Last weekend, the Penn run defense shut down Jordan Davis and Columbia, allowing just 28 yards the entire game. But the Quakers will be facing a much more powerful opponent tomorrow in Yale running back Mike McLeod.

Nothing was going right three weeks ago. The Quakers had lost two games in a row and four out of five. A 2-1 defeat to Dartmouth at the end of that stretch effectively ended Penn's title hopes. Since then, the Quakers have scored 11 goals during a season-high four-game winning streak.

Yale kicker Alan Kimball sent a 35-yard field goal through the uprights in overtime on Saturday to send the Quakers to a 17-14 loss on Saturday, dropping Penn into a tie for third place in the Ivy League. The game-ending kick followed a missed 37-yard attempt from Penn's Derek Zoch.

Penn's sprint football captain Dave Lopez hopes last year's loss to Cornell will not be reprised this year. Having beaten Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., at the beginning of last season, the Quakers were upended at home by a revitalized Big Red squad, 24-17 later in the year.

This week's Ivy League slate includes three games that feature several compelling storylines. One of the two league powers of the decade meets a program looking for its first title in over a decade. A starting quarterback returns from a five-game suspension to find himself in the backup spot.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Keith Vereb played an hour and a half of soccer here on Saturday, but he really only needed three minutes. They came at the opening of Penn's must-win match at Yale, when the Quakers came out firing and earned a free kick from upwards of 30 yards out.

With an Ivy League title no longer a possibility, the Penn women's soccer team hits the road again this weekend hoping to knock off defending champion Yale. Despite an impressive 7-4-1 overall record, Penn enters tomorrow's contest just 1-3 in conference play.

At about 9:15 p.m., Penn Athletics announced that The Line, the annual event where the most devoted Quakers basketball fans race to a secret location for the best seats in Palestra, is taking place now. Go to World Cafe Live for a chance at first pick of seats, and go to Pennathletics.

A rigorous stretch of seven games in 22 days is taking its toll on the Penn men's soccer team with the most important part of the schedule fast approaching. The last of those seven games is a pivotal clash tomorrow at Yale, and Penn will have to go at it with at least one of its defenders relegated to the sidelines by injury.

When Yale faced Lehigh last weekend, the result was anything but predictable.

After a traumatic first two seasons in Old Nassau, Princeton basketball coach Joe Scottfinally seemed to get his program moving in the right direction. By the end of last year, his Tigers were 10-4 in the Ivy League after a horrific start. Now, as basketball teams around the nation begin practicing, it looks like the personnel woes that have beset the Tigers could continue.

Junior Jason Pinsky is looking to ace his midterm at Penn this week. This midterm will take place from today through Tuesday at Penn's Levy Pavilion, where he will look to lead the men's tennis team to a strong showing at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northeast Men's Regional Championship.

It appears that for Penn field hockey team, their recent scoring drought has turned into a deluge. After handing the University of Maryland Baltimore County a 3-0 loss yesterday afternoon, the Quakers (7-7, 2-2 Ivy) have scored 14 goals in their five games since the mid-season mark.

When the Penn men's soccer team hosted American last year, Eagles head coach Todd West rested some of his key players for a crucial conference tilt three days afterward. Yesterday, Penn coach Rudy Fuller saw for himself the potential benefits of that decision.

One team's captain and starting quarterback were suspended for various misconducts over the summer. During the season, a wide receiver was kicked off the team for apparently making fun of the school on team skit night. Another team has had its starting QB ruled academically ineligible, while yet another school's starting guard (of the basketball variety) was kicked out of school for academic reasons.

A tale of two teams will be on display tonight at UMBC Stadium. Storming through an impressive three-game win streak, the Penn field hockey team rolls into a non-conference bout with the slumping University of Maryland-Baltimore County. The formerly goal-starved Quakers (6-7, 2-2 Ivy) have been lighting up the scoreboard recently, scoring eight times in their past three contests.

Columbia boasts one of the better kickers of the Ivy League in Jon Rocholl. The sophomore, who doubles as the team's punter, had hit seven of eight attempts going into Saturday's game. This time, though, the Penn special teams unit was instrumental in preventing him from improving on that tally.