They may still be best friends, but they are no longer teammates. When Penn women's basketball senior forward Carrie Biemer gets set for tip-off in Friday's season-opener, she will do so without forward Maggie Burgess, who started 20 of the team's 29 games last season.

Does the early bird get the win? The Quakers certainly hope so. As the men's basketball team gets set for its season-opener against No. 1 North Carolina on Saturday, the preseason preparations have been subject to one slight scheduling change: 7 a.m. practices every Tuesday and Thursday morning.

As women's basketball coach Pat Knapp analyzed a disappointing 7-22 campaign, he noticed a clear and disturbing trend. In 19 of 29 games -- many of them in the Ivy League - Penn's opponents started a small lineup, which created matchup problems for the Quakers.

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 7 - Friday marked the 100th game between Penn and Princeton, but at times the real matchup seemed to be Princeton vs. The Clock. The Quakers' 14-9 win was smashmouth football at its best, with Penn's offensive scheme predicated on running the ball and then running it some more, preventing the Tigers' offense from getting much time on the field.

Ladies and gentlemen, we now have a race. After beating Penn last week, Brown was the runaway favorite to take the Ivy League championship. No one, it seemed, could bring down the Bears. But Yale, which has been underwhelming this season, shook up the standings when it downed Brown, 13-3, on Saturday.

Last Thursday was all about the power hour for the women's swim team. The Quakers were one of 88 teams to participate in the "Hour of Power," a 60-minute relay to benefit sarcoma research. The fundraiser's motto - "leave it all in the pool" - set the tone for the upcoming fall campaign.

Having recently been inducted into the United States Fencing Hall of Fame, coach Dave Micahnik is entering his 35th year at the helm of Penn's program. But the team keeps getting younger. Heading into the season, the Penn women's fencing team consists of 12 freshmen and sophomores - two-thirds of the roster - to go with a mere six upperclassmen.

PRINCETON, N.J. - The women's soccer team had played a hard-fought 105 minutes against rival Princeton, but with just one kick and a touch of the head, Saturday's game - and the Quakers' 2008 season - ended abruptly. Off a corner kick in the second overtime, Princeton senior Taylor Numann headed in her second goal to negate Penn's comeback and give the Tigers a 2-1 victory at Roberts Stadium.

PRINCETON, N.J. - Who is Keiffer Garton? Even after Penn's loss to Brown last week, Bears coach Phil Estes referred to the sophomore signal caller simply as "No. 13" in the post-game press conference. But in his first career start at Princeton on Friday, No.

PRINCETON, N.J. - The Tigers came into Friday's game ranked first in the Ivy League in rushing offense and last in passing offense. All that, and Princeton coach Roger Hughes was still surprised by how much the Quakers geared up to stop the run. But stop the run they did.

Al Bagnoli had, for two seasons, been at a loss for words. He had his well of go-to phrases that were used all too often: "snakebitten," "due for some luck" and "disappointed" - a thousand times, disappointed. Three consecutive overtime losses and what seemed like an endless series of unfortunate events made the Penn coach sound like Lemony Snicket during every press conference.

After squeaking out a five-set comeback win on the road against Harvard, Penn's volleyball team once again found itself trailing in the critical first-to-15 fifth set, 6-3, at Dartmouth, knowing that a loss would put it out of contention for the Ivy League title.

Ever since coach Val Cloud changed her offensive formation, the Penn field hockey team rattled off an improbable string of four straight victories to salvage what was a dismal-looking season. But against No. 11 Princeton on Saturday, no scheme could save the Quakers, who were overmatched early en route to a 5-0 loss in Princeton, N.

PRINCETON, N.J. --- In a game that saw as many near-misses as breakaway opportunities, Penn men's soccer senior captain John Elicker was privy to the only well-directed strike. Too bad it struck him in the face. "I'm still feeling that right now," Elicker said.

After the Penn field hockey team dropped its overall record to 2-10 with a 6-1 loss to Drexel on Oct. 15 , coach Val Cloud and the Quakers looked like they were ready to give up on the season. Cloud never could have imagined that going into the last game of the season, the Red and Blue would have a chance to finish tied for second in the Ivy League.

Keiffer Garton shined under the lights of Princeton Stadium on Friday night. In his first career start, the sophomore signalcaller rushed for one touchdown and threw for another, propelling the Quakers to a 14-9 victory over the Tigers on national television.

The only thing standing between Brown and its first Ivy League championship since 2005 is Yale. Sure, there's a pesky road trip to Dartmouth next weekend and then a home date with Columbia on Nov. 22, but those two teams are a combined 1-7 in Ivy play (1-13 overall).