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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Bolea earns all AMCC conference first team
ALEC ITALIANO
Sports editor
Two games, zero goals in
regulation, 13 saves and two
stops on penalty kicks earned
junior mechanical engineer
major Chris Bolea the Enter
prise Rent-A-Car Athlete of
the Week.
In the two AMCC soccer
games played last week, Bo
lea shut out La Roche making
all four saves in the 5-0 win
and took Medaille into pen
alty kicks after making nine
saves in regulation and over
time.
Bolea has already been
recognized for his efforts
in goal this year as he has
been named the first team all
PSU FOOTBALL
Lions handed a tough
On an unusual Nov Sat night in
Columbus, OH, Ohio State corner
back Devon Torrence picked off a
Matt McGloin pass and raced it back
34 yards for the go ahead touchdown
in the Buckeyes 38-14 win over Penn
State.
If games were only half as long,
Penn State would have won only it's
second game in Ohio State. Unfor
tunately for Penn State the second
half spoiled their bid for any upset.
Taking a 14-3 lead into the lock
eroom, it looked as if the Nittany Li
ons were going to shock the college
football world and eliminate anoth
er Big Ten team from the champion
ship hunt.
A few hours before kickoff,
Northwestern had pulled a come-
conference and also named
AMCC player of the week
earlier in the year.
Also, as of Friday in a press
release from the AMCC, Bolea
has been named to the 2010
All-AMCC first team. There
was no one better than Bolea
in the conference this year as
he led the league in three sta
tistical categories; shut outs,
with four goals against aver
age with a .45, and save per
centage with a .857.
Bolea and his team were
part of a historical year for
the Behrend soccer team as
they went 14-3-4 on the sea
son and were also undefeated
in conference play for the
first time in school history.
The 5'11" 1851bs. athlete
from-behind win to knock lowa out
of the running for a Big Ten cham
pionship.
CODY BUPP
staff writer
Matt McGloin was firing on all
cylinders, and the defense was
holding the dangerous Terrell Pry
or in check. McGloin had thrown
touchdown passes to Justin Brown
and Derrick Moye, and the running
game was keeping drives alive.
The Horseshoe, ranked as one
of the toughest places to play, was
dead silent. The Buckeyes had
never mounted a comeback as big
as 11 points in Jim Tressel's career
at home. That was about to change
from the second half kickoff.
For Penn State fans it was a sec
ond half all too familiar with the
play calling with a lead. The first
half was full of quick passes, or play
action deep balls that weren't al
ways caught but the Buckeyes they
was originally playing for
Penn State Altoona before
transferring to Behrend last
year.
Bolea is originally from
Ambridge, Pa however, and
attended Ambridge high
school where he played soc
cer and football for his high
school. Bolea showed prom
ise on the gridiron for his
hometown high schools too
as he was the kicker and was
named first team all confer
ence as a senior as well for
football.
Soccer as always been the
main sport for Bolea as he
has been playing all his life.
Whether it was for his high
school, a club team, or even
just coaching younger play-
weren't taking their foot off the ped
al. Vise versa, the second half was
full of quick three and outs, with at
least two run plays in each series.
On top of that the Lions were
down Evan Royster, who left the
game with an apparent knee in
jury, and backup Stephfon Green
was carted off the field after a kick
off.
ers, Bolea has definitely made
soccer a passion for himself
and the players around him
as success seems to follow
this young, prominent player.
Being a mechanical engi
neer major, it is an extremely
daunting task to juggle both
his studies and participate in a
sport that requires so much of
his time and focus. Not many
student-athletes can handle
the task and be successful in
both areas especially as he
gets closer to graduating.
"It is difficult to do both
soccer and engineering, es
pecially this year since I am
taking more in depth classes
pertaining to my major," said
Bolea.
A product of Head Coach
oss at the Horseshoe
Dan Perritano and assistant
coach John Parente, Bolea
will surely be looked to for
guidance and leadership next
season. He will step into the
veteran roll between the iron.
Parente was Bolea's previous
coach at Altoona and has just
recently joined the coaching
staff here at Behrend after a
successful 106-60-16 career
at Altoona.
"I would like to thank my
parents, brother and family
for attending so many games
throughout my playing ca
reer," said Bolea. "And I'd like
to thank both coach Perritano
and coach Parente for giving
me the chance to continue
playing soccer."
Bolea will continue to look
Ohio State brought more blitzes
and clogged up the running lanes,
but Penn State refused to take shots
down the field.
In result Matt McGloin was left
to quick dump off passes, and Tor
rence's pick six in the third quarter
swung momentum and brought the
Ohio State faithful back to life.
Defensively some injuries kept
big players out of the ballgame, and
they were just being worn down.
Linebacker Michael Mauti, who
was Big Ten player of the week
last week, separated his shoulder
and missed the entire second half.
The Buckeyes had all luck on their
side, as Pryor through a ball up for
grabs in the endzone, just to have
it bounce of the hands of two Penn
State defenders into the hands of
wide receiver Dane Sanzenbach
er. The Buckeyes added two more
honors
for improvement during the
2011 season with the Beh
rend Lions' as the team is
wrapping up their postseason
in ECAC play this upcoming
week.
Bolea had 13 saves in the
AMCC playoff games.
scores with another pick six late in
the fourth, along with a short pass
from Pryor to tight end Jake Stone
burner to seal the scoring.
Matt McGloin said postgame,
"We just have to take the positive of
knowing what we are capable of do
ing each game and prepare know for
Indiana."
Penn State will take on an Indi
ana team that has been very compet
itive the past few weeks in Washing
ton, D.C. this Saturday. The game
will take place at Fedex Field and is
scheduled for a noon kickoff.
This game is once again crucial in
deciding what bowl game bid Penn
State will receive.
The Lions still can finish 8-4, with
a win against Michigan State at Bea
ver Stadium for the season finale in
two weeks.
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