With Penn struggling to find an offensive rhythm early in the first half on Saturday against Monmouth, Tyler Bernardini put the team on his back, scoring all but two of the Quakers' first 14 points. But a young and weaker Monmouth squad crept back anyway, refusing to be silenced by a single player.

With the bulkhead that divides Sheerr Pool broken and stuck underwater for at least a month, members of the men's swimming team will be forced to practice in a tiring long-course style: good for the long run, bad for the near future. "They'll kick butt, but right now, they will be a little tired," coach Mike Schnur said.

In the wild buildup before the Penn men's soccer team's historic 1-0 win over Harvard last Sunday, senior midfielder Kevin Unger said to "interview me on Monday after we win." Unger's guarantee was bold, but ultimately correct. So what did soccer's resident psychic have to say about this evening's first round NCAA matchup against George Mason? "I think we're the better team," Unger said.

The Quakers know exactly what's in store at Ringe Courts on Saturday. "Cornell's going to be a really, really tough match," senior Joey Raho said. "Middlebury should be very, very easy." The Big Red arrive in Philadelphia on the heels of an impressive preseason, barely losing to perennial powerhouse Yale, 5-4, and downing Harvard and Penn.

When the Penn women's squash team opens its season at home against Cornell, Middlebury and Stanford this weekend, it'll be without its captain, senior Emily Goodwin. But she won't be far from the court: Goodwin will be watching her teammates and "cheering her brains out.

Nov. 22 2:35 p.m. Junior 125-pounder Rollie Peterkin started off the action with a 15-0 technical fall over Princeton's Robert Benitez, and the Penn wrestling team won all 10 weightclasses en route to a 47-0 romp over the visiting Tigers. Highlights of the match included a first period pin by Penn 133-pound sophomore Bryan Ortenzio and a 20-5 technical fall by senior captain Cesar Grajales at 149.

Nov. 22, 6:45 p.m. Al Bagnoli finally got career win No. 200. The football coach became the fifth man in Football Championship Series history to reach that plateau as the Quakers bested Cornell, 23-6, on a freezing day in Ithaca, N.Y. But Penn's hope of a four-way split for the Ivy crown went out the window once Harvard beat Yale in the 125th rendition of The Game.

When the women's basketball team travels to Duquesne on Saturday, most of the Quakers will be squaring off against the Dukes for the first time. But junior guard Sarah Bucar, a Pittsburgh native, will be more than familiar with her next opponents. "I played with those girls all summer," Bucar said.

Nov. 23, 9 p.m. Penn wrestlers won four of 10 weightclasses and the Quakers recorded a first-place finish in the Keystone Classic tournament today at the Palestra. All four winners from Penn were the top seeds in their respective weightclasses: Rollie Peterkin at 125 pounds, Cesar Grajales at 149 and senior captains Matt Dragon and Zack Shanaman at 157 and 165, respectively.

Nov. 21, 10:45 p.m. FAIRFAX, Va. -- One goal, and the men's soccer team's season was over. The Quakers fell, 1-0, to George Mason in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Patriots will move on to face Maryland on Tuesday, while the loss marks the final game for Penn's twelve seniors.

With tomorrow's home opener against Monmouth looming, Penn men's basketball coach Glen Miller is keeping it close to the vest. Will the starting lineup feature seniors Brennan Votel and Kevin Egee, who are coming off strong performances? No comment. What's the status of the injured Justin Reilly, Aron Cohen, Tommy McMahon, Andreas Schreiber, Mike Howlett and Darren Smith? No comment.

If the Penn football team somehow makes it out of the weekend with a share of the Ivy league title, it wouldn't be the most bizarre happening of the past few seasons. As the Quakers face Cornell on the road tomorrow, their only chance at the Ivy crown comes in the form of a four-way tie, which would be a League first.

How's this for a busy opening weekend? The wrestling team starts its 2008-09 campaign with dual matches against Princeton and No. 9 Michigan tomorrow at the Palestra, and then on Sunday, it hosts nine other teams in the all-day Keystone Classic. "It's going to be a grind," coach Rob Eiter said.

There's no time to rest for Penn women's swimming. Despite a bevy of injuries, a season-opening loss to Columbia last Sunday and only a six-day break between meets, the Quakers have to gear up for a tri-meet with Princeton and Cornell this weekend. And regardless of the short amount of recovery time, practices this week have remained grueling.

Down by two points with 10 seconds left - and with a chance to pull off a huge upset against Villanova on the line -women's basketball coach Pat Knapp called on a surprising source to take the final shot. Freshman Tyler Cumbo, in only her second collegiate game, missed a short running jumper with six seconds left, as the Wildcats came from behind in the final minute to eke out a 45-43 victory.

When senior co-captain Kathryn Turner entered Princeton's Dillon Gym for her last career match, she sensed an unfamiliar atmosphere. "It was quieter than that gym has been in my biggest games there, which I was a little bit shocked by," she said. Turner capitalized on the calm, putting together one of her best matches of the season.

The family that plays together stays together. Senior Joey Raho's loved ones are no different. "[My parents'] first date was a squash match," said Raho, whose older brother Nick also played for Cornell. Penn coach Craig Thorpe-Clark agreed. "Unlike maybe football, where only Dad and the boys could play, you know, squash is a whole family game," he said.