A little friendly competition never hurt anyone. In fact, it may even have helped the Penn women's swimming team this past weekend. In the 200-yard freestyle relay of the Quakers' tri-meet on Friday against Cornell and Princeton, coach Mike Schnur initiated a competition between the freshman class and their upperclassman teammates.

ITHACA, N.Y. - So this is how it ends, with a sober and shivering postgame celebration and no Ivy League trophy to hoist. But the Quakers closed out their 2008 campaign with a win to be proud of on Saturday, 23-6 over Cornell in 10-degree weather and swirling wind.

By ELI COHEN Staff Writer coheneli@dailypennsylvanian.com In sports, 'back-to-back-to-back' is usually a good thing. Except when the three events are two dual meets and an all-day tournament over just two days. In return for making it through grueling preseason practices and weight lifting sessions, Penn wrestling coach Rob Eiter rewarded his team with a smorgasbord of competition on which to feast.

Tyler Bernardini, in his short time at Penn, has made a habit of carrying the Quakers on his back. He's been the subject of heavy praise and, for opposing coaches, the cause of much frustration. But on Saturday night, during the Red and Blue's 83-62 win over Monmouth at the Palestra, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year took that frustration to a whole new level.

By HANNAH GERSTENBLATT Sports Editor-elect hannahgb@dailypennsylvanian.com Pat Knapp is sick of watching his women's basketball team play nice. In a 78-45 loss at Duquesne on Saturday, the Quakers watched the Dukes snatch 22 offensive rebounds and score 21 second-chance points.

When a team adds another notch to the loss column, the coach isn't usually smiling. But after the Penn men's swimming team went 1-1 in its dual meet against Princeton and Cornell in New Jersey on Saturday, coach Mike Schnur could not have been more excited.

By MAX WEISS Staff Writer weissmax@dailypennsylvanian.com Britt Hebden and Katie Corelli both know what it's like to play squash for the Quakers - they were teammates on the Quakers of Penn Charter, and were on their 2006 national runner-up squad. Hebden and Corelli are still playing squash together, but now as opponents.

With Penn struggling to find an offensive rhythm early in the first half on Saturday against Monmouth, Tyler Bernardini put the team on his back, scoring all but two of the Quakers' first 14 points. But a young and weaker Monmouth squad crept back anyway, refusing to be silenced by a single player.

With the bulkhead that divides Sheerr Pool broken and stuck underwater for at least a month, members of the men's swimming team will be forced to practice in a tiring long-course style: good for the long run, bad for the near future. "They'll kick butt, but right now, they will be a little tired," coach Mike Schnur said.

In the wild buildup before the Penn men's soccer team's historic 1-0 win over Harvard last Sunday, senior midfielder Kevin Unger said to "interview me on Monday after we win." Unger's guarantee was bold, but ultimately correct. So what did soccer's resident psychic have to say about this evening's first round NCAA matchup against George Mason? "I think we're the better team," Unger said.

The Quakers know exactly what's in store at Ringe Courts on Saturday. "Cornell's going to be a really, really tough match," senior Joey Raho said. "Middlebury should be very, very easy." The Big Red arrive in Philadelphia on the heels of an impressive preseason, barely losing to perennial powerhouse Yale, 5-4, and downing Harvard and Penn.

When the Penn women's squash team opens its season at home against Cornell, Middlebury and Stanford this weekend, it'll be without its captain, senior Emily Goodwin. But she won't be far from the court: Goodwin will be watching her teammates and "cheering her brains out.

Nov. 22 2:35 p.m. Junior 125-pounder Rollie Peterkin started off the action with a 15-0 technical fall over Princeton's Robert Benitez, and the Penn wrestling team won all 10 weightclasses en route to a 47-0 romp over the visiting Tigers. Highlights of the match included a first period pin by Penn 133-pound sophomore Bryan Ortenzio and a 20-5 technical fall by senior captain Cesar Grajales at 149.

Nov. 22, 6:45 p.m. Al Bagnoli finally got career win No. 200. The football coach became the fifth man in Football Championship Series history to reach that plateau as the Quakers bested Cornell, 23-6, on a freezing day in Ithaca, N.Y. But Penn's hope of a four-way split for the Ivy crown went out the window once Harvard beat Yale in the 125th rendition of The Game.

When the women's basketball team travels to Duquesne on Saturday, most of the Quakers will be squaring off against the Dukes for the first time. But junior guard Sarah Bucar, a Pittsburgh native, will be more than familiar with her next opponents. "I played with those girls all summer," Bucar said.

Nov. 23, 9 p.m. Penn wrestlers won four of 10 weightclasses and the Quakers recorded a first-place finish in the Keystone Classic tournament today at the Palestra. All four winners from Penn were the top seeds in their respective weightclasses: Rollie Peterkin at 125 pounds, Cesar Grajales at 149 and senior captains Matt Dragon and Zack Shanaman at 157 and 165, respectively.

Nov. 21, 10:45 p.m. FAIRFAX, Va. -- One goal, and the men's soccer team's season was over. The Quakers fell, 1-0, to George Mason in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Patriots will move on to face Maryland on Tuesday, while the loss marks the final game for Penn's twelve seniors.