14 I Friday, Oct. 1,2010 Women’s rugby From Page 11. the team does to bond on these trips. Steinberg is willing to let his players have their fun on the bus, but when the team arrives at West Chester, he expects the atmos phere to be all business. “We have been working on hit ting and driving their players to the ground,” Steinberg said. “We are also focusing on attacking quickly to not let their defense get set up.” This weekend’s matchup means more to Penn State than a conference win this match is a battle for supremacy in Pennsylvania. sSteinberg said Philadelphia is a huge recruiting pool for high school rugby players. To e-mail reporter: bmgso94@psu.edu Shifflett From Page 11. daughter was when the current “And she still is, which is good junior was about 8 years old. A because you definitely need that if high school player accidentally you’re going to deal with Mr. tossed a ball Megan’s way. Instead Rose.” of backing away, the elementary Megan said at practices, Rose schooler turned what Susan compares the mother and daugh describes as a “perfect pass” back ter all the time. They have the over the net. same bubbly demeanor and Then she proceeded to slide happy-go-lucky outlook, across the floor. They also remain close. “It was kind of like a cartoon Every Friday night before a moment,” Susan said. “After the Lions’ home game, Susan cuts her Men’s soccer From Page 11 In nine games this season, Saad has seven goals, and tallied all three of Michigan’s goals in the team’s 3-2 overtime win over Kentucky Sept. 22. Hertzog leads Penn State with nine goals and four assists and leads the country with 22 total points. Senior defender Andres Casais said practicing against Hertzog has helped the team prepare for CfonTl the ball 99 times through four Idfl/il games, he’s completed 66 percent F p 11 of his passes and is becoming a l-rom rage li. f oca l point for opposing defenses, and they know how to coach him. “When you see him start to take That’s a tough combination.” command of his offense and get The most glaring turnaround in things going, as a defense you’ve Stanzi’s play this year has come got to realize that he’s not out from his ability to read defenses there for fun and games,” defen better, which has resulted in the sive tackle Ollie Ogbu said. “He’s senior throwing just one intercep- out there to prove a point.” tion. Entering Saturday’s game, Ogbu noted Stanzi’s poise as an Stanzi has just one interception to attribute that stood out when he go with his nine touchdowns and watched the 6-foot-4-inch field 999 passing yards. general on film. Ogbu said the con- For a quarterback who’s thrown fidence Stanzi has in his play this Padres on verge of elimination after loss Bemie Wilson ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SAN DIEGO - Brad Snyder hit an RBI single off Heath Bell with one out in the ninth inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to 1-0 v- -• Jubs to a . j win over San Diego MLB on Thursday, =■■ pushing the Padres to the cusp of elimina tion from the playoff race. The loss reduced San Francisco’s magic number w for clinching the San Diego NL West to one and idle Atlanta’s magic number for clinching the NL wild card to two. The Padres trail San Francisco initial gasp to see if she was OK, everyone just laughed. And I think *that just shows how tough she was.” Saad, but Casais is impressed by what he's seen of the freshman on film. “He’s a very mobile and dynam ic player, he likes to get into space and he works well the other for ward,” Casais said. “He’s a good kid, he’s having a good season but we’re going to come up there, hope for the best and always have him on lockdown, not letting him get space and know where he is.” Containing Saad isn’t the only challenge the Lions will face in Ann Arbor. Penn State enters the game at "1 ts » te | gaV** I Viu»« ts ' 1 1 P ! 1 More than 3/4 | of students SPORTS by three games going into the final three-game series at San Francisco. It’s the first time the Padres have trailed by three games since April 17. The Padres are two games behind Atlanta, which closes with a home series against the NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies. San Diego, which started the season with the second-lowest payroll in the majors, led the divi sion for much of the summer until staggering down the stretch. The Padres have lost 22 of 34 games since Aug. 25, when they were 76- 49 and had a 6‘ 2-game lead over the Giants in the NL West. Aramis Ramirez started the Cubs’ ninth with a broken-bat sin gle to right-center off Bell (6-1) and was replaced by pinch-run ner Darwin Barney. Xavier Nady laid down a sacrifice bunt and scored on Snyder's single to left. Chicago high school practices early by 30 minutes so she can watch her daughter play. She said there was nothing cool er than watching Megan play in a Lion uniform for the first time. Megan agrees. “It was always a dream in the back of my mind to play here, but it was something that I wasn’t sure was always possible for me,” Megan said. “But now that I’m here, I’m just trying to make the most of it." To e-mail reporter: exkso49@psu.edu 6-2, but has yet to lose a game or allow a goal away from Jeffrey Field. The Lions have developed a quick-strike mentality and Warming said this team is one of the fastest at creating chances he’s ever coached. “We've had an unbelievable number of chances and I’m not sure we’re going to be able to do that exactly on the road at Michigan," Warming said. “But we’ll give it a shot and see if we can press them a little bit early, too.” year probably comes from simply having more game experience. With Stanzi now in his third year as the starter, Ogbu and the rest of the Penn State defense know what the quarterback is capable of doing when he’s outside the pock et. Getting a consistent pass rush and not over pursuing Stanzi is something defensive end Pete Massaro said has been stressed to the defensive line. The defense worked on adjusting its rushing lanes to ensure Stanzi won’t be able to showcase his mobility and ■ Patagonia NORTHM facel,b »<eEN| Columbia *4? Spoi l swear( ompanv Mo-Th 9:3oam-B:3opm, Fr 9:3oam-9pm, Sa 9am-Bpm, Su 10am-6pm appoutdoors.com 123 South Allen Street State College, Pennsylvania 16801 San Diego had only three hits. It was the second time in the four game series that San Diego lost 1-0. The Cubs took three of four. Sean Marshall (7-5) got two outs in the eighth for toe win. Carlos Marmol pitched a perfect ninth for his 37th save in 42 chances. San Diego’s Jon Garland held San Diego to four hits in 6 1-3 scoreless innings, struck out eight and walked one. Chicago’s Tom Gorzelanny allowed three hits in six scoreless innings, walked four and struck out three. Until the ninth, Chicago’s best scoring chance was in toe sixth, when Blake DeWitt hit a leadoff double just inside toe right-field line and took third on Marlon Byrd’s fly ball to center. Garland struck out Ramirez to end toe threat. San Diego’s David Eckstein Women’s Volleyball From Page 11. Quilico said it’s much more fun playing at Rec Hall, especially against conference foes. She hopes the atmosphere helps toe team perform like it did on Sunday at Wisconsin. The Lions bounced back from their loss with a lopsided sweep of the Badgers. Michigan athletic teams use Adidas equipment, meaning Sunday’s game will feature toe infamous Jabulani soccer ball. During this summer’s World Cup, the Jabulani drew plenty of criti cism for the way it curved and bent in odd directions while in flight. Prior to last week’s game, toe Lions acquired some Jabulani balls from Indiana, also an Adidas school, in exchange for some Nike balls and used them in practice this week “That ball flies, it really does,” to help improve toe chances that he makes a bad throw, Massaro said. If the Lions’ front four can’t get after Stanzi, toe secondary is well aware of the quarterback’s improved play. “He makes good throws espe cially when he has a lot of time,” safety Drew Astorino said. “And his offensive line gives him a lot of time. One thing you can’t do is give him a lot of time because then he can pick apart a secondary.” And that’s where Patemo’s hop ing the player who’s carrying toe We have the best winter gear to keep you warm anywhere. ♦ appalachian outdoors - " 1974 The Daily Collegian reached third with two outs in toe sixth but was stranded. He and Miguel Tejada drew consecutive walks. Adrian Gonzalez grounded into a double play that moved Eckstein to third before Ryan Ludwick fifed out. Notes: The game started after a 22-minute rain delay, toe second of toe season at Petco Park The first was April 21 against the Giants, lasting 18 minutes. The Padres have had one rainout in Petco Park’s seven-year history, on April 4, 2006, against the Giants. There have been only 16 rainouts in San Diego history, and only two since 1990.... The crowd of 28,576 gave the Padres a final home attendance of 2,131,774. ... The Cubs have surrendered three or fewer runs in 13 straight road games dating to Sept. 10, the longest streak by the franchise since 1920. “The home crowd is always easy, more relaxed,” Quilico said. “Also, it gives you more confi dence being at home. I think that will be something that will show and we can have a match like Wisconsin if not better.” Michigan State coach Cathy George said there is always a lot of energy inside Rec Hall. “They’ve carried a big home court advantage over the last three years,” the Spartans' coach said. To e-mail reporter: jyksl42@psu.edu Casais said. “For us in the back we have to be careful of those long balls we think are going to come up short and just take a couple steps back further.” While the defenders have to adjust to the ball, Casais said it gives toe dangerous Hertzog one more tool to use. “Corey, he’s told me he likes that ball,” Casais said. “He can hit it and that ball sometimes moves, it really does.” To e-mail reporter: adrso79@psu.edu Hawkeyes will return to his previ ous form. Patemo looked down through his thick glasses and let out a laugh when asked to talk about Stanzi’s transformation at quar terback “He’s turned out to be one of the better quarterbacks in the coun try,” Patemo said. “He’s a good leader and he’s got guts and he takes a lot of chances. I like toe kid, I think he’s a heck of a player.” To e-mail reporter: aass22o@psu.edu
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