The start of November is an eventful time for Penn Athletics. With fall sports wrapping up and winter sports beginning, there is no other time quite so exciting for the Quakers. With that in mind, let's take a look back at important events that occurred this week in Penn sports history.

With winter sports right around the corner, here's a look at which Penn teams will be in action this upcoming season.

The Temple Open marked the first time that Quakers have competed in the past 19 months, and they did not disappoint. The teams collectively brought home 12 medals, earning at least one medal in each weapon: foil, epee, and sabre.

Before the season opener against Hartford on Nov. 14, here are three key players to watch who can hopefully help lead the Red and Blue to its first Ivy League title since 2017.

Due to the cancellation of Ivy League winter sports last year, there will be a total of 10 new faces on the court this season for Penn women’s basketball. Here’s a rundown of the team's newest members.

Senior Noah Carey led the way for Quaker cross country this weekend in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, finishing with a career-best 23:56.60, enough for seventh place and a first team All-Ivy nod.

Penn field hockey (8-7, 4-2 Ivy) has won its last five of six games, taking on a winning record after a 1-0 road victory over the Columbia Lions (8-8, 1-5) on Friday and a 2-0 home win against the Temple Owls (8-10) on Sunday. 

After an early goal by the Bears, the Quakers were unable to find their momentum and suffered their third Ivy League loss of the season. 

Following a tough loss to Dartmouth on Friday, Penn volleyball mustered up a strong comeback to beat the Harvard Crimson Saturday.

Basketball is finally back for the Red and Blue. Penn men’s basketball enters the season fourth in preseason polls in the Ivy League while the women will start ranked second in the conference. Here are five of the biggest games of the season. 

All three of Penn's rowing teams spent this past weekend in Boston in order to compete in the famed Head of the Charles Regatta. Over 11,000 rowers traveled to compete in the three-mile course in the regatta's return, after last year's cancellation.

On Oct. 5th, Penn released a statement announcing Kendall Grasela, former starting point guard for Penn women's basketball, as an assistant coach.  

The Red and Blue (6-6, 3-2 Ivy) hosted its annual Pink Game on Saturday for Breast Cancer Awareness, emerging victorious against the visiting Yale Bulldogs (6-8, 2-3). This game had a special meaning to the team following volunteer assistant coach Gretta Ehret’s diagnosis with stage IV metastatic breast cancer in August, 2019.

This past weekend, all three of Penn’s rowing teams traveled to Boston to race in the world-renowned Head of the Charles Regatta. After last year’s cancellation of the regatta due to COVID-19, more than 11,000 rowers across the world returned to compete in the three-mile Charles River course for titles in 65 events. 

This past Sunday, the Quakers were looking for their first win against a nationally ranked team this season. Penn battled it out against the Blue Hens until the very end. Unfortunately, the Quakers fell short and lost by a score of 1-0.

In a 4-0 win against Yale, the Quakers extend their spotless home record to 9-0-0.

After gaining momentum in the third and fourth sets, the Quakers had a legitimate shot to win the match, but came up short after losing the last three points of the game.