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.

In addition to taking the floor in the Delco Pro-Am league, rising senior Miles Cartwright, the premier point guard for the Quakers, has taken his ambitions and passion to the West Coast, working for the Sports Challenge Leadership Academy.

John Yurkow has only been head coach of the varsity baseball team for a few weeks, but that hasn’t stopped him from already snagging a Connecticut recruit with some impressive baseball bloodlines: Bradley Wilpon.

Preceding the release of their entire schedule, the Quakers announced that Notre Dame, a Final Four team in last year’s NCAA tournament, will come to the Palestra on Nov. 23.

Starting in the fall, Penn will be rolling out a feature that allows viewers to stream sports games across the Ivy League.

The likelihood of an Ivy League basketball television deal is nonexistent, but that does not mean fans won’t be able to watch their Quakers in all Ivy League contests.

Penn men’s and women’s soccer have released their 2013 schedules, so now we know when and how often the Quakers will get to enjoy their new Rhodes Field playing surface.