Updated March 9, 5 p.m. Only one Quakers wrestler, Rollie Peterkin at 125 pounds, was able to reach the finals of this weekend's Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Associatoin Tournament as the Penn wrestling team finished in a disappointing tie for third with Bucknell, despite the Palestra hosting the event.

College sports are all about recruiting. Coaches need to plan for the future and build their teams on a strong foundation of young talent. And that's exactly what Penn swimming coach Mike Schnur has done. The Quakers showcased their freshman talent yesterday during the first day of the Ivy League Championships in Princeton, N.

Sophomore Harrison Gaines has filed papers to transfer away from the Penn men's basketball team, his father, Harry Gaines, wrote in a press release. According to the press release Penn "wasn't a good fit ... I believe my long-term satisfaction lies in joining another university team.

North Carolina has the speed, Boston University wants revenge and Yale is a whole new team. As the rest of Penn heads off to spring break, the women's lacrosse team looks forward to a set of tough games against a myriad of opponents. Today the No. 6 Quakers will play the No.

When the final seconds expired in the Penn men's basketball team's 83-58 loss to Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., tonight, the Ivy League had its 2009 champion. Thanks to a Princeton loss at Columbia, the Big Red's win gave them the outright Ivy League crown and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

For senior 149-pounder Cesar Grajales and the Penn wrestling team, home cooking isn't always a good thing. But not because of making weight. The No. 24 Quakers (12-7, 6-3 EIWA) will be worried more about complacency at home than tipping the scales when they host the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Tournament this weekend at the Palestra.

With Dartmouth and Harvard the last two contenders standing for the Ivy crown, it may be tough for the women's basketball team to draw fans to the Palestra for its final three home games, with nothing but pride at stake for either side. But tonight's opponent, Cornell (10-14, 6-6 Ivy), has two local players on the roster, including junior guard Allie Fedorowicz, who is close friends with Penn junior Caitlin Slover and maintains many ties to her hometown.

Penn fencing has already had a historic season. After the men's team captured its 16th Ivy League championship on the heels of an undefeated season, the team combined to win the overall Intercollegiate Fencing Association championship last weekend for the first time in school history.

Yes, Temple squandered its chance to become an at-large NCAA Tournament selection when it lost to La Salle and Dayton last week. Its only realistic hope to make the Big Dance is to win the Atlantic 10 tournament in Atlantic City next week. But by beating Saint Joseph's, 68-59, at home last night, the Owls (18-11, 10-5 Atlantic 10) made that task a shade easier.

March 12, 12:54 p.m. Women's basketball coach Pat Knapp will not have his contract renewed by the University, a Penn Athletics press release stated. "We are disappointed that we did not attain the levels of success we anticipated," athletic director Steve Bilsky said in the release.

With No. 39 Princeton looming after spring break, the women's tennis team will need all the preparation it can get for that match. Good thing the Quakers (1-5) are going on a trip to California during the break.

This wasn't how Kevin Egee imagined his senior year ending. Considering Penn made the NCAA Tournament in both his freshman and sophomore years, the Quakers' 9-16 (5-6 Ivy) record isn't exactly what Egee - and fellow active seniors Cam Lewis and Brennan Votel - had in mind for their final season in Red and Blue.

Some things, like gin and tonic or Beyonce and Jay-Z, are just meant to be together. An amicable relationship between Penn and Georgetown's baseball teams isn't one of them. Having already faced the Hoyas twice in their season opener last weekend, the Quakers will play them four additional times this weekend at Rollins College, as Penn heads down to Winter Park, Fla.

Forget the Grapefruit League - if you're looking for some good ball this break, the Ivy League will be out in full force in the Sunshine State. The Penn softball team will be one of five Ivy teams - Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Yale are the others - to head to Florida for the annual Rebel Spring Games, a month-long collegiate tournament held in Kissimmee.

This spring, the men's golf team has a winning formula that seems to be equal parts new and old. The new starts at the top. The University hired Scott Allen to be the new head coach for the team in August following the retirement of twelve-year veteran Francis Vaughn.

It's time to talk title scenarios. March Madness creeps closer every day and as the only Division I league without a conference tournament, the Ivy League will decide its NCAA Tournament representative in the next few days - as early as Friday but perhaps later if the stars align.

Brett Rendina roomed with golfing buddy Mike Blodgett freshman year. Ever since, Rendina's career has gone down a seemingly opposite path. While Blodgett made an impact from his debut season onward - ultimately becoming Penn's first individual Ivy League champion last spring - Rendina competed in just two events combined during his first two seasons.