When the women on Penn's swim team step onto the poolside for their first meet this Saturday, they know they have big shoes to fill for the coming season. Last year, the Quakers finished fourth at the Ivy Championships and compiled a 12-4 overall record, one of their best seasons ever.

Coach Mike Schnur says this could be fastest Penn men's swimming team ever to enter a pool. So why would Schnur only set a goal for finishing within the top five of the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League? Those familiar with EISL swimming should know about powerhouses Princeton and Harvard.

Freshman Zack Kemmerer has his sights set on the National Championships. Not just one, but two. Those familiar with the level of skill and dedication required to achieve that goal may scoff at such a declaration. But not those who know Kemmerer. Hailing from Upper Perkiomen High School in rural Pennsylvania, Kemmerer was one of the most sought-after wrestling recruits in the nation, according to Penn coach Zeke Jones.

With the season opener coming up against Drexel on Friday, the Quakers have more options at starting point guard than days left to decide who it will be. Now that Ibrahim Jaaber is gone, head coach Glen Miller could conceivably see four different players bringing the ball up the Palestra court for the home team.

Ever wonder how many pounds that center on the women's basketball team is giving up to her opponent? Well, tough luck. You won't find it on Penn Athletics' Web site, and you won't find it in the game program. As a matter of policy, sports-information staffs at colleges around the country do not publish the weights of female athletes.

On the surface, it seems like the Penn women's basketball team may be in for a rough season. The Quakers finished in fourth place in the Ivy League with a 12-15 overall record last year, but the team graduated four seniors - who combined for 70 percent of the team's scoring.

On the surface, it seems like the Penn women's basketball team may be in for a rough season. The Quakers finished in fourth place in the Ivy League with a 12-15 overall record last year, but the team graduated four seniors - who combined for 70 percent of the team's scoring.

After Saturday's game against Princeton, junior Britton Ertman found himself in an unfamiliar place - the limelight. Against the Tigers, the defensive back had perhaps the best game of his career. Ertman forced the game's only turnover when he intercepted Greg Mroz's pass on 3rd-and-goal from the four-yard line, wiping out the scoring threat and keeping the Quakers' eventual shutout intact.

Sarah Bucar committed to suit up for Patrick Knapp over three years ago, before her senior year in high school even began. On Friday night, she will finally get the chance to make good on her word. The 21-year-old sophomore had planned to play under Knapp at Georgetown, where the coach spent 18 seasons before signing on to lead the Quakers in 2004.

She did it again. Senior Jesse Carlin won her second consecutive Ms. Penn title and senior Jason Myers took home the title in last night's Mr. & Ms. Penn Bodybuilding Competition.

Tigers lose play-in game, and NCAA bid Princeton field hockey may have clinched the Ivy League last week by beating Penn, but its job was not done. The Tigers learned that painful lesson yesterday, when they dropped an NCAA tournament play-in game 2-1 to UMass.

Starting goalkeeper Drew Healy missed Saturday's game, a 1-0 loss to Princeton, because of a facial injury, Quakers coach Rudy Fuller revealed yesterday. Healy, who has started all but two contests this season, sustained the injury in midweek training. He "took a shot to the face from close range," the coach said.

Goalkeeper Kevin Sweetland may have thrown his name back into the starting mix with his performance last Saturday against Princeton. The sophomore, who was the Opening Day starter, ably manned the net. He replaced junior Drew Healy, who had been the regular starter for the Quakers this season.

The golden goal gets all the glory, but 92 minutes of stingy defense paved the way for the Quakers' title-clinching victory Saturday night at Rhodes Field. In what promised to be a physical, emotionally-charged showdown for Ivy League supremacy, the Red and Blue effectively repelled the Tigers' attack throughout the match, consistently frustrating Princeton's offensive focal point, senior Diana Matheson, while keeping goalie Sara Rose from having to make a single stop.

What was billed as a two-headed monster didn't seem very heady at all. Princeton's senior quarterback tandem of Greg Mroz and Bill Foran looked like it might threaten a Penn defense reeling from an encounter with Brown's nation-leading passer Michael Dougherty.

When Cornell junior quarterback Nathan Ford went down with an injury in the first half at Dartmouth, the Big Red found their answer in the wide receiver corps. Playing three quarters under center in relief, sophomore wideout Stephen Liuzza managed to pile up the third-highest passing yardage total in program history, with 423.

A slow, lethargic start threatened the Penn volleyball team's chances of staying alive in the Ivy League title race, but it found its focus just in time to storm past Harvard 3-1 and Dartmouth 3-0 and keep Penn's championship hopes alive. The Quakers (16-7, 9-2 Ivy) now stand two games behind League-leading Princeton and sit alone at the No.