Their biggest meet may still be months away, but the Quakers will finally have a chance to get their feet wet this weekend. The Penn swimming season will get underway when the women head to New York to face Columbia on Friday before heading to Baltimore, where they will be joined by the men's team, as both squads face off against UMBC on Saturday. Both teams are coming off fourth-place finishes in last year's Ivy championships.

For many, transitioning to college is like a cannonball dive. You plunge into the cold waters and just hope that the undercurrent doesn’t pull you down.

Not many things in this world get better with age, but don’t tell that to the pair of Penn men's swimming senior captains. Over the last three seasons, Eric Schultz and Chris Swanson have won countless races and championships, including a combined eight individual Ivy titles.

One sis, two sis, Red sis, Blue sis.

Statistics have always been an integral part of sports.

Dig. Set. Kill. The success of a volleyball team’s offense often relies on the relationship between the setters and the outside hitters. Penn’s primary setter, senior Ronnie Bither, has spent the past four years working to make sure the Quakers' offense runs smoothly.

It was storybook night for one of the Ivy League soccer teams playing in Providence this weekend. Unfortunately, that team wasn’t Penn.

What a difference 42 years makes. In Friday’s Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in the Bronx, N.Y., Penn cross country secured a second-place finish on the men's side and a fifth-place finish on the women's side, the best the men have performed at Heps since 1973.

Two days. Six sets. One win. One loss.

Penn field hockey is going big game hunting.

Halloween is the time for instilling fear in others, and the women’s soccer team looks set to terrify all who stand in its way.

As Bo Jackson once said, “Set your goals high, and don’t stop until you get there.”

This weekend, Penn volleyball will have some intimidating guests at its Halloween party.

Tallying a 4-1 record in such closely contested games shows that Penn is capable of literally running circles around its opponents deep into games. This level of fitness and stamina is new for the Quakers, thanks to a revamped strength and conditioning program and the help of Penn Athletics’ new SpartaTrac training system.

Heading into its Ivy championship meet at Heptagonals this weekend, Penn cross country looks better than it has in a long time – maybe better than ever.

When it comes down to medal count, Penn rowing certainly did not miss the boat.

But these buckets aren’t being interpreted in the traditional sense. Instead, they’re taking the form of bucket hats, and Penn women’s soccer has a surprising amount of them.