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Rose ready to see team n ac for
By Ryan Loy Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C. Wednesday's ' will see time on the floor. it's impossible to replace Hi
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The weekend tournament media day "I'm -- • With a deep roster, Rose has but said she's looking forwai
which the Lions finish Saturday by not sure I'm look- :ti' , ' several players to choose from to receiving more sets in the att
Much like fans of the Penn State playing Villanova and Campbell ing forward to the ' ' .", ~
-: try and replace setter Alisha Glass "I'm a senior, it's my time
women's volleyball team, coach will provide Rose with the first results of how we =. and outside hitter Megan Hodge step up," Brown said. - I'm loc
Russ Rose is unsure how his play- look at his youthful team, which play, but I'd say both lost to graduation as forward to helping the yoi
ers will perform - well as sophomore outside hitter girls come up and have
in their first Though Penn State enters ward to how they Darcy Dorton, who's out indefi- increased role as well."
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WOMEN'S
match of the sea-
VOLLEYBALL
He may get
some answers
when the Nittany Lions open their
2010 season at 8 tonight against
North Carolina in the Carolina
Spikes
lineup
erupts
in win
By Jake Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The offense has finally broken
out.
College Spikes
The State
scored their
most runs
SPIKES
since July 19
on their way
to their sec-
ond-straight
victory, a 10-1
blowout
State College
against the
Mahoning
Valley
Scrappers at
Eastwood
Field in Niles,
Mahoning Valley
The Spikes (32-33) had been
struggling at the plate for sever
al games. They had not scored
more than four runs in a week,
and had not had six hits in a
game the mark they reached
Thursday night since Aug. 22.
Though they were helped out by
five Mahoning Valley errors and
a few timely walks Thursday,
designated hitter Chase Lyles
said this is just the performance
the Spikes were longing for.
"We needed it bad," Lyles said.
Especially on the offensive side.
We hadn't scored that many runs
in awhile and it felt really good to
put up a big number like that."
The Spikes sent 10 hitters to
the plate and scored six runs in
the eighth inning alone, which
was highlighted by a grand slam
to left field by Lyles. It was his
team-leading sixth home run of
the season, and right fielder Cole
White said it "put the nail in the
coffin."
- It was really exciting," Lyles
said of the six-run eighth inning.
- We hadn't done it in awhile. It
seems like it's been forever since
we had a big inning like that.
Everyone did a really good job of
taking what they gave us."
White added it was refreshing
how easy it felt to score runs
Thursday night after the Spikes
had been struggling to get a
mere one or two runs across in a
game recently.
State College got on the board
in the first inning for the second
consecutive night. The leadoff
hitter, shortstop Drew Maggi,
reached on an error, advanced
two bags to third on a single and
scored on a double play ground
out to give the Spikes a 1-0 lead.
Though the Scrappers (28-38)
tied the contest in the bottom
portion of the inning, it would be
the only runs they would score in
the game.
The Spikes, on the other hand,
kept piling on runs. After scoring
See SPIKES, Page 12.
TH N:LINEUP
SPORTS ON TV
Philadelphia at San Diego
10:05 tonight, CSN
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee
8:10 tonight, FSN
TRIVIA
Q: When was the last time Tiger
Woods led any round in a tournament?
Thursday's answer. The Houston Astros
tonight's match ranked No. 1 in
the AVCA preseason poll, Rose
believes the first few matches
could prove to be shaky for his
squad.
"I'm looking forward to seeing
how we play," Rose said at
A FRESH START
Tiger Woods shoots from a bunker on the 11th hole during the first round of The Barclays golf tournament yesterday at the Ridgewood Country
Club in New Jersey. Woods finished the round with seven birdies, good for a 6-under 65 and a tie atop the leaderboard with fellow American
Vaughn Taylor. The world's top-ranked golfer shot the best round of his season. only two days after finalizing his divorce with his wife.
Niness finds home on back line
By Andrew Robinson
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The story of Carly Niness and Penn State
soccer started with a phone call.
That call would send Nittany Lions coach
Erica Walsh on a three-
hour drive to Berwyn, Pa.,
and led her to a player that
has become one of the
most successful stories of
Walsh's tenure
Niness played several different positions in
her first two seasons, the junior seems to
have found a home on the back line and
continues to improve every day.
"Having grown up in a similar area of
Montgomery County I've got a lot of good
contacts down there and I got a call from a
former coach, Terry Underkoffler," Walsh
said. "He calls me up and goes, 'I have a kid
for you' and when Terry calls, you listen.
He's been around the game forever"
The first time Walsh saw Niness play for
Conestoga High School, Niness was put at
outside wing and the coach was amazed at
how easily Niness ran past opposing play
ers up and down the field. Throughout that
game, Walsh said Niness seemed to only
touch the ball with her head, but "every
thing she touched, it was positive."
A short time later, Walsh had assistant
coach Michael Coll travel to Hershey to
watch Niness in the State championship
QUICK HITS
More soccer coverage
The Penn State men's soccer team has
one final tune-up before the regular season
starts.
The Nittany Lions will travel to Louisville
for a matchup with the Cardinals Saturday
night.
The Lions have also been adjusting to
new head coach Bob Warming. Warming
took over for 22-year head coach Barry
Gorman and led the Lions to a 3-1 exhibi
tion win over Hartwick in his first match at
the helm.
For more about the Lions final exhibition
match and how the team is adapting to its
new coach, go to the Daily Collegian's web
site, psucollegian.com
A reason for
Rose's skepticism
derives from the question of what
the lineup will look like. Rose said
he expects to substitute players in
and out and believes 10-15 players
Bryan Wade Heritage/Collegian
Junior Carly Niness collides with Virginia's
goalie in a 2009 NCAA tournament game.
game, where she recorded the only goals in
a 2-0 win. After that game, Walsh sat down
with Niness and her parents to discuss
playing soccer for Penn State because she
had an offer to run track at the University of
Virginia.
Phillies swept by Astros
Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven sharp
innings, Carlos Lee homered and the
Houston Astros beat the Phillies 5-1
Thursday to complete their first four-game
sweep in Philadelphia in 11 years.
The two-time NL champion Phillies fell
three games behind idle Atlanta in the NL
East and trail San Francisco by a half
game in the wild-card standings.
Rodriguez (10-12) allowed one run and
five hits, striking out six.
The left-hander is 7-2 with a 1.79 ERA
since June 24.
The spoiler Astros got major contribu
tions from three former Phillies pitch
ers Brett Myers and J.A. Happ and All-
Star outfielder Michael Bourn to earn
their first four-game sweep in Philadelphia
since September 1999.
nitely with a torn anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) in her left knee.
Senior co-captain Blair Brown
is one of the experienced Lion
players who's expecting to see an
increased role in the offense on
the outside. She made it clear that
See NINESS, Page 12
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volleyball team. follow the
women's volleyball Twitter:
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Lions hoping for large
turnout at Jeffrey Field
By Alex Angert
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Word has spread yes, even to Facebook.
The women's soccer team wants revenge on
Virginia after being knocked out of the NCAA
Tournament by the Cavaliers last
year, and they want everyone to
see them get it.
All week long the players on the
team have been trying to get the
word out about Friday's game
against the Cavaliers as Penn
State is hoping to have at least
4,500 fans in the stands at Jeffrey
Field
"Everyone that we see we
remind them we have our game on Friday," junior
midfielder Ali Schaefer said. "I'm sure it's every
one's Facebook statuses right now. I think [mine]
says 'Penn State vs. Virginia 7:30 p.m. this Friday
and we're looking for 5,000 fans which means we
need you in the bleachers. We Are.'
The 4,500 fans the team is hoping for would shat
ter the previous Jeffrey Field record of 3,208 for a
game with UCLA in 2006.
For junior Carly Niness, it wouldn't just be the
biggest crowd she has played in front of at Penn
See CROWD, Page 12.
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Pujols a true power hitter
Thursday, St. Louis Cardinals first base
man Albert Pujols belted his 400th career
home run.
There was no cloud of steroid specula
tion, just a true power hitter doing what he
does best for the 400th time in his career.
The slugger's power display over the
past 10 seasons has been a refreshing
reminder that not every player in M.. • -
League Baseball has been accused or ille
gally using performance enhancing drugs
Hopefully, Pujols will be the benefactor
of longevity and pass those other home
run "kings" who have tarnished the name
of the long ball.
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