Homecoming has the potential to be great for any school. A ton of alumni (read: possible donors) all in the same place, interacting with your campus and taking in the athletic events you have on tap. But when events unfold like they did for Penn Athletics on Saturday, it is hard to call this rain-soaked Homecoming great for the athletic department.

Seven games into the 2014 season, it's impossible to deny the sense of disappointment surrounding Penn football.

Led by junior captain Alexis Genske, the Quakers (7-14, 4-6 Ivy) cruised to a 3-1 victory at Columbia on Saturday.

The Red and Blue were scheduled to face Princeton on Halloween, but the Tigers were forced to forfeit.

Playing in a game that Rudy Fuller had earlier described as one where “if you don’t win it, we don’t deserve to be [Ivy League] champions,” Penn men’s soccer failed to live up to its coach’s ultimatum .

After defeating Lehigh earlier in the week, the Quakers continued their winning streak with another victory against Brown, 2-0, in conference play.

On Saturday, two Penn wrestlers, senior Lorenzo Thomas and senior C.J. Cobb, represented the Quakers in the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic in front of over 5,000 fans.

What a way to go out. On Senior Day, the Quakers took their seniors out on top, outlasting Brown, 2-1, on a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon on Ellen Vagelos field.

After the women’s team was unable to break through at Heptagonals – finishing last as a team in the Ivy championship meet – junior Tom Awad took first in the men’s race, leading the men’s team to an impressive third-place finish.

A bitterly cold rain drove much of the anticipated Homecoming crowd away, and the Quakers didn’t give the several thousand that braved the rain many reasons to cheer.

A bitterly cold rain has kept most fans from attending Penn football’s homecoming game against Brown. It apparently drove away Penn’s offense for much of the first half as well.

To Penn men’s soccer, every upcoming game is like playing for the Ivy League championship. The team will need to maintain that approach through Saturday when the Red and Blue host Brown at Rhodes Field.

If there was ever a time where Penn football needed to bear down, this would be it.

There’s a moment in every team’s season when it becomes apparent if those long months of training have really paid dividends. That moment is now for Penn XC.

All things must come to an end, and for Penn’s women’s soccer it is coming fast. With only two more conference games left, the Red and Blue will try to end the season on the high note in their Senior Night match against Brown.

It’s the end of an era for Penn sprint football. Friday’s season-ending game will mark the end of the Penn careers of running back Mike Beamish, defensive back Keith Braccia, offensive lineman Alex Smith and four other seniors.

Senior day is fast approaching for Penn field hockey at Ellen Vagelos Field, presenting the opportunity for the squad to send off its six seniors and jump above .500 on the season.