12 FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010 Lions looking for boost By Brendan Monahan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER An upward climb may be an i(Jerstatement in describing ;t faces the men's lacrosse in at this ,int in the MEN'S LACROSSE , c a',oll The Nittany finds ..~•.mselves is a 0-5 record, and things it get easier anytime soon. . ! , N weekend, the Lions face 8 Duke in Durham, N.C.. 1,1 the Lions are 0-8 against storied Blue Devil program. he easygoing, tight-knit can't pinpoint a reason is unsuccessful start but n.iw if anything can give it the a st it needs, it's a win against }a recognized Blue Devils. They're not untouchable," itinelder Colton Vosburgh -. lt's not going to make our eon if we beat Duke. It's a Penn State's 0-5 hole puts the Lions out of position for one of :!he nine at-large bids for the •' \A tournament. So, most , n 1 State freshman Parker Raque exercise Feb. 20 against Illinois. Tr z 2 Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Saturday. 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And they started don - it, tvith a good week of practii , Vosburgh , aid the Lion, iir , communti •cit int„ with t ach better and letting one • know when a ing to his pot,.ritial Attacker :klatt Markrii. the losses w.i , fe team as blame either ihw offense. With The Lions' conii dence dov.n. the knems \Ol,ll • ‘ , .:n Blue Dcvit, and he tear big for said. "If Nk.i eanio out ;iro well and got u, a aiu tb , .[ it would' Friday, 3/19 a f B o ttl e Shop ; , t .„., _Quick Under the Radar -'%all; Ted and L.., - This could be really, really big for our team." Matt Mackrldes around for us as far as attitude." Team tri-captain Joe Britt sees the Duke game as a chance to get that elusive first win and doesn't want to focus nn its implications of possibly turning the season around. !lough not turning the ball ('T' and cherishing posses - ions have been emphasized 'mints of improvement, Britt :is o telt the rough start was the rt , i lit of a team-wide problem. File Lions need to play a full tour quarters instead of having 1), inperformance periods. .We know we can play," Britt id. We haven't showed it, but each and every one of our nes there's been glimpses of ,;i•p - ing awesome." PS U hopes to correct missed routines Kcvin Kline S his team's best iidve been the floor MEN'S ' t t `" ) ';IrviNASTICS stilted fifth and ninth in “)r - and vault, while the r ( , ranbed first on floor iHit and are no worse of the four other Nntany Lions host m Saturday in the reg and gill need a clean nr,:et the Sooners with )nnting. look at that vault and their good events and -. ton. - Virbitsky said. "It ;gore at the end that gotta look at it from t.c,otributing on floor exercise, 7,no's Favorites e tk I 11, ORTS sophomore attackman To e-mail reporter: bjmsl46@psu.edu vault and high bar. Virbitsky \sill be s.r , tl peting against redshirt )1 - fat Jackson, his former high school mate at Central Dauphin High S(.1,001 F 1 Harrisburg. The duo competed together !ht club level with Artistic Sports Acacelil Plus in Harrisburg. Jackson competes on rings. too eighth in the country on the Oklahoma also boasts the NCAA all-around champion in Steven Legendre, as well as treshinln Jake Dalton, who is ranked second in tili• country on both the floor exercise .I,ld vault. "They put some big scores up uf have got some great personnel Randy Jepson said. "We expect them to be very solid and tough. but our 2.a; - 1)e usual is ourselves. And I ‘vanna see ela te= go out and have a better hit per centage." The hit percentage has haunted 01; Lions all season. After each meei Jepson calculates the number or rou tines that are "hit" or - missed. - A means the gymnast suffers a fall or com mits a major error during the perform ance. CO-SPONSORED BY THE SCHRE DR. STEPHANIE PRESTON AT SDPI63tDI You MAY ALSO MIT QUI HTTPONVIN.SA.PSU Captain Joe Britt passes civ, - ,7 State's season-opening loss to Robert Morris on Feb. 20. The Lions travel to play Duke, hoping to avoid going 0-6. Tll E;2010* r. wiN.• .. . • ~. •4, .. . TiEsTivnit FRIDA DOORS FOR MORE INFORMATIO L URN THE DAILY COLLEGIAN The team has not hit above 75 percent its routines all season, Jepson said. And with about 36 routines each meet, that means there are around 10 or 11 routines that are missed each time, he said. -. lt's just not good enough," Jepson can't miss that many routines and expect to be in the hunt." Against the Sooners, Penn State will imve one final opportunity to correct the ~intakes and eliminate the missed rou t ines before the Big Ten championships iii•gin on April 2. But it doesn't matter how good the t:';trn is across the floor, sophomore lkiuel Pineda said. The Lions need to kciis on themselves and take advantage the adrenaline from their final home meet of the season, a double dual with tie Penn State women taking on Nebraska. `We need to put a full lineup of hits together on each event all the way t h rough the meet and carry the momen tum through and not let it die out," Pineda said. To e-mail reporter: kwkso69@psu.edu ~t .•,, ,! !!.%L CENTER 4 f CH 19TH, ;-BALL ;‘ 7 , 6:3OPM Di HERO TOURNAMENT MC BATTLE VE MUSIC
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