8 I FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010
Philadelphia at Chicago
2:20 p.m.. CSN
Pittsburgh vs Houston
7:05 p.m., FSN
GOLF
The Open Championship
5 a.m., ESPN
Mcllroy 9-under
after opening round
In the 137 years since the
British Open first came to St.
Andrews, the
Old Course
rarely has
been such a
pushover.
Rarer still was
the score Rory
Mcllroy deliv
ered
Mcllroy
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His 63 tied
the lowest score in any major,
and it was only the second
such score at St. Andrews in
golf's oldest championship.
Golden State sold
for $450 million
Golden State Warriors
owner Chris Cohan reached
an agreement Thursday to
sell the franchise for a record
$450 million to Boston Celtics
minority partner Joe Lacob
and Mandalay Entertainment
CEO Peter Guber
Lacob and Guber beat out
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison,
who had been considered the
favorite to buy the team from
Cohan. Ellison has a personal
fortune of $2B billion, accord
ing to an annual survey by
Forbes magazine, and is the
sixth-richest man in the
world.
Team U.S.A unveils
new roster
Rajon Rondo, newly
acquired Dallas center 'lyson
Chandler and Phoenix center
Robin Lopez were selected
and will be among the 21 play
ers who will compete for a
chance to play for the
Americans in the world cham
pionships in Turkey from Aug.
28-Sept. 12.
None of the 2008 Olympic
gold medalists were on the
list, with many already saying
they planned to take the sum
mer off because of injuries or
personal reasons.
Oklahoma City's Kevin
Durant, the NBA's leading
scorer, heads the list of those
keeping their commitments
to suit up.
Women's Volleyball
snubbed by ESPN
The Penn State women's
volleyball team garnered just
one nomination for the 2010
ESPY's.
It should have been nomi
nated for three more.
Megan Hodge was deserv
ingly nominated for Best
Female College Athlete, but
how a team that has won
three-straight national cham
pionships and 102 consecu
tive matches was overlooked
for Best Team and Best
Record-Breaking
Performance is baffling.
Even more confusing is
how a team that battled back
from two sets in the national
championship to win 3-2 isn't
nominated for Best Game.
This isn't to say the team
should have won these
awards, but they should have
been nominated at the very
least.
Q: How many times has
an American won the
British Open?
Thursday's Answer: The
New York Yankees won their
first World Series under
George Steinbrenner in 1977.
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G ymnas t ics names coac h
By James Nicol more excited in our lives," Jeff All-SEC team and three SEC third at regionals at Ree Hall, fail-
FOR THE COLEGIAN Thompson said in the press Gymnasts of the Year. ing to qualify for a spot at nation
release. "During our visit this "Jeff has been very successful in als.
Jeff Thompson was named the week, we were overwhelmed by his time at Shephard was 256-134-2 in his 16
head coach of the Penn State the history, tradition and overall Auburn, as well „,,, years as the head coach of the
women's gymnastics team integrity of the Penn State athletic as at the club Lions.
Thursday, the
.....
Penn State ath- "The amount of support that the Director of - championship eight times during
letic department WOMEN'S athletic programs receive at Penn Athletics Tim _
the three time Big. Ten Coach of
. -
announced. GYMNASTICS State is second to none. Penn State Curley said in thethe Year's regin.
After serving
11 years as the we look forward to doing our part "His leadership _ All-America awards uncle,
head coach at Auburn, Thompson
joins the Nittany Lions with his
wife Rachelle, who will act as asso
ciate head coach. While at Auburn,
Thompson was twice selected SEC
Coach of the Year and NCAA
Regional Head Coach of the Year.
Thompson led the Tigers to eight
consecutive NCAA Regional
appearances and the No. 2 seed at
regionals in two of the past three
years.
Rachelle and I have never been
Spikes shutout by Tigers
By Jake Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Entering the game, Connecticut
Tigers starting pitcher Clemente
Mendoza had a robust 7.88 ERA
It didn't show
Thursday night
Mendoza threw
eight shutout
innings of two-hit
baseball, and the
Tigers beat the
State College
Spikes 5-0 Connecticut
Thursday night at
Dodd Stadium in
Norwich, Conn.
It was just the
State College
second time the
Spikes have been
shutout this season
Two singles to center field, one in
the first inning by second baseman
Walker Gourley and another in the
sixth by catcher Miguel Mendez,
marked the only two State College
base knocks off Mendoza, who had
not allowed less than five hits in
any of his prior five starts.
Matt Curry added a single to left
field off Connecticut reliever
Antonio Cruz in the ninth inning to
extend his hit streak to 12 games.
In all, the Spikes first, third and
fifth hitters combined to go 0-for-11
in the game.
Mendoza, a 6-foot right-handed
pitcher from Caracas, Venezuela
struck out, seven Spikes (14-13) and
walked just two.
He improved his record to 2-3 on
the season and his ERA to 5.91 with
his outstanding performance it
was the longest any starting pitch
er has gone against the Spikes all
season.
It was by far Mendoza's best
Linebacker ready to return from injury
By Brendan Monahan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
This isn't the first time Michael
Mauti looked more prepared com
ing off an injury _ _ _ _
As a senior in
high school. he
foot, causing him to miss six right where he left off. His Penn team opens fall camp Aug. 9.
games. State teammates are now saying "I'd say better than that," line-
But as his Mandeville High the same thing after an anterior backer Nate Stupar said..llo per-
School teammates conditioned on cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his cent."
Michael Mauti (42) makes a tackle in a game against Michigan in 2008
in the writing of the next chapter in
the gymnastics record book"
Rachelle Thompson served as
the associate head coach at
Auburn since 2006. She was twice
named the Auburn University
Assistant Coach of the Year and
was 2008 NACGC/W Central
Region Assistant Coach of the
Year.
The husband-and-wife duo have
coached four NCAA All-
Americans, four members of the
Last 5 Games
7/11 vs. Vermont: 9 hits
7/12 vs. Vermont: 20 hits
7/13 vs. Vermont: 8 hits
7/14 at Connecticut: 13 hits
Last night: 3 hits
SPIKES
start of the year. In his first five
starts, he gave up 24 runs, 21 of
which were earned in 24 innings.
Opponents }Mere hitting .327 off him
and he had already given up four
home runs in the young season.
After tallying 41 hits in its past
three games, including a franchise
record-tying 20 on Monday, State
College veered from its recent form
with the poor showing from the bat
ter's box.
Connecticut (14-13), on the other
hand, notched 10 hits off three
Spikes' hurlers.
Tigers third baseman Matt Perry
went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two
runs scored, and first baseman
James Robbins went 2-for-4 with 3
RBI.
State College starting pitcher
Zack Dodson was responsible for
three runs on four hits in four
innings
The 19-year-old struck out five
and walked three. He remains win
less on the season, with his record
dropping to 0-2. Ryan Beckman and
Brooks Pounders threw two
innings each for State College,
combining to give up two runs on
six hits.
The Spikes and Tigers will play
the rubber match of their three
game set at 7:05 tonight.
To e-mail reporter: jyksl42@psu.edu
the field, the linebacker rode his right knee sidelined him from play
bike around the track that sur- all of last season.
rounded where his team practiced. Though Mauti has been held out
"He wasn't going to sit idle," of contact, the Louisiana native
Mandeville football coach Guy has bulked up by adding about five
LeCompte said. pounds since spring making
He returned to action in Week 7 "100 percent healthy" a term to be
that senior season, and as surpassed. He's expecting to fully
LeCompte noted, Mauti started participate in all drills when the
FOOTBALL
and dedication to Thompson
the sport of gym
nastics will make a positive
impression on our student-ath
letes.
I'm extremely pleased to have
Jeff and Rachelle join the Penn
State staff and lead our women's
gymnastics program."
Thompson is replacing Steve
Shephard who resigned June 16
after serving as head coach for 18
years. In 2010, the Lions finished
Matt Curry takes a swing during a game earner his season. The first
baseman went 1-for-4 Thursday, extending his HI: streak. to 12 games.
THE DAIL\ COLLEGIAN
Shephard.
The coach also had a gynmast
named Big Ten Gymnast of the
Year six times during his time in
Happy Valley
The Lions return three gym
nasts who compete in the all
around: junior co-captain Whitney
Bencsko and sophomores Sharaya
Musser and Madison :Merriam.
Musser is the reining Big Ten
Freshman ot the Year and was a
first team All-Big Ten selection.
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Mauti. who went home to train
during the summer, has been
yearning to play with no restraint
since the illue-VVlnte game. when
he said his down period stretched
to six months.
Mauti's history and anticipation
aren't good signs for Stupar. Bani
Gbadyu and Chris Colasanti. who
are his main competitors for the
three starting linebacker spots.
The redshirt sophomore practiced
at the Sam, or strong side. during
the spring but has no position pref
erence.
Though the starting contingent
isn't set. Mauti was a preseason
candidate to start last season
before his injury and likely is a lock
to start this fall if he doesn't expe
rience setbacks.
"I'm ready," Nlauti said. "The
way I look at it is I've had longer to
prepare for this season than any
other season in my life."
Sean Lee helped gel Mauti pre
pared during his recuperation.
Lee was in a similar situation
last offseason while recovering
from an ACL tear in his right knee,
and gave Mauti advice throughout
his recovery.
If all the statements are true
about Mauti being ready, Lee's
advice paid off but maybe not as
much as the work ethic Le Compte
said the redshirt sophomore inher
ited from his father, former Penn
State receiver Rich Mauti. Just
like when he did upper-body work
outs his senior year of high school
to make up for his injury-ridden
lower body . Mauti seems keen for
another comeback.
"He's the best I ever had as far
as work ethic." LeCompte said. "I
use him as an example."
To e-mail reporter: bjmsl46@psu.edu