Penn field hockey coach Val Cloud admits she doesn't know much about the Bucknell squad. But by Saturday night, Cloud hopes to figure out the Quakers' Sunday opponent. After playing Lock Haven (8-4) tonight, the Quakers (3-5, 2-1 Ivy) will travel to Bucknell and stay there through Saturday night before playing the Bison (6-4) Sunday at 1 p.

After their last meeting ended with a 0-0 tie in 1937, fans should hope the Penn-Georgetown matchup is something that gets better with age. The Quakers swapped Bucknell for Georgetown on the schedule this year after a seven-decade hiatus from playing the Hoyas, and it isn't hard to see why Washington D.

Penn volleyball captain Anna Shlimak leaves little to the imagination: "If we play our game well, then the other team I don't think has a chance against us," she said. Cornell (4-6, 1-0 Ivy) visits the Palestra at 7 p.

If it has done anything this season, the Columbia women's team has proven that soccer statistics are overrated. Despite launching 30 fewer shots than their opponents on the year, the Lions (6-2-2, 1-0 Ivy) come into their home match with Penn (7-2-1, 1-0) tomorrow riding an eight-game unbeaten streak.

When Penn and Columbia meet on the pitch tomorrow night in New York, it'll be the story of two teams looking for a new beginning. The match is the first on each of their Ivy slates, and they hope to wipe clean the losses they've piled up in their tough non-conference schedules.

The competition may not have been as tough as the Ivy League, but the Penn squash team's top dogs blew through it anyway. The Quakers left a sizable imprint on the Under-23 National Championships on Sunday in New York, with senior Lee Rosen conquering the men's bracket and sophomore Kristen Lange claiming the women's crown.

Flying possums aren't your typical pet. But if you were to ask those who know Kelly Harrigan, they'd be quick to tell you that she's far from your typical pet owner. Remarkable, ferocious, and amazing are just some of the adjectives used by peers and coaches alike to describe her - Harrigan, that is, not the possum.

Seventy-five minutes of high-powered offense ended in overtime with Villanova's Lauren Wuzzardo's shot past Penn goalkeeper Alanna Butera. The No. 21 Wildcats came away with a 5-4 victory, their sixth in a row, and handed the Quakers (3-5, 2-1 Ivy) their first loss in four games.

When a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 14 years reaches the postseason, everyone catches Phillies fever, even unexpecting Penn students. Following a remarkable comeback - the Phils made up seven games on New York Mets with 17 games to go - the hometown nine went on a tear and won the National League Eastern division.

I'm sure it would be quite the cliche to call Penn-Princeton a great rivalry. But it would become a little less of a rivalry if the opposing team ceases to exist. The Princeton sprint football team announced Tuesday that, due to injuries it sustained Friday in a 60-7 loss at Penn, it would forfeit its upcoming game against Army.

The Penn coaching staff has one of its toughest decisions of the year: start junior Robert Irvin or senior Bryan Walker at quarterback? But health, not coach Al Bagnoli, might have to make that decision for them. Irvin aggravated his throwing shoulder during the Villanova game on Sept.

Sunday's match against Rider marked the third game out of four that women's soccer captain Natalie Capuano sat out due to a concussion. Coach Darren Ambrose said "she's been feeling the repercussions of it for about two weeks now." Capuano was cleared to play in the middle of last week by neurologists at Student Health Services, but didn't take the field in last weekend's games.

Stephen Egee is no stranger to Penn - his brother Kevin is a junior on the hoops team - and might like to make the Palestra his home for the next four years. The younger Egee says his brother has not tried to convince him to attend Penn, but that through Kevin, he has gotten a firsthand opinion on the coaches and team.

After losing its first four games, the Penn field hockey team has finally started to gel, winning three in a row. Considering the Quakers' next opponent, it couldn't have come at a better time. Tonight Penn (3-4) will host No. 21 Villanova (8-2) in a game matching two hot teams.

At 5-foot-5, two inches shorter than her next-smallest teammate and half a foot shorter than most of the Quakers, Madison Wojciechowski has an atypical frame for a quarterback. She stands out even more on the floor of the Palestra, when she sports a multi-colored getup that contrasts sharply with her teammates' plain uniforms.

The slowest person on the Philadelphia Eagles practice field has remained with the team for almost four decades. And the most devout and literary sports fans from the City of Brotherly Love wouldn't want it any other way. Ray Didinger has been covering the city's pro-sports teams since he was 23 years old, and has become the media equivalent of versatile ex-NFLer Kordell Stewart: sportswriter, radio personality, TV commentator and NFL Films producer rolled into one.

Despite dominating time of possession and outshooting Cornell 11-1 on Friday, the Penn women's soccer team had trouble finding the back of the net in its first Ivy League matchup of the season. The Quakers rely on precision passes to set up scoring opportunities, but their timing has been slightly off at times during the season.