Alex Siegel

Though many believe Saturday night’s vaunted rematch between Penn and Harvard could determine the fate of the Ivy League, men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen would say the Red and Blue’s most important game of the year comes a day earlier, against last-place Dartmouth.

In the midst of a rare two-week home stretch, the Penn men’s basketball team will remain at the Palestra this weekend to face Ivy foes Cornell and Columbia.

Untimely hitting hurt Penn once again, as the Quakers fell to Lehigh, 6-5, on Wednesday.

With just two weeks remaining in what has been a tightly contested Ivy season, the playoff finalists are far from settled.

Penn baseball swept Harvard and Dartmouth in two weekend doubleheaders, bringing the Quakers to a 4-0 Ivy League record.

In the wake of alarmingly high scoring contests that endangered pitchers and dragged ballgames on for hours, the NCAA instituted a new line of baseball bats this season, affecting strategy and recruiting.

After the Quakers’ heartbreaking loss Tuesday to Princeton, they face Cornell Friday before going up against Columbia Saturday.

Penn hasn’t faced off against Pittsburgh in the past decade, so excuse the Quakers if they’re a little unfamiliar with the Panthers’ roster.

On a day where no one seemed able to move the ball early on, Penn’s special teams catalyzed the scoring.

This year’s Ivy League preseason poll pegged the Quakers at fourth in the conference.