The Penn women’s and men’s squash teams go into the winter break having two somewhat distinct experiences to start their seasons.

A year ago, after Penn football won a one-third share of the Ivy League title, I wrote in the columnist issue that Ancient Eight football championships should not be shared. And this year, Penn football has forced me to put my money where my mouth is.

All season long, Penn men's basketball appeared to be on the verge of improvement in coach Steve Donahue’s second year in charge, but the Quakers still needed that signature win to prove to the college basketball world that they were for real. Thanks to a breakout performance from junior Sam Jones, that big-time victory is in the books.

Sometimes, there are just no words. Summing up the experiences of sprint football’s championship season is not a feasible task, but these past few months were so magical, so unprecedented, so perfect, that I owe it to my squad to try. First off, the hunger this team had was unlike anything I’d ever seen before.

You can’t achieve greatness without a bit of humility, and Penn wrestling just picked up its fair share of the latter this weekend. In their opening dual meet of the season, the undermanned Quakers were outmatched by a strong Rider team, losing seven of ten individual matches en route to a thorough 32-10 defeat at the hands of the Broncs.

Sports Editor-elect Jonathan Pollack: For me, the best part of Penn Athletics this year was sprint football winning its first outright CSFL title since 2000, so the best moment should come from that season.

With 8:42 remaining in the second half, junior guard Darnell Foreman’s jumper put Penn within two points of George Mason at 57-55. Between that moment and senior guard Matt Howard’s free throw with 3:07 left, the Quakers scored zero points on nine missed shots and a turnover.

It was poetic, almost, the transfer of dominance. After senior guard Matt Howard lit things up in the first half, scoring 12 of Penn’s first 15 points, freshman forward AJ Brodeur took over in the second period, tallying 16 of his 22 after intermission.

In Penn’s history, 24 fencers have represented the Red and Blue at the Olympic Games. If sophomore Justin Yoo has anything to say about it, he will be the 25th come Tokyo.

Penn men’s basketball knew that its opening set of non-conference games to start the season would be challenging. The Quakers were right.

It's early on a Saturday morning. While you're asleep, Garrett Colvin is hard at work.  He’s taken on the responsibility of being one of the few, the proud, the Penn basketball managers. Student managers are a rare breed.

If you have the best season in a program’s 87-year existence and no one even notices, did it really happen? That’s what we’re at the Ringe Squash Courts to talk about.

Penn basketball juniors Matt MacDonald and Caleb Wood are wearing the Red and Blue for the first time this year — but that’s about all they have in common. Despite their age, the two juniors are in their first year on Penn's men's basketball team after they both arrived via transferring from other schools.

Undoubtedly, there are many people across Penn’s campus and the greater basketball landscape who are surprised by the immediate impact made by freshman AJ Brodeur. Just don’t count the 6-foot-8 power forward or his coach among them.

On Monday, Lovett beat out Watson for the Bushnell Cup, the second straight time Watson has finished second in the award's voting.

Penn Men’s Squash was pitted against two of the nation’s premier squash teams this weekend, suffering a 7-2 loss to third-ranked University of Rochester on Saturday, while earning a 5-4 win against fourth-ranked St.

Both the men's and women's teams traveled to Gambier, Ohio, for their final meet of 2016: the Total Performance Invitational at Kenyon College. Over the course of the three-day meet, both teams cruised to first-place finishes, blowing out the closest competition.