincingly over the Lions.

For the first time this year, the Quakers did something remarkable -- scored. It took 21 points in 24 minutes off the bench from Ashley Gray, but the 80-point total was the highest in Pat Knapp's tenure with the team. Perhaps a sign of good things to come from a bench that has struggled to contribute.