After gaining admission without a nod from the football program, Joe Holder decided that a Penn education and the prospect of playing Division I football were too much to turn down.

All Bagnoli has to do to make the sky fall is start Billy Ragone at quarterback this weekend for the 20th game of his career. At least that’s what it probably feels like for Quakers fans.

While Lafayette defenders battled for the most picks in the game, an unspoken competition gathered steam on the Red and Blue’s sideline. If the Quakers plan to continue passing the ball heavily going foward, Andrew Holland should be the man under center.

Over the weekend, Penn’s women’s soccer team salvaged a split in its two-game California road stint, beating Sacramento State, 3-2, in double OT only two days after falling, 1-0, to No. 15 California on Friday.

Taking on local rival Villanova on Friday, the Red and Blue fell, 5-3, at Rhodes Field. A quick turnaround Sunday at No. 12 Georgetown resulted in a 3-1 loss.

Big Red junior Hannah Balleza recorded her first career hat trick, notching three goals in the game’s first 22 minutes.

Penn men’s tennis had a mixed start to the season over the weekend at the Princeton Invitational.

In Steve Dolan’s competitive debut as head coach, the men finished sixth out of 14 teams, while the women posted a second-place finish for the second consecutive year.

Penn got out to a sluggish start Friday night against George Mason, needing four sets to dispatch their lowly opponent. Saturday, the Quakers lost their final two matches to Radford and Rutgers.

Senior quarterback Billy Ragone threw three interceptions in the first quarter alone, all of which led to Leopard touchdowns. The Leopards scored all their points on Penn turnovers in a 28-21 victory.

Penn’s three senior running backs have kept alive the long tradition of the Quakers’ offensive rushing attack on the gridiron. They call themselves “The Stable.”

Cal associate head coach Patrick Baker was the head coach at Penn from 1994-98 and is responsible for building the then-fledgling program into what became an Ivy powerhouse for years to come.

In his freshman year, Alex Reddy joined the Penn soccer team poised to be a star. As he soon learned, however, expectations can be tempered quickly at the collegiate level.

If you haven’t checked out Shoemaker Green yet, do so whenever you get the chance. But if you were planning on checking it out at a football pregame tailgate, you may be out of luck.

For the third straight year, the Quakers open their season against the Leopards, marking the 89th meeting between the two programs.

Running back Lyle Marsh and wide receiver Conner Scott return from injury this fall but will need to prove themselves again in a Penn offense stocked with weapons.

Last season, Penn’s offensive line consisted of one returning star and four question marks. This year, the line returns four starters, all but eliminating the lack of game-time experience problem.