It’s no secret in the gymnastics community that a female competitor usually peaks around the age of 16, long before one enters college.

Wednesday afternoon, St. Josephs’s convincingly beat Penn, 5-0. The Hawks stole a lead early on in the first two innings and held on from there.

Theresa Picciallo has been a revelation for the Quakers as they look to compete for an Ivy Championship outdoors. The Upper Saddle River, N.J., native needed only two collegiate meets to break Penn’s 15-year old indoor shot put record, which she did with a throw of 14.11 meters in early January.

Though the Quakers (5-5) were never outplayed while visiting Towson (8-7), some late drama made Wednesday afternoon’s 5-4 win a little bit close for comfort.

Over the course of these 31 games, many words have been spent on the Quakers’ ability to stay energized. But the Red and Blue, Hicks in particular, fed off of the Palestra crowd against Princeton.

While conventional wisdom holds that the Quakers will make leaps and bounds with more experience in 2013-14, the reality is that nothing is guaranteed.

It was a true battle on the court in the Quakers’ season finale against rival Princeton, but it all fell apart in the final minutes, as the Tigers came away with the victory.

Whether or not the Quakers’ resume is ultimately strong enough to earn them a postseason bid, they still have plenty of momentum going into next season. The key for the Red and Blue will be to turn their flashes of brilliance into sustained excellence.

The Penn baseball team is hitting the road again, as the Quakers travel to Maryland to take on Towson.

When Robin Martin stepped on to Penn’s campus as a freshman nearly 17 years ago, he had no idea that coaching would be in his future. Now, he finds himself as the head coach of Penn track and field.

The men’s golf team returned to action at the 16th annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C. and the Quakers finished 11th out of a field of 18 teams.

Reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Niveen Rasheed turned it on at the end of the game, as Princeton went on a 19-2 run in the second half to finish off Penn’s upset bid.

To get revenge, Penn (9-21, 6-7 Ivy) will have to flip the script of its last dance with Princeton (16-11, 9-4), a 65-53 defeat for the Quakers at Jadwin Gym on Jan. 12 that was more decisive than its final score suggests.

The Quakers are working with a largely young and inexperienced rotation this season and are looking to a group of four that showed promise during Penn’s southern spring break.

On Tuesday, the Quakers face the daunting task of beating the dominant Tigers to give seniors Brianna Bradford and Katie Davis a win in their final game at the Palestra.

For Penn basketball, this Ivy season has truly been the best of times and the worst of times and a win against Princeton would provide much-needed team momentum throughout the offseason.

The Quakers (16-11, 9-4 Ivy) split their home weekend slate, topping Brown, 60-48, on Friday before falling to Yale, 70-65, on Saturday night.