The duo of Yulia Rivelis and Julia Koulbitskaya are held to high expectations this weekend at the National Tennis Invitational in New York. Both players are first-team All-Ivy honorees who last year led the women's tennis team to a second-place finish in the ECAC Championships in addition to qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.

When the Quakers walk off the bus in Cambridge, Mass., they will be focused one thing: defense. The Penn volleyball team's first Ivy League victory hinges on its ability to defend a much-improved Harvard team. Much of this defensive responsibility rests with senior libero Liz Hurst, who has the team focused in the right direction.

With 36 seconds remaining in the first half of last weekend’s football game against Dartmouth, coach Al Bagnoli was presented with a decision. The Quakers had the ball at the Dartmouth 9-yard line on 4th-and-1. Should Penn go for the first down or try to kick a 26-yard field goal?Bagnoli decided to call in his kicker — and he shanked it.

Bucknell football coach Tim Landis is certainly happy to have Andrew Lair on his team, but the circumstances in which the sophomore got there were hardly cause for celebration. Just over a year ago, Lair was in the thick of training camp as a freshman quarterback at the United States Naval Academy.

It all begins with a popping or ripping sound, and then the knee suddenly buckles. What follows next is excruciating pain and swelling - all signs of tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee, or ACL.

Despite not seeing a single snap last season, sophomore cornerback Tyson Maugle is already contributing.

Mark your calendars: Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. We don't know who'll be president; it won't be George Bush or whoever succeeds him, even if that person gets two terms. But we do know that Penn will open its Ivy League football schedule hosting Dartmouth that day.

After three weeks of Ivy League football, the dust has begun to settle a little. The standings have become more orderly, and already there is some separation between the good teams and the not-so-good teams. The first intra-league games seemed to validate the non-conference records, especially with the luck of three teams with .

During warm-ups, the Penn volleyball team was all smiles and visibly loose heading into its match against La Salle. As it turned out, the Explorers couldn't wipe the smile off their opponent's faces, as Penn cruised to a 3-0 win last night at the Palestra.

The Ivy League-leading wide receiver from Week 1 may not be back in Penn's lineup for Saturday's game at Bucknell as originally expected. Penn wideout Dan Coleman sat out the Dartmouth game with a moderate ankle sprain, but afterward, head coach Al Bagnoli said he believed the junior would be ready to play the following week.

Molly Weir's goals were all the Quakers needed in a dominating 3-0 win against Lafayette last night at Rhodes Field.

Sometimes teams win games they deserve to lose. Sometimes teams lose games they deserve to win. When both teams deserve to win, they're lucky to tie. Last night the Penn men's soccer team faced Seton Hall at Rhodes Field, the first of two Big East opponents.

Considering what has happened in the last several weeks, the men's soccer team now has little reason to be intimidated by a big-conference opponent. The Quakers take on Seton Hall, the first of two Big East opponents, tonight at Rhodes Field. The game kicks off at 5 p.

Fourth-string quarterback Richard Irvin was all set to start under center for Harvard this weekend. After starter Liam O'Hagan was suspended for misconduct and backups Chris Pizzotti and Jeff Witt went down with injuries, the Crimson was in a tough spot. But after all the drama, Pizzotti recovered more than a week before expected, and led the Crimson to victory.

When Penn was storming through the first half of its season last year, its run defense turned heads around the nation by consistently ranking as one of the best in I-AA football. That front seven was among the more inexperienced units on the 2005 Quakers squad, and they returned this year as a relatively sure thing on a team with no shortage of question marks.

There's a game at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink this Friday night, but the players lacing up their skates aren't varsity athletes.

Coach Mick Statham will pace the Rhodes Field sidelines once again this evening. But this time the former Penn women's soccer assistant will be leading Lafayette against the Quakers. Statham assisted head coach Darren Ambrose at Penn in 2004, helping the team to a 9-6-2 record.