Riley Steele

This is the hardest article I have ever had to write. I always assumed my senior column would be easy to create.

On the heels of one of the best all-around seasons in Penn squash history, the Quakers are doing everything they can to maintain their success from 2015-16.

Not long ago, none of this would have seemed possible

It's hard to imagine Kasey Chambers scripting it any better.

Thanks to some clutch play late from its starting guards, Penn women's basketball went into to Princeton's Jadwin Gym and knocked off the Tigers in a winner-take-all matchup for the second time in three seasons.

Before Penn women's basketball could fully set its sights on the most important game of its season, it had one last hurdle to overcome. Mission accomplished.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This was supposed to be the year in which Penn women’s basketball broke what has become the standard in the Ivy League.

NEW YORK – Midway through the second half on Friday, despite having gone down by 11 after halftime, Penn basketball managed to whittle its deficit against Columbia down to a single point. That’s as close as the Quakers would get.

"Don't mistake activity for achievement." There are quite a few John Wooden-isms that I have come across throughout my life, but few have spoken to me quite as loudly as that one.

Taking the court in a cross-town affair for the second time in four days on Thursday, Penn women's basketball couldn't have been more familiar with the opponent it was set to face.