No. 17 Penn (5-3, 1-2 Ivy) has lost to Brown (5-3, 1-1) each of the last three years, so history may not necessarily be on the Quakers’ side for those 60 minutes when they hit the road to take on the Bears on Saturday at 3 p.m.

After dropping their Ivy League opener to Princeton last weekend, the Quakers will travel to take on Brown on Saturday and No. 54 Yale on Sunday.

The Quakers made a strong statement in their opening weekend of Ivy play, sweeping Dartmouth and splitting with Harvard. This weekend, they have the chance to start pulling away in the race.

After the Penn women’s lacrosse team was able to keep up with the No.1 team in the country against Maryland and dominated Lehigh, the Quakers are eager to maintain their rightful spot at the top of the conference standings as they return to Ivy play.

Friday and Saturday, the Quakers will take on Brown and Yale on their own turf at the Hamlin Tennis Center hoping not to repeat last year’s road losses.

Saturday, the Quakers will travel up to Ithaca, N.Y., to co-host their biennial meet against Oxford and Cambridge with Cornell.

When deciding her goals for her final season at Penn, senior pole vaulter Davielle Brown doesn’t have to look far, as volunteer assistant coach Samantha Crook holds the indoor and outdoor pole vault records that Brown is gunning for.

Penn (5-4) dominated an outclassed Lehigh (3-9) squad on Wednesday night, 13-4. Following its 0-3 start, Penn has now won five of its last six games, the lone blemish being a 15-10 defeat to No. 1 Maryland last Saturday.

After narrowly losing to the Hawks in the first game of a doubleheader, 2-1, the Quakers imploded in the second contest of the day, falling 17-2.

John Cole’s squad could be looking at its first bid for a Gehrig Division crown since 2007 and its first run at an Ivy League title since 1995.

When looking at Penn’s statistics, one thing stands out: Alyssa Baron led the Quakers in points, rebounds, assists and steals. And this year, Baron also successfully transitioned from a pure scorer into a leader.

As the entire field of sports journalism has changed around him over the years, Frank Deford has become, according to GQ, “the world’s greatest sportswriter.”

The Quakers fell to Villanova at Meiklejohn Stadium, 5-4, in the penultimate round of the Liberty Bell Classic.

For as long as Max Marsico can remember, he’s wanted to be a professional golfer.

Due to Ivy League regulations, until this year Ancient Eight squads have been prohibited from starting their seasons before March 1. Across other conferences, many squads start in the second week of February.

In this week’s roundtable discussion, our editors ask who should be Penn basketball’s starting point guard in 2013-14.

Penn failed to finish off its impressive Ivy League start by surrendering three runs in the ninth, losing, 6-3.