The Quakers will also have to move forward in 2014 without one of their best players, sophomore Arielle Winfield, which makes the journey that much tougher.

For the second straight year, Penn volleyball finished over .500 in the Ancient Eight during the 2013 season, turning in a solid performance but unable to top Ivy-powerhouse Yale.

Over her three years with the Red and Blue, the veteran has established herself as a grounding presence for the team, both in the backfield and in day-to-day life.

Most long-standing sports institutions are resistant to change. Whether it is Major League Baseball refusing to address time of game issues or the NCAA resisting even the most painfully logical changes to its outdated system, change is continually feared by the sports establishment.

At the end of the day, the box score has no statistic to demonstrate the brilliance of an individual defender’s play, and what isn’t evident in a box score is rarely appreciated by fans. 

Penn women’s soccer came up just short of matching its male counterpart’s Ivy League championship in 2013. However, the Quakers provided plenty of great moments en route to a 12-1-4 overall record.

There are rites of passage that virtually every Penn student passes through during their four years on campus. One of them: being approached by a representative from the rowing team.

Special teams remains wide open, a group that is often the least heralded part of thechanged from “a” program yet still holds significance for the Red and Blue.

What do math and basketball have in common? Well, they’re both universal languages. At least, that’s what Penn women’s basketball learned on their summer trip to Italy.

After naming Nat Graham to the staff late in the spring, coach Jerome Allen added Mike Lintulahti to the staff as a volunteer assistant coach, promoting him from assistant director of basketball operations.

Who is the man behind the mask?

Quakers reveal new jerseys, tribute to LB Grosso

Junior kicker Jimmy Gammill took some time to answer a few questions on his favorite celebrations, Johnny Manziel and Superman.

It’s a new year for Penn Athletics and with a new year comes new predictions.

Following an outstanding season in which the Red and Blue captured their first Ancient Eight title since 2003-04, Penn brought its summer to a close with a 10-day trip to Italy in mid-August before the semester begins.

Two weeks away from their season opener, as the Red and Blue welcome six freshmen to the roster, the Quakers will be forced to deal with the loss of significant depth from last year’s team.

Though the circumstances are certainly different in 2014 — title defending being much different than title chasing — the team appears mentally up to the challenge of repeating as Ivy champs.