After tearing her ACL in the third game of the 2012-13 campaign, Megan McCullough is back in full form and ready to start at point guard thanks to hard work and the help of her teammates.

Penn women’s basketball started from the bottom but after four years of the Mike McLaughlin era, the Quakers are ready to make the rise and challenge for the Ivy League championship

The Quakers will encounter tough competition before Ivy play even starts as the Red and Blue face a tough nonconference schedule, including a matchup with 2013 Final Four participant Notre Dame.

Sophomore point guard Keiera Ray will miss the first month of the season due to an injury but the Quakers are ready to replace her minutes thanks to senior point Meghan McCullough and others.

Baron’s 1,373 points pale in comparison to how she has helped turn Penn women’s basketball around.

Former Penn basketball player Tyrone Gilliams was sentenced Thursday in New York by a federal judge to 10 years in prison for wire fraud schemes where he stole $5 million.

Penn basketball’s starting lineup was a puzzle last year. It took coach Jerome Allen 14 different starting combinations and 12 of 13 players getting at least one start to figure out how to handle a senior-less roster.

Like he’s done all his life, Kyle Wilcox has persevered through tough times on and off the gridiron and now he is an important cog in the team’s offense.

Hoy’s early success in the NWSL is not proof that Ivy League women’s soccer is ready to send the majority of its players to the pros. However, it has shown once again that making the jump from the Ancient 8 to professional ranks is a possibility.

Now that the dust has settled and the initial shock of Penn football’s baffling 27-0 loss to Brown on Saturday has worn off, something has become abundantly clear about the 2013 Quakers. They have a bad case of narcolepsy. Penn has earned four wins this year, each of them nearly marred by a stretch where the team has suddenly, inexplicably forgotten how to play winning football.

The men and women of Penn cross country both finished in sixth place at Saturday’s Heptagonal Championships — the Ivy League’s de facto championship meet — in Princeton.

The Quakers ended their five-game home stand with four consecutive wins, including a five-set win over Cornell on Friday and a three-set win against Columbia on Saturday.

The Quakers hit the road to take on their conference rival Brown Bears, and Penn emerged victorious by a final score of 1-0.

The Quakers came up short in a wild game in Providence, falling to Brown, 2-1, in double overtime and losing sole possession of first place in the Ivy League.

The win over Brown keeps the Quakers (13-3, 5-1 Ivy) just a game behind first place in the Ancient Eight, setting up a winner-take-all matchup with first-place Princeton next weekend.

At no point during Brown’s 27-0 blanking of Penn Saturday did the Quakers look like an Ivy championship football team. Or even a competent one.

Penn took on Navy after their originally scheduled matchup was cancelled due to the government shutdown earlier in the season. The Midshipmen punished Penn on the ground, racking up four rushing touchdowns en route to a 35-14 victory over the Quakers.