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Sorts 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. Id °