STr"% fT*i i"' ■» Jl C " " f '" The Daily Collegian Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 I 17 Streak puts target on lions’ back By Emily Kaplan try to psyche themselves up, because I don’t is what no team in the country has “I’m sure everybody wants to be collegian STAFF WRITER chatting about the opponent know if there’s done since September 2007 that team,” University of North they’re about to face. even anything beat the Nittany Lions. Carolina coach Joe Sagula said. A few hours before each But when Colgate travels to Rec that needs to be No. 1-ranked Penn State opens Penn State opens up its schedule Colgate women’s volleyball game, Hall on Sept. 4to face the three- said,” Baker said. its 2010 campaign with an active against the Tar Heels on Aug. 27 in there’s a distinct buzz in the Red time defending national champi- “Our girls know 102-match winning streak, the Chapel Hill. “Fbr sure we would Raiders’ locker ons Penn State, Red Raiders what land of pro- longest current winning streak in love to be that team. But I think room. The Dlavers coach Ryan Baker is expecting gram they’re any NCAA sport. And every team what we’re more focused on is get •• ' ' '' oli Ttthr nd competin'' it some taping sore ankles, oth ers stretching fatigued muscles Spikes blank Scrappers By Jake Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Tyler Waldron showed once again Sunday why he was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ fifth-round pick this past June. His bullpen's perto didn’t either. Waldron and three Spikes’ relief pitchers combined hold Mahoning Valley tfaho.'T Scrappers to just three hits en route to a 4-0 win at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Waldron (4-5, 2.89) threw the first five innings, allowing just two singles up the middle. He struck out four and walked just one, fac ing just two more than the mini mum number of batters. “Today all four of my pitches were working,” Waldron said. “That’s kind of been the thing the last few outings. I've only usually been able to have two or three pitches, but tonight I was able to use all four.” Jhonathan Ramos, a left-hand ed pitcher and the sole New York- Penn League All-Star on the State College (30-31) pitching staff, entered in the sixth inning and continued where Waldron left off, throwing two quick innings of no hit ball. Ramos, who earned his second hold of the year Sunday, improved his ERA to 1.72. “He’s huge,” Waldron said of Ramos. “Every single time, I’m sure I can speak for the whole entire team, that when Ramos gets on that mound, he’s going to throw shutout innings for how many he’s going to go. We call it closing the door and it’s always nice to have a guy like that in the pen.” Justin Ennis and Jason Townsend each pitched a shutout inning to close out the game. As a whole, State College pitchers struck out eight and walked just one. The Spikes gave Waldron a cushion early on, tallying two runs in the first inning. The scoreboard read zeros until the seventh, when State College left fielder Pat Irvine led off the frame with a solo home run over the right field wall. The Spikes added another run that inning on a wild pitch. See SPIKES, Page 20. More coverage on the State College Spikes, | psucollegian.com Rugby honors former player By Brandt Gelman COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The Penn State men’s rugby team took the field Saturday with heavy hearts as it played its first game of the fall season against its alumni. This past June, Andrew “Schweppe” passed away. While playing softball, Schweppe collapsed from what doctors referred to as a “car- fill " LINEUP Philadelphia vs. Houston 7:05 p.m., CSN Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis 7:05 p.m., FSN something different from his team going at, and they p ose who gets an opportunity to play ting oul iere and competing, noi silence. know what they the Lions this season seems to necessarily on doing something “I’m not expecting anyone to want to do.” have one thing in mind: Kill the historic.” say much before that game What they want to do, of course, streak. Bob Warming (right) and Andres Casais talk after the Lions 3-1 exhibition win over Hartwick Saturday. The game was Warming's first as head coach of the Lions after he replaced the 22-year coach of the Lions, Barry Gorman. Warming perviously coached at Creighton. Players By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Mark Ftetrow has played soccer all his life, is a starting centre back and was named to the All- Big Ten Fresh) ' team reshman in 2008, but first year coach Bob Warming has managed to teach the junior a few things he never knew. “He’s a really smart guy. A real- diac event.” He was pronounced dead a short time after the incident. Losing a member of its family caused a lot of mourning within the rugby team. “It was very unexpected,” said Joe Pullara, assistant coach of the rugby team. “He was a big member of our family, and we are one big rugby fami ly.” Schweppe transferred to Penn State’s main campus in 1998 and played three years for the Ruggers. After his playing career, Schweppe Pirates make money despite losing Don’t feel too sorry for the cel lar-dwelling Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates made nearly $29.4 million in 2007 and 2008, according to team financial documents, years that were part of a streak of impressed with coach ly smart guy,” Fetrow said. “He gives all these pointers and we go over all these things that I’ve never learned as a player. I've been playing my whole life and I’ve never heard these things, a lot of body positioning stuff, a lot of stepping and pressing, little things that just make your game that much better.” Warming, the new head coach of the Penn State men’s soccer team, has already earned the praise and trust of his players. With the Nittany Lions’ first week taught world history at State College Area High School, and played with the men’s club team, the Happy Valley Barbarians. To honor his memory, the Ruggers had an oak tree planted just outside the west pitch, where the team holds most of its games and practices. “A former coach and alumni has a tree farm, and thought it would be a See RUGBY, Page 20. More coverage on women’s rugby, | SPORTS, Page 27. futility that has now reached 18 straight losing seasons. The team’s ownership also paid its partners $20.4 million in 2008. The documents offer a rare peek inside a team that made money by getting slightly less than half its income (about $7O million) from MLB sources including revenue sharing, network TV, major league merchandise sales and MLB’s website. The team also held down costs, keeping player salaries near the bottom of the National League. of preseason training and their first exhibition game under their belt, Warming also has an idea where his team can go this sea son. Penn State rallied from a one goal deficit to defeat Hartwick, 3- 1, Saturday night at Jeffrey Field in Warming’s first game as head coach of Penn State. After Saturday’s game, the coach said he was happy with what he saw from his players. “They’re capable of really big things and a lot of that starts with in ceremony Rugby players plant a tree in Keim’s memory. U.S. holds on to beat Spain Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called for a switch to his trade mark “Orange” 2-3 zone with the United States clinging to a one point lead. Kevin Durant did the rest, blocking shots by Ricky Rubio and Rudy Fernandez in the final sec onds in the Americans’ 86-85 victo See VOLLEYBALL. Page 20. attitude,” Warming said. “Their attitude is they believe they can be great and I’m not going to dis courage that at all because I think the same thing. But we’ve gotta keep making progress every game.” Senior co-captain Andres Casais said his first feeling com ing into camp was enthusiasm, not just from Warming but also first-year assistant coach Jason Mims and assistant Isang Jacob, who enters his second season. See SOCCER, Page 20. Brandt Gelman/Coltegian ry over Spain on Sunday in a warmup game for the world cham pionships. “Jim Boeheim said, ‘Let’s go orange,’ ” U.S. head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “So we did. It was his suggestion and our guys did a good job with that.” Durant led the United States with 25 points. The decision to go to the zone defense for the last play caught Spain off-guard after Derrick Rose put the Americans ahead with two free throws.
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