|J | ; : -„ - ' , WEEKEND IN PHOTOS SSf ■ Wk Jr ' C Capture the images of the weekend in Penn State ,/ V» A" sports by viewing a photo gallery | ONLINE at ■*“ ' psu.collegian.com ' 8 I Monday, April 12,2010 The Daily CoLLEGiAJ<J|^yjoS i m Flyers claim playoff spot By Dan Gelston shootout in the | I “I think every- advance; lose and go home. associated press writer 82nd game to body on the bench The Rangers and Flyers felt 65 make the playoffs. was thinking about minutes of pressure in a game with MLB PHILADELPHIA Brian Might as well go that last shot that postseason atmosphere, starting Washington at Philadelphia Boucher couldn't make the stops, wild. . R * , he stopped,” riyers with the scalpers hawking tickets 3 p.m., CSN He opened his arms wide as a blue Boucher ~ BrieresakL up and down the streets into the n t u - , line and let all the i— stopped Olli “That was a big Wachovia Center. boston at Min Flyers in. Danny CIVCDC Jokinen on the R“ JF rush for us on the -JL. “Hopefully we can do somethine 4 ESPN ‘ FLYERS • ‘ o fthe “ 6 p.m., Pittsburgh at San Francisco 10 p.m., FSP NBA Miami at Philadelphia 7 p.m., CSN To read full stories: psucollegian.com Record-setting run paces Penn State Fawn Dorr broke her 400- meter hurdles record Saturday at the Sun Angel Track Classic at Arizona State. Field, 800-meters highlights for Lions Ryan Fritz got his first victo ry of the season in the high jump at the Sun Angel Classic. Foley paces Lions to 2nd-place finish Kevin Foley won this week end's Robert Kepler Intercollegiate golf tourna ment, while the team fin ished second. Spartans top Lions in close matches Three of the six matches Sunday went to the deciding third set, but Michigan State bested Penn State 6-1. Keystone Cup title last prep for playoffs The Lady Ruggers nabbed a trio of wins this weekend to prepare them for nation als next weekend. PSU dancers notch team-record finish The Penn State dance team recorded the best fin ish in its history this week end, taking third at nation als. Boxers take third; gymnasts dominate A pair of Penn State boxers took bronze this weekend, while the gymnastics teams enjoyed success in Texas. * J ** -' s - * * *• v PGA No better champion than Woods’ rival Could there have been a more fitting champion to a Masters with storylines dom inated by Tiger? His arch rival, Lefty, slipped his arms through the sleeves of the Green Jacket for the third time. Betteryet, his wife and family were waiting beyond the 18th green to share the memory. TRIVIA PGA Q: How many left-handed golfers have won the Masters? Friday’s answer: Jack Nicklaus was 46 when he won the Masters in 1986. Briere was first with the celebrato- ry hug. Claude Giroux joined the mob that swarmed Boucher. The Flyers needed three peri ods, overtime and a thrilling Harrisburg Senators pitcher Stephen Strasburg delivers a pitch in Sunday’s Double-A game against the Altoona Curve. Strasburg, last year’s No. 1 overall pick, went five innings in his professional debut. Chloe Elmer/Collegian Penn State senior Casey Rohrbaugh competes in the NCAA regionals on Saturday at Rec Hall. The Lions finished third, one spot short of qualifying for nationals. Lions fight to finish By Jake Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER In past meets, the team might have sim ply melted down. Not this time. Though the No. 14 Penn State women’s gymnastics team placed third in Saturday’s NCAA regional championships at Rec Hall, and in turn failed to qualify for nationals, the Nittany Lions finished their season fighting hard. And though Penn State had to watch as No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 11 LSU cele brated their nationals’ berths, the Lions - attempt > ;he Gj roux bench. I can’t Dangers our e^ne here and use the shootout to send imagine what it excitement and euphoria from this the Philadelphia was for him." win and from our last little stretch Flyers into the playoffs while elim- The final game of the regular of games here to propel us and do inating the New York Rangers with season felt more like Game good things here in the playoffs," a 2-1 victory Sunday. 7 of a playoff series. Win and defenseman Chris Pronger said. battled early falls in two of their four events and handled the pressure. “I think they can hold their heads high for the effort they put in and the effort all year,” Penn State coach Steve Shephard said. “They worked their butts off all year.” When Penn State competed on the uneven bars in the third rotation, the com petition with LSU for the second-place spot was neck in neck. It appeared the Lions might have encountered a setback when freshman Madison Merriam, the second Penn State gymnast in the uneven bars See FINISH, Page 10. Andrew Dunheimer/Collegian PSU fails to advance The stage was set for the Penn State women’s gymnastics team. The NCAA regional championships were at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions had their normal event rotation. And for the WOMEN’S first time all season, LSU, the Lions’ rVMM « ctipc main competition, received a fall tiimNAallt.o from the No. 3 all-arounder in the country, Susan Jackson Instead, as the announcements were made as to who would be moving on to the NCAA national cham pionship later this month, the Lions waited for a call that never came. The Lions’ 196.050 score was good enough for only See THIRD, Page 10. Senior Brandi Personett performs her floor routine in Saturday’s NCAA regional championships at Rec Hall. Fans admire bumpy debut Former No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg struck out eight in his debut. By Jared Shanker COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER ALTOONA The roller coaster that sits beyond the right field wall symbolized more than a Sunday afternoon of family fun at Blair County Ballpark. It stood as a metaphor for highly touted pitcher Stephen Strasburg’s debut as a member of the Washington Nationals, pitching for the Double-A affiliate Harrisburg Senators in a 6-4 win against the Altoona Curve. In the first inning, Strasburg retired the first two batters before allowing a double and an RBI single. He retired the next eight batters, striking out five of them, often with fastballs that frequently touched 100 mph. In the fourth inning, Strasburg ran into trouble again with help from some lackluster fielding. A should have-been double play was mishan dled by the Senators’ Michael Martinez and allowed the inning to continue. Strasburg couldn’t work out of the jam, allowing two singles and three runs - all unearned - to score in the inning. “There was a lot of anticipation for this outing,” Strasburg said. “I went out there from the get-go and I knew I was moving a little too quick out there. I was able to settle down and keep the team in the ballgame.” A crowd of nearly 8,000 - almost doubling opening day’s attendance - See STRASBURG, Page 10. By Jared Shanker COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
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