12 1 MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010 Penn State tops No. 17 William & Mary No. 14 Penn State snapped out of its early William & Mary struggles and Jen Steadman steals the ball from rode a consistent attack and S 1- a William & Mary player during fling goalkeeping to an 11-8 victory Penn State's first outdoor home over the No. 17 Tribe (5-4) at game of the season at Jeffrey Field Jeffrey Field. on Sunday. "We didn't play perfect Lions down Red Storm Penn State won its first game of the season after losing six in a row. By Tom Copain COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Late in the fourth quarter, Lyon Collins looked toward his bench and cracked a smile. The Penn State MEN'S inch's lacrosse LACROSSE assistant coach \vas a mos as jubilant as the players, holding 40 his hands in the vrt es air as the players Penn State jumped in cele bration on Jeffrey ;R Field's sideline. His reaction , A - Js in response st. John's Chris Hogan's late goal Saturday that sealed the Explosive opponents to go on runs and failed The re-established mental focus the fourth quarter. The Lions' The defense in the fourth was a to mount comebacks. Thiel said liii - ought a more sound attack. defense buckled down and sealed far cry from the beginning of the they finally - roped" their oppo- The guys in the crease and off the door after they took the lead. game St. John's scored almost Glenn Thiel had seen it before. nent back in. They outscored the hail moved much more than they After going up by two, the Lions immediately after Penn State His Penn State men's lacrosse Red Storm 6-2 in the fourth guar- had in the previous three quar- were on their heels as St. John's goals. But Baker praised the per lt,am was neck-and-neck with St. ter to earn their first win. ter;: - sophomore attack Matt sought for an answering goal. But severance of the Lions' attack. ,Johns halfway through the third After Penn State took an early 2- 11aekrides said. rather than getting to the net with "Watching [the attack] work so quarter and then it happened. 1 lead, St. John's grabbed control. i\ 'add - ides finished the game ease, which had been the case in hard down there and then let in a The Red Storm struck for two And it seemed every time the with a goal and three assists and the first three quarters, the Red weak one or kinda break down goals in a span of 13 seconds and Lions got within striking distance. set up teammate Anthony Storm had to settle for longer was a little disheartening," Baker opened up a three-goal lead over the Red Storm had an answer But Basciano for the game-tying goal shots. Those shots were either said. "Luckily, our offense didn't the Nittany Lions: rather than let the back-and-forth with iust less than eight minutes blocked by the Lions' defense or let it affect them." But unlike past games this sea- nature of the game get it down. the lett in the game. But it wasn't just stopped by Dave Baker, who made ,on in which the Lions allowed team regrouped before the fourth. he offense that found its stride in three stops in the fourth quarter. To e-mail reporter: wmlsoos@psu.edu By Bill Landis COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Seniors shine at Calif. By Zack Feldman COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Though Saturday's home-opening meet at Penn State was canceled early last week, two Nittany Lion seniors went to Stanford instead and made a dent in the record Cheryl Spring and Tyler NleCandless both placed career-best and top-10 school times in their 10,000-meter races at Saturday's Stanford Invitational meet to open up the outdoor track season. The only runners who made the trip along with coach Beth Alford-Sullivan, Spring and McCandless planned to run at Stanford regardless of where the rest of the team ran. During the Saturday races, the pair experienced great racing condi tions at the California track Despite pre-race nerves, Spring, who finished with a time of 34 minutes, 31.75 seconds, said she got the results she want ed thanks to specific training for the event. It was my first 10k, and I was pretty nervous about it, so I'm happy with how I did," Spring said. "I actually had to really focus on going slower during my workouts because it's important during the race not to go out too hard." McCandless, who has run the 10,000 sev eral times in his career, placed fifth in his heat with a time of 29:22.35, a personal-best by more than 26 seconds. Cheryl Spring, Claire Berryman and Kara Mil!house run before a practice last fall By Kurt Bopp COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Early in Sunday's game against William & Mary, Penn State strug gled to capitalize on opportunities. But after a few missed -- passes and WOMEN`E shots off the LACROSSE post, freshman attac er Molly Fernandez found junior attacker Jen Steadman for the game's first goal. Nittany Lions' 13-11 win over St. John's, giving Penn State (1-6) its first win of the season. "I'm glad that we're not hearing the 0-6 anymore, or the winless Lions," Dave Baker said. It was a long time -- 331 calen dar days since Penn State's last win, May 2, 2009 at Georgetown. Saturday's game didn't look prom ising for most of the afternoon as Penn State trailed the Red Storm (3-5) midway through the third quarter. After a floating Dillon Ayers shot beat Baker. St. John's led 9-6, and the Lions looked to be done in by another scoring run But a six-goal fourth quarter that ultimately saved Penn State. Penn State coach Glenn Thiel-said he moved freshman Nick Dolik midfield and placed ant lion'. Basciano on attack with Billy Gribbin and Matt Mackrides. Basciano started up front, and he and Dolik responded by each scoring twice in the fourth quarter fourth quarter propels PSU to victory Though McCandless successfully ran in the slower of the two men's heats. Spring ran in the faster women's heat. Spring said competing in the taster heat helped her adjust to the new race and made sure she didn't go too fast out of the gate. I think it helped because I was able to let the other girls take the lead and run my race," Spring said. If I had gone in the sec ond heat, I probably would have tried to take it out, maybe gone out too fast. and I think it was probably good for what I was doing." TRACK AND FIELD Spring's time puts her seventh all-time for Penn State's women in the 10,000. while McCandless is now sixth all-time on the men's list. The Stanford Invitational was the first time a Penn State runner cracked the men's top-10 list in the 10,000 since Steve Brown in 1990 and the first time a woman has posted a top-10 time in the event since 2003. Spring said the success shows how well both teams can cover their events, espe cially the 10,000-meter race, which has not seen much success in recent years. '` "I think a lot of the girls are capable of running great lOks. I'm glad we're focusing on it again," Spring said. "I think it could be a great point scorer at Big Tens. Not a lot of people think about doing that event, so I'm glad people are going to be trying it more." lacrosse." coach Suzanne Isidor said. but everyone stepped up their game and kept going hard the whole 60 minutes." Seven Nittany Lions scored S t unday, led by Laura Lesnick's hat trick and assist. Lesnick said having so many threats makes it tougher for opponents to scout the offense. Penn State (6-3, 0 1 1) out shot the Tribe 17-10 in the first half but was limited to six goals by goalie Emily Geary and three posts. which stopped four Penn State shots. Lions goalkeeper Stephanie Ellis was equally as dominant, as she recorded eight saves and neu tralized the Tribe attackers. Most notably was late in the second half when William & Mary showed a revival and rushed the net. An attacker passed to her teammate next to the goal but was intercept ed by an aggressive Ellis. She played awesome," senior defender Ashley Boccio said. "She Penn State to put Penn State ahead. Basciano's two goals came 74 sec onds apart, turning a one-goal deficit into a late lead that Penn Slate wouldn't relinquish. The first two quarters or so, maybe even three, I didn't play my best." Basciano said. "I just got my confidence back." Doti Ic and Gribbin each had a hat trick. including Dolik's acro batic goal, firing a shot as a defender knocked him down. Baker said he didn't have his best game but still made nine saves for his first career win. Matt Bernier also picked up his play :ram last week. The junior defend is \vim said he beat himself up for 2 ; i . ound ball he didn't get against Duke, had five ground balls Saturday and a green grass stain Dui the back of his white jersey for his efforts. Earlier in the week, Bernier said the team just needed -ornething positive. The Lions got til;1 Saturday, and the team piled To e-mail reporter: zefsoos@psu.edu R S free,orner Nhil Clinique 7-piece gift ~„, e , J 4 ,,, ,•,, 11111 GIVE THE GIFT OF CHOICE.. Askv GM Card .s easy for you and 1 s the P 9 cho,e tor an, , r , e' your Sales Assocote or order tle phone ' 900 45 MACVS Terms ass conditions apply I. G.f , lards Dete , s In store is always positive back there. She's always pumping us up and congratulating us. I'd be lost back there without her." Equally critical to the Lions' vic tory were draw controls. 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