Fresh off the team's second Ivy title ever, the men's soccer team was selected as the Philadelphia Soccer Seven Team of the Year, while coach Ruddy Fuller earned Coach of the Year honors. In addition, seniors Andrew Ferry, Omid Shokoufandeh and Drew Healy were named All-Stars. While certainly well-deserved, it might not be the most significant honor. The PS7, the soccer equivalent of the Big 5, pales in comparison to its basketball equivalent. For one, not all seven teams play each other. In fact, each team only plays two Philadelphia opponents (Penn went 1-0-1, tying Temple, 2-2, while beating Villanova, 3-2). Also, only one other team -- Temple (10-5-4) -- had a winning record. Still, the Quakers can claim to be City Champions.

On a national level, Healy is a finalist for Soccer News Net's Player of the Year. Forty percent of the final decision depends on fan vote and you can vote for him here.

With football season finally over, all fall sports have ended.  And although only one team (men's soccer) won an Ivy League title, 29 Penn athletes were honored as All-Ivy selections. (Sprint football isn't an Ivy sport, yet that team had 22 CSFL selections.  Then again, there are only six schools to fill out the teams.)

Some choices make perfect sense such as first team All-Ivy Julia Swanson who led all Ancient Eight volleyball players with 359 kills.  Others are head scratchers such as Drew Healy, who set a Penn record with 11 shut outs, earning second-team status behind Dartmouth's Sean Milligan despite being statistically the better goalkeeper in every category except Ivy League goals allowed (they both let up just five).

After the jump, the entire list.

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1) Earlier I posted a Washington Post article on the three-point line change in college basketball.  Here is a New York Times article on it, but from the perspective of... Cornell, of all teams.

2) Speaking of the three-point changes, Ken Pomeroy is tracking the difference in long-distance percentage from last year to this year.

3) The New York Times isn't writing just about Cornell's team, though. It also ran a profile on Penn's Zack Rosen.

4) On Friday, the Ivy League released its Ivy Hoops guide for both men's and women's basketball.

5) Lastly, congratulations to the men's soccer team, which beat, Harvard 1-0 on a breakaway goal off a turnover in overtime to clinch the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Senior goalkeeper Drew Healy earned his 11th shutout this year, which set a new Penn record. The Quakers, in all likelihood, are going to be the only fall team to take home an Ivy League crown, unless the football title is split four ways.

The sports editors of The Daily Pennsylvanian have started posting their stories on the main website as soon as they are filed, an initiative that brings us in line with how a professional paper functions. (News stories are going up more quickly too, but who cares about that?) And since dailypennsylvanian.com can now be officially labeled a source for breaking news, there's no reason that The Buzz shouldn't, too.

So I'm going to start linking to (and commenting on) all the DP's sports coverage on this blog every day, making it a one-stop shop for Quakers stories -- at least as often as I can handle. I'll also include Ivy League stories of interest when appropriate.

Here's edition No. 1:

• This week's football coverage -- and if you're a Quakers fan, this is one week to actually pay attention -- kicks off with a look at the five most pressing issues facing Penn's offense. You'll see a lot more analysis this week, culminating in Friday's football supplement before Saturday's season opener.
• My friend and former design whiz Neil Fanaroff parses out who should get the credit for soccer goalkeeper (and high school classmate of mine) Drew Healy's four straight shutouts to start the season.
• Senior Sports Editor Brandon Moyse recaps the men's golf team's recent exploits at Navy and in beautiful Rehobeth Beach, Del. If I'd talked to their coach beforehand, I would have recommended the Quakers trudge the Rehobeth boardwalk and stop for some Dollie's salt water taffy -- best in the tri-state area.