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After Temple scare, Lions prepare for lowa
CODY BUPP
staff writer
Saturday marked the end
of non-conference play for
the #22 Penn State Nittany
Lions in 2010, and they sur
vived a scare by knocking
off then unbeaten Temple
Owls 22-13.
Once again, in consecu
tive weeks, upset lingered
in Beaver Stadium for
much of the first half. Tem
Ryder
Cup
begins
in Wales
ALEC ITALIANO
sports editor
The Ryder Cup, consid
ered by many as one of the
most exhilarating sporting
events in the world is being
held this week in Newport,
Wales. The Celtic Manor
Resort will be the home of
the event as the American's
look to defend their largest
win in Ryder
cup history
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The Ryder
Cup is a
team-based
event that
includes
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players from
the U.S and
the Euro
pean coun-
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tries facing
off against
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each other
various
golf formats
every other
year. These
formats range from every
thing to simple match-play
single rounds to team alter
nate shot rounds. The for
mat is decided by
whichever team is hosting
the weeklong tournament
which alternates every
other Ryder Cup.
The Ryder Cup is taken
very seriously in the golf
world. Players take a lot of
pride playing for their
country, not to mention the
620 million households be
tween Europe and the U.S
that tune in to the Ryder
Cup at least once through
out the week.
Potentially one of the
biggest Ryder Cup stories
this year was American
Captain Corey Pavin
choosing Tiger Woods for
one of his captains picks
when Woods failed to qual
ify for the the tournament.
Woods does not have the
best track record in the
Ryder Cup, mostly attuned
to his focus on individual
golf, and did not even com
pete in the last Ryder Cup
due to an injury when
America won by their
largest margin of victory.
However, in the 2009
Presidents Cup, Woods and
fellow American Steve
Stricker seemed to have
the magic working as they
became the first partner
ship to start out 4-0 in the
tournament's history.
"They are good buddies
and have played before and
have had obvious success,"
see Ryder Cup on page 10
Behr end
MEN'S SOCCER
The Lions defeated Laßoche 6-0 in Pitt Bradford handed the Lions
their first conference match last Satur- a 3-0 loss when they traveled
day, improving their record to 5-1-3. to Bradford on Wednesday.
ple carried a 13-9 Wagner.
lead into halftime 22 The defense was
and the left the the real reason
104,000 fans in PENN Sinn that the Nittany
Beaver Stadium
silent. Thanks to a
stiff defense and
solid special teams
play, the Nittany
Lions scratched
their way back drive by
drive. With a minute to go
in the third quarter on a 21-
yard field goal by Collin
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Senior Chris Dunleavy helped to lead the team in a win against Salem, but the team fell against Mercyhurst.
Men win against Salem, fall
short against local teams
After losing the first game of the
day to Mercyhurst College, the Lions
fought back to take the win against
Salem. Unable to keep their momen
tum the following day, Behrend fell
short against Gannon University.
Against Mercyhurst, the Mercy
hurst Lakers had the lead throughout
the entire match. Scoring first for the
Lions was Brandon Horsch, with an
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Arica Christman has been a
powerhouse on the court.
Lions were victori
ous, shutting out
the Temple offense
in the second half.
The secondary
started right where
they left off last week, and
Nick Sukay recorded two
big interceptions. The line
backers flowed with the
KAELA BISHOP
senior reporter
Christman
The 2010-11 women's tennis team
have started off the season with an 8-
0 record. This record establishes
themselves atop the leader board in
the AMCC Conference.
Their successful week against con
ference opponents allowed them to
continue their dominance in the
AMCC Conference. Many players
seem to be finding their niche, many
putting up impressive individual
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assist from Colin McGarry. Also scor
ing for Behrend was Sam Hyrne, Ali
Khan with two and Nic Pabich with
two. However, six goals were not
enough against Mercyhurst's power
house offensive. The Lakers won the
day with 14 goals.
"We currently need to work on our
man-up offense," said head coach Joe
Tristan. "This is a struggle right now
for us, but with the hard work the
guys put in every day, we will start to
see our man-up offense come
SEAN NEELY
senior reporter
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ball well which could be
seen in Michael Mauti's
performance as recorded a
career-high tackles in the
game. Collin Wagner yet
again showed Joe Paterno
he can rely on him for
points as he converted five
of six field goals, bailing
out a stagnant offense. In
the end, the Nittany Lions
didn't show the kind of per
formance that fans were
looking for going into con
finds cool on
records.
It would be hard to mention suc
cess without mentioning junior Arica
Christman. Christman had a remark
able week helping the team continue
their winning ways, as well as estab
lishing herself as the Athlete of The
Week.
Christman plays in the number one
singles position and after being
named MVP and AMCC player of the
year she is proving why she deserves
these titles.
In her Sept. 22 match against Pitt-
ference play, especially
opening up in primetime
on ESPN at #l7 lowa. The
Nittany Lions haven't won
in lowa City since 1999.
The teams have reversed
rolls this season compared
to the past few. Two years
ago the loss in lowa City
was the only blemish on
the Nittany Lions season.
The loss knocked them out
of the National Champi
onship picture. Now it's the
around."
Using their new offensive strategy
, the Lions were able to scoop up
their second win of the season
against Salem International Univer
sity.
Andrew Opalewksi and Brian
Shapter scored their first goals of the
season with three apiece. Behrend
picked up four more goals, one from
Nick Loukides, one from Eric Pierce
see Men win on page 10
MEN'S GOLF
The golf program placed fifth out
of eight teams at the Laßoche
Fall Invitational Tuesday.
Nittany Lion's turn to try
and spoil the Hawkeyes
quest for a Big Ten champi
onship. The Hawkeyes' re
turn a ton of seniors,
including senior quarter
back Ricky Stanzi who has
torn apart the Lion defense
the past few meetings. The
lowa defense is led by all-
American defensive end
see After Temple on page 10
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Lady
Lions
prepare
for
AMCCs
MIRANDA MCCORMICK
staff writer
The women's tennis
team is showing everything
they've got this season.
They have had a lot of suc
cess over the years and it
has definitely continued
this year.
With an early record of
8-0 in the conference and
10-3 overall, the Lady Lions
are showing potential to
compete for the conference
title. They are undefeated
in the section and have
come up 9-0 in six of their
last eights section match
ups.
They have a lot of expe
rience this year, but the
players who have really
stepped up their game are
Jade Buhite and Allison
Quigley according to coach
Jeff Barger. He also says
that the doubles teams
see Lady Lions on page 10
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Jade Buhite.
courts
Greensburg, Christman went on to
dominate her opponent; needing only
two sets to defeat her foe, winning 6-
0 in both sets.
"Singles is my favorite part of ten
nis and always has been,"said Christ
man. "It's a game where you have to
completely depend on yourself,
which I like. I have been pretty suc
cessful the past few years, and so far
see Christman on page 10