SPORTS 10 1 Friday, Nov. 13,2009 '■"lineup Krispin’s OT goal propels ——— By Brendan Monahan er Warren Gross the defensive bat cpnpTC nN TV COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER and Michigan tie with one swoop 3run o — u n — v goalie Chris Blais the first goal of Time gradually ticked away in combined for 10 . ' . the sophomore’s Wffagmm NCAA Basketball double overtime. saves, and the enn collegiate career. # rvroyal at ct inconh’c A shootout looked unavoidable Wolverines tallied The tally solidified \*• / 7 ™ P in the Penn State- _____ only five shots on a 1-0 Penn State 7p.m.,TCN Michigan show- goal. The net was win in the first m ■ MEN S lblr ~ Howard at Indiana 8 p.m., Big Ten Network NBA Utah at Philadelphia 7 p.m., CSN Atlanta at Boston 8 p.m., ESPN NCAA Football West Virginia at Cincinnati 8 p.m., ESPN2 QUICK HITS (AP) ICERS Power play troubles see improvement After a rough start, the leers found their footing on a man advantage, scoring nine times in their last 23 chances. Win streak on line against No. 7 Rams Penn State will face off against No. 7 Rhode Island this weekend in their first nuyor test since Week 2 of the season. CROSS COUNTRY Weekend tourney on a familiar course Both the men and women’s cross country teams will com pete in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships at the University of Maryland- Eastern Shore this weekend at a course on which they have found previous success. National bids loom in wake of weekend The Nittany Lions look to make a splah on the regional scene this weekend in hopes of earning an NCAA champi onship race bid. W. SWIMMING Swimmer adjusts, becomes motivator Sophomore swimmer Kristen Rodman has become a team leader and a favorite personality among her team mates after adjusting to life with a new coach. ICE LIONS Travel-laden test awaits Penn State A hectic scheudle awaits the Ice Lions this weekend as the team plays on three con secutive nights at three differ ent schools. CLUB SPORTS Club cross country to compete for title Both the men and women’s club cross country teams will attempt to bring home a national championship from this weekend’s National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NTRCA) National Championships at Eagle Crest Golf Course. OUR THOUGHTS NCAA FOOTBALL Coaches continue to embanrass Irish Seems Notre Dame is look ing for more FBS handouts a coach accused Navy of “malicious blocking.” Fbr the amount of money Charlie Weis gets despite being awful, we’ll counter and accuse him of stealing from the universi ty- TRIVIA Q: How thick is the ice of an NHL ice rink? Thursday’s answer The Eagles lead the series over the Steelers, 46-27-3. down. One of the Nittany Lions’ co leaders in goals, Jason Yeisley, reg istered only one shot during the whole game. Penn State goalkeep- BATTLE AT ANNAPOLIS Senior winger Bryan Oteri catches a pass during practice Thursday night at the West Campus Pitch. Oteri and the Penn State Ruggers travel to Annapolis, Md., this weekend to take on Navy to determine the No. 2 seed in the MARFU playoffs. To read the full story, visit psucolleglan.com PSU opens season at Lehigh By Ryan Loy COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER After months of preparation, the Penn State wrestling team will finally have an opportunity to test its skill against true competition. The Nittany WRESTLING Lions’ opening ===== weekend features a few marquee matchups for some of the team’s top wrestlers. The Lions have a tough dual meet tonight at 7 when they travel to No. 19 Lehigh before returning home to Rec Hall for a noon con test Sunday with Bloomsburg. After seeing a relatively relaxed coach Cael Sanderson look on dur- ing the team’s Nov. 5 Intrasquad Duals, the Lions’ fans get their first glance at Sanderson guiding his team against an opponent when he’s thrust into the rivalry with the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh coach Pat Santoro said the familiarity between wrestlers Nonconference games add to rough schedule By Bill Landis COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER As nonconference opponents go, Drexel is no cupcake. The defending Colonial Athletic Conference cham- pions are coming , un .. Chi -c off of a season in WOMEN S which they earned BASKETBALL a No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tourn- ament and are again the consensus pick to win the CAA title. The Lady Dragons also return senior forward Gabriela Marginean, who was third in the country last season in points per game with 23.3. All of these elements combined put the Lady Lions in an unfamiliar impenetrable and Mjchjj£an round of the Big Krisp j n a shootout loomed ® Ten Tournament larger as each see- and allowed the ond slipped into the past. Lions to survive another day in But in the 106th minute, Lion Bloomington, Ind. midfielder Patrick Krispin ended “The overall reaction is just a SOCCER James English holds Frank Molinaro during the intrasquad match and coaches within Pennsylvania he’s just looking for good execu add to the friendly rivalry. The tion from his grapplers. Lions come in holding the upper “Right now, it's so early in the hand against Lehigh, holding a year, we have to go out and get our 61-33-3 all-time record in the guys to compete hard for seven senes. minutes,” Santoro said. “It's just Though both teams are ranked about wrestling hard, developing entering the meet, Santoro said See WRESTLING. Page 13. position for a season opener. “This is gonna be a tough game,” Lions coach Coquese Washington said. “We’ve got eight kids on this roster who’ve never played Drexel and never played this style of bas ketball. I definitely think we’re the underdog." While in college, Washington played against Drexel coach Denise Dillon. Dillon uses the same style at Drexel that she used as a player at Villanova under coach Harry Perretta. It’s a style that uses multiple formations and is designed to get defensive players out of position. To read about the Lady Lions' 3-point shooting woes | SPORTS, Page 14. See SCHEDULE, Page 13. Freshman Alex Bentley drives to the basket during Sunday’s game. The Daily Collegian Lions relief,” defenseman Andres Casais said. Krispin’s goal came off a Penn State corner kick. Michigan (10-7-1, 2-4-0 Big Ten) tried to clear the ball, but Krispin batted the ball from his chest to his left foot. From there, Krispin’s shot hit the inside far post from about 20 yards out and ended 105 minutes of score less play. Comer kicks were a weakness for the Lions (11-6-2, 3-2-1). Penn See KRISPIN, Page 13. Illinois thinking revenge By Bill Landis COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Kevin Hambly was not impressed with his team the last time it played Penn State. women’s volley- WOMFN ,e ball coach said 7, the No. 1 Nittany VOLLEYBALL Lions (26-0, 14-0 >== Big Ten) got into his team’s head when they swept the Illini back on Sept. 26 in Champaign, 111. ' “To be honest, the last time we played Penn State they throttled us so bad, it just rattled us a little bit,” Hambly said. Since that loss to the Lions, Illinois has lost just once and won 11 consecutive Big Ten matches. Penn State is the only team in the Big Ten that the Illini have not beaten this season. As such, Penn State will be seeing a different team this weekend than it saw in September. But Illinois will not only be dif ferent because of the way the team is playing, it will be differ ent because they will have differ ent personnel on the court. Senior libero Ashley Edinger suffered a tom anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee on Oct. 31 in a match against Purdue. Despite the loss of its starting libero, Illinois has con tinued to win conference match es. Sophomore Rachel Feldman has filled in for Edinger, and Hambly hasn’t seen much of a( change in his team’s play. “Systematically, it’s still the same,” Hambly said. “[Feldman] has practiced all year and was prepared if something were to happen. It’s just more personali ty and experience.” Feldman’s inexperience could come into play this weekend. Still, Penn State coach Russ Rose isn’t taking anything for granted. “Their numbers were pretty, much the same last week with the new girl playing,” Rose said about Feldman. “I would expect them to be as big a challenge that we’re gonna see to date and maybe well into the future.” Friday’s match will feature the top two teams in the Big Ten, but Hambly said his team is not focusing on the standings. Instead, the team will be focus ing on doing something that they didn’t do in the first match against Penn State getting better. Hambly said the goal is always to improve as a team. “We re looking forward to the opportunity to try to get better as a team,” Hambly said. To e-mail reporter: wmlsoos@psu.edu
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