I Friday Sept. 3, 2010 pikes By Jake Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Remove the first inning and the State College Spikes’ pitching staff pitched well enough to win Thursday night’s = game. SPIKFS Consider the way the Spikes hit with runners in scoring position, however, and that first inning made all the difference. The Spikes struggled to hit with runners in scoring position en Collegian file photo Senior outside hitter Blair Brown serves in a game against Buffalo last season. Brown was an All-American last year and will be looked toward as a leader this season. Lions look toward Brown’s leadership America accolades last season, is the most decorated player on the No. 1 Nittany Lions' squad this year a roster that fea- Eveiyone on the Penn State women’s tures nine freshmen. By Emily Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER volleyball team looks up to Blair Brown. Literally, everyone. ter Fatima Balza admit ted. “I’m a senior, and I look up to her as a role j"S model.' ]/ That's because Brown, a 6-foot-5 outside hitter, whose physical net presence and ON THE powerful swing earned her first-team All- BIOS Men’s soccer team starting on road By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Matheus Braga has heard his coach drive one point home over and over again. The Penn State men s soc- MEN’S cer team has had SOCCER its share of struggles on the road in the past four years, going just 4-20-2. So it makes sense that this sea son’s opening games would be played on the road. This weekend, the Nittany Lions travel to Columbus, Ohio to participate in the Wolstein Classic. Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee 7:05 tonight, myphll7 Pittsburgh vs. Washington 7:05 tonight, FSN Q: Who was the last redshirt freshman QB to start a game for Penn State? Thursday’s answer 2001 lose seventh straight game route to their seventh-straight loss, a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Auburn Doubledays Thursday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Though the ' 1 Spikes (32-40) Auburn managed seven hits, they hit just l-for-8 with run ners in scoring position and left State College 11 runners on base. Both of their two runs were So when Penn State takes on Seton Hall at 7 tonight at Rec Hall kicking off the See BROWN. Page 12. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL After going 2-0 in the presea son, Penn State faces off against Buffalo Friday at 5 p.m. and the College of Charleston at noon on Sunday. For Braga, a senior midfielder from Brazil, and his teammates, the dawn of a new season is something they have been await ing. “We’re real excited, every time we have our first game it’s the See MEN’S SOCCER, Page 12. OTo read a scouting report on Buffalo, check out the Blogging, Kicking and ON THE Screaming blog: BLOG psucollegian.com Sabathia gets 19th win CC Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in Curtis Granderson homered twice and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 Thursday for a four game sweep. Sabathia (19-5) breezed on a steamy afternoon, nicked only by Mark Ellis’ clean single leading off the second. Jonathan Albaladejo completed the combined one hitter in the ninth. Granderson hit a solo homer and a two run shot as a replacement for Nick Swisher, who left after one inning because of a stiff left knee. Jorge Posada also homered a day after being ejected. scored after third baseman Kelson Brown led off the inning with an extra-base hit and came around to score on either a sacri fice fly or a ground ball out. “I think we’re pressing a little bit at the plate, trying to do too much,” Brown said. “We realize that we’ve lost seven in a row and when we are in a close ball game with runners in scoring position, we just try to do too much when really we should be loose and just doing what we do normally.” State College starting pitcher To read scouting reports on this weekend's women’s volleyball opponents, check out the Can You Dig It? blog: psucollegian.com leers coach Scott Balboni looks on during a game against West Virginia last season. Tyler Waldron (4-7, 3.90) entered the game knowing he had pitched two great games earlier in the season against Auburn (34-38). He earned consecutive wins against the Doubledays on July 19 and July 24, pitching five and six innings of shutout ball in those two starts, respectively. Thursday’s first inning was a different story as three doubles and a single off Waldron later, and the Spikes faced an early 3-0 deficit. Though Waldron said he was Royster nearing rushing record By Andrew J. Cassavell COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER By midseason, Evan Royster will likely be in the Penn State history books. The senior running back is 481 yards from passing Curt Warner ■ to become the school’s all time rushing leader, and FOOTBALL barring any injuries, “===== October seems like the best bet. Royster's sight is on Warner’s mark at a program steeped in tradition at tailback a journey the fifth-year senior starts noon Saturday against Youngstown State. While the names and the history aren’t lost on Royster, he sees the record simply as a sidebar to the 2010 season. “It’s not as much a priority as a benefit,” said Royster, who is currently eighth all time with 2,918 rushing yards. “When it happens, it'll be great, but I kind of need to forget about it coming into the season. I need to focus on becoming a better player and making my team better.” Last year, Royster became one of only seven Nittany Lions to record multiple 1,000-yard seasons. He is in the top 10 in many preseason Heisman Trophy leader boards. Royster said the record can’t leave his mind but he will have more Collegian file photo Evan Royster (22) breaks away from tacklers during Penn State’s loss to lowa last sea son. Royster is 481 yards away from becoming Penn State’s all-time leading rusher. USA routs Tunisia With nothing to play for, the United States looked as if it didn’t want to play. Outworked and outhustled, the Americans led winless Tunisia by only four points early in the third quarter before turning the game into a rout over the final 15 minutes of a 92-57 victory Thursday. Eric Gordon scored 21 points for the U.S., which had already clinched first place in its group and was more interested in getting through this one healthy which it didn’t do than earning any style points. “It happens,” center Lamar Odom said. “These teams are pumped up to play against us. You’re not going to always blow a team out in the first three or four minutes of a game.” The U.S. (5-0) next plays on Monday against Angola. frustrated after the first stanza, he said he sat down with pitching coach Mike Steele, who helped him realize the first inning was over and he had to move on. “Now what I have to do is come out and get to five and help my bullpen and keep us in the game,” Waldron said. That was exactly what he did in pitching four scoreless innings of See SPIKES, Page 12. For a story on the Spikes' Kelson Brown | SPORTS, Page 9. time to reflect after the season. At Big Ten Media Days last month, a reporter began a question with, “When you can look back five years from n0w...” “Even 50 years from now it’ll be pretty awesome,” Royster interjected. “It’s excit ing and it’s something that I’m gonna take with me forever." He added it will be “the greatest individ ual achievement of my life,” but he wants “to get it out of the way so I can just get on with the season." Royster won’t be the only one in the backfield making history this year, as Robert Bolden will become the first true freshman to start a season at quarterback in the Joe Patemo era. The two backups at quarterback, sophomores Kevin Newsome and Matt McGloin, should also see time and have a combined 13 passes in their collegiate careers. With the lack of experience under cen ter, Royster said he expects to shoulder more of the burden on offense. “It’s important that I’m ready to take on See ROYSTER. Page 12. Watch The Daily Collegian football writers' Youngstown State preview video: ONLINE psucollegian.com leers prepare to fill roster By Anthony Barton COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Wednesday at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion, more than 40 skaters will be vying for one of 28 Penn State leers roster spots. With returning players and freshman recruits, head coach Scott Balboni knows at least 37 skaters will show up, but he also expects a number of walk-on hopefuls. “I’m trying to get [the players’] best ability out of them over the next two weeks to make sure that we put the best team of 28 guys together,” Balboni said. From last year's team, five seniors graduated while 25 leers return for the tryout, although Balboni said players who were on last year’s team are not necessarily guaranteed a spot on this year’s squad. Sympathize with Morgan It’s common baseball courtesy. Injure a player on the opposing team, and get ready to be plunked next time up. The Marlins took care of Nyjer Morgan Wednesday by hitting him in the fourth. It was appropriate retaliation for Morgan separating catcher Brett Hayes’s shoulder during a collision at the plate Tuesday. So business was taken care of. But when Chris Volstad threw another pitch behind Morgan in the sixth inning of the game Wednesday, he was just chal lenging Morgan to ‘visit’ him at the mound. Morgan may have been labeled the bad guy, for this, but the Marlins could have ended it long before. The Daily Collegian ICERS See ICERS, Page 12.
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