Mid-Monday Mix: Rollin' at Rhodes

If Penn women's soccer could play all of their games at home, they would. Aside from the downsides of long bus rides, the Quakers are undefeated in six games at home, and jumped to 8-2 on the season with two more home-cooked wins this weekend.

Rundown:

Penn football made a statement winning its 16th straight Ivy game Saturday. The thriller featured an 89-yard touchdown drive with four minutes remaining to seal the deal. Though I didn't make the trip to Hanover, I watched the game on Fox College Sports, and wrote a column about how crucial an effective two-minute offense will be this year.
It wasn't all good news at Rhodes this weekend, as the men suffered a heartbreaker against Cornell. The Big Red took home a win on an 88th minute goal, which was eerily similar to last year's result, except that Penn had the 'W' in 2010.
Field Hockey scored two goals for the first time in a game this season, a sign that the offense is improving. However, Dartmouth scored four.
Volleyball had a 'roller-coaster' weekend, beating Dartmouth Friday but dropping a back-and-forth 5-setter to Harvard Saturday.

Weekend win: This weekend's win goes to the Penn men's basketball coaching staff, which snagged another recruit for 2012, the third in the last week. If the commit, Julian Harrell, is anything like his former high-school teammate Miles Cartwright, Penn has a bright future in stock.

Multimedia: People have been asking about Penn's sweet ride home from Hanover. Most years, the Quakers are subject to the worst road-trip in the league, an eight hour bus ride. But since the Big Green decided to install this new-fangled invention called "lights" and play a night game, they also agreed to foot the bill for a chartered plane on the ride home. Here's a look inside the swagged-out cabin (via @Pennfb):

Extra Extra: In case you missed it yesterday, the Buzz is extremely excited to add Penn football alum Bradford Blackmon to our list of contributors. He'll be blogging about the Penn football season for the remainder, all the way from his new home at Ole' Miss, where he's attending Law School. You can read his first post right here.