For five years, the men's soccer team had been humiliated time and time again by Brown, going winless while failing to score in the process. But at Rhodes Field on Saturday, the Quakers returned the favor. Led by two goals from Omid Shokoufandeh, the Quakers beat the Bears, 4-0, in an unexpectedly one-sided affair that propelled them into a tie for first place.

With its Ivy League title chances on the line on Senior Night, the women's soccer team had plenty of motivation in Saturday's matchup against Brown. But as Bears senior Lindsay Cunningham's third game-winning goal of the season soared into the far corner 5:54 into the first overtime, several Quakers could do nothing but sink to the Rhodes Field turf or hang their heads in dismay.

The phrase "adding insult to injury" was never more appropriate. After seeing its quarterback go down with what could be a season-ending knee injury, Penn saw its Ivy title hopes follow suit - the Quakers fell 34-27 at Franklin Field to Brown, which now has sole possession of first place in the conference.

With the decisive fifth set deadlocked at 14, Penn libero Madison Wojchiechowski watched Cornell's hottest hitter, Meagan Tatum, reach high and deliver a hard strike across the court. "Mojo," as her teammates call her, dove to her left, extended her arms just within reach of the ball and popped Tatum's swing straight up for her 40th dig of the match, setting a new school record.

Too many turnovers on offense, poor kickoff coverage and blown coverage in the secondary amounted to what Penn coach Al Bagnoli labeled "a total team loss" on Saturday, which is a fair assessment of what happened. But the real problem with the Quakers this season - a problem that came to a head when Kyle Olson's knee gave out on him in the second quarter on Saturday - is the lack of a steady option at quarterback.

It was a fitting end to Senior Day. Ten minutes into overtime, senior Rachel Eng took a pass from classmate Nina Ferrier on a two-on-one, shimmied around a diving Brown keeper, Caroline Washburn, and lifted the game-winner over an onrushing defender. "Nina gave me a great pass," said Eng, who scored in her fifth-straight game.

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Tomorrow evening, the Penn women's soccer team will step onto Rhodes Field for the final time this season. For the team's seven seniors, it will be the last time ever. Handkerchief please. Indeed, when the Quakers (8-4-3, 2-1-2 Ivy) take on Brown (5-6-4, 1-3-1) at 5 p.

Don't expect any fireworks tomorrow at Rhodes Field. Penn (9-2-2, 3-1 Ivy) and Brown (9-4-1, 3-1) have combined for 16 shutouts this season - eight apiece - and are about as evenly matched as possible. In recent years, however, the Quakers have been dismal against their foe from Providence, R.

The Volleyball team won both of its matches this weekend, beating Columbia 3-1 yesterday before pulling out a 5-set thriller against Cornell. The Quakers dropped the first set to Columbia, 25-22, and then won three in a row. Julia Swanson had her best in a string of good games, amassing 21 kills on .

Just when the Quakers seemed to be hitting their offensive stride, their hopes of an Ivy crown went - like their quarterback - tumbling to the turf. The Red and Blue suffered a 34-27 loss to Brown at Franklin Field, after junior quarterback Kyle Olson - making his first start and playing effectively through most of the first half - sustained an injury to his left knee late in the second quarter.

When the volleyball team went up to Ithaca, N.Y., to face Cornell, the Quakers were easily dispatched for their fifth-straight loss. But that was three long weeks ago. Penn's gone 4-1 since then, and when the Big Red (7-11, 6-2 Ivy) visit the Palestra along with Columbia (6-12, 0-8) this weekend, they'll be greeted by a squad that's won seven consecutive sets.

As usual, when Columbia visits Yale tomorrow, it will be an Ivy matchup of one of the hottest teams in the league against one of the nottest teams in the league. Only this year, they're playing out of position. The Lions (1-5, 1-2 Ivy) are coming off their first win in 14 games.

Raiam "Brazil" Santos leaned on a Franklin Field bleacher. He's happy. But excuse him, just on this one point. "The punter last year graduated. They were set on Kyle Olson, even though I was kicking better than him," he said. "They said, 'No, you're too raw.

Are you ready for some football? Saturday's nationally televised matchup between the two remaining unbeaten teams in Ivy League play, Brown and Penn, has all of the storylines you could ever want for a homecoming game at Franklin Field. VERSUS television network calls it the Ivy League game of the week.

The fans who packed the student section at Rhodes Field on Saturday expected to see a showdown between two of the Ivy League's best defenses. Instead, they witnessed a 4-0 rout, as the Penn men's soccer team beat Brown for the first time in five years. Omid Shokoufandeh scored two goals, Andrew Ferry had one and assisted on another and Drew Healy recorded his ninth blank slate of the season, one shy of the program record.

Twenty years ago, the Penn field hockey team won the Ivy League and defeated Penn State in an overtime thriller in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. On senior day this Sunday at Franklin Field, the Quakers will remember that squad with a pregame ceremony before hosting Brown at 1 p.