I WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11, 2009 Philadelphia at New Jersey 7:30 p.m., CSN Cleveland at Orlando 8 p.m., ESPN NCAA Football Toledo at Central Michigan 8 p.m., ESPN2 Lion wings providing offensive boost The women's soccer team's outside midfielders have pro vided consistent production from the wing all season. O'Brien, Morrone tied for points lead Junior Tim O'Brien was expected to be a scoring leader. Freshman Dominic Morrone is a surprise. Willette successful in first tournament ' Freshman David Willette placed second in the men's foil in his first collegiate tour nament this weekend. Orlando C Howard fined for criticism Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officials on his blog. The comments were posted on Howard's blog after the Magic's loss to Detroit last week Howard fouled out in the game after playing a little more than 16 minutes. He wrote on his blog: "How can that be, ya'll? It was crazy. They called me for a charge on a flop, a push off when the defender was on me and two fouls on blocked shots." GMs balk on vote for replay expansion Baseball general managers failed to take a vote Tuesday on expanding instant replay following a postseason filled ,th blown calls by umpires. While there was discussion, Jimmie Lee Solomon, execu tive vice president of baseball operations in the commis sioner's office, said "it was all confined to the current instant replay system that we have." The GMs also heard a report from umpiring vice president Mike Port on train ing, evaluation and structure. Cuban a perfect fit as Dodgers owner Baseball may be getting a bit more interesting next spring. Mark Cuban, the eccentric billionaire owner of the NBAs Dallas Mavericks, said he would consider buying the Los Angeles Dodgers if "the right deal - comes along. This is not Cuban's first foray into baseball, as he threw his hat into the ring to take over the Chicago Cubs this past year And just like last time, we're excited at the prospect of Cuban a man never afraid to shake things up to enter into MLB. Q: What outfielder has won the most consecutive gold gloves? Tuesday's answer: The Celtics have been the last to lose their first game 12 times. ~ Guard likely * opit. ..,,„. A 4% 141110 411 " WO out Saturday ! OVUM CIO 0 11 it e i e l 1 11 1 7 1 A 1 .. By Matt Fortuna For video of Joe Paterno's illom COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER press conference 0 cl Johnnie Troutman will likely previewing Indiana: 4 miss this Saturday's game against psucollegian.com . Indiana, Joe Paterno said Tuesday at his weekly , 1 it t . „,ttt: press conference. left guard, walked off the field with w' ~,,,„„v PATERNO PRESS "Troutman a limp late in the second quarter of probably won't Saturday's game against Ohio let. se' , play," the Nittany CONFERENCE State. % Lion coach said. - ' -.14. "He didn't prac tice [Monday]. We didn't do much, but he didn't do anything." Ryan Ulsh/Collegian Alex Kenney runs a drill during practice Tuesday at Memorial Field. The State College High School senior, who received offers to play for 25 different college programs, chose to play football at Penn State because of its proximity to his home. :WiTAl4Ettiil7l Area athletes pick PSU By Emily Kaplan FOR THE COLLEGIAN Like many big-time high school football stars getting big-time recruiting pitches, Alex Kenney has heard it all. He could start as a freshman. He would have the nicest dorms. He would receive the best tutors, access to all the locker room's high-tech ammenities and free clothes gal lore. "It was all the same," said State College Area High School's four-star prospect. - Every coach I talked to just wanted me to come to their school, and they all Lions direct focus away from record By Jocelyn Syrstad COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Over the weekend, fans at lowa State stormed the court after the Cyclones upset Texas, ruining the Lon:horns' chances at an undefeated sea- WOMEN'S son. VOLLEYBALL That leaves the No. 1 Penn State women's volleyball team (26-0, 14-0 Big Ten) as the only undefeated team in the country. With only six matches left in the regular season, the Nittany Lions expressed their desire to finish the year with a perfect record but said they feel no extra pressure on themselves to do so. "I wouldn't call it pressure," freshman outside hitter Darcy Dorton said before practice Tuesday. "We want to go undefeat second half and played on the Nittany Lions' first drive of the Joe Paterno speaks to the media during his weekly press conference See PRESSER, Page 10. Tuesday. The coach said guard Johnnie Troutman is likely out Saturday. made the same ridiculous offers." But Kenney, like other local athletes who chose Penn State, realized something. Of the many colleges presenting them with schol arship offers, only Penn State could provide them something unique: the chance to play in front of their friends and family. "At first I really wanted to get away," said Kenney, the 6-foot, 190-pound wide receiver "But when it came time to make my deci sion, I realized how cool it would be to have all that local support." So Kenney, who was recruited by 25 schools, turned down opportunities in the See LOCAL Page 10. „r -4” . ~f - • With Texas' loss last week, -4: Penn State received all 60 first-place votes in the poll for the first time this year: psucollegian.com ed, and that's always been our goal. If no other team is undefeated, that's fine, and if there are other teams that are undefeated, that doesn't change our perspective on Despite the team's success so far this season, senior libero Alyssa D'Errico said the team is not focus ing on its record. She said the team's record is indicative of what the team did in the past, and the players can't dwell on what has already happened. "Our record before this isn't real ly a determination of how we're going to play Friday or Saturday," See V. BALL, Page 10. Jackson looks to increase scoring D.J. Jackson does a little bit of everything for the Nittany Lions. When coach Ed DeChellis talked to Slippery Rock coach Kevin Reynolds fol lowing their exhibition game Friday, Reynolds told DeChellis that Jackson's nose for the ball on BASKETBALL defense was unlike any player he had seen With the departure of Stanley Pringle and Jamelle Cornley, who combined to average 27.2 points last season, DeChellis hopes Jackson also has the sense for scoring the basketball "We need him to be a double digit guy," DeChellis said at his If Jackson press conference Monday. that's 10 or 12, I don't know. He has to be a consistent guy for us." Jackson has always been an unselfish player by trade, dating back to high school. Jackson is more concerned with doing the little things o win. rather than admiring his stats, DeChellis said. Still, DeChellis hopes he becomes a little more selfish this season to develop as a better scorer. His 4.5 points per game mark is a number he'll be expected to double in the 2009-10 campaign. The Kennedy Catholic High School graduate showed his potential as a scorer last season, put ting up 14 points in the Lions' National Invitational Tournament quarterfinal win against Florida. In the Lions' last seven games, Jackson reached double digits four times after failing to score 10 or more points in a 29-game span. In the Big Ten tournament, Jackson put togeth er back-to-back double-digit point performances. the first time in his career he did so. Jackson said he will score for the team but not at the risk of undermining the team's effort . The Lions will encourage Jackson to drive to the hoop and draw fouls because he led the team last year with a 79 percent free-throw percentage. But the intangibles the steals, the assists, the charges drawn, the loose balls grabbed are what DeChellis loves about his 6-foot-7 forward. "He's a glue guy and that's the kind of guy you win with," DeChellis said. "He's a kk that's pleasure to coach because he never cones to y and says, 'I don't think I got enougt touches tonight.' He's always a kid that says, Whatever you want me to do to try and win, I will he more than happy to do.' " The Penn State women's volleyball team celebrates its 3-0 win over Minnesota on Oct. 30. While the team wants to finish the season unde feated, the women say they don't feel any added pressure. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN By Stephen Hennessey COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER To e-mail reporter: slhso37@psu.edu M EN'S
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