Penn’s prospects are doubling

Soccer is without doubt the world’s sport. Outside the United States, the majority of athletes grow up playing soccer at some point in their lives.

To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often.

They are not the faces of Penn football. But at the end of Saturday’s game, Fordham fans knew who they were.

Which Penn athlete has been the midseason MVP in the fall season?

In addition to their accomplishments on the pitch, Penn’s soccer teams have continued to succeed off the field.

As the old adage goes: “Actions speak louder than words.” However, the exception to this rule is the Penn volleyball bench, whose words are pretty darn loud.

For any given pass in the game of football, the chances are high that a particular receiver will see the ball come his way. Think of the great quarterback-wide receiver tandems of all time: Montana to Rice. Manning to Harrison.

What are you planning on doing after graduation? Heading to grad school? Getting a job on Wall Street? 2015 College graduate Ronnie Glenn is taking none of the typically prescribed post-grad paths.

Marcus Jones may be the busiest man in Penn Athletics.

Anyone who has watched college football in the last decade show know that strength of schedule for teams on the national stage matters. A lot.

For Penn field hockey, the plan is pretty simple: find a way to win Ivy contests, even when those results don’t come easy. And sitting on a 7-1 record with two wins in conference, that is exactly what it has done.

It’s time to hit the refresh button for Penn Athletics. In the eyes of Athletic Director Grace Calhoun that means new uniforms, new initiatives, new programming and, most importantly, a new vision.

Follow along live as senior sports editor Riley Steele, senior sports reporter Steven Tydings and associate sports editor Jacob Adler cover Penn football's Ivy and home opener against Dartmouth.

Rewind to four weeks ago.  It was a clear late-August day and Sasha Stephens had just stepped onto Rhodes Field clad in Red and Blue for the first time.

Unlike last year, Penn volleyball coach Kerry Carr has the veteran firepower needed to keep the team from being reliant on freshmen.

Penn football’s recent upset victory over Villanova — the program’s first in more than 100 years — has sent tremors throughout the Penn Athletics community.