Consistently inconsistent

In yet another Ivy League game, the Quakers had a stretch where they played like No. 1 Cornell, and another where they played like 0-4 Yale.

The Penn men's lacrosse team looked asleep going down 3-1 in the first quarter, but then came roaring back to net five goals in the first 7:40 of the second quarter to take a 6-3 lead, eventually holding on for a 12-10 win over the Bears. Sophomore attacker Craig Andrzejewski scored two of his four goals in this stretch, adding one assist.

This was the third time in as many games in which Penn had a long lackadaisical stretch, but also a short, fantastic burst.

Against Dartmouth, the Red and Blue trailed 8-4 going into the final quarter, but scored five goals in the final 10 minutes, including two in the last two, for the victory. Hosting Princeton, the Quakers played a great first quarter -- leading the nation's No. 5 squad 2-0, but then allowed the next eight goals in the blowout. Now this past weekend Penn scored five goals in under seven minutes.

The results are also as eerily unspectacular, similar to the consistent inconsistency.

The 3-3 (6-5 overall) Quakers have lost to teams -- Princeton, Cornell and Harvard -- that are 6-2 Ivy (not including the wins over Penn) and beat teams -- Yale, Dartmouth and Brown -- that are 2-6. This may not seem too odd, but last year a stronger Penn team lost to a Harvard squad it probably should have beaten, but upended No. 2 Cornell, someone it had no business beating. This year's team has seen some nice stretches and some poor ones, but none have resulted in any bad losses or quality wins.