Sophomore Alexis Borden continued her pitching dominance by throwing a no-hitter until the seventh inning, giving the Quakers a 5-1 victory over Holy Cross in the first game of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon.

In their last pre-Ivy game, the Quakers (8-5) finally managed to win on the road, garnering a 5-2 victory over St. John’s in New York.

After winning the doubles’ point, the Quakers took down the Owls in a clean sweep at home this weekend.

The men took home the McCausland Cup at George Washington’s expense after losing the Burk Cup to Northeastern in the morning. Meanwhile, the women’s team swept both George Washington and St. Joseph’s.

With their second highest score of the season (193.725), the Quakers eked by Cornell (193.250) to clinch their second ECAC title in a row.

A late Alyssa Baron three-pointer advanced the Quakers to the semifinals of the Women’s Basketball Invitational, where they will face the winner of Detroit and The College of Charleston.

To the thousands of athletes who aren’t fortunate enough to belong to an athletic community in which they can find support and, in Penn’s case, solidarity from their teammates, things are changing.

The Penn women’s lacrosse team came from behind after a long fight to get the overtime win at Franklin Field.

Six games into the season, there is a plethora of stats that you can reel off that shows how well Cornell has played this year. Cornell enters its matchup with the Quakers as the No. 2 team in Division I while tied with Brown and Penn atop the Ancient Eight.

This season, Penn baseball’s freshmen have been impressive contributors and have filled some holes left by last year’s graduating class. But much of their success has been due to the upperclassmen leadership, particularly from senior captains and offensive powerhouses Ryan Deitrich and Spencer Branigan.

Undefeated in seven home contests, the Red and Blue have dropped all five of their matches away from Levy Pavilion. However, the team’s matchup with St. John’s on Saturday gives Penn a chance to end its road woes.

This weekend, the Penn gymnastics team will be feeling the pressure. But for the defending ECAC champions, that comes with the territory. The Quakers will be heading up to Cornell hoping to win their second consecutive conference crown.

Familiarity certainly does not breed contempt for Penn women’s tennis as it prepares to take on Temple, which is, after all, one of the Quakers’ most familiar opponents.This Saturday at noon, the Quakers (7-3) will host the Owls (5-8) at Levy Tennis Pavilion for Penn’s last non-Ivy match of the season.

After a dismal start to the season, the Quakers have answered with four straight wins since last Friday. They hope to continue this momentum against Holy Cross on Saturday.

Roughly fifty strokes, or 500 meters, will be the main focus of the Penn women’s crew team when it takes on St. Joseph’s and George Washington this Saturday on the Schuylkill River in the first race of the spring.

Penn overcame a 10-1 deficit in the opening minutes of the contest to pick up the first postseason victory in program history, defeating Howard, 65-60.

This year, Penn will send nine fencers – six men and three women – to the NCAA Fencing Championships in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, which will be broadcast on ESPN3.