•4 OI Behrend Beacon O I J September 25, 2009 I 1 I fa I www.thebehrendbeacon.com PSU FOOTBALL PSU ground game off and running SHAWN ANNARELLI spoits editor Finally, Evan Royster saw daylight. Staying on your block is a simple direction taught to of fensive linemen from the first moment they step on a Pop Warner football field. After two mediocre performances, the Penn State offensive line got it right. Starting tailback Evan Roys ter felt the effects of his offen sive line’s woes more than anybody during Penn State’s first two games of the season. His 102 yards in those first two games were overshadowed by the 26 carries it took to accu mulate that mileage. That 3.9 average yards per rush is mediocre compared to the 6.5 yards per rush he had with 191 carries last season. In Penn State's third game of the season against Temple, the line and Royster made tremen dous strides in the running game. “I thought we played better today, particularly in the CLUB SPORTS Women's rugby team forming SHAWN ANNARELLI sports editor Junior political science major Alex Ley has wanted there to be a women’s rugby team at Penn State Erie since the mo ment she stepped foot on Behrend soil. After playing rugby throughout her high school years, Ley has been craving to get back onto the playing field, but there has not been enough support for a women’s rugby team, until now. With the help of junior men’s Nude ESPN female I was shocked when I first heard about the nude taping of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews that was posted on the Internet in July. Someone actually peeped into her hotel room, taped her, and then posted a five-minute video on the Internet. Are you serious? As a female who wants to work in the sports media indus try after I graduate from col lege, the Andrews incident hit me hard. The incident was an alert for all female sports reporters be cause of the male dominated industry. I already know that going into the sports industry as a female will be a challenge at times, even when my knowl edge of sports may surpass some of my male co-workers, but I will be ready to face the struggles and rise above them when the time comes. However, I never thought that being secretly taped in the nude would be something I would have to have in the back of my mind when I enter this career. Rather, I thought the challenges for females would be in a pro fessional setting. An example of a challenge NFL Tennessee (« N.Y. Jets Atlanta (« New England Cleveland (« Baltimore Pittsburgh (« Cincinnati New Orleans (a Buffalo NCAA #9 Miami, (FL) (a #ll V Tech Miami, (FL) Mich. State (« Wisconson Wisconson Notre Dame (« Purdue lowa (a #5 Penn State Season Totals: Contributed photo Tailback Evan Royster breaks an open field tackle on the way to leading Penn State to a 31-6 victory over Temple. running game,” head coach Joe Paterno said. “It was tough to run the ball in the first two games against defenses that put eight or nine guys in the box. We’re getting better.” rugby team treasurer Matt Kierzkowski, Ley and a handful of other women are working to assemble a competitive women’s rugby team for the spring semester. “This would serve as a great experience, especially for women,” said Ley. “People have an idea that rugby is a brutish sport and you are sure to get in jured. While rugby can be a very dangerous sport, it is not nearly as gruesome if you are taught the correct way to play.” Ley also puts an interesting that I am aware of is explained in 17-year ESPN anchor Linda Cohn’s book called Cohn-Head. Cohn explains that Ted Shaker, sports director for CBS TV, gave her valuable advice. “Just be accurate,” Shaker said. “Don’t worry about anything else. Because you're a woman, listeners will be waiting for you to make a mistake so they can dismiss you. They want to be able to say you don’t know any thing about sports because you’re a woman. But if you’re accurate, no one can have any thing on you.” Seattle Times columnist Jerry Brewer had an ex- cellent point in his column pub lished on July 23. He raised the question,“When will men grow up?” “As bad as I am at making predictions, I’d bet my career on one bit of soothsaying,” Brewer said. “No one will ever peep into my hotel room and videotape me naked.” What is the likelihood that a Beat The Editors Connor N.Y. Jets Atlanta Baltimore Pittsburgh New Orl, Notre Dame Penn State Not only was it difficult for the running game to perform because of the style of defenses the offense was facing, but the fact that there are four new starters along the line has twist on the benefits one gets from playing rugby. “Playing rugby gives you a whole new respect for your body. You know you've had a great match when you're sweaty, dirty, and sore in places you never knew existed. You re ally learn to use every part of your body when you're play ing.” Kierzkowski added, “Playing rugby makes you physically stronger and tougher, but that’s not the only thing cool about it. Rugby has a community aspect. reporter victimized nude taping would appear on the Internet of a male ESPN re porter, like Stuart Scott or Scott Van Pelt? Honestly. What is the chance of that happening? I agree with Brewer that the chance of a male being in An drew’s situation is very low. On Sept. 11, Andrews was on “The Oprah Win frey Show” for her first interview re garding the nude taping. Andrews described the video experience as a “nightmare.” In the inter view, Andrews ex plained that once she heard the news, she called her parents right CHRISTINE NEWBY managing editor screaming: ‘l’m done. My career is over. I’m done. Get it off. Get if off the In ternet.’ They thought I was physically injured, [that’s] how bad I was screaming.” According to Andrews, the recordings took place in at least two rooms. “I was getting ready to go work a college football game in at least one of the videos I was Shawn N.Y. Jets N.Y. Jets Atlanta New Eng. Baltimore Baltimore Pittsburgh Pittsburgh New Orl New Orl Miami, (FL) V. Tech Mich. State Wisconson Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Penn State Penn State Penn State lowa did the best job of any team last season against Penn State’s running game and held Royster to only 3.5 yards per carry. The lowa Hawkeyes also upset Penn State and cost the Nittany Lions a shot at the Na tional Title last season. When Paterno was asked if he knew just how good this year’s team is, he said “we will find out next week.” After playing a game you gain a lot of respect for your oppo nent and we usually hang out together afterwards.” able to identify," Andrews said, Another issue that was esca lated was Andrews brought the video on by herself. This is ab solutely ridiculous. Reporters on television not only have to deliver the news accurately, but another part of their job is to look presentable and profes sional. Obviously, the draw of television is that it is a visual medium. Andrews was just in a private hotel room getting ready for her job. How was she encour aging someone to drill a hole into her hotel room and video tape her naked? She was a vic tim. This is totally and absolutely the fault of the per vert who preyed upon her. Cohn brings up an excellent position in her book about the way viewers see male and fe male sport reporters. “Nobody really cares what a guy talking about sports on TV looks like, but put a woman up there and it’s another story,” Cohn said in her book. The taping of Andrews was not her fault; instead it was a twisted person who cannot ap preciate a professional female sports reporter. Christine N.Y. Jets Tennessee New Eng. Atlanta Baltimore Baltimore Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Buffalo New Orl. Miami, (FL) Miami, (FL) Wisconson Mich. State Purdue Penn State played a key role in how effec tive the team runs the ball. Before Penn State played Temple, Royster had only two runs for ov£r 10 yards, but against Temple he had six dou ble-digit yard rushes. Royster ran the ball 19 times for 134 yards and a touchdown against Temple. In all, the Nit tany Lions averaged 5.2 yards per carry on 36 carries for 186 yards. It is the type of single game performance expected from Penn State’s running at tack week in and week out. •Next week, Royster and the rest of the- Nittany Lions will play against Big Ten conference fqe, lowa. Interested? Contact Alex Ley at aalso67@psu.edu or Matt Kierzkowski at mrksl29@psu.edu N.Y. Jets New Eng. Baltimore Pittsburgh New Orl Miami, (FL) Mich. State Purdue Penn State AMCC Sport's Standings MEN’S SOCCER AMCC Pts Overall Strk Medaille 1-0 3 7-1-1 LI Penn St. Behrend 1-0 3 6-1-1 W 3 Penn St. Altoona 1-0 3 5-3-1 W 3 La Roche 1-0 3 2-4-1 LI Hilbert 0-0-1 1 0-6-1 T 1 Pitt-Greensburg 0-0-1 1 1-6-1 LI Frostburg State 0-1 0 4-3-1 T 1 Franciscan 0-1 0 2-4 LI Pitt-Bradford 0-1 0 0-7 L 7 DYouville 0-1 0 0-8 L 8 Mount Aloysius 0-0 0 0-6 L 6 WOMEN’S SOCCER AMCC Pts Overall Strk Penn St. Altoona 1-0 3 7-1 W 3 Penn St. Behrend 1-0 3 5-2-1 W 1 La Roche 1-0 3 6-2 W 3 Hilbert 1-0 3 4-2-1 T 1 Medaille 1-0 3 3-5 W 1 Frostburg State 0-1 0 5-2 W 1 Pitt-Bradford 0-1 0 3-4 W 1 DYouville 0-1 0 2-4 LI Franciscan 0-10 1-5 L 4 Pitt-Greensburg 0-10 1-6 5 Mount Aloysius 0-0 0 0-7 L 7 WOMEN’S TENNIS AMCC Overall Strk Frostburg State 4-0 7-2 W 2 Penn St. Behrend 5-1 9-3 W 7 Penn St. Altoona 4-2 4-2 W 1 La Roche 2-4 2-4 L 2 DYouville 1-4 1-4 W 1 Pitt-Bradford 0-5 0-7 L 7 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL AMCC Overall Strk Penn St. Behrend 2-0 8-4 W 2 Pitt-Bradford 2-0 8-2 W 3 Medaille 1-0 9-1 W 4 Mount Aloysius 0-1 4-6 W 1 Franciscan 0-2 3-7 L 4 La Roche 0-2 2-13 W 1 Penn St. Altoona 0-0 7-8 LI Frostburg State 0-0 13-3 W 3 Pitt-Greeniburg 0-0 M 0 W 1 Hilbert 0-0 1-5 W 1 DYouville 0-0 3-7 L 6 r=* =^==^s Last week's sport's results H| Friday, September 18 The men’s golf team finished fifth out of seven teams at The women’s tennis team defated D’Youville 9-0 The men’s water polo team lost to Gannon 25-12 Saturday, September 19 The women’s volleyball team defeated Franciscan 3-0, The women’s volleyball team defeated La Roche 3-0, The women’s tennis team defeated Penn St. Altoona 8-1. The men’s cross country came in third place out of 15 teams at Behrend’s Invitational The women’s cross country team came in second out of 12 teams at Behrend’s Invitational, The men’s soccer team defeated Frostburg State 1-0 The women’s soccer team deafeated Frostburg State 2-0 The men’s water polo team ost to Mercyhurst 18-2 The men’s water polo team lost to W&J 16-3 Sunday, September 20 The women’s soccer team lost to Allegheny 4-0 Monday, September 21 The men’s golf team finished 14th of 18 teams at the Allegheny Invitational. Tuesday, September 22 The men’s soccer team defeated Westminster 1-0. Wednesday, September 23 The women’s tennis team defeated La Roche 9-0. The men’s soccer team defeated Grove City 1-0. The women’s soccer team defeated Grove City 1-0. Thursday, September 24 The men’s golf team placed third and seventh out of 11 teams at the Behrend Invitational, •Wins are in bold. Penn State Altoona orts
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