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Royster
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a bigger load just because of the
possibility that we don’t get that
early quarterback play,” Royster
said in early August.
“It’s gonna be important for our
offense to establish a good run
ning game just to give our quar
terbacks confidence.”
But Joe Patemo has some con
cerns about Royster being able to
sustain that run game.
He's a little heavy,” Patemo
said Tuesday.
He's about 220, and I keep
telling him that he’s not going to
have the kind of endurance he
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three-time defending national
champions' 2010 home slate it’ll
be Brown who the Lions will be
counting on to be their go-to-girl.
"For most teams in the country,
the game plan is to just play keep
a way from her,” Villanova coach
Josh Steinbach said. “Anytime
I Penn Slate’s] in trouble, she’s
who they're going to give the ball
to.”
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The tryouts will consist of a
tour-day process beginning
Wednesday night. Balboni said
they will feature on- and off-ice
drills which will give the players a
< ’nance to show off their skills.
There will also be officiated
scrimmages, which Balboni said
gives other players a chance to
shine.
A grinder isn’t going to look
good in skill drills, but he’s going
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best. Braga said. “The two preseason games were good
for us. two wins and we’re good to go now we’re good for
the season.”
The 2010 version of the Lions won’t be the only thing
making a debut Friday. Bob Warming will make his first
regular season appearance as the head coach of the Lions
aft er coming over from Creighton in May.
Warming replaced Bariy Gorman, who manned the
sidelines for 22 seasons as the head coach. Senior mid
fielder Drew Cost said with all the changes going on “it’s
been wild” getting a grasp on the new way of doing things.
But the entire team has bought into Warming’s beliefs
and the coach has praised the senior class all preseason.
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needs unless he loses some
weight. But he knows what’s
going on. And he’s a good back.”
In early August, Royster said
he was trying to lose some of the
extra weight before the season,
but given the extra carries he’ll be
getting, he wanted a way to
absorb some of the blows.
He isn’t nearly as concerned as
Patemo about the weight being
an issue, tweeting Wednesday,
“stop trippin about my weight
people... im 218 pounds... 4 lbs
heavier than a year ago... 4 lbs!!”
Patemo said he is just trying to
get the most out of his record-set
ting running back.
“I think he’s one step away, just
a little bit more intensity away
were swept by the Lions in last
weekend’s Carolina Classic
said Brown’s production will be
especially important to Penn State
this year, as it’s a team missing
some of the marquee players from
the past three seasons.
The 2010 Lions are a team
reshaping its identity, playing for
the first time in four years without
Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass,
who graduated last spring as a
part of the winningest class in
school history.
“Obviously, they lost a lot from
last year,” Seton Hall coach Kris
to look good in the game,” Balboni
said.
“We try to make sure we can see
each player in their role and put
the best kids together for a team.”
Balboni said after the first night,
the coaching staff will try to weed
out where they want to be and get
a core group of 40 guys to return
for the rest of tryouts.
One thing clear for the tryouts is
class standing means nothing.
“Whether it’s a freshman, soph
omore, junior, senior to me is irrel
evant,” Balboni said. “To me we
want to put the best guys on the
from being better,” he said.
Last season, Royster rushed
for 1,169 yards and six touch
downs.
But left tackle Quinn Barham
has few doubts of Royster’s capa
bilities.
Royster may be downplaying
the record, but Barham said help
ing his fellow senior achieve the
mark would be one of the crown
ing achievements of his football
career.
“It’d be an honor,” Barham
said.
“That’s one of the goals this
year is to help him break that
record.”
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Zeiter said. “But they always
seem to have strong replace
ments. And I think players like
Brown set them apart.”
And the new-look Lions need
Brown to be a factor this season.
In 2009, Hodge’s 560 kills
accounted for more than 30 per
cent of Penn State’s offensive pro
duction. Brown, in comparison,
tallied just 347 kills last season,
less than 20 percent.
“This year she has just a differ
ent load to carry’ because we don’t
have the same arsenal of players
or an experienced setter around
ice to put our team together.”
Balboni said some veterans will
not participate during tryouts as
they recover from injuries. One of
those players, junior forward Nick
Seravalli, is expected back in late-
October while recovering from
groin-reconstructive surgery.
New assistant coach Josh Hand
got his first chance to see some of
the team Tuesday night at a team
veteran skate, and is excited to get
the season under way
"It was great to finally see some
of the team play" Hand said. “I
think we brought some good guys
would say it's a big difference,” senior defender Andres
Casais said. “It's a big tradition here, but I think our team
is ready to focus on the future and start a new era here.”
Penn State begins the season ranked No. 16 by College
Soccer News and was slated to finish tied for third in the
Big Ten by the coaches in the preseason.
Getting off to a quick start on the road will be a key focus
for the team this weekend as it looks to build off a 2009 sea
son that marked its first NCAA appearance since 2005.
This year will celebrate 100 years of soccer at Penn
State, but as for the man in his first year of coaching, his
sights are set on the games yet to be played.
“I’m trying to make these guys better every day to chal
lenge them every day ,” Warming said. “It’s good to know
your history but it's more important to know where you
want to go and what you want to be.”
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Spikes
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two hit baseball after the first.
Unfortunately for the Spikes,
though, they would not be able to
recover after falling into an early
deficit
“After the first inning I think
that we outplayed them,” State
College manager Gary Robinson
said.
“We just couldn’t get that big
hit with two outs. And it’s very
frustrating.”
The Spikes begin their final
series of the year at 7:05 tonight,
and it happens to be against their
rival, the Williamsport
her,” coach Russ Rose said. “So
she’s gonna have to adjust and yet
still be efficient.”
According to her teammates,
Brown has been quick to embrace
the challenge.
Balza said she’s already noticed
Brown being more vocal than last
year, especially in practice, where
she’ll instruct her teammates or
offer instructions mid-drill.
Brown, a captain, said it’s some
thing that has just come naturally.
“I think my role has definitely
increased, with the seniors
leaving last year, and well the sen-
“We try to make sure we can see each player in
their role and put the best kids together.”
in, and there’s some good guys work pays off,” Hand said. “The
walking on and there’s obviously a preparation that they did during
lot of talent as far as the return- the summer will hopefully pay off
ers.” in the tryouts and that will carry
Hand said the tryouts are a over into the regular season and
chance for the players to show the into our national championship
coaching staff the work they put in run.”
during toe off season.
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The Daily Collegian
Crosscutters (41-32), toe Single-A
short-season affiliate of the
Philadelphia Phillies.
State College will play two
games at Historic Bowman Field
before finishing the season
Sunday night at home.
Currently, toe Cutters are on
track to qualify for the playoffs by
way of winning the New York-
Penn League’s wild card spot.
“We’re going to go out there
and we’re going to play spoiler,”
Brown said.
“We’re going to play our hard
est. We’ve got nothing to lose at
this point. So just hopefully knock
them out.”
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“...I think players
like Brown set
[Penn State] apart.”
Kris Zeiter
Seton Hall coach
iors leaving every year,” Brown
said.
“So it’s all about just getting the
whole team to work together right
now.”
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