10 I fct« , March 21, 2005 WRESTLING 2 wrestlers earn All-America status By Chris Weeden COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | cweeden@psu.edu . ST. LOUIS Finally, the brackets have been completed. No, not those brackets. Penn State wrestling sent six athletes to the NCAA Championships, with two returning to Happy Valley as first-time , All Americans. The Nittany Lions placed 24th in a field of 72 teams and ninth among Big Ten teams. „ Junior Eric Bradley lived up to his ' No. 4 seed at 184 pounds, and unseeded Taking down die top cats Bill Allen/New Jersey Sport-Action Penn State celebrates its victory against No. 1 Princeton. The Nittany Lions have now beaten three teams that made last season’s Final Four, including No. 1 Virginia. Penn State knocks off Tigers in triple OT for second upset of nation’s No. 1 team By Corey McLaughlin COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | cpml67@psu.edu Both times the opponent was the No. 1-ranked team in the country. Both times were on the road. And both times the Nittany Lions came home with a victory. Ten days ago, the Penn State women’s lacrosse team handed defend ing national champion and then-No.l Virginia its first loss of the season. On Saturday, the Lions (5-1, 2-0 ALC) did the same to No. 1 Princeton, beating the national runners-up from a season ago in a 14-13 triple overtime thriller. Senior attack Kristen Burke scored six goals, including the game winner BASEBALL Baseball team rolls to weekend sweep By Josh Moyer COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | jjm4s4@psu.edu Batting has normally been a sore subject for the Penn State baseball team but that’s beginning to change. The Nittany Lions (7-6) exploded for 25 runs over the weekend to complete a three-game sweep of Delaware (7- 11). Penn State defeated the Blue Hens 6-1,12-6 and 7-1. “Everybody’s hitting the ball on the team,” outfielder Lance Thompson said. “Everybody has confidence right now. Last year, we weren’t sure who was going to hit the ball in any game. “This year’s a lot different.” Thompson recorded his first home nm of the season in yesterday’s con test. The round-tripper came in the eighth inning and increased the Lions’ lead to five. Of course, Penn State’s hitting in the freshman Phil Davis turned heads in his seventh-place showing at 197 pounds. Bradley who was taken down just twice all season, both times by now three-time national champion Greg Jones of West Virginia stumbled in a quarterfinals match against No. 5 Ryan Glynn of Illinois. Glynn, who lost to Bradley in the Big Ten Championship final and in a regular season meet, pre vailed in a 6-0 decision that came on two takedowns, an escape and riding time. Dropping into the consolation, Bradley needed a win against Ryan 1:38 into the third overtime period of the day. The goal came off of a pass from fellow senior Emily Cham- Mbers. “Our senior leadership really, really came Penn State through,” Penn State coach Suzanne Isidor said. djj “Their experience and JL their ability to make plays j ate j n t jj e g ame was Princeton huge.” The lOth-ranked Lions trailed 12-11 with 12 minutes to go in regulation before consecutive goals from junior midfield Lori Havrilla, her fourth of the day, and Burke put the Lions ahead 13-12. final two frames was strong through out the weekend the Lions recorded 10 total runs in the eighth and ninth innings of the three-game series. “It was a good offensive 7 weekend,” Penn State coach Robbie Wine said. “You play according to Penn State your game, and there was no letup.” 1 While the scores tell a dominating tale, the Lions did have a few Delaware close calls. In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Penn State jumped out to an early 5-0 lead after Delaware’s left-handed pitcher, Brent Gaphardt, had trouble finding the strike zone. Gaphardt walked four batters in the first inning as the Blue Hens allowed five runs on just two hits. See BASEBALL, Page 14. Halsey of Cal Poly to become an All- American. A loss would have booted Bradley from the double-elimination tournament. After a scoreless first frame, Bradley opted to start in the down position. Though Bradley was nearly ridden out for the full two minutes, the referee penalized Halsey for stalling with one second on the clock. To start the third, Bradley allowed Halsey the escape, tying the match at 1- 1, but Halsey had the riding point secured with a 1:59 advantage. Bradley WOMEN'S LACROSSE Princeton’s Elizabeth Pillion scored her sixth goal of the game to tie the score at 13 with 2:40 left. The Lions had a final chance to win before overtime, but Princeton goalie Sarah Kolodner made a save on a shot from Chambers with 10 seconds to play to keep the score knotted up and force an extra ses sion. Neither team could convert its opportunities in the first two overtime periods. Princeton’s one overtime shot, a free-position attempt by Mary Min shall in the first extra period, was stopped by Penn State goalie Lee Tor torelli. In the closing seconds of the second overtime, Penn State midfielder See LACROSSE, Page 14. Corissa Pirkl spots the beam to land her layout in Penn State's meet at Rec Hall. needed a takedown. And he got it at the mat’s fringes with time running down. He then kept Halsey from escaping for a final score of 3-2. Continuing his momentum off that takedown, Bradley opened up his offense against Matt Pell of Missouri in an 8-4 rout to guarantee himself at least sixth place. Bradley, a first-time All-American, has overcome a career-threatening back injury. “I’m the first All-American from New Hamsphire, so I’m pretty proud of that,” Kristen Burke scores the game winner. WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS Women’s gymnastics wins final home meet By Dan Grayblll COLLEGIAN STAF WRITER | dsglss@psu.edu The Penn State women’s gymnastics team showed off for the home crowd one last time this year. Once again the Nittany Lions used great beam and floor routines to pull away from Rut gers, Temple and William & Mary. They scored a 49.200 on beam, a sea son high, and a 48.925 on floor to finish with a total team score of 195.500. “I was a little disappointed with some of the scores and the judging,” Penn State coach Steve Shephard said. On vault four gymnasts stuck their landings and had good vaults but scores for the four ranged from 9.575- 9.775. Lisa Clark scored the 9.775 to win the vault competition. Despite some low scores, Penn State still took the first four spots. Corissa Pirkl finished first overall on beam with a 9.875 as the Lions took the first four spots in the competition. On the Web For more coverage of crew, cycling, men’s cross country, softball and ulti mate frisbee visit www.colleglan.psu.edu. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Bradley said. “My high school wrestling coach came to watch and one of my real close friends from high school is here. It feels good to have them supporting me. My parents are here.” Davis fell in the quarters, losing 9-4 to No. 2 seed Jake Rosholt of Oklahoma State. Returning to form, Davis domi nated No. 3 seed Chris Skretkowicz of Hofsta, 12-6. “He has my style, except I’m better at it,” Davis said after securing his All- America status. “[He’s] long, lanky, has See WRESTLING, Page 14. WOMEN’S SWIMMING lions finish NCAAs in 13th Penn State swimmers won 11 All-America honors at the national championship. By Mike Garvey COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | mpgl67@psu.edu The Penn State women’s swim ming and diving team finished in 13th place at the NCAA Champi onship meet at Purdue University with 87 points, despite sending the biggest squad in school history and fifth-largest in the country. It was a mixed bag of results for the Nittany Lions, who fell short of a desired top-10 finish. However, 11 team members attained All-America status, which is awarded for finishing in the top 16 places of an event (hon orable mention is given to places 9 through 16). A school record in the 400-yard freestyle relay fell, and despite swimming well, there was an overall feeling that the Lions could have swam better. “I suppose that with our second highest finish in school history I should be pleased, but instead I’m pretty disappointed,” Penn State coach Bill Dorenkott said in a press release. Senior Kristen Woodring cited a different energy level than that of the Big Ten meet as a reason for the team’s results. “We wanted to do well, but it’s diffi cult coming off a Big Ten win like we did,” Woodring said. “Sometimes you try your hardest and you don’t get what you expect. You can’t be too dis appointed.” However, to say that the meet was an overall disappointment after win ning the Big Ten title wouldn’t cap ture the successes the Lions have already achieved and the months long work they have done. “In no way [did we] have a down hill finish,” Woodring said. “There’s more to swimming than times, some thing I’ve come to learn in my five years here.” Woodring earned All-America sta tus in three events, including the 200- and 400-yard medley relays, both of See SWIMMING, Page 14. 195.500 Penn State 193.100 Kristal Uzelac finished first in the all around with a 39.300 and Clark finished second with a 39.075. During the second rotation, Penn State was on bars. Uzelac scored a 9.900 to finish first in the competition. Penn State scored a 48.800 overall on bars. Senior bars specialist Cecile Allen scored a 9.875, tying her career high and good enough for second place behind Uzelac. “I was really happy to end on a good note,” Allen said. “It was my first stick at home this year.” See GYMNASTICS, Page 14.
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