Now that Joe Scott has left Princeton for the clear skies and lower expectations of Denver, athletic director Gary Walters and the Tigers are left with a monumental decision: Should Princeton maintain the coaching lineage of Pete Carril or should they focus solely on winning? This is not to say that naming a coach from the prolific Carril legacy and winning are mutually exclusive, but Princeton's upcoming decision is not necessarily the best opportunity to find that combination.

Two freshmen will have the chance to improve on their already notable rookie campaigns after the NCAA regional selections were announced on Monday night. Marissa Rosen has garnered the No. 1 seed in the Northeast in the all-around competition, while classmate Lizzie Lowe will be joining her as an event specialist on the uneven bars.

When it comes to softball, Penn coach Leslie King has a one-track mind. And with good reason. Her Quakers (14-10, 6-2 Ivy) have scored less than three runs only twice in their past 15 games, while topping 10 four times.

Penn can kiss Citizens Bank Park goodbye. Having beaten Saint Joseph's to make it into the semifinals of the Liberty Bell Classic, a win over Lafayette yesterday would have written the Quakers a ticket to the Philadelphia Phillies' home park for the tournament final.

Didn't expect the women's lacrosse team to beat then-No. 12 Johns Hopkins last week? Too bad. The then-No. 14 Quakers pulled out a dominating 12-4 upset in Baltimore.

There has been a different person leading the Penn women's golf team in almost all its tournaments this season. Any explanations? "We don't play the same venue each time," said coach Francis Vaughn. "There are horses for courses and courses for horses." This time, the course was the Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club in Leesburg, Va.

Mix equal parts of good pitching and timely hitting. Add a dash of power and a pinch of defense. Stir together. For the first time all season, Quakers coach John Cole feels as if the recipe is complete.

Off to their best start since 1980, some members of the No. 11 Penn women's lacrosse team believe they still aren't getting their due respect. Now they have one less reason to think so. After the then-No. 14 Quakers (8-1, 3-0 Ivy League) beat then-No. 12 Johns Hopkins (6-4) 12-4 and Columbia (3-6, 0-3) 14-6 last week, coach Karin Brower was named the U.

A meeting on the Penn softball field helps confront adversity off of it

This was no ordinary women's tennis match. About 100 cheering fans were holding or wearing free T-shirts and eating pizza as Penn battled Princeton Saturday afternoon at Lott Courts. Michael Dowd's team went out of its way to set up and market this event, publicizing it on Locust Walk, and spending mostly its own money to make it happen.

PRINCETON, N.J., March 31 - The rankings said that Penn was the underdog coming into its Ivy League opener against Princeton. But when all was said and done, the Quakers were the ones to separate themselves from the field. The men's tennis team defeated host Princeton Saturday 5-2 in a match that lived up to its billing as a contest between two of the League's best.

Doug Brown has had mixed results closing games out for Penn in the ninth inning. Maybe coach John Cole has found the solution - make the senior pitch the first eight instead.

March might have gone out like a lamb for the Penn men's track and field team, but the lion was still roaring on Saturday for the women. Women's coach Gwen Harris and her team returned from the Maryland Invitational at College Park with a strong overall performance as well as exceptional individual showings.

Penn women's tennis gave its raucous crowd plenty to cheer about against Princeton on Saturday. The Quakers defeated the Tigers 5-2 in front of an unusually large following at Lott Courts.

Coming off of a stunning win at Johns Hopkins, the Penn women's lacrosse team knew that a trip to Columbia would likely be a walk in the park. Even so, the No. 14 Quakers sprinted from start to finish Saturday, netting nine first-half goals to lift them to an easy 14-6 win over the Lions (3-6, 0-3 Ivy).

If the Penn softball team didn't know what the keys to its success were, it does now. The Quakers rolled into Massachusetts to start off their four-game road trip on Saturday and lost both games to Harvard, 6-3 and 9-6. Yesterday, the Quakers went up to Hanover, N.