Weekend Wrap

With the spring sports season in full swing, various Penn teams spent their weekends preparing for the beginning of the conference season, jockeying for position in the Ivy League and even participating in Championship events. As the calendar gets ready to flip to April, the Red and Blue are looking to make moves that will define their seasons. Here now is this week's edition of the Weekend Wrap.

Men's Tennis: The Penn men's tennis team secured its first road victory of the season on Saturday. Against St. John's, the Quakers captured the doubles point early on, and rode the momentum to a 5-2 victory. With their non-conference schedule complete, the Red and Blue now turn their attention to their Ivy League opener on Saturday.

Penn men's tennis tops St. John's in final Ivy tune-up

Track and Field: In Penn's first outdoor meet of the season, the Quakers notched several victories in the 2013 Philadelphia College Classic. Most notably, freshman Sam Mattis broke Penn's discus record on his first collegiate attempt. Additionally, the women's field squad performed well, as junior Morgan Wheeler moved up to third place in Penn history in the javelin throw after a 45.72 meter attempt.

Red and Blue shine in outdoor season debut

Women's Lacrosse: Hosting Ivy League rival Cornell, the No. 16 Penn women's lacrosse team was able to survive a late scare from the Big Red, and won, 12-11, in overtime. After the Quakers built a 10-3 halftime lead, Cornell charged back. The Big Red knotted the score at 11 with 1:22 to play in regulation, but junior Shannon Mangini's goal in the extra period saved the Red and Blue.

Quakers hold off Big Red rally

Baseball: The Penn baseball team captured three victories in four games against Lafayette over the weekend, securing a series victory over the course of two doubleheaders. After sweeping Saturday's doubleheader in Easton, Pa., the Quakers took the first matchup on Sunday, 7-6. Later in the afternoon, however, the Leopards roughed up Penn's pitching, and avoided the sweep with an 8-6 victory in 10 innings.

Quakers fall short of series sweep against Leopards

Men's Lacrosse: Playing in its second Ivy League contest, the Penn men's lacrosse team could not overcome No. 2 Cornell's hot start, and lost 10-5. The Quakers held the Big Red scoreless for the first ten minutes of the match, but Cornell's first goal provided a sense of things to come. Trailing 4-2 at the end of the first quarter, Penn could not mount enough offense to turn the game into a shootout.

Lacrosse upset bid falls short at Cornell

Women's Tennis: The Penn women's tennis team throttled local rival Temple over the weekend, sweeping the Owls on Saturday, 7-0. Penn captured the doubles point early in the match after solid efforts from junior Stephanie Do and sophomore Alex Ion, as well as sophomore Sol Eskenazi and freshman Sonya Latycheva. The Quakers then finished off the sweep by winning all six singles matches.

Penn women's tennis shuts out Temple, 7-0

Wrestling: Despite a strong performance at last year's NCAA Championships, neither senior Micah Burak nor any other member of Penn's wrestling team notched All-American honors over the weekend. Only half of the Red and Blue’s six-man crew made it to day two, and only Burak was still in the run for a podium spot on Saturday.

Penn wrestling coach proud of grapplers’ efforts at NCAA Tourney

Softball: The Penn softball team turned in two dominant performances over the weekend, and capped off a season sweep of Holy Cross. After a 5-1 victory over the Crusaders in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, the Red and Blue continued their strong play later in the afternoon. The Quakers mercy-ruled Holy Cross in an 8-0 win that pushed the team's record back to .500.

Penn softball completes season sweep over Holy Cross

Gymnastics: The Penn gymnastics squad defended its ECAC title over the weekend in Ithaca, N.Y., after squeaking past Cornell. The team became the first in school history to capture back-to-back ECAC titles. Penn posted its second-highest point total of the season, and the Quakers' 193.725 points barely eclipsed Cornell's 193.250 points.

Penn gymnastics notches second straight ECACtrophy

Rowing: The Penn men’s heavyweight rowing and women’s rowing teams raced over the weekend, and both finished the competitions on high notes. After losing the Burk Cup to Northeastern on Saturday morning, the men captured the McCausland Cup over George Washington later that afternoon. The women's team swept both George Washington and St. Joseph's to continue its strong spring season.

BRIEF | Penn rowing starts spring with multiple victories

Women's Swimming: Penn junior Shelby Fortin was the only Quaker to participate at the NCAA Championships over the weekend. Fortin performed well, finishing 58th in the country in the 500 free with a time of 4:52.98. The junior also finished 49th in the 200 free event on Friday.

Brief | Swimmer Shelby Fortin concludes season at NCAA Championships