After three tough losses against top-tier opponents, Penn came into Sunday afternoon’s matchup with Temple on a downswing,  but 90 minutes later the Quakers were back in their groove.

There are several aspects of Penn football currently in transition. Despite that, those players showed flashes of brilliance on Saturday, and allow Red and Blue fans to reminisce over the 2012 championship team.

Penn volleyball came into the final day of the Big 5 Tournament - and non-conference play - with a six-game losing streak hanging over its head. Coach Kerry Carr's squad got that monkey off its back, but Penn was unable to pull off a sweep.

Despite an impressive showing on defense from Penn as well as a vigorous pace of play from the very outset of the match, Cornell tragically bested the visiting Quakers 1-0.

Last-minute touchdown vaulted Dolphins over the Quakers

The Quakers (2-1-2) ended with a scoreless draw against the Rams in a battle of the defenses. VCU, coming in the match with a two-game winning streak, entered the match with guns blazing, out shooting Penn, 11-4.

However, Villanova was too much to handle on Friday evening, as the Wildcats dispatched the hosting Quakers in straight sets to hand Penn its sixth straight loss after a 2-0 start to the season.

A goal in the 88th minute by sophomore Jake Garcia pushed No. 12 American past the Red and Blue, 2-1, in a close match on Rhodes Field.

If Penn women's soccer coach Darren Ambrose had a crystal ball three weeks ago and could have seen the Quaker’s starting lineup for Friday’s game against Virginia Commonwealth, he would hardly recognize his own team.

Before Penn women’s soccer opens conference play under the bright lights of Rhodes Field next weekend, they have two away games to iron out the kinks.

When the Red and Blue (2-2) takes the field on Thursday night to face off against visiting No. 12 American, it will be the team’s third straight game against top-tier competition.

Penn sprint football is usually not the target of a national audience. But things will be different for the Quakers’ season opener.

Penn field hockey’s season has started off with some exciting play, but it promises to bring even more excitement as the team looks towards its first Ivy League game of the season.

The Quakers have one week until they open Ivy League play against Princeton, but this weekend, they face Villanova, La Salle and Temple in the Big 5 Volleyball Tournament at the Palestra.

Coming off a disappointing campaign in 2013, one in which a team loaded with veterans dropped its final four games by a combined 48 points, Penn hits the road this weekend to open its season against coach Kerwin Bell’s Jacksonville squad.

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There are 10 games left in the Al Bagnoli era for Penn football, but there are only seven that really matter.