12 I Mommy, April 5, 2010 Lions take 4xBoo at Florida Relays By Anthony Barton CPLEGiAN STAFF WRITER Junior Ryan Foster's goal is to break the 4xBoo-meter relay record at Penn Relays and he and his team- mates took the first step over the MEN S TRACK AND FIELD v.cc kend At the Florida Relavs. Foster. along with juniors Owen Dawson. Lionel Williams and ireshman C’asimir Loxsom took first place in the event with a time of 7"minutes. 18.72 seconds. Freshman Evans stands out against Independence 3y Andrew Robinson : JO, S r AFF WRITER DOWN'INGTOWN With her seemingly limitless motor. Maddy Kv.ms '■•overs enough ground dur game that ,2cer WOMEN'S ervi.h Kriea Walsh SOCCER \vo]r:rn > bl'nit 1 ni I?;ursda\ night. Evans may r.av 1 pahiti-d her masterpiece. Mucidv Evans was outstand •luU-iy outstanding," < Siio covered every communicated, his is the perform nee we'\ been waiting for out of e fully it will continue 'd nere e than a half-hour Big Tens !x: c ir. junior meets, but this the fi 's? >im-- IM: :;oUen a medal in a lame mo Ton meet like this," Pined:. .'.’iid. "To be able to come I-.: ok v.;.h Mime hardware is pretty Tiu' year-end conference a aids were distributed after the individual finals. Virbitsky was in;, d to the Second Team All-Big ivn. Felix Aronovich was named r,;.y Ten co-PYeshman of the Year with, Illinois' Yoshi Mori. Shaham •. w f U gni Z ed as a sportsman :hip honoree for his display of pen wimehio and ethical behav- Errors intended target and ended up in the stick of a UMass mistakes cost us." freshman Nick Dolik said. “I made ke defensively that cost us. We made some groundball •v and that's the difference in games like this.” coach Glenn Thiel said earlier in the week his team ay •j!:m less lacrosse. For parts of the game it seemed had gotten his message across, but mistakes at crucial moments proved to be the deciding factor. Blunder-, at the end of the game have plagued the Lions in last two losses, but it's something the players feel the team is on the brink of changing. We got the ball with a minute left and a chance to tie," sen ior Joe Britt said. “We just gotta finish. We put ourselves in position, we just gotta execute.” For ell the mistakes the Lions made, though, there were giirnmcrs of hope. Freshman goalie Dave Baker stopped 12 Mn linemen shots and made two key saves that led to Penn S'a!:: possessions at the end of the game. The Lions won 14 of 22 faceoffs, led by Britt who won 12 of . if: draws he took. And offensively, Penn State demonstrat ! balance as seven different players found the back of the Despue the loss, the Lions feel the effort against the > nutenen is a sign they are close to figuring out the winning : : wiiiia It's just a matter of piecing everything together. “We've had other games we’ve lost because we didn’t do well < -n faceoffs and we didn’t do well in the goal, but we scored enough goals." Thiel said. “Someday we'll put it all together.” ‘ 11 £ Beaver Ave 238-1406 r Monday, 4/5 j Open Mic Night laid, Ten 12.2 am $3.75 BigAzz Beers All Day nil midcutc $2.00 l«acardi Driaks KI midr.ite They not only beat the SEC con tingent of Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky but won by almost three seconds. “Our best relay of the weekend by far was the men’s 4x8,” coach Beth Alford-Sullivan said. “They were very sharp and really put together a solid outing.” The group also broke a meet record set in 2002 and a Percy Beard facility record, set in 1972. Loxsom was pleased with the effort and said the group came in confident and ran some good legs. “It was a long-standing record that we broke today, and it’s about from her home in Glenside, Evans started the Nittany Lions' 1-0 loss to the WPS Philadelphia Independence on Thursday. While the freshman admitted to hav ing extra nerves with a large group of family in the stands, Evans quickly settled in and played the Evans entire game. Starting in the central midfield, the role she was recruited to play, the role she would prefer to have, Evans showcased her improving play. Whether it was shouting directions on which Independence player her teammates were mark ing or fighting for a header against two opponents, Evans was in con trol. While Jepson said he is proud of his gymnasts' accomplishments, he knows they can still improve. Before Big Tens, Jepson said the Lions needed to clean up pommel horse dismounts. He said the same thing after the meet and wants the Lions to fix this problem before the NCAA championships. Even with his concerns with pommel horse, Jepson is happy with how his gymnasts have per formed at the end of the season. “It is a big shot of confidence for them,” Jepson said. “They’re feel ing much better about what they can do and their preparation, and I think they’re really ready to go for NCAAs at this point.” To e-mail reporter: jbmsosB@psu.edu To e-mail reporter: wmlsoos@psu.edu li don't haw a iittwlii to At mm! EYO B SS! Average student earns $B3OO their first summer in the program! the same time [Penn State] ran at Penn Relays last year," Loxsom said. “It’s definitely a good indica tor that we're in great shape and that we have some room for improvement, too." The team believes the race left a mark nationally. "I think people will look at it and say, 'Wow, they're a team that's coming to play and ready for a good race,' " Loxsom said. Foster said though he did believe the time sent a message, it’s what most people expected out of the group. The Nittany Lions boast arguably the strongest "Coming in. I was really trying to focus on communication because it really keeps me in sync with the game." Evans said. ‘•From there, I think everyone's energy kind of picked me up. Tonight felt incredible, the most fun game I’ve ever plaved in mv life." Early in the season, Evans was the turbo-charged engine perpet ually stuck in top gear, playing with unrestrained energy, some times finding herself out of posi tion or overrunning a play. Going into the spring, the coaches want ed the freshman to harness her engine, and the early results show she has. Thursday. Evans was under control, directing the wing players out to cover an Independence attack she easily could have cut off. but would have left the middle Baker From Page 8. "I think even though we came out with a loss here, considering this is probably the best team in our league, we're happy with how we played," Baker said. "We're just not all that happy with the outcome." Coming into Saturday's game, UMass had just beaten then-No. 6 Hofstra, which many consid ered to be the Colonial Athletic Association's top team, proring its case as one of the confer ence's elite. But knowing the challenge he faced in UMass, neither Baker's confidence nor his effort faltered. T>l x tried to stay on it. The wind was blowing pretty hard OIOWOUI today so that didn't hurt at all." The wind may have helped Deegan on that particular From Page 8. at-bat, but not too much else went in Penn State's favor, otherwise rough game. After going 0-for-5 Friday, The Lions finished with 10 men left on base and failed Deegan found himself out of the lineup Saturday and to find ways to nab more than three nms despite having out of his usual leadoff spot Sunday. multiple runners in five innings. Dropping from first to seventh in the batting order, “It's a tough game," catcher Ben Heath said. “We the speedy outfielder showed some pop and hit a two- were hoping to win the series [on Sunday], but we run home run in the fourth inning. couldn't get it done “I really wasn't trying to do too much," Deegan said. "He had two strikes on me, and the outside pitch I just Penn State’s Mary Ostman slides March 27 against Minnesota. The Lions won at Purdue in eight innings Sunday. group of 800-meter runners in the country, with all four finishing in the top 15 nationally during the indoor season. "I don't think anybody's going to be raising eyebrows at it,” Foster said. “It wasn’t a perfect race, but it was a good solid heat, and we're happy with that." The next time the four runners compete together, it will be at the Penn Relays with a chance to set the collegiate record, set by the Lions in 1985. Though the race in Florida defi nitely got the ball rolling, Foster said the coaches are stressing exposed in doing so. All it has taken is a little help from her teammates on when to move. “She kind of asked me to regu late when she goes and when she stays." attacking midfielder Christine Nairn said. "I don't like to run personally, but she's a track star, she likes to run a lot. and I almost keep her on a leash a little bit and tell her when to go and when not to go. But she's definite ly learning and producing a lot for us." Evans has also stepped up her defense. During an Independence corner, there was Evans charging forward, getting a foot on the ball and sending it well clear of the Penn State box. But instead of recklessly running after it, Evans waited and let the field reset before making her next move. As the game wore on, Evans Britt and other teammates praised Baker's work ethic. "He hustles every shot he's chasing after to try and get us the ball back, he's running out of goal, he's helping us clear.” Britt said. “He's just grown leaps and bounds from dav one.” Baker realizes running to the end line to get his team posses sion also gives his defense a much-needed breather while he returns to the net. He also gets the chance to settle himself in the short break in play and can get himself ready for the next play, he said. The Lions also went 16-for-19 on clears, and Baker was a big part of that success. Baker had to step and make The Daily Colleglan oThe women's relay fin ished first during the weekend: DNUNE psucollegian.com concentrating more on the pres ent than breaking the record. “They want us to focus more on the here and now and get the little things done over the next few weeks," he said. "If we can do that and keep our heads on our shoul ders. they say we've got a really good shot come Penn Relays." To e-mail reporter: acbsls2@psu.edu was able to intercept several pass es and win possession for Penn State. After the game, Evans cred ited Nairn for funneling the ball toward her. which allowed her to make the plays. At the same time, Nairn called Evans a "hustler” and said the way her teammate plays makes everyone else want to work hard er. Nairn, who admits defense isn't her forte, said seeing Evans firing around the field picks up her intensity on that end. "Me and Christine. I felt we were talking a lot back-and-forth," Evans said. "Even if you can't hear us off the field, we're trying to con stantly figure things out. People are definitely listening, and that's huge and moving forward it s going to get better and better." To e-mail reporter: adrso79@psu.edu decisions on his own in the clear ing game on Saturday, and coach Glenn Thiel was impressed with his freshman s poise. Thiel has seen Baker progress during the course of the season, and Saturday's performance was proof that Baker has finally set tled. the coach said. “He came out for some groundballs, which I really liked, and that's stuff the kind of stuff you need from your goalie," Thiel said. “We can't ask him to do any more, and we'll never ask him to do anv more. “We'll never ask any goalie to do any more." To e-mail reporter: massB6o@psu.edu To e-mail reporter: adal47@psu.edu
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