SPORTS 8 I Thursday, Sept. 30,2010 The Daily Collegian Recruit commits to Penn State By Jake Kaplan weekends ago, Travis decided to ward and a three-star recruit. COLLEGIAN STAFF writer cancel his visit to lowa and com- Hallman used phrases such as mit to the Penn State men’s has- “high-flying” and a “highlight | This weekend, Ross Tfavis was ketball team. Travis, who broke reel” when describing the versa scheduled to make an official the news to the team with a phone tile Travis, who Hallman said aver recruiting visit with the lowa call to sophomore point guard Tim aged about 12 points and 8.5 men’s basketball Frazier late Saturday night, is the rebounds per game during his jun tpam fourth verbal commitment the ior season. In lowa City, he Nittany Lions have received for “He can handle it. He can create would have met the class of 2011. for others and he can create for with the “The first word out of his mouth himself off the dribble,” said Hawkeyes and when I asked him how [his Penn Hallman, adding Travis typically IBpBBBBBHHH. ironically enough, attended the State visit] went, the first word defended the opponent’s best MM|— - - 3/, ,_ m m lowa-Penn State footbaU game was -awesome,' ” said Dana scorer. “But the biggest thing that I V Saturday night at Kinnick Hallman, TY-avis'coach at Chaska attracts college coaches is hisath- >, “ M”, ■ Stadium. High School in Chaska, Minn. leticism.” ’ S- —™ ESP*” But not anymore. After visiting Happy Valley two Corey Hertzog (11) controls the ball near the sideline during Penn State’s 4-3 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) Wednesday. Hertzog had one goal Late goals lead By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The ball lofted off Matheus Braga’s foot and drifted towards the waiting arms of St. Francis (Pa.) goalkeep er Daniel Valcicak. However, the head of Mackenzie Arment, who was falling backwards into the net, struck the ball and placed it securely in the corner of the O oal. It might have taken nearly 82 minutes, but the Penn State men’s soccer team finally regained the lead. It was that kind of night for the Nittany Lions. Tyier sizemore/coiiegian state front line and punter away from Fera this sea mn. The “We’ve put a lot more empha- Anthony Fera punts against Kent State. Anthony Fera. coaching staff changed the for- sis on it,” said Joe Patemo about SPOff Pittsburgh at Rorida 7:10 p.m., FSN NCAA FOOTBALL Oklahoma State vs Texas A&M 7:30 p.m., ESPN TRIVIA Q: Who won the first World Series? Wednesday’s Answer 1976 JSPN's Scouts, Inc. lists Travis as a 6-foot-7, 195-pound small for- “We should have put them away and it’s just a truism of soccer that if you don't put a team away, something’s going to happen," Penn State coach Bob Warming said. “They'll get some momen tum and some belief and that's what they did. To their credit they kept walking through the fire here and battling away all the way to the end." Penn State fended off a scrappy Red Flash team in a 4-3 win Wednesday night at Jeffrey Field. Despite putting 24 shots on goal, the Lions had to fight their way back twice just to tie the game. The Red Flash only had three shots on goal, but made the most of them, putting each attempt away. •m-is (Pa.j It didn't take the Lions long too find the net. Sophomore defender Brian Forgue intercepted a pass deep in his own end and took off down a wide lane on the left side See SOCCER, Page 10. Blocked punt spurs formation change But just as Emery Etter snaps mation, in part, because of the ball, Stankiewitch pivots and Adrian Claybom’s blocked punt puts his back to the sideline. The last season. The lowa defensive Unordinarv may best define move allows the ball to fly in end barreled. through Penn Matt Stankiewitch’s move on between Troutman and Still and State safety Nick Sukay who Penn State punts. to the awaiting hands of Ftera, was listed 75 pounds lighter and The redshirt : who punts the ball away as two inches smaller than sophomore .-. „,. Stankiewitch shifts back to Claybom last season —to give lines up shoul- block. the Hawkeyes a one-point lead der to shoulder The odd and newly improved in the fourth quarter, with Johnnie Troutman and punt formation is effective and The Hawkeyes never looked Devon Still in between the Penn has kept potential punt jlockers back. By Brendan Monahan COLLFGIAN STAFF WRITER QUICK HITS Beltran done for Season Carlos Beltran’s abbreviated season is over after an MRI showed he has mild inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee. Beltran left the New York Mets’ game against Milwaukee on Tuesday night and had the test Wednesday. Wearing a Mets uniform in between games of a doublehead er Wednesday, the All-Star Center explained that the news was actually good. “The doctor at the Hospital for Special Surgery said the bone bruise, everything, looks better than in past MRIs,” Beltran said. “I’m happy for that part. The part that I’m not happy about is just that I wanted to finish the season playing.” Travis, who aside from lowa See RECRUIT, Page 10. to victory Goalie wins first career start By Dan Norton FOR THE COLLEGIAN Less than two hours before gametime, Penn State’s backup keeper Brendan Birmingham got the nod from coach Bob Warming to start against the St. Francis Red Flash. It was Birmingham’s first start of the year for the Nittany Lions. •'I was just trying to step up,” Birmingham said. “[And] do my best for the team. Seeing how well Birmingham had been playing throughout the week in practice, Warming decid ed to give the redshirt freshman the start. Birmingham didn’t see much action in the first half of the game. In fact, he didn’t see a shot on goal until 10 minutes in, but that was all it took to get St. Wizards owner fined Washington Wizards majority owner Ted Leonsis told local business leaders Wednesday that he expects the NBA soon will have a hard salary cap similar to the NHLs model. NBA commissioner David Stem said that’s not necessarily true and warned Leonsis could be punished for discussing private league business. The NBA later announced it had fined Leonsis $lOO,OOO for “unauthorized public comments regarding the league’s collective bargaining negotia tions.” “We’re negotiating and that was one of our negotiating points,” Stem told The Associated Press before the fine was announced, “but collective bargaining is a negotiating process, and that was not something that Ted was authorized to say.” Courtesy of Ross Travis Ross Travis (43) dunks during a game for Chaska High School. Birmingham (left) makes a save Francis (Pa.) on the board. Red Flash forward Patrick Fleming took a free kick from See GOALIE, Page 10. Niness filling in void By Alex Angert COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For 160 minutes, junior Carly Niness sat on the sidelines and waited for her chance to play again. Starting the first five games of the season at a new posi tion Niness was suddenly out of the lineup as the Lions traveled to the Pacific .North west the week end of Sept. 10 to take on Washington and Niness Portland. That is until one of her best friends went down for the regu lar season. With 20 minutes left in a game against No. 4 Portland, one of Penn State’s top players, Lexi Marton, collided with an oppos ing player and tore part of her medial collateral ligament (MCL). With Marton being carted off the field, it was Niness who was called upon to take over and replace the 5-foot-ll anchor of the Penn State backline. And as soon as her coaches told her she would be going in, a wave of emotions consumed the junior. “I saw her and she said, ‘Carly, See NINESS, Page 10. Replacing Marton’s minutes 120 Q £ 80 2 * 60 = 40 n flj > <o to \ <t> O) o $ 3 S 3 $ S <J <J <? Source- gOPSjSW-S ■-O"'- More coverage on the women’s soccer. | SPORTS, Page 12. special teams. “I felt we lost two ball games last year because we didn’t do as good a job as we could have in a special team area.” Because Pfera takes a longer time to punt the ball, Patemo said the Nittany Lions added two more personal protectors, the players designated to stand behind the line and block intrud ing opponents hying to disrupt the punter. Last season, Jeremy See CHANGE, Page 10. OUR THOUGHTS TCU not fit for Big East The Big East is looking to expand, and rumors are floating around that the con ference is looking at TCU as a potential new member. That bears repeating: the Big East is looking to add a school in Texas. While TCU has certainty blossomed into a top- tier football program, the Homed Frogs do not belong anywhere near the Big East. Perhaps TCU needs to move out of the Mountain West to earn more respect (and more money), but a move to the Big East would make no sense geographically speaking. And as it stands right now, the Big East isn’t much better than the MWC anyway.
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