THE DAILY COLLEGIAN MLB Pittsburgh at Milwaukee 1 p.m., FSP Philadelphia at San Francisco 3:30 p.m., CSN Minnesota at Detroit 7 p.m., ESPN Montreal at Washington 7 p.m., Versus NBA Milwaukee at Atlanta 8 p.m., TNT Utah at Denver 10:30 p.m., TNT *For full stories, go to psucollegian.com Sophomore expected to show leadership Coach Suzanne Isidor antici pates midfielder Theresa Zichelli to emerge as a leader next year. Birmingham's moxie improves in spring The goalkeeper gained more confidence after a strong spring season. Penn State in midst of dismal campaign This year marked the first time the Lions went winless in the Big Ten since the 2003-04 season. G Crawford claims Sixth Man of Year After willingly accepting a backup role for the first time in his career, Atlanta Hawks guard Jamal Crawford was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in a landslide Tuesday. He averaged 18 points a game in 31.1 minutes, a de facto starter who played a major role in Atlanta winning 53 games and earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference play offs. The Hawks are tied 2-2 with Milwaukee in the opening round heading into Game 5 tonight. Crawford won the award going away with 580 of a possi ble 610 points, including 110 out of 122 first-place votes. Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks, last year's Sixth Man winner, finished second this time with 220 points. Pre-draft interviews must be toned down If bez Bryant's pre-draft interview is normal for poten tial NFL players, maybe we need to rethink the process. According to Yahoo! Sports, Miami GM Jeff Ireland asked Bryant last week if his mother was a prositute. This was done as a procedural background check to see if prospective draft picks would be able to handle the rapid influx of money that comes with a high selection. These checks may be neces sary but asking that question is not pertinent and far too personal. Q: Who are the only players to win the Sixth Man of the Year award twice? Tuesday's answer. Adalius Thomas signed a five-year $35 million contract with the Patriots in 2007, the highest priced free-agent acquisition in team history. Aggressiveness dooms PSU By Ryan Loy COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER As the La Salle third baseman swiped his glove across Sean Deegan's cleat Tuesday, the field umpire pumped his fist downward to indicate an out Deegan was caught stealing for the first time all season, and it served as an omen —. the Penn State baseball team (17- 23.4-8 Big Ten). A lack of offense and baserunning mistakes cost the Nittany Lions as they lost, 3-2. to La Salle (14-24, 8-7) Tuesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Penn State had two men on base with the hot-hitting Elliot Searer batting in the second inning when Deegan was caught stealing for the third out. When Searer came up to bat to begin the third, he hit a fly ball that caromed off the right field wall "~ . ~ ~. Sophomore Morgan Long swings and misses in the second game of r Syracuse on Tuesday. The Lions struck out 24 times over the two ga1r.1.2 Strikeouts silence offLki-,c, By Jake Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Lisa Akamine stood in the bat ter's box at Nittany Lion Field with the bases loaded and a count of two balls and two strikes against her. The sophomore took the next pitch for what she thought was ball three until the umpire rung her up to end the inning, drawing puzzled reactions from the Penn State side. Akamine's strikeout in the first frame was not the only Penn State strikeout during Tuesday's double- Depth in backheld pivotal to success By Brendan Monahan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Evan Royster won't tell Curtis Dukes and Silas Redd how to play the running back position. "I'll tell them you missed this , or FOOTBALL you could've done t is or t at, Royster said. But the redshirt senior only points things out. He doesn't tell them what to do they already know how to play the position. The two backs have made several "high school" mistakes such as 'missing blocks and cuts, but the true freshman Redd and Dukes, a away from the right fielder. Searer failed to pick up coach Robbie Wine's stop sign and was thrown out on a close play at third. - They're both aggressive," Wine said of Deegan and Searer. But yet. you have to honor the other team and respect the other team enough to understand this isn't Little League.- BASEBALL Providing speed on the base, has been a key part of Deegan and Searer's style of play this sea son. as they are first and second On the team in steals. respectively. Forcing opposing defenses H, make plays in the field has bei 11 a focus of the team. right field , r Mario Eramo said. That proved to backfire Tuesday as La Salle inad,: the necessary plays. "They're just being aggresm - e. and that's what we try to La Salle Penn Stale Eramo said. "Maybe they we little too aggressive, but we art ~.)A 1 being aggressive. It just didn't v, out our way. PSU's bullpen shines in the loss to Salle. SPORTS, Page 10. header against Syracuse. though. The Nittany Lions (28-13) Viers. punched out 11 times in the second game, a 6-1 loss. It came after the Lions struck out 13 times in the first game, which ended in a 2-0 loss. After the Orange (27-20) took a 2- 0 lead in the top of the first inning of the second game, the questionable strike three call on Akainine in the bottom of the stanza came as a momentum killer for the Lions. It would turn out to be their biggest scoring threat of the contest. redshirt freshman, have the raw talent. This raw talent, combined with experience, gives the Nittany Lions a deep backfield. But with a new quarterback and more switch es possible on the offensive line, talent in the backfield may not be enough to carry the offense. Brandon Beachum knows the pressure is on with a new quarter back but said it's a challenge he, Royster and Stephfon Green are capable of dealing with, which is evidenced by their production last season. Tight end Andrew Szczerba said taking pressure off the quarterback lies with the offen sive line. See BASEBALL. i'u,;(‘ 'ill;ot Sear3r • 44 vpoi L;tt;lTil Et( - )" 1 Sir - W( 1 on second base with no ow in the ii;th irJrne However cziienei- Danoi2 I.; and tired baseman Dy s j k tuck on 1 - K.'iOn' POClliq" g;:ourlded out, squancit_Tiv2 !he chdrK LtHi fwidt Gillfith said iwculired as a ihixturo good pitching by Syracuse s Jenna Cab, who STRIKEOUTS. Poge 10 Redshirt freshman Curtis Dukes (26) carries the ball Saturday. DL!(es and true freshman Silas Redd bolster Penn State's depth at running, "I don I think the running hacks Joe Paterno said itoysi , :' • take a ton oi pressure oil Ihe guar 481 yards away troin terback if the line's not doing its State's career rushing lentii job, - Szczerba said. "I feel like it's a have a productive season - as - whole team effort." See DEPTH. Page 10. WEDNESIM. APRIL 28. 1,010 7 ~ 31 )4 %, lit_ 119 ::_ =EMI 0 rL., 10. -1 ret • ii 6. 1: , ''-1: : . „ sweep Lions 121MCMI Tilt' Pt :".,?;it, 'Zicinc. tr: ; er with a 1)14 4 10, : -:, -.,_ ~.,. •011011.1 t(...,. _. noon at NthaT, Lion Field Ora t'f! Beth .I ) , , , tr,L; • ',Urrtlid , llP.2 :TPA si; t.l 2:1 it Ll,-,1111 nitlit 1( 11 f 1 huitt iii! 1 V. , ' (l - Hi 11f'k I • a quick,T. in tin' )r, =MEI .;•:;1.1 - .‘_:,(' ill:. )111:' 1:t1 Innw n:-; ]tl given tip 1 , 1-4 tt,r,s, hits in 14 coiribirp..:4 ~~:.;'Si~;ll~. ~i) eanre titrotiLlt; base in the 111 , 4 se.; li•-•.! stranded 10 runners. "It means a lot to tie on her, - catcher Dane,: said. - Jackie knotts, to cio, and she gets it 6looc But in the second 2,;110.f_ State's offense continued 1e againsi p,,, while it wa , ,n t the .it he'• to start both coaching staff figured it See SWEEP. r' Via.y.c.J St;
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