The Quakers beat Villanova Wednesday afternoon to get their first win against the Wildcats since 2009.

While the final score was an 11-9 Hoyas victory, the most important number of the night was 17, the amount of turnovers the Red and Blue committed.

Palestra custodian Dan Harrell plans to retire at the end of this school year after 23 years tending to the Cathedral of College Basketball.

Beginning Thursday, senior Brendan McHugh will compete in the NCAA men’s swimming championships in Seattle, Wash.

It will be pitching that the Quakers will turn to as they take on Lehigh in a midweek doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

Rosen is a unique player. Listed at 6-foot-1, 170 pounds, it’s easy to knock his athleticism. But somehow, that doesn’t matter. For Rosen, it’s all about his mentality.

Coach John Cole said he had a pretty good idea coming into the season that the rookie would take the starting job, filling the void left by catcher Will Davis, a Phillies signee last year.

When the No. 8 Quakers (4-1, 2-0 Ivy) take the field to face No. 13 Georgetown tonight, the stakes will be high.

This afternoon, the Quakers will host the Owls at the new Hamlin Tennis Center in Penn Park at 4 p.m. In recent seasons, the two squads have been fairly evenly matched — the two programs have split the last four head-to-head matchups.

Though Hateley does not have pole vaulting teammates on the men’s side, he is able to rely upon the instruction and advice of three vaulters from the women’s team, including junior Davielle Brown.

Without seniors Mike Howlett and Tyler Bernardini, who have sat out injured the last two games, Penn’s underclassmen were forced into the spotlight.

At the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis this past weekend, junior Micah Burak concluded a stellar season with a seventh-place finish at 197 pounds to earn All-American honors.

Butler defeated the Quakers in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational at the Palestra Monday, 63-53.

After a forgettable end to their indoor season two weeks ago at the Easter College Athletic Conference Championships, the women’s track team was ready to take its talents outdoors.

Due in large part to sophomore Shannon Mangini’s confidence — and her four-goal performance, doubling the number of her collegiate career goals— the Penn women’s lacrosse team advanced its Ivy record to 2-0 with a 12-6 win over Yale.

The Penn baseball team fell in the rubber match of a three game series with Charleston Southern after weather and travel plans caused the game to be called in the fifth inning.

In its second tournament of the spring season, the Penn men’s golf team successfully defended its team title at the George Washington Invitational.