At first glance, nothing about Wharton MBA student Neal Mueller seems out of the ordinary.

Not a setback, coach Rudy Fuller said. Just a wake-up call. Terminology aside, the men's soccer team pulled defeat from the clutches of victory last night. After going ahead 2-0 in the opening 25 minutes, Penn conceded three straight goals to La Salle and lost at McCarthy Stadium, 3-2.

AMBLER, Pa. - There were plenty of perplexing things about the women's soccer game at Temple yesterday. How did Penn manage to get off 21 shots? How could Temple muster only three? But most bewildering of all - how did the Owls walk away with the win? Temple managed to take down a clearly superior Penn squad 2-0 at Ambler Field in a game that the Quakers (4-1-1) would like to forget.

On Oct. 6, 1965, one of the most famous events in Jewish sports history occurred, and nothing happened. Sandy Koufax chose not to pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Minnesota Twins because it fell on Yom Kippur. This coming weekend, Jews will be celebrating their new year, Rosh Hashanah.

Last night the field hockey team made it more clear than ever that Penn is indeed not Penn State. And the No. 8 Nittany Lions certainly had reason to be proud that they are not Penn. They pounded the Quakers 3-0 for Penn's second consecutive loss and its fifth defeat on the season as Penn State garnered its seventh consecutive win.

A lion of a task awaits the Penn field hockey team.

Dan Coleman racked up a team-high 85 yards on five catches in his collegiate debut last week.

As Penn was putting the finishing touches on its 21-11 win at then-No. 22 Lafayette Saturday, Villanova was putting the finishing touches on its first 0-3 start since 1995.

After sweeping both games on their North Carolina road trip, Jessica Fuccello and the Penn women's soccer team will make a short commute this evening to face cross-town rival Temple in Ambler, Pa.

Al Bagnoli's 100th career win started in style.

The men's soccer team has not been kind to the Atlantic 10 this year.

While the Quakers' victory brought head coach Al Bagnoli's win total to the century mark, Norries Wilson was just getting started as head coach of Columbia. The Lions pulled an impressive 37-7 upset victory over Fordham, scoring 20 points off of turnovers.

EASTON, Pa. - Watching the game in real time, the question was obvious: Looking at the box score, it became even more pressing.

Saturday could have been quite a day for Penn sports. Four teams are playing at home - women's tennis is hosting the Cissie Leary Invitational, football is playing against Villanova, men's soccer against Harvard and volleyball against Binghamton in the Penn-Sheraton Invitational.

For years, Penn junior Collette DeBenedetto lifted weights as a means. It was just another facet of her workout, another way to improve her track and field career. Now, weightlifting is her end - her sport.

EASTON, Pa. - Penn football coach Al Bagnoli is no stranger to special-teams disasters: His team fell victim to several of them last year. He must have felt an ironic satisfaction, then, to see his team force two of those miscues in key situations on Saturday.

They're back. After a four-game losing streak that put last year's team under .500 in the Ivy League, the Quakers of old have seemingly returned.