Here are some takeaways from Friday night’s matchup as the Quakers look on toward an Ivy League slate that figures to be much more demanding.

Led by senior guard Ashley Russell, who had a dominant game on both ends of the floor, the Quakers dismantled Brown in their first conference home game of the season.

To start the game, the Quakers took a 2-0 lead off of junior guard Devon Goodman’s fastbreak layup and never looked back, leading for the rest of the game and ultimately taking down the Bears, 92-82.

Ivy League play continues for both Penn men's and women's basketball as the Quakers take on Brown. The men are looking to win back-to-back Ivy games for the first time this season, while the women are hoping to stay undefeated in league play.

The Penn Women's Athletic Association, which was originally established in 1921, aims primarily to connect Penn’s female athletes on and off campus to networking opportunities based on the athletes' career goals.

As Penn men's and women's basketball continue Ivy League play against Brown and Yale, several other Penn Athletics teams will look to find success in competitions across the country. 

Winners of their last nine out of 10 games, the Red and Blue rolled through their first Ivy League road trip of the year in New York last weekend, defeating both Cornell and Columbia in convincing fashion.

Senior Erin is in her last year as a swimmer for Penn, but she is now passing the baton to her freshman sister Katie Kiely.

The defending Ivy League champion Quakers have gotten off to a rocky start in conference play, but with wins this weekend they could build up some significant momentum going into a four-game home stand.

Now in its second season of play with the Red and Blue, the practice squad consists of eight players and has become an integral part of the program. 

The Red and Blue travelled to Evanston, Ill. on Saturday to compete in the Northwestern Duals.

This weekend at the Palestra, Penn gymnastics took on Cornell, Brown, and Ursinus in the team's home opener. The Quakers were hoping to top their performance from last weekend, when they scored 190.000 and finished second.

Penn basketball had a busy weekend in New York against Cornell and Columbia, with the women’s team winning both games and the men splitting their pair of matchups. 

Both teams found success against the Big Green, claiming 6-3 victories, while Harvard proved to be a greater challenge, dispatching the women, 9-0, and the men, 6-3.

It was a successful weekend for Penn men's and women’s track. Although the Quakers were split up at three different meet sites, each part of the team had overwhelming success on the weekend. 

Brodeur led the Quakers in scoring in two strong performances against Cornell and Columbia over the weekend.

One day after falling to Cornell in a game that came down to the final minutes, Penn men’s basketball defeated Columbia, 72-70, for the team’s first Ivy League win of the season.