However, Villanova was too much to handle on Friday evening, as the Wildcats dispatched the hosting Quakers in straight sets to hand Penn its sixth straight loss after a 2-0 start to the season.

A goal in the 88th minute by sophomore Jake Garcia pushed No. 12 American past the Red and Blue, 2-1, in a close match on Rhodes Field.

If Penn women's soccer coach Darren Ambrose had a crystal ball three weeks ago and could have seen the Quaker’s starting lineup for Friday’s game against Virginia Commonwealth, he would hardly recognize his own team.

Before Penn women’s soccer opens conference play under the bright lights of Rhodes Field next weekend, they have two away games to iron out the kinks.

When the Red and Blue (2-2) takes the field on Thursday night to face off against visiting No. 12 American, it will be the team’s third straight game against top-tier competition.

Penn sprint football is usually not the target of a national audience. But things will be different for the Quakers’ season opener.

Penn field hockey’s season has started off with some exciting play, but it promises to bring even more excitement as the team looks towards its first Ivy League game of the season.

The Quakers have one week until they open Ivy League play against Princeton, but this weekend, they face Villanova, La Salle and Temple in the Big 5 Volleyball Tournament at the Palestra.

Coming off a disappointing campaign in 2013, one in which a team loaded with veterans dropped its final four games by a combined 48 points, Penn hits the road this weekend to open its season against coach Kerwin Bell’s Jacksonville squad.

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There are 10 games left in the Al Bagnoli era for Penn football, but there are only seven that really matter.

With coach Al Bagnoli set to retire, coach-in-waiting Ray Priore and Penn football are united to send him out on top.

As the team prepares to open up its season against Jacksonville with sophomore Alek Torgersen — a quarterback who has only played one quarter throughout his young college career — under center, Bagnoli and the entire offense are taking comfort in the return of several talented receivers from last year’s squad.

Now, 10 months after making his November debut, the Red and Blue’s unquestioned starter is out to prove that his performance was no fluke.

If Penn wants to win the Ivy League, there are three top contenders the Quakers will have to deal with: Dartmouth, Harvard and Princeton.

It’s a time of change for Penn football. A fresh quarterback in sophomore Alek Torgersen, senior Spencer Kulcsar moving to receiver, and a coaching change right around the corner.But in all that excitement, no attention seems to be given to a relatively inexperienced offensive line filled with new faces.

The freshman was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Tuesday, the second consecutive time that she has earned the honor.