O np> nrn gut V 1 |V 1 W WELKLND IN PHOTOS v I m I ■ i 'V Check out the images of the past weekend in Penn W JE *k W State athletics with The Daily Collegian’s online photo gallery. | ONLINE at psu.collegian.com 8 I Monday, April 5,2010 The Daily Collegian ▼ LINEUP I Penn State finishes third By Jim Maura place finish at the Big Ten were consistent enough to hold off Still rings was the best event for collegian staff writer championships Friday in higher-ranked Ohio State and the Lions. They finished third on Columbus, Ohio. Minnesota. rings and tied their season-high MLB Matt Greenfield said the goal at No. 3 Illinois “We hit routines. We definitely score of 59.550. Freshmen Scott the Big Ten championships was to won its second- did better than people expected us Rosenthal and Matt Chelberg, finish in the top three. consecutive con- f in to be, and I’m really proud of our sophomore Miguel Pineda and It had to battle ference title with a fij guys,” Penn State coach Randy senior Noam Shah am executed to the end, but MEN’S score °f 359.700, Jepson said. “I knew that they had solid routines and qualified for the the No. 7 Penn rvMN ,. T .A Q stealing the lead \ it in them, but they hadn’t shown it individual event final on rings. State men’s gym- GYMNASTICS from No. 4 really until the last meet of the sea- Pineda, who missed last sea nastics team ===== Michigan on the son.” son’s Big Ten championships accomplished its final rotation. Senior Nick Virbitsky led the because of a broken hand, scored a St. Louis at Cincinnati 1 p.m., ESPN L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh 1:30 p.m., FSN Cleveland at Chicago White Sox 2 p.m., ESPN2 Chicago Cubs at Atlanta 4 p.m., ESPN San Francisco at Houston 7 p.m., ESPN2 Minnesota at L.A. Angels 10 p.m., ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Butler vs. Duke 9 p.m., CBS oFor full stories: psucollegian.com . 0 LACROSSE Lions fall to Florida The Gators’ freshmen and sophomores were too much for Penn State to handle, resulting in a 13-11 Florida win. Reserves propel PSU to pair of wins The Lady Ruggers got their reserves plenty of experience in their sweep of Clarion and Salisbury in a pair of short ened games. Penn State falls to two Big Ten teams Penn State followed its Friday loss at Minnesota by falling at lowa Sunday. Tiger Woods arrives at Augusta National Tiger Woods arrived without warning on a lazy Sunday after noon at Augusta National, as quiet as it will get for him the rest of the week at the Masters. For a while, it looked as though nothing had changed. He greeted two reporters whom he had not seen in five months with a playful jab. When he strolled onto the new prac tice range, no one stopped what they were doing. He chatted with Paul Casey before hitting balls, Jim FUryk when he was done. But when he was looking for a game and ran into Mark O'Meara, the enormity of the week began to sink in. They have never shared such a long embrace before playing nine practice holes. Hope springs eternal with baseball’s start What’s the over/under on those red Phillies ball caps across campus today? Even Bucco fans can feel no shame in rockin’ the yellow and black today. Twenty-nine teams are in first place, and there’s no rea son to think one team has no chance to win the whole thing. After all, a tiny school named Butler is playing for college basketball’s national championship tonight. Expectations are higher for some than others. Just remember this Bill Veeck quote. “There are only two seasons Winter and Baseball.” NCAA BASKETBALL Q: Aside from Duke, which is the last private school to win the national title? Friday’s answer: The Yankees and Red Sox split last year’s season series at nine games apiece. goal. The Nittany Lions scored a 347.300 and edged No. 5 Ohio State by .350 of a point to earn a third- MINUTE MISTAKES Nick Dolik (26) takes a diving shot during Penn State’s 10-8 loss to UMass on Saturday afternoon at Jeffrey Field. Despite the close defeat, the Lions made a number of critical mental errors that prevented them from coming back. Familiar blips doom lions Bill Landis COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Down by one with five minutes to play, Penn State had a chance. With the Nittany Lions cycling the ball around the _____ Massachusetts mcw’c goal, senior mid- * fielder Brian Shea LACROSSE broke toward the net. Instead of get ting to the goal, he found himself lying on the ground in the UMass UMass crease. Shea’s crease vio lation gave posses sion back to the No. 18 Minutemen, who p enn state held on for a 10-8 victory against the Lions Saturday at Jeffrey Field in Penn State’s first men’s lacrosse game in the Colonial Athletic Association. While some of the Lions (1-8, 0-1 CAA) thought it was one of their bet ter games this season, it was still marred by the same mistakes that have plagued them all year. After Shea’s crease violation, the Lions made a defensive stand as the Minutemen attempted to nm the clock down. After defender Billy Davis knocked the ball from a UMass attacker, the Lions picked it up and took a timeout. Out of the timeout, Penn State took the ball into the offensive zone, but the first pass from Shea missed See ERRORS, Page 12. PSU lacks timely hitting, gets blown out By Alex Angert COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The opportunities were there all game long. The bases were loaded in the second inning. There were run- ners on the cor ners in the fifth. And in the seventh, Penn State had men on second and third. What weren’t there the entire game were the hits when the opportunities came up during Sunday’s 15-3 loss to Illinois in the team’s Big Ten opening series. After putting up 16 runs in The Lions did •lepson Lions, finishing tied for third on not shine in any floor exercise. He also won a silver rotation, placing no better than medal on floor in the individual third in an event. However, they event finals. Baker’s play keeps game close Dave Baker’s teammates could n’t ask for any more from him. Though it lost the game on Saturday, the Penn State’s men’s lacrosse team received a stellar performance from its freshman goalie in the 10-8 loss to No. 9 Massachusetts. “Baker’s just growing every game, and he’s a kid that’s eager to learn. He wants to help us win, and he’s doing just that,” senior co-captain Joe Britt said of his goalie. “No one can complain about a single play that he made.” Baker made 12 saves in Saturday’s loss, including four crucial stops in the final quarter to keep the Lions in contention. The freshman also allowed just 10 goals to a UMass team that aver ages more than 13 goals a game. And though the stat sheet will show he gave up 10 goals, UMass’ final score of the fourth quarter came when Baker was out of the net in desperation, playing defense and double-teaming Minutemen attackmen. Though the Lions lost, the freshman realized the high-level of talent he faced in the Minutemen. Friday’s victory and eight in Saturday’s loss, the Nittany Lions couldn’t find ways to capitalize on their 11 hits in Sunday’s deflating loss and lost their conference-open ing series to the Illinois Fighting mini. “Friday night we got the hits when we needed them, and they were Penn State falling in,” desig- * nated hitter Bobby Jacobs said. “Saturday and Sunday we were hitting the ball well, too. It’s just that big hit. One bounce here and BASEBALL By Mike Still COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER See BAKER, Page 12. Chris Donadio/Collegian Penn State goaltender Dave Baker makes a save in Saturday’s loss to UMass. Baker made 12 saves, including four in the fourth quarter. there and it’s a different ball- scored five runs to bury its oppo game.” nent 9-3 at that point. Through the first five innings, The way things were going Penn State was in Sunday for Penn State, it would be the game and way too big of a hole to dig itself out down only 4-3. of. However, it was “I think today we had a lot of sit only a matter of uations where we had runners in time before Illinois scoring position and we’re putting made Penn State good swings on, but we’re just not pay for so many getting the breaks,” outfieMer missed opportuni- Sean Deegan said. “A lot of good ties. Deegan guy S hit balls hard, but you’re That time came going to have days when you’re not in the sixth and in a big way. In an going to put up 10 runs.” inning in which Penn State strand- Deegan’s performance was one ed runners on first and second, of the few bright spots in an Illinois hit two home runs and See BLOWOUT. Page 12. 15.125 in the individual ring finals and tied for third. “I’ve gotten a bunch of medals See BIG TENS, Page 12.
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