Charming their teammates with mischief and athleticism alike, seniors and New York natives Stephanie Caso and Samantha Erosa anchor the Quakers’ defense at shortstop and second base, respectively.

This week, many moved into the newest Penn dorm — a prayer tent on College Green.

The Penn women’s tennis team (8-3) will take on Princeton (8-4) this Saturday at home in its first Ivy match of the season.

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As the Quakers travel down to College Park, Md., to take on the faster Terrapins on Saturday, it’s clear to Penn what must be done.

Living in a concrete jungle like Penn’s campus, it can be easy to imagine the vast, uncharted, natural world with a distant passivity.

Over a two-day span, Penn baseball takes on two opponents in four big games. And there is just one goal: start out Ivy play in the win column as they take on Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend.

This year, 12.1 percent of total applicants were admitted to the Class of 2017, a slight decrease from last year’s 12.6 percent and marks a record low for Penn, according to the Office of Admissions.

Wednesday night, students filled Harrison Auditorium for “SPEC Does Comedy,” a night of standup and improv featuring Bayer, fellow SNL cast member Kate McKinnon and Comedy Central’s Nick Vatterott.

Thanks to a pair of outstanding swims, Penn freshman Chris Swanson will be competing at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving championships in the 500-meter freestyle and 1650 freestyle.

In the LGBT Center Wednesday night, Smith discussed the impending Supreme Court rulings that will determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8.

Although Penn fell short at Detroit, 71-68, in the semifinals of the Women’s Basketball Invitational, the courage the Quakers showed in cutting a 13-point deficit to two with just under a minute left was a sign of the development of the program.

Aadu, an Engineering junior with an ideal 6-foot-2, 155-pound runner’s frame, wants to experience the hurt of each half-mile. He wants to struggle through it, to feel as if he won’t make it and finally push through.

Wearing a purple skinny tie and a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers, Lizza seemed more a contributor to GQ than a Washington correspondent for The New Yorker. However, his lunch discussion at the Kelly Writers House yesterday was all politics, as he spoke about his career as a political journalist.

Whether there’s a difference between indoor or outdoor tennis depends on who you ask.

Penn Dining recently announced a new Dining Dollars only dining plan, as well as a replacement for the current unlimited dining plan. Sign ups for 2013-2014 dining plans for upperclassmen began Monday.

The Red and Blue (13-7) trounced Lafayette, 8-1, in the first round of the Liberty Bell Classic, its fourth win in five straight games against the Leopards (3-19).