Yale - the only league team to beat the Quakers last year - unrolled its difficult slate last week. It features a pair of trips to the Pac-10, with games at Stanford and UCLA, as well as a trip to Kansas's Allen Fieldhouse. Trips to UMass and Patriot League champion Holy Cross will also pose a steep challenge to last year's Ivy runners-up.

With 52 years of fencing under his belt, Penn coach Dave Micahnik is more than just a fixture in the sport - he is an all-time great. And he is finally being recognized for this as the United States Fencing Association recently elected him for induction into the Hall of Fame.

Coaching is in new Penn offensive coordinator Bill Schmitz' blood. Following in his father's footsteps, Schmitz has had over 20 years of experience, including coaching his own son in college. The Daily Pennsylvanian sits down to learn about one of Penn's newest hires - and where you'll always find him on Opening Day.

Teresa Leyden took batting practice. She fielded grounders and then caught some fly balls. But the former Penn softball player and recent graduate wasn't trying out for a professional team and looking to extend her playing career. Instead she found herself at Phillies ballgirl tryouts last fall.

The scales were about even for former men's tennis coach Mark Riley. While he had the opportunity to coach at his alma mater, Divison III Kalamazoo, he also could stay with an emerging powerhouse; Riley had just led Penn to two consecutive Ivy League titles.

Ibrahim Jaaber might be raising eyebrows for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League, but Harvard grad Brian Cusworth is having a much quieter week. The Crimson big man, who used his last semester of eligibility in fall 2006, has submitted solid, if unspectacular numbers for the Golden State squad, which also includes former Bradley center Patrick O'Bryant.

The eight schools that will participate in November's Philly Classic, a weekend exempt tournament to take place at the Palestra, were disclosed yesterday, with two power-conference teams highlighting the lineup. Penn will face Virginia on Friday, Nov. 23, and Seton Hall plays Navy the same day.

Ibrahim Jaaber still refuses to pick on people his own size. At 170 pounds, he's lighter than every opponent he'll see in his five NBA Summer League games.

Men's golf coach at a Division I school, President and CEO of the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry, husband and father of two young boys: Rob Powelson was used to doing it all. But now he's shaving away one of his commitments, resigning as Penn's men's golf coach to make more time for the others - especially the latter one.

If school policy and the law weren't enough to keep Penn athletes away from marijuana, the NCAA has just upped the ante. According to a June 22 USA Today article, the NCAA may expand its drug testing program to include year-round screening for street drugs such as marijuana and cocaine.

No one can accuse Dartmouth's Ben True of not being 'true' to his word, at least not this outdoor track season. Crossing the finish line at 3:59.99 during the U.S.A. Track and Field New England championship held at MIT, True joined an elite group of less than 300 American men who have ran a sub-four minute mile.

Texting recruits may not be totally dead INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting. The board could reaffirm the text messaging decision, reject the decision or create new legislation.

Looking for the best volleyball experience she could find, Deitre Collins-Parker went from Ithaca, N.Y. to Athens, Ga. and back again in a few short months - but don't call her indecisive. After all, Collins-Parker had much more than her own coaching career to think about.

Penn has 26 varsity head coaches. Only one won a national coach of the year award during the 2006-07 season: women's lacrosse coach Karin Brower. Led by Brower's self-described "straightforward and honest" coaching style, the Quakers achieved their best season ever, including their highest national ranking.

Palestra documentary to air on ESPN ESPN will air the feature-length documentary film "The Palestra: Cathedral of Basketball" on two of its channels starting in July. The documentary is the work of Mikaelyn Austin, a filmmaker and former Penn women's basketball player.

Usually, when someone from your alma mater calls, they're asking for a gift. But for men's soccer coach Rudy Fuller, it's Georgetown that's been doing the giving. The Penn coach has the Hoyas to thank for his college degree and his first coaching job, but the most recent gifts were just as helpful.

The winds of change have been blowing through the Ivy League in the past few months. Sydney Johnson and Tommy Amaker were hired to coach men's basketball at Princeton and Harvard, respectively. Two weeks ago, the Crimson snatched Traci Green from Temple to lead its women's tennis team.