The men and women's swimming teams both crushed Rider and Lehigh in Lawrenceville, N.J., on Saturday, breaking four pool records in the process. "You are not expecting to get pool records, especially at Rider, which doesn't have a very good pool," coach Mike Schnur said.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. As Penn closed out the weekend's tournament against St. Francis, the meager smattering of fans in attendance attested to the fact that this was certainly not the day's feature game. Going on results alone, this was a matchup between the two worst teams in the tournament, the two that had lost a pair of opening games and were playing for third.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Quakers opened their season in a three-game tournament at Syracuse, N.Y. this weekend, and while a win over Big East powerhouse Syracuse might have been a bit much to ask for, the Quakers were undoubtably hoping for a bit better than 1-2.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penn's comfortable win over St. Francis (NY) wasn't hard, but it was definitely needed. After a start marked by lukewarm performances against Syracuse and UTEP, the Quakers blew the game open early and tightened the noose on the Terriers in the second half for a 86-58 triumph.

"He's got everything." Coach Bagnoli was almost correct. If senior running back Clifton Dawson rushes for 54 yards Saturday, Dawson will then own the Ivy League rushing record and truly have everything. Dawson is a half-football field short of tying Ed Marinaro's 35-year-old record of 4,715 career rushing yards.

Somebody's going to set a record this weekend, and it ain't gonna be Penn. With the Quakers getting their third straight overtime loss last week, that weight is lifted from their shoulders. The one making the history this week will be Harvard running back Clifton Dawson.

For a Columbia team that struggled to win four Ivy League games last year, a season opener at Cameron Indoor might seem like a cruel joke. But no matter how lopsided the matchup seems, the Lions are in fact scheduled to play the No. 12 Blue Devils in the first round of Duke's College Basketball Experience tournament.

Harvard football coach Tim Murphy has seen Penn's last three games. He saw the missed kicks, the botched snaps and the porous defense. He wasn't fooled. "They're just a couple of plays away from being in the position that Yale's in," undefeated in the Ivies, Murphy said.

Last time the men's cross country team visited Lock Haven, Pa., it placed five runners in the top 10 and earned first overall. The Quakers will be looking for similar success when they return there tomorrow - only this time, the stakes will be much higher.

Coming out of Philadelphia's Simon Gratz High School last year, Malik Alvin had an important decision to make. With Temple and La Salle recruiting him, the basketball star definitely had the opportunity to play close to home. A look at some prominent alumni of the Nicetown school might have shown that it was a no-lose situation.

By Sebastien Angel The Daily Pennsylvanian Syracuse, N.Y. -- With about four minutes to play and Penn and UTEP tied at 60, Ibrahim Jaaber collected his fifth foul. So when the Quakers needed a basket down one with under a minute to play, the burden fell to sophomore Aron Cohen.

For the first time in a month, the Quakers football team played a game that ended in regulation. And also for the first time in a month, Penn won. On Senior Day at Franklin Field, the Quakers defeated No. 17 Harvard, 22-13, ending a three-game losing streak.

Penn wrestling won't ease its way into the season - instead, it will jump in against four top-20 teams. The Quakers travel to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend for the Michigan State Open and the start of a promising season. The steep competition - including No.

The men's basketball team tips off its season in upstate N.Y. in 3-game tournament.

Syracuse, N.Y. - Ibrahim Jaaber was back on the court tonight against the Orange, but that didn't seem to matter. Neither did his 18 points, four assists, or four steals. The Quakers lost, 78-60, to a No. 20 Syracuse team playing at the top of its game in front of an enthusiastic home crowd.

After struggling against the zone last year, Penn faces a coach who has made a living with the 2-3

On Nov. 24, 2002, Penn beat Iowa State, 84-77 in the Midwest-dominated Las Vegas Invitational (the other two teams were Illinois and Eastern Illinois). That was the last time the Quakers played three games in three days - winning two - until this weekend, when the Quakers will take on Texas-El-Paso, Saint Francis (N.