It was an up and down day on the Matts. If your name was Valenti or Herrington, you cruised through the first day of competition at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Auburn Hills, Mich.; if you were an Eveleth, you were sent packing after an upset. Eveleth, a senior coming in as a No.

Don't even ask David Cornbrooks what he thinks of Yale. "This is our first Saturday home game, our Ivy opener, and we don't really like Yale, so everyone is excited," said the senior captain Cornbrooks. No one is arguing that the men's lacrosse team is excited about getting the Ivy League season underway.

It was a game Texas A&M; was supposed to win easily. Thirteen-and-a-half point underdogs, the Quakers were so outmatched that some probably thought they shouldn't have even made the trip. So why should Penn fans who are unaffiliated with the basketball team make the trek all the way down to Lexington, Ky.

LEXINGTON, Ky., March 15 - Penn was shooting itself in the foot offensively, but the 14-seed took a 39-37 lead by scoring 21 points in the first seven minutes of the second half. From there, the Aggies decided to take things into their own hands. In the first half the Quakers were bricking open threes, throwing ill-advised passes along the perimeter and missing more than their share of open layups.

Matt Valenti was once again crowned champion at 133 pounds last night at the NCAA Championships held at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. Valenti defeated Coleman Scott of Oklahoma State, 4-2, to take home his second title in four tournament appearances. The first points of the match went to Scott, as he rode Valenti for a takedown in the middle of the first.

So far this season, Penn lacrosse has given up just 35 goals. Yale's Lauren Taylor already has 26 on her own. When the two teams clash at Franklin Field on Saturday, something's gotta give. Penn will take on the Elis in its first Ivy League contest of the season, with each team coming into the match ranked in the top 20 in the latest IWLCA poll - Penn (4-1) at No.

LEXINGTON, Ky., March 14 - Thirty-four different players have suited up for Penn since the 1999-2000 season. Not one of them has been a part of a Quakers victory over a team in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Two years ago, there would have been no "Sugarlips." The chorus of teammates would not be heckling Stephen Danley as he conducted an interview after the selection show. And Mark Zoller and Ibrahim Jaaber would not have been putting schoolgirls to shame with their giggling during the press conference.

Penn students may not exactly be descending upon Lexington in droves, but there's no doubt that they are still devoted to their Quakers. More than a few fans are making sure to catch the Red and Blue in action this afternoon against Texas A&M.; Students aren't letting anything get between them and a television at 3:10 p.

At a Quakers softball game, there is one thing to expect: lots of offense. In yesterday's doubleheader against Delaware, that was exactly what the crowd got. "When we had runners on, we were coming up with the clutch hit," coach Leslie King said. In both games the offense erupted in the sixth inning, which led to two comeback wins, 6-4 and 5-4.

As Becca Edwards walked off Franklin Field last night, she was greeted with a cardboard sign that read "Show them who's boss." Can't say she didn't listen. Edwards scored three goals to lead No. 16 Penn to a cathartic and surprisingly easy 13-6 romp over Delaware.

In its home opener, pitching was the name of the game for the Penn baseball team in a 5-1 win over Temple. The Quakers (4-5) limited the Owls (4-10) to just one unearned run. Head coach John Cole used nine different pitchers to help notch the win. Freshman Reid Terry started and got the win, improving to 1-2.

LEXINGTON, Ky., March 14 - With Stephen Danley's status for today's game still up in the air, Quakers coach Glen Miller said yesterday he's "optimistic" about the big man's return to the lineup. Danley sat out the last 38 minutes of Penn's season finale at Princeton with a bad back and missed a good deal of practice leading up to today's NCAA Tournament game.

Parents love to see their children succeed, but they love it a little less when those children succeed at their expense. That's the situation Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun finds himself in today when the NCAA Tournament begins. The Huskies coach will be beaming with pride as four of his former assistant coaches, including Penn coach Glen Miller, lead teams into the Tournament.

Matt Valenti is hoping for history to repeat itself. The accomplished senior, a unanimous choice for Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, will attempt to defend his 133-pound crown later today when the Quakers begin Day One of the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Auburn Hills, Mich.

LEXINGTON, Ky., March 14 - You've heard the call before. You've seen it replayed and probably watched in on YouTube. "OH, WHAT A GAME! WHAT A GAME! U-C-L-A! UNBELIEVABLE! AFTER BEING DOWN BY 17, HEART! BREAK! CITY!!" Last year's Sweet 16 thriller between UCLA and Gonzaga is just another in a long line of them called by CBS play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson since he began calling NCAA Tournament games in 1996.

With the game scoreless, Penn started to move the ball up the court, lookin to take an early lead over its heavily-favored opponent. But just as freshman guard Darren Smith reached halfcourt, Texas A&M;'s Acie Law picked his pocket and dribbled the ball the other way, capping off the breakaway with a pretty finger roll to give the Aggies a lead that they would never come close to relinquishing.