Weekend Wrap

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While most of Penn's campus engaged in activities relating to Fling, some of the school's spring athletes were not as fortunate over the weekend. With the Ivy League season in full swing for most sports this time of year, this weekend included a number of contentious matchups, including several against ranked opponents. For recaps of all of the action from the past few days, here's this week's edition of Weekend Wrap:

Baseball:

Entering its first division action of the conference season, the Penn baseball team looked to get off to a good start against arch-rival Princeton. The Quakers, however, gave up seven runs to the Tigers in each of the four weekend contests. Although Penn salvaged a split of Saturday's games, Princeton swept Sunday's doubleheader.

No seventh heaven for Penn baseball

Men's Tennis: 

Despite starting the Ivy League season 0-3, the Penn men's tennis team returned to Philadelphia this weekend after a five-game road trip. Against No. 70 Dartmouth on Saturday, freshman Blaine Willenborg saved the Quakers by winning his singles match in three sets to give Penn the 4-3 victory. On Sunday, the Red and Blue dropped a heartbreaker to No. 19 Harvard, 4-3.

Penn men's tennis splits thrilling Ivy weekend series

Women's Lacrosse:

In a rematch of last season's Ivy title game, the Penn women's lacrosse team avenged its stinging defeat with an 8-7 victory on Friday. The Quakers were led by senior Caroline Bunting's hat-trick, including her game-winning goal with less than eight minutes to play. The Red and Blue are one step closer to a conference championship, and will face rival Princeton on Wednesday.

Penn women's lacrosse trumps Dartmouth, controls own Ivy destiny

Men's Lacrosse:

Though the Penn men's lacrosse team began its game against Harvard strongly on the offensive end, the team could not keep the momentum going. After falling behind, 6-3, the Quakers utilized a spirited comeback to force overtime. However, the comeback fell short, and Harvard's goal in OT downed the Quakers, 8-7.

Penn men's lacrosse stumbles in overtime loss at Harvard, 8-7

Track and Field:

At George Mason's Patriot Invitational, a unique scoring system allowed Penn's coaches to observe individual performances rather than focus on the team's overall performance. As a result, the Penn track and field team set several new school records in preparation for the Penn Relays. The most impressive of these performances may have come from sophomore Heather Bong, who set the new Penn school record in the 100-meter dash after clocking in at 11.83 seconds.

Penn sprinter breaks school record at George Mason Invite

Men's Heavyweight Rowing:

A wayward boat entered the Penn men's heavyweight rowing team's lane in their 2000-meter race on Saturday, and derailed the team's chances of legitimately competing. Despite the incident, the Quakers managed to finish in third place, just seconds behind Ivy rival Columbia. The Red and Blue protested the race, however it was to no avail. Penn will have a chance to avenge this weekend's race in just a few days though, as they take on the Lions and Yale in the Blackwell Cup.

Wayward boat sinks Penn heavyweight rowing's chances

Softball:

After falling to Big 5 rival Villanova in a mid-week contest on Thursday, the Penn softball team rebounded to take three-out-of-four from Princeton over the weekend. The strong performance helped the Quakers make their grasp on first place in the Ancient Eight even firmer. While the Tigers managed to split Saturday's contests, the Quakers captured two decisive victories on Sunday to clinch the series.

Penn softball strengthens first-place position with wins

Golf:

Both of Penn's golf teams were in action over the weekend, and both the men and women capture fifth place in their respective tournaments. The women’s team headed to Suffern, N.Y. to take part in the Roar-EE Invitational, where they placed fifth out of ten teams in a close matchup. On the other hand, the men's team traveled to New Jersey to take part in the 54-hole Princeton Invitational against 13 other squads.

Fifth-place finishes for Penn golf over weekend