I TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010 Upset From Page 8 program history. For the rest of the EIVA a conference in which Penn State has captured the last 11 championships it was an encouraging sign anything is pos sible. "There's no question Penn State is still the team to beat," Springfield coach Charlie Sullivan said. "But it just shows that any given team on any given day can hit well, play well and win. And I think a lot of teams will take notice." Sullivan said the Lions are still the favorite to win the EIVA tour nament in May. On Friday night, just 24 hours before the shocking upset, Penn State easily swept Princeton at Bee Hall. The match, which took just an hour and a half, secured a first place finish in the regular season and clinched a quarterfinal bye and home-court ad vantage throughout the tourna ment for the Lions. "I don't think anyone in the ENA or around the country expected them to go down to Rutgers and have any problems," Juniata coach Jeremy Price said. .And I don't think this loss means Coleman From Page 8 bittersweet opportunity for coach Coleman, we're obviously on the sweet end of it. But it was very dif ficult for coach Coleman to leave her mentor." In Coleman's first season with Penn State, the Lady Lions went 13-18 and finished toward the bot tom of the Big Ten conference. This past season, the Lions ended the season 17-14, including a trip back to the postseason for the first time in five years. Coleman's ability to develop players like Tyra Grant, Brianne O'Rourke and Alex Bentley was a major factor in Penn State's grad ual progress. This past season, she played a key role in bringing nationally ranked Maggie Lucas to Penn State, and in two years she helped the Lions get two top-20 recruiting classes, according to ESPN's HOOPGurlz. Kennedy-Dixon said Coleman being the recruiting coordinator was a very important piece of experience to have before becom ing a head coach and her recruit ing skills made her an attractive candidate for the job. "She is just an all-around great person that I know will come back to her alma mater and take this program to a level where it is respected within the conference as well as the national level," Kennedy-Dixon said. "Again, we are just very excited to have coach Coleman and we certainly thank Coach Washington for her mentor ing and her developing Coach Coleman into one of the fine, up and-coming coaches that we know she will be." To e-mail reporter: adal47@psu.edu THE DAILY COLLEGIAN INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The 12-member Board of Directors of Collegian Inc. is soliciting applications for one undergraduate and one graduate student to serve on Board. Full-time undergraduate (especially freshmen and sophomores) and graduate students are eligible. This is a two year term. The following are not eligible for these seats: Collegian staff members and former staff members (for five years after leaving the staff). Others are not eligible under our conflict-of-interest policies (for example, students involved with other media, student government officials, officers of major student organizations). Collegian Inc. is a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, which is legally and financially responsible for The Daily Collegian and related publications. Collegian Inc. is self-supporting. The dual mission of Collegian Inc. is to provide a quality college newspaper for Penn State and a rewarding educational experience for its student staff members anything for them. Coach [Mark] ' Pavlik will use it as a motivational tool. But psychologically, everyone else sees that it can be done." Penn State which BYU coach Shawn Patchell calls "the Beasts of the East" has dominated the EIVA since its inception. The Lions have won 21 EIVA Championships, including a 228-12 record against conference oppo nents since 1985, when official sta tistics were first kept. And until a Feb. 6 match against Springfield, they had a streak of 23 consecutive victories over EIVA opponents without losing a set. But Saturday's match showed the Lions are vulnerable. Gone, perhaps, is their mys tique, the air of invincibility in the conference. Rutgers-Newark coach Karl France has been receiving calls, texts and e-mails from coaches around the league offering con gratulations. He said no one asked for specif ic scouting tips, but he uploaded the match video to the EIVAs database and saw it has been watched several times since Saturday night. "Yes, Penn State is still the best team in the league," France said. "But we played well. Very, very well. So it just shows what can happen." Regionals Penn State qualified for nation- Hall was in 2008, when Penn State "Being No. 3, I'm sure there are als last year for the first time missed qualifying by a mere .075. people who are doubting and since 2005 after it placed second Shephard said if the meet sees stuff. ... I think the crowd will go From Page 8. in its regional competition in a big turnout, it would mean a lot crazy when we do do well, and Ohio State in the regular season Raleigh, N.C. The Lions think this for the gymnasts, and the vocal place second and make it to but then beat them Saturday at year's home crowd gives them an support would help the Lions. nationals. It's going to be really the Big Ten championships. The advantage and will help them Senior co-captain Rosie Smith exciting." Lions defeated Maryland in a advance to nationals. The last agreed with her coach. quad-meet March 7. time regionals was held at Rec "It'd be huge," Smith said. To e mail reporter: jyksl42@psu.edu Tuneup same flow. Be aggressive and Tens," he said. "When everyone Cola Classic losing the second play our game, and that should stays calm and keeps their confi- making the upcoming two bring us right into Big Tens." dence on the field and off the field, games a little bit different From Page 8. And while the team is feeling then we'll see the results." because the two teams know three games of the weekend much more confident, senior The first game on Tuesday will what each other will bring. With this week's final tune-up infielder Louie Picconi said the be played at Kent State while the think it will be a little more before conference play, the team key has been putting things second will be played at Medlar strategic but I think it will be a is trying to carry over its success together to capitalize on its oppo- Field at Lubrano Park good tune-up," Deegan said. against the Pride. nents' miscues. Picconi said the Wednesday night, marking the "They are a good team, but I defi "Everyone's got their confi- team needs to continue sharpen- third and fourth times the Lions nitely think we can beat them. I dence back," outfielder Sean ing its skills while staying relaxed and Golden Flash will play this think it would be good to get two Deegan said. "Now we go into against Kent State this week season. wins before we go into Illinois." these midweek games and keep "You don't want to panic too Penn State split the two games that momentum and keep that early, especially heading into Big earlier this season at the Coca- Penn State infielder Louie Picconi (left) and the Nittany Lion baseball team have one more series before opening Big Ten play SPORTS But the Lions are hoping it doesn't happen again. Setter Edgardo Goas said he knows EIVA teams have devel oped a different perception of Penn State. "They will definitely think we're beatable now," he said. "Every team that would come on to the court would think there's no way for them to beat us. But now that Rutgers-Newark did it. - Rumbaugh, who calls Penn State "the cream of the crop," said he doesn't know when another EIVA team will pull out a victory. But he said, if anything, the upset shows the league is improving. Pavlik agreed, saying the league's setup where each year the top team in the Hay Division moves up and the bottom team of the Tait Division moves down allows programs to "develop and get better." Some Penn State players don't think the achievement gap is clos ing. Senior co-captain Will Price said the Lions should be fine. "I honestly can't comment on how the rest of the teams in the EIVA think about us," Price said. "We had a bad loss. I don't think that changes a lot with our team. We're still going to win the EIVAs. That's not really an issue." To e-mail reporter: exkso49@psu.edu • Overseeing the operation of The Daily Collegian and related publications. 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