As Christina Khosravi is learning, college softball is different with a target on your back. Khosravi, a junior shortstop, had a season to remember last year, earning Ivy League Player of the Year honors with a .407 batting average, .607 slugging percentage and five home runs.

Add one more destination to the women's swim team calendar: Aspen, Colo. Even though Penn's season is over, some of the swimmers aren't finished competing. Teammates Tara Gillies, Cammie Villarreal, Laura D'Erasmo, Amy Reams and Nicole Malgeri won a giant Sudok. make that "Snowdoku" puzzle challenge in New York City's Bryant Park on Tuesday and earned a trip to Aspen for their efforts.

Confidence breeds success, and that is exactly the ingredient that Leslie King has brought to the Penn softball team. For a team that has not won a league title since 1981 or produced a winning record in 20 years, King, heading into her fourth year with the Quakers, has cultivated a mindset necessary for a championship team.

Few teams were better tailored for a novel than the 2005-06 Penn wrestling squad. Last year's contingent featured a new coach, Zeke Jones, and came within striking distance of an EIWA title. Oh yeah, it had a 2006 NCAA Champion, too. So G. Wayne Renneisen inadvertently stumbled on a gold mine when he decided to follow the team all year for his book.

Coach Cole's first season with Penn didn't yield great results. The team was 12-27 overall and 7-13 in the Ivies, though the record was less reflective of Cole than of the enormous transition the team was undergoing.

Senior Kenny Yoo had played varsity baseball for the first three years of his college career. But this year, he decided to play for the club team instead. And Yoo is not alone in his decision - former varsity teammate and pitcher Wes Donehower has also elected to play club baseball this season.

Speed is one of the key factors that women's lacrosse coach Karin Brower hopes will help the Quakers outplay Temple today. And Ali DeLuca, a new face on the field, has already added significantly to that. "Ali had a fantastic first game," Brower said of the weekend's 12-4 win over Drexel.

The athletic department announced today that offensive coordinator Shawn Halloran will no longer hold that position next year. Halloran, who also served as the tight ends coach, was serving in his first year. Previously, he had been the coach at Division III Franklin and Marshall College.

A preseason No. 13, the men's lacrosse team has since fallen from the rankings, despite a 10-6 win over Villanova Friday. But their home opener against Lehigh this evening will present a chance for the Quakers to break into the top 20 again. Although not ranked, Lehigh is coming off a big win, an 8-6 upset of No.

Saturday night in Hanover, there were moments I thought Glen Miller might need to be restrained by an assistant coach. It appeared as if he might commit a felony against an official. From my vantage point, Miller had a legitimate beef with these particular referees.

Women's basketball coach Pat Knapp is expecting five recruits in his team's Class of 2011, but he may be getting some help from an outside source. Lauren Dandrea, of Our Lady of Mercy Academy (N.J.), was admitted Early Decision and intends to play at Penn, despite apparently not being recruited.

In a 2006 season filled with disappointments, outfielder Joey Boaen was one of Penn's few consistent bright spots. Boaen, now a senior, led last year's squad in batting average (.349), home runs (4), and slugging percentage (.596). While last year proved to be his breakout season, 2006 was not kind to his team.

It should be a mighty fine Memorial Day or July 4 in the Jones house this year. All big brother James needed to have a shot at an Ivy League playoff for the second time in his eight seasons as Yale coach was a win over younger brother Joe's Columbia team. James was 6-1 all time against Joe, had never lost to him at home and had won five straight overall.

The Ivy League has always has somewhat of a masochistic side. Between disallowing athletic scholarships and prohibiting teams from participating in the football playoffs, the Ancient Eight has spent the better part of a century doing what it can to sabotage its athletic prowess.

The Penn track team spent the past weekend rekindling some old magic. "This weekend was a throwback to some of our championship teams," men's head coach Charlie Powell said. "Our athletes went out there and gave everything they possibly could.

Not for the first time, Temple coach Fran Dunphy took a seat a few places down from Drexel's Bruiser Flint for a night of Palestra basketball. This time, though, Dunphy cradled a half-eaten bag of popcorn.

HANOVER, N.H. Feb. 24 - A funny thing happened with 8:34 left in the Penn-Dartmouth game Saturday night: the Big Green took the lead. Mark Zoller's absence in the post set off a chain reaction of defensive lapses after he picked up a pair of early fouls that forced him to sit out all but three minutes of the first half.