With nonconference play in the rearview mirror, it's Ivy action from here on out for Penn women’s basketball, and the defending champs certainly defended well enough this weekend.

Penn women’s soccer coach Darren Ambrose, one of Penn’s longest tenured head coaches and the winningest coach in program history, resigned to take the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.

In the age of social media it’s hard to keep a secret. But when the athletes of Penn women’s soccer were called in for a meeting Thursday afternoon with coach Darren Ambrose, none of the players had heard the news.

Franklin Field may have met its match. “We sort of pride ourselves with Franklin Field for having one of the premiere facilities on the East Coast,” coach Steve Dolan said.

The weekend holds starkly different story lines for the three squads competing, but a 4-0 nonconference record for Penn swimming is surely not out of the question.

If the Quakers are lucky, their youthful squad can force their way into the Ivy race by capitalizing on home court advantage this weekend and sweeping the Big Green and Crimson for the first time in three years.

In a non-conference mid-week match up against Drexel, both of Penn’s squash teams smoked the Dragons and extended their winning streaks.

This weekend's competitions mark the start of the Quakers' remaining 14 conference games — a challenge, no doubt.

Football and men’s basketball. Men’s basketball and football. Men’s basketball. Football.

Penn wrestling is finally starting to grapple like they did at the beginning of the year when the Quakers opened the season with a national ranking. This is no doubt a result of Tirapelle finally possessing a healthy and deep roster.

The inaugural City 6 Tournament went the host's way in convincing fashion. Penn men’ tennis beat Drexel 5-0 and topped Saint Joseph's 6-1 at the Levy Tennis Pavilion en route to a first-place finish in what head coach David Geatz hopes will become a yearly event.

Even though both Penn men’s and women’s fencing faced strong teams at the Philadelphia Invitational over the weekend, home court advantage ultimately won the day. This past weekend, the Red and Blue fenced against a plethora of big-name teams, such as Duke, Northwestern, Temple and UNC.

After two small meets at Lehigh to bring in the indoor season, Penn track and field is looking to take on all comers.

Despite split results, Penn wrestling should be able to move forward with confidence after a strong weekend.

The Quakers kept the Blue Hens in their coop this Sunday, as Penn swimming and diving emerged from Sheerr Pool victorious over Delaware.

Before Saturday night, I did not know what a Big 5 win looked, sounded, tasted, smelled or felt like. Nor did the majority of people with whom I associate.

The Red and Blue battled their Big 5 rival St. Joseph’s like their lives depended on it, earning a hard-fought 56-52 victory.