NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Last year, it took three overtimes to decide the annual cardiac stress test that some refer to as a Penn-Yale football game. This time around, three field goals did the trick. Behind the strength of Andrew Samson's right leg and another gutsy defensive showing, the Quakers came from behind to nip the Bulldogs, 9-7, on Saturday afternoon at the Yale Bowl, improving to 3-0 in Ivy play for the first time since 2005.

The first 35 minutes of the Penn field hockey team's match with Yale belonged to Ashley McCauley. The Bulldogs senior forward netted two early goals, but as the game progressed, Penn defender Sarah Warner adjusted. "She got by me a couple times in the first half," Warner said.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - After devoting substantial practice time to unleashing his throws quickly, Yale quarterback Brook Hart felt he was prepared to face the Penn defense. He was wrong. The 6-foot-5 sophomore, filling in for injured starter Ryan Fodor, was thrown to the wolves in the Quakers' 9-7 win on Saturday.

Senior tight end Josh Koontz clearly remembers last year's triple-overtime thriller against Yale. "I'd be lying if I said it wasn't in the back of our minds," the captain said. "It's definitely motivation." In the third overtime, the Quakers found themselves facing fourth-and-goal trailing by six points.

NEW HAVEN, CONN. -- Who needs touchdowns, anyway? In a game mired with punts and near interceptions, the Quakers didn't, as they used three second-half field goals off the leg of Andrew Samson to complete a 9-7 comeback win over Yale. Quarterback Robert Irvin was a paltry 4-for-10 with an interception that set up the Bulldogs' lone score.

Coming into this season, senior midfielder Rachel Eng had only scored four times in her 38-game Penn field hockey career. In 13 contests this year, she's already trumped that, finding the back of the net five times for the Quakers. "Rachel has become more confident," Penn coach Val Cloud said.

For the second consecutive year, the Penn women's soccer team will enter the final three weeks of play in the thick of the Ivy League race. But the Quakers (8-4-2, 2-1-1 Ivy), who did not graduate any players last season, have additional motivation now: They're trying to send off seven seniors with another Ivy title.

The women's volleyball team had scheduled its "Dig Pink" breast cancer awareness promotion before the start of the season. But with coach Kerry Carr's recent breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy, tonight's home match against Dartmouth takes on a whole new significance.

Tomorrow, the Ivy League will be thrust into the national spotlight for the second time this season as part of a television deal with Versus. And what better way to show off the conference than with a showdown between a pair of 0-5 teams when Dartmouth travels to Columbia for the "Ivy League Game of the Week, presented by TIAA-CREF"? At the very least, whatever audience is watching will see a piece of 2008 Ancient Eight history, because one of these two squads will earn its first win of the year.

Preparation for Saturday's matchup against Yale has been keeping men's soccer coach Rudy Fuller up late at night. But strategy and scheming ahead of tomorrow's game at Yale don't have him tossing and turning in bed. It's the actual on-field practices that have Fuller burning the midnight oil.

Five games into his first season on the varsity squad, Yale quarterback Brook Hart is already playing well beyond his years, leading all Ivy signal-callers in passing efficiency. Thankfully, unlike a certain infamous Little Leaguer from his past, Hart's got the documentation to prove he's legit.

The scoreboard read 0:00, but the first half of the Penn field hockey team's game with Temple was anything but over. The Owls had committed a penalty, giving the Quakers one final play. On the ensuing corner, Rachel Eng found midfielder Kelsey Tahan in the circle.

For Natalie Capuano, it's no heat, no sleeves, no problem. The senior captain started the women's soccer team's 3-0 win over Rider last night looking a bit silly, bare-armed in the cold. But as the sleeves stayed off through halftime, she led by example. "Nat's just tough," said sophomore Sarah Friedman, who leads the team with 22 points.

Lacrosse, eh? They may not have infiltrated the sport the way Eastern Europe rules women's tennis, but Canadian high schoolers are getting a closer look from NCAA men's lacrosse programs throughout the nation, coaches say. It's a trend that is reintroducing Canada to the outdoor game - which originated near the Great Lakes - and creating new incentives for Canadian players to make themselves known in the U.

After a lot of tinkering, field hockey coach Val Cloud may have finally found her secret ingredient for success. Last Sunday against Columbia, Penn (3-10, 2-2 Ivy) moved a defender up to play midfielder. With the 3-4-2 scheme, the Red and Blue responded by playing with more cohesion and coming up with a rare victory.

It has been their mantra for two years, written plain and clear across the top of their coach's whiteboard, but never before has it seemed so relevant. The women on the Penn soccer team have lived by the phrase "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

Chances are you can't name the head coach of Penn men's soccer. Rudy Fuller? Wrong. Don't worry, even the team's media guide can't get it right. Born Brian Fuller, the Quakers' primary clipboard-wielder has carried the moniker 'Rudy' Fuller since eighth grade.