The Quakers have struggled in closing out games this season, which has resulted in the sixth-place position at which they currently sit in the Ivy League. However, the plethora of five-set matches the Red and Blue have played this season may be indicative of their true abilities.

Freshmen runners John Trueman and Connor Ryan have started a blog based on their experiences during their first year on the team. The blog, featured on Penn Athletics’ website, is expected to touch on everything from freshman anxieties and team workouts to college life.

The 1986 graduate, who says he aims to restore the ailing franchise, leads an investor group that includes Will Smith.

2011 alum Adrian Lorenzo and senior Derek Vigoa start organization to donate bats to Cuban players.

This Saturday, the “Cathedral of College Basketball” will host the first annual Palestra Charity 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, organized by a Wharton MGMT 100 team to support two local nonprofit organizations.

Though all eyes are on the seniors Jake Levin and Thomas Brandt, fellow defender sophomore Jonny Dolezal doesn’t mind.

For the second time in as many seasons, The Columbia Spectator implored the school’s athletic administrators to fire football coach Norries Wilson. THE BUZZ: Columbia Spectator calls for firing of coach Norries Wilson

What Billy Ragone proved Saturday — what he continues to prove each time he conducts these last-minute heroics — is that he is a winner. PHOTO GALLERY: The best shots from the Penn football seasonRECAP: Ragone spoils Lions’ homecoming

This weekend, Penn women’s golf closed out its fall season with an exciting win over Ivy competition at the Boston Golf Club.

Quakers quarterback Todd Busler manhandled the Mountaineers’ defense, throwing two touchdowns on 269 yards and running for three more in the blowout win.

With a 2-0 shutout of Dartmouth on Saturday, Penn extended its winning streak to six games and pushed its home winning streak to 11 games, dating back to last season.

The old cliche in sports is that “a win is a win,” but that does not mean there is no cause for concern for the Penn football team.

Big Green striker Lucky Mkosana scored on a penalty kick awarded after a dubious call, and the Quakers never saw the light again.

On Friday, the fell to Columbia, 5-1, in New York. Two days later, however, they came out firing against Appalachian State at Franklin Field to win, 5-2.

The Quakers fell in five sets to previously slumping Brown Friday night and were swept by Yale the next day.

17-game Ivy winning streak stays intact with comeback 27-20 victory. PHOTO GALLERY: The best shots from the Penn football seasonCOLUMN: Mike Wisniewski: Penn must cut the mistakesTHEE BUZZ: The good, bad and the ugly from Columbia

Heading into Saturday’s match with Dartmouth, Penn men’s soccer finds itself locked in a tie for third in the Ivy League with the Big Green and two other squads.