By Eric Karlan Staff Writer karlan@sas.upenn.edu While the Penn women's basketball squad remains winless in Big 5 play this season, Saint Joseph's (10-8, 2-1 Big 5) is seeking to snatch the coveted city title away from reigning champion Temple by week's end.

Former Penn coach Fran Dunphy may be roaming the sidelines across the Schuylkill nowadays, but when he returns to the Palestra tonight with his Temple squad, it's unlikely his former players will have forgotten about him - or his famous mustache.

Several years from now, Jen Oyler may save lives in many different ways. In the meantime, she is content helping her teammates defeat the opposition in as many different ways. Oyler, the daughter of two lawyers, prefers another profession. The Saint Joseph's sophomore is eyeing a career in medicine, and so far she is well on her way.

By Josh Hirsch Senior Staff Writer jjhirsch@sas.upenn.edu When Penn beat La Salle 93-92 last week, it was not just the team's first one-point win in more than five years. It was also Penn's highest aggregate scoring win in almost 20 years, and it was the second-highest aggregate score since 1990 (with the highest being the Quakers' 89-99 loss to Villanova last month).

Peterson rescinds his commitment to Tigers Jeff Peterson, a 6-foot point guard out of Hyattsville, Md., has withdrawn his commitment to play basketball at Princeton next year and reopened his recruitment, according to the highly regarded recruiting Web site scout.

Harvard basketball coach Frank Sullivan should be fired. Despite what the Harvard Athletics Web site calls "its most successful era in history," Harvard has achieved little over the past 15 years. They have not won an Ivy title, they have not made the NCAA tournament, and have never garnered a bid to the National Invitational Tournament.

In 1874, Harvard hosted, and defeated, McGill University in the first known rugby match in the United States. Now, 133 years later, English football could some day be returning to the Ivy League -- as a women's varsity sport. While developments are in the extreme preliminary stages, the Penn women's club rugby team is one of many following the lead of USA Rugby - the sport's governing body - by looking into NCAA varsity status.

By Andrew Scurria Senior Sports Editor scurria@sas.upenn.edu According to one local source, an in-season basketball tournament to be played over Thanksgiving weekend should be coming to the Palestra in the near future. The Philadelphia Daily News reported on Friday that such an exempt tournament - so-called because the events include several games but only count as one towards each team's limit of 29 - is in the works and would consist of four games.

After nearly upsetting No. 3 seed Rutgers in last year's NCAA tournament, the Dartmouth women entered this season with some major question marks.

By Andrew sweet Staff Writer sweetad@sas.upenn.edu After nearly upsetting No. 3 seed Rutgers in last year's NCAA tournament, the Dartmouth women entered this season with some major question marks. The Big Green lost All-Ivy first team players Jeannie Cullen and Angie Soriaga.

For history majors, there are a few ways to put off getting a job after college. Law school and graduate school are the more common paths. Professional soccer? Not so much. But the pros have thrown goalkeeper Dan Cepero a line, and he's only too happy to grab at it.

This weekend registered on both ends of the Penn fencing barometer. While the women's squad is on fire, the men have their work cut out for them. "I think that our women's team has established that they are among the best around," coach Dave Micahnik said.

By Pari Hashemi Staff Writer phashemi@sas.upenn.edu Even this late in the season, nothing seems to be able to stop the men's squash team. The Quakers defeated Franklin & Marshall, 7-2, this weekend without four of their top players - Gilly Lane, Lee Rosen, Mark Froot and Ben Ende.

If there's a silver lining in every cloud, freshman Sara Coenen provided one Saturday for the Penn women's swim team. In the Quakers' tri-meet versus Yale and Dartmouth, the freshman phenom broke another set of records, this time both the school and pool records in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke with times of 56.

After a rough meet last weekend against some of the top programs in the country, the Penn gymnastics team was ready to throw down against Yale in its first home meet of the season. And throw down they did: with music blaring and cheering fans, the Quakers dominated the match, winning every event except for vault, where they lost only by a fraction of a point.

"Don't be surprised if ." was the phrase that came out of coach Charlie Powell's mouth most often this weekend after his team's performance Friday night at the Great Dane Classic in Albany, N.Y. The men's track team finished first overall, ahead of 21 other teams.

In the Quakers' 93-92 win over La Salle at the Tom Gola Arena last night, junior guard Darnell Harris gave Jaaber one more challenge and struck some serious fear into the healthy Penn student section.