It doesn’t matter that Penn basketball swept Cornell and Columbia this weekend. Not yet anyway.

The Red and Blue reversed the results from last weekend two losses, pulling off a sweep that culminated in a Fran Dougherty-fueled win over Columbia on Saturday night.

The Quakers pulled out the ‘W’ against 1-18 Cornell. But if they don’t shore up their defense, they’ll be seeing red for the rest of the season.

With its back up against the wall, Penn basketball responded against floundering Cornell by putting on a dazzling first-half offensive display and hanging on late to beat the Big Red, 90-83.

Despite their lack of immediate success, the Red and Blue still have much of the season left to turn it around. And that turning point might just be Saturday.

For Penn fencing, this weekend is all about Ivy, as the Quakers head to Brown to compete in the Ivy League Championships.

Penn will be facing a Harvard (6-2, 6-0 Ivy) team that is coming off two big wins last weekend, as the Crimson soundly defeated both Yale and Princeton to remain undefeated in the conference.

On Saturday, Penn track and field will take another step toward its final kick at the end of the season, this time at Penn State in the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup.

Coming off of last weekend’s dominant wins over Dartmouth and Harvard, Penn (12-5, 2-1 Ivy) is looking to continue its hot streak this weekend as it travels to face Cornell (11-7, 3-1) and Columbia (4-14, 1-3).

Penn is a desperate, beaten team. It’s the 12th round, and one more punch is going to knock the Red and Blue out for good.

After falling to Cornell, 32-(-1), in an embarrassing dual at home on Feb. 1, this weekend’s doubleheader will give the Quakers a chance to pick themselves up and reestablish their confidence on the mats.

With part of the season already underway, the Penn gymnastics team is seeing the impact of its new facility, the Nalitt Family Gymnastics Center.

Michelle Wong, a freshman from the Malaysia province, has burst onto the scene and played an integral role in the No. 3 Quakers’ 8-2 record this season.

Most of all, the freshman center has been a revelation for the Penn women’s basketball team as she has emerged as a star upon which the Quakers can rely.

If Smith can keep finding ways to get the most out of his recruits while the Quakers stay mired in mediocrity as they have been for the past seven seasons, the perceived gap between the two schools will continue to shrink.

Penn football senior cornerback Sebastian Jaskowski is riding high after winning a major off-field honor: a Wing Bowl College Division championship. We spoke with the gastronomically-fortuitous Red and Blue star to discuss the Philadelphia tradition:

Penn’s athletic director search is beginning to heat up. After a new website dedicated to the search announced two open forums, the committee’s website released that Daniel Parker of Parker Executive Search has been retained as the consultant in the process.