With only seven contests determining the Ivy League champion, every match is crucial. But the Penn men's tennis team will have more than just capturing the league crown on its agenda this weekend - they'll be seeking revenge. Last spring, the Quakers were left to wonder what could have been after they lost in a one-match playoff against Brown to determine the league's automatic NCAA tournament bid.

It's been two years since Lenka Snajdrova played competitive tennis, but she hasn't needed nearly that long to find her stroke again. "You lose all the feelings for the ball," Snajdrova said of returning to competition after sitting out last year. "It feels like you've never been on the court before.

Three weeks before the internationally acclaimed Penn Relays take place at Franklin Field, the men's and women's track and field teams are looking to break in the home turf a bit at this weekend's Penn Invitational. The men's team will certainly want to defend its home turf coming from last week's disappointing third-place performance in Annapolis for the Navy Invitational.

Just over halfway through the 2007 season, the Quakers have ridden their revamped pitching staff to the best overall record in the Ivy League. Yet this weekend, their young arms will face their biggest test yet. During day one of its first Ivy road trip to Yale (7-16, 1-3 Ivy) and Brown (7-13, 2-2), Penn (10-12, 4-4) will take on the league's most potent offense.

On a six-game winning streak and at the head of the Ivy pack, the Penn women's lacrosse team can continue its roll tomorrow at Harvard. And no one's guessing as to why. Off to its best start ever, the team's success is due to its balanced attack - rather than relying on one or two star players - according to head coach Karin Brower.

Baseball, Softball both pushed back after rain Due to inclement weather, the Penn softball and baseball teams' games were all postponed yesterday. No makeup dates have been announced as of last night. The baseball team had been scheduled to play at Lehigh at 6 p.

If Ibrahim Jaaber wants to play with the big boys, now's the time to start impressing scouts. In the opening game of the Portsmouth Invitational last night, Jaaber logged 18 minutes and five points for the Tidewater Sealants, who lost to the Holiday Inn-Portsmouth contingent, 110-71.

Ever taken a three-year test? Most likely not, but Ivy League fencers are currently in year two of their three-year-long evaluation. Two years ago, the Ivies agreed to implement a new schedule format on a "trial basis," as Associate Director of the Ivy League Chuck Yrigoyen described it.

During his high school career, Penn midfielder David Cornbrooks had one chance to compete against his younger brother in lacrosse. But the brothers were vying over more than just the Cornbrooks family name. David went to St. Paul's, and his brother to the Gilman School, two archrivals in Baltimore.

Why Harvard's search for a new hoops coach should be about more than finding a winner.

Now that Joe Scott has left Princeton for the clear skies and lower expectations of Denver, athletic director Gary Walters and the Tigers are left with a monumental decision: Should Princeton maintain the coaching lineage of Pete Carril or should they focus solely on winning? This is not to say that naming a coach from the prolific Carril legacy and winning are mutually exclusive, but Princeton's upcoming decision is not necessarily the best opportunity to find that combination.

Two freshmen will have the chance to improve on their already notable rookie campaigns after the NCAA regional selections were announced on Monday night. Marissa Rosen has garnered the No. 1 seed in the Northeast in the all-around competition, while classmate Lizzie Lowe will be joining her as an event specialist on the uneven bars.

When it comes to softball, Penn coach Leslie King has a one-track mind. And with good reason. Her Quakers (14-10, 6-2 Ivy) have scored less than three runs only twice in their past 15 games, while topping 10 four times.

Penn can kiss Citizens Bank Park goodbye. Having beaten Saint Joseph's to make it into the semifinals of the Liberty Bell Classic, a win over Lafayette yesterday would have written the Quakers a ticket to the Philadelphia Phillies' home park for the tournament final.

Didn't expect the women's lacrosse team to beat then-No. 12 Johns Hopkins last week? Too bad. The then-No. 14 Quakers pulled out a dominating 12-4 upset in Baltimore.

There has been a different person leading the Penn women's golf team in almost all its tournaments this season. Any explanations? "We don't play the same venue each time," said coach Francis Vaughn. "There are horses for courses and courses for horses." This time, the course was the Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club in Leesburg, Va.

Mix equal parts of good pitching and timely hitting. Add a dash of power and a pinch of defense. Stir together. For the first time all season, Quakers coach John Cole feels as if the recipe is complete.