Three weekends ago, in the middle of that five-game losing streak, Brown and Yale came to the Palestra and defeated the Quakers, 3-2 and 3-0, respectively. This weekend, Penn wanted retribution. It was partially attained.

At the 75th minute, sophomore forward Stephen Baker scored the game-winning goal, giving the Quakers their first win since Oct. 8 against Columbia.

Though Penn did not capture another Ivy League title Saturday night, it was all smiles for the Quakers as they beat Princeton, 3-1, in front of a boisterous home crowd.

In football, as in life, timing is everything. At no point was this more evident than in the first quarter of Penn’s 37-9 victory over Princeton Saturday at Franklin Field.

Rosen sank two of three, missing the third on purpose, to give Penn a 74-72 win over visiting Carleton — located in Ottawa, Ontario — in the Red and Blue’s final tune-up before the regular season starts Friday at the Maryland-Baltimore County.

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Friday night at Franklin Field, Penn has a chance to play spoiler in its season finale against Princeton, whose top four players have taken a leave of absence this season to play with the U.S. National Olympic Team.

Penn football legend Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare may have been known for his fancy footwork on the field, but his rushing yards are far from his greatest legacy at Penn.

Harvard has already secured the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament — by virtue of their 2-0 win over the Quakers earlier in the year — but with a win, Penn could make a stronger argument for gaining an at-large bid.

The unassuming, undeniable leader of men’s soccer, Brandt will suit up in his last home game this Saturday against his Princeton counterpart, Antoine Hoppenot.

With three teams tied for second place in the conference, the Red and Blue have to win out to secure at least a share of the rings.

Freshmen basketball players Keelan Cairns and Simeon Esprit hail from Ireland and England, respectively, but have fit right in at Penn so far — or as well as two tall athletes with foreign accents can fit in.

Yet it’s rare that one becomes talented enough to play two sports at the Division-I level. Such is the case for sophomore volleyball player Kristen Etterbeek, who could just as well have been a collegiate tennis player.

Playing football with the same group of guys for four years has a funny way of strengthening camaraderie. For three Class of 2012 Quakers, the ties go back even further.

By 2005, Penn men’s soccer assistant coach Rob Irvine had grown tired of living in Hobbs, N.M., a small town of 30,000 people more than 300 miles from Albuquerque, N.M., the closest large city.

NFL veteran Roy Hilton has been teaching his grandson Brandon Copeland about the game since his grandson picked up a football in fifth grade.

Bernardini has most recently battled an ankle injury which sidelined him from most summer basketball activity, but with just over a week before the season tips off, he said he’s ready to roll.