The first words Penn coach Al Bagnoli uttered at Monday morning’s annual Media Day served as a sobering reminder that in Ivy football, the worst way to finish on top is to start there.

Thursday morning, we confirmed that former Penn running back Lyle Marsh will miss the 2013 season due to academic issues. So what is a Quakers’ running attack without Lyle Marsh missing?

Brush up on last year’s highlights and this year’s coming attractions throughout Penn sports.

As Billy Ragone’s Penn football career reaches its conclusion in 2013, he’ll give the Quakers a far greater chance of winning their fourth Ivy crown in five years than any other quarterback in the conference.

After upsetting Harvard last season, the Quakers are in yet another dog fight to take the throne this year.

Coming off a 2012 season to forget, Penn men’s soccer has a lot to prove this year.

This year, sprint football hopes to return to championship form and transform those narrow defeats into comfortable victories.

For Penn women’s soccer team, 10 months has been a long time, but a new class and a new year offer another shot at a league title.

Penn football begins the year as the preseason favorites to earn an unprecedented fourth Ivy title in five years. But this year, the Quakers won’t be sneaking up on anyone, as they return much of last year’s squad.

Finishing 13-12 overall and fourth in the Ivy League, there were definite improvements over the 5th place finish in 2011 for Penn volleyball, but there’s a sense that something was left on the table.

2013 women’s soccer senior captain and 2012 first-team All-Ivy selection Kerry Scalora gives us the inside scoop on her iPod preferences, post-graduation plans and more.

With committed players and a talented coach like Fink, anything is possible for this year’s Quakers.

The nine-day trip will see the Quakers return home Aug. 23. Along the way, the Quakers were scheduled to play three games against Italian squads while taking in the sights and sounds of a foreign country.

The Ivy League Preseason Media Poll released Tuesday revealed that Penn is the favorite to win the 2013 conference title, with the Quakers collecting 11 of 17 first-place votes.

Murphy, who plays at center midfield for the Penn men’s soccer team, was part of the Lehigh Valley United ’93 team that won an under-19 national championship over the weekend.

Most of the Ivy League has taken notice of St. Andrews (Del.) wing Myles Stephens, who received an offer from Penn last week.