When none of the gears are turning, it's time to evaluate to the assembly of the whole machine. And after Penn softball's two disheartening losses against Lehigh yesterday, that's all head coach Leslie King could do. "I take full responsibility as a coach," King said.

For the Penn men's tennis team, today's match against St. John's marks the last non-conference tune-up before the Princeton match on Saturday. But after losing six of their past seven matches, the Quakers know better than to look past their next opponent. "St.

For seven innings, Penn's makeshift pitching operation bent but didn't break, allowing just three runs despite 13 baserunners. But in a madcap eighth inning, the Quakers rickety bullpen finally collapsed. Ironically, Lafayette's three-run rally started with a strikeout.

If you were one of the 3.3 million people who watched the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament online, you may have seen a familiar face at halftime. Columbia men's basketball coach Joe Jones (along with New York TV personality Jason Horowitz and St. John's coach Norm Roberts) was featured on all the halftime programming of NCAA March Madness On Demand at CBSSports.

Since the Penn baseball team returned from its spring-break trip, a few people have risen to the occasion and given the Quakers a leg up on the competition - the Meiklejohn Stadium grounds crew. Today's Liberty Bell Classic opener against Lafayette was supposed to be on the Leopards' home field in Easton, Pa.

After finally hanging on to upset a ranked team, the men's lacrosse team finds itself somewhere it hasn't been in over a year: the top 20. Thanks to their 12-10 win over then-No. 19 Harvard Saturday, the Quakers (4-2, 2-0 Ivy) have moved into the final spot in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse poll released yesterday.

The 2008 Penn softball team might be enjoying the best start in program history, but the real test of greatness is yet to come. Two losses and expectations of a tight Ivy League season will follow the Quakers to Bethlehem, Pa. for their scheduled doubleheader against Lehigh this afternoon.

Andrea Kremer has reached nearly every pinnacle of sports broadcast journalism. In 17 years at ESPN, she was a correspondent for Sportscenter, NFL Countdown and Outside the Lines, working every Super Bowl since 1985 The two-time Emmy award winner left the ESPN in 2006 to become a sideline reporter for NBC's Sunday Night Football.

Harvard goalie Joe Pike entered Saturday's game leading the Ivy League with a 4.29 goals against average. By the time he left Franklin Field, that number had ballooned to nearly six. Penn put five in the back of the net by halftime and added seven more by the final buzzer for a thrilling 12-10 upset over No.

Before the women's tennis team took on Marshall and William & Mary this weekend, senior co-captain Julia Koulbitskaya predicted that her team would have to be "well-prepared at the bottom of the lineup." Her words proved prophetic. On Saturday, the Quakers lost the top two singles slots, but victories further down the depth chart propelled them an upset over No.

ST. LOUIS - Coming into this year's NCAA championships, the Penn wrestling program had a streak of at least one All-American in 11 straight years. That streak is now over. In a tournament that coach Zeke Jones called "tough," the Quakers had subpar results at this year's three-day Championship at the Scottrade Center in downtown St.

With an individual record of 8-16, an overall finish of 34th and zero All-Americans at this year's NCAA Championships, it might seem that the Penn Wrestling team is in a bit of a rut. And looking at the numbers, it's true that this year's tournament was disappointing, especially after two straight years with a national champion.

Every day in training on the Schuylkill River, the women's rowing team passes its Saint Joseph's counterpart, quietly sizing it up. "We're trying to start a rivalry," Penn coach Mike Lane said. "They're great competitors." Last Friday, the Quakers hit the two-kilometer course on the Schuylkill and showed Saint Joseph's what they were made of.

Despite less-than-ideal weather conditions that slowed play and limited the tournament to only 45 holes, the men's golf team persevered and finished third at the George Washington Invitational. The women had better weather but worse results, placing 17th out of 20 teams at the First Market Bank Intercollegeiate tournament.

With two home runs this weekend and three overall, first baseman Kyle Armeny is still Penn's longball specialist. But third baseman William Gordon now has two of his own, having found a creative way to keep pace with his teammate. Gordon had an inside-the-park home run in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, helping spark Penn to a 7-6 victory, its third in three games against Mount Saint Mary's.

ST. LOUIS - Coming into the NCAA Championships, Penn wrestling coach Zeke Jones knew that for his team to earn high All-American honors, each wrestler would have to start fast out of the gate. But with one day down at the tournament, Penn has had trouble doing so.

In high school, all it takes is seven innings. The eight freshmen on the Penn softball team are learning that to be successful in college, it takes 14. At 1 p.m. tomorrow, the Quakers will take the field for the first of two contests. Like all game days this season, Penn will have to play a doubleheader.