Despite finishing second in the Ivy League preseason media poll to Harvard, which received every first-place vote, coach Jerome Allen was very confident in his team’s chances heading into the 2013-14 season during the Ivy men’s hoops teleconference Wednesday morning.

With nary a shot on goal, NJIT found itself the latest victim of the Penn women’s soccer team’s stifling defense.

After a nonconference victory over Lafayette and two wins over inferior Ivy opponents, Penn’s special teams have been a cause for concern.

Only after Octavia Payne was pictured in Time Magazine, frozen in mid-air, did her family finally think of ultimate frisbee as a real sport.

Against Columbia, in a game where the offense seemed unable to finish its drives, Penn’s defense showed that it has the potential to carry the team to great heights.

With the most fans in attendance all season, Penn volleyball faced off against Harvard, losing in four sets. The Red and Blue rebounded against Dartmouth on Saturday as they beat the Big Green, 3-1.

The Quakers maintained their undefeated Ivy League record in a physical matchup at Rhodes Field.

Playing in front of a home crowd at Rhodes Field, Penn avenged last season’s disheartening loss with a 1-0 victory over the Big Green.

Part of the team competed in the Princeton Invitational, while other runners competed in the Pre-National Invitational at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind.

With Billy Ragone struggling, Penn’s defense stepped up and held a lowly Columbia team to just seven points as the Red and Blue won an ugly 21-7 victory.

It’s been two long years since the famous “Battle of I-95,” but on Saturday, the Palestra was buzzing with NBA action once again.

After losing a 3-2 overtime thriller to Columbia last season, the Quakers suffered a very similar result on Friday in New York, falling to the Lions 4-3 in overtime.

From the Buzz: Sports editors sound off on Penn Football’s next game.

The Red and Blue travel to New York to take on Columbia, a team that was just blown out 6-0 by Albany. The Lions (5-7, 1-2 Ivy) are among six teams in the conference with a 1-2 record, with the lone exceptions being the undefeated Quakers (9-2, 3-0 Ivy) and the Tigers.

The Quakers (8-1-3, 2-1 Ivy) will put their unblemished home record on the line tonight against a Big Green (5-4-3, 2-1) squad that struggles away from the friendly confines of Hanover, N.H. The Red and Blue are aiming to reverse their fortunes from their last matchup against Dartmouth, when they suffered a 2-1 defeat in Hanover.

With two shutouts in Ivy play so far, the Penn men’s soccer team is looking for another clean sheet against the Big Green in its third Ivy contest.

On Saturday, the Red and Blue will look to take care of business early against a seemingly overmatched Columbia squad and avoid a repeat of 2012’s near-disaster.