It’s been said that conflict and a huge time commitment make rowing at Penn difficult to commit to. And as an ex-rower who was a member of the freshman heavyweight team all last semester, I was being asked to commit again.

We’re halfway through the Ancient Eight schedule, and if Penn expects to be regarded as a team to watch next season, it will have to do much more than win the games against worse competition.

Both teams took on the visiting Seawolves at the Levy Tennis Pavillion on Friday afternoon. The men (3-1) kicked off the day with three doubles matches against the Seawolves (0-2). The Penn women’s tennis team (4-0) won its toughest matchup to date, taking down defending American East champion Stony Brook 4-3.

In just two nights, the Quakers went from an Ivy afterthought to Princeton’s closest competitor, thanks to two of their best wins on the season.

The No. 23 Quakers (8-3, 3-1 Ivy) came out swinging and eliminated any hope for a Lions (5-7, 1-2 Ivy) comeback, despite some struggles in the middle weights.

Against Bridgeport and former Olympian Monica Mesalles Sallare, Penn narrowly fell 195.325-193.975 at the Palestra despite posting its fourth-highest overall score in program history.

This weekend, the Quakers’ men and women participated in the Cavalier Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., where the men took first place overall and the women placed second out of five teams.

The men’s team sent its 4×800 team to the Armory in New York City to take part on Saturday night in the 106th Millrose Games, the oldest indoor meet in America.

On the heels of their first win over Harvard in 18 tries, the Quakers (12-9, 5-2 Ivy) thoroughly dismantled Dartmouth (6-15, 4-3) on Saturday, 63-40, catapulting themselves into sole possession of second place in the Ivy League.

Penn trailed by 12 at the half but came back to seal a 67-57 victory over Dartmouth, its second road win of the season. The Quakers played 20 minutes of their best basketball in the second half, shooting 16-for-21 (76.2 percent) from the field.

The Quakers couldn’t make a dent in the Crimson’s lead after the early going and easily fell to Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion, 73-54.

Penn women’s basketball scored one of its biggest wins in recent memory Friday night, beating Harvard 77-72. It was the Quakers’ first home win over Harvard in 11 years.

This weekend, both teams are heading down to Virginia for the Cavalier Invitational, while the men’s Ivy team goes up to Cambridge to take on Harvard in their rescheduled snowstorm meet

Having yet to drop a single match this season, Penn women’s tennis looks to keep its record unblemished in their last home contest of the winter.

In the Quakers’ only meet at the Palestra all season, against Bridgeport, it is the Red and Blue’s most–and least–experienced members that merit watching.

As one of the most successful seasons in Penn women’s squash history nears its close, all eyes in the sport have fallen on the Quakers as they travel to compete in the prestigious Howe Cup.

Even with the recent news of wrestling’s demise from the 2020 Olympic Games, the Penn wrestling team is pushing on bravely. The No. 23 Quakers travel to New York to face Columbia this weekend.