BOSTON, Feb. 23 - Coming into its game against Penn, Harvard was on a four-game losing streak, including losses to Princeton and Brown. So for Penn coach Glen Miller, a comfortable 83-67 win on the road wasn't enough.

In his final collegiate match, Gilly Lane walked away from the College Squash Association National Team Championships with three wins and the Skillman Sportsmanship Award. But he didn't walk away on a good note. He may have succeeded Princeton star Yasser El-Halaby as the Skillman Award winner, but despite Lane's best efforts, the Quakers finished fifth in the three-day tournament after losing their first round match against Yale.

Who knew that the Penn men's and women's fencing teams would throw in a late entry to this year's Oscars? The Cambridge, Mass. blockbuster that was the Ivy League Round Robin No. 2 had it all: tension, drama and a nailbiting finish. The setup to this weekend's match could not have been more exciting.

Better late than never. The Penn gymnastics team brought down the house yesterday, seizing the Ivy Classic Championships with a score of 191.550, the first time this season the team has broken the 190 mark. Cornell took second (190.600), followed by Yale (190.

If you left early, you may have thought the women's lacrosse team's season was in trouble. If you arrived late, you would have seen just how dominant the Quakers can be. After a slow start, No. 20 Penn (1-0) exploded in the second half, ending the game on a 7-0 run to dominate Drexel (0-1), 12-4.

Breaking six school records would seem to be a good way for the Penn men's swimming team to shake up the standings. Yet for it and the rest of the Ivy League, things remained very much the same. Despite the new records, the Quakers could not improve on last year's mark as they finished eighth out of nine teams at this weekend's EISL championships.

HANOVER, N.H., Feb. 24 - Introducing: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," written by Glen Miller and his Penn squad. The first team to show up was the dominant Quakers who have ran through the Ivy League this year, blowing out opponents by nearly 15 points a game.

HANOVER, N.H. As Darren Smith's second patented three-pointer from the right corner struck nylon, it looked like Penn had yet another Ivy road blowout in the bag. Five minutes in, the Quakers were up 17-5 against Dartmouth Saturday night after blowing out Harvard in a game that was over by halftime.

The Harvard basketball team knew that its season wouldn't get any easier when star center Brian Cusworth was forced to leave the team midseason. And having completed a once-over in the Ivy League, the Crimson have discovered that 2007 would not bring any miracles.

With two weekends and a Penn-Princeton game left in the Ivy League season, three teams are mathematically out of the race, and at least one but most likely two more teams will be out after tonight. That leaves three huge non-Penn games this weekend plus three games for standing purposes only.

With the Ivy Classic this weekend, the Penn gymnastics team faces its biggest test of the season. In arguably its most important meet, the Quakers will face off against Yale, Brown and Cornell. The buzz in the air was evident at practice and with all the Ivies scoring at a similar level, the pressure is on.

The Drexel women's lacrosse team won't be walking far to its first game this year, but it will be uphill all the way. On Saturday, No. 18 Penn will begin its quest for a NCAA Tournament berth when it takes on Drexel at Franklin Field - just a few short blocks away from the heart of Drexel's campus.

"You dance with the girl you bring to the dance." Men's track coach Charlie Powell approaches the signature meet for his team just like any other. "We are going to treat this as business as usual. We are not trying to reinvent the wheel or anything like that," he said.

Although it has already had its most impressive season in a very long time, the Penn men's squash team still has to pass one more test before this year can truly be called a success. This weekend, the Quakers (8-3, 4-2 Ivy) will be playing in the Team Championships in New Haven, Conn.

Heading into the second weekend of a two-part competition such as the Ivy League Round Robin in fencing, all you want is a shot at the championship. Both the Penn men's and women's teams have this opportunity. Problem is, their competition, Columbia (20-1, 5-0 Ivy), does too.

To say the odds were against Dartmouth in its last meeting with Penn might be the understatement of the season. With Leon Pattman out of commission due to illness, the Big Green were forced to face a top-ranked league opponent without their leading scorer in front of the relentless crowd at the Palestra.

On paper, Villanova should be overmatched. But when a team is playing its first game of the season - as is the Quakers' men's lacrosse squad - no one knows what to expect. Yes, Penn has been ranked 13th by Inside Lacrosse, and yes, it did make the NCAA tournament last year.