12 I MONDAY, OCT. 4 , 2010 Team performs well By James Nicol COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER It took only one loss before the Penn State women s enms team was able to WOMEN'S find success. TENNIS The Nittany Lions won three of their singles consolation brack ets at the Hokie InvitationaL The tournament took place at Virginia Tech over the weekend and featured 15 college teams and players from 26 different coun tries. Juniors Maria Prishylak and Lions' Jeff Tambroni era begins in fall exhibition game By Mike Still COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For the first time in ten years, Jeff Tambroni oun 1 lime coaching from the MEN'S sidelines in a LACROSSE Cornell red On Sunday, the first-year Penn State men's lacrosse coach took to the field for the first time with his new squad in a scrimmage against the UMBC Retrievers. Mistakes From Page 14 with teams in the second half and not have to kind of panic." However, even if the game plan is installed, defensive coordina tor Tom Bradley said it still comes down to the players mak ing plays and being able to exe cute. "We miss too many tackles. We just gotta wrap up and we run by a couple times," Bradley said. "We schemed it and we run right by the back" Bradley also said, much like Royster's sentiments, his defense is getting better game by game. _ But he added when the team loses, all of a sudden "everything stinks." Though Royster said the offense, which is relying on young or inexperienced players at key positions, has a lot of room for improvement, in time he believes the Lions will be able to resolve their issues. To e-mail reporter: aass22o@psu.edu Last Word From Page 14 the Lions could have ran another play in addition to the field goal attempt if officials had recognized the timeout call. "If I take the timeout, what do we got?" Paterno said. "We're going to kick the field goal any way ... If we called the timeout, we would've had one play just as we had." Day to remember Offense: WR Brett Brackett COLLEGE STUDENT! Get a "B" (or higher grade) in every course! College professor reveals amazing techniques guaranteed to work! For instant details, email dc • •odlife.•r• 1r i..,)kto,lr.ffeSt ] Celebrate with all_your Zeno's Seasonal Favo ri tes A TT) • • . , • /,. , To Bottle Shop Kristen Roth both advanced to the quarterfinals of their flights. Prishlyak competed in the flight C singles bracket. She won her first match to get to the quarterfinals before losing to Kelly Tidwell from Richmond, 6-4, 6-4. Prishylak went on to beat Maria Voscekova of Marshall in the finals of her consolation bracket by a score of 6-4, 7-6(5) and earned fifth place in flight C. Kristen Roth was the last seed in her flight F singles bracket, but that didn't stop her from fighting her way to fifth place before the end of the tournament. Roth won Fbr Tambroni, the scrimmage was a chance to finally see his team in action at game-speed. "I'm glad they were off and run ning because it gives us a good gauge as to where we need to go the rest of the fall," the coach said. No official score was kept dur ing the five-quarter long game, but an unofficial count had the score tied up at 10-10. "It was nice to see someone in a different color," sophomore goalie Dave Baker said. 'And I think everyone was just excited to hit Defense From Page 14 "We work on it all the time," Bradley said. "Every week, everyone on our team has a turnover period. We're empha sizing it. Usually you get what you emphasize." But the Lions haven't gotten it, and some of that can be attributed to a lack of pressure on opposing quarterbacks. In five games three of which came at home against non-BCS conference opponents the Lions have just eight sacks. Quarterback Ricky Stanzi, who was sacked just once by defenders, had all sorts of time to pick apart the Penn Sate sec ondary, and that was never more evident than on lowa's first touchdown drive. On a key third down in Penn State territory, Stanzi had no options at first, but he shuffled his feet and had no one within a few yards, allowing him to stand in the pocket and find Allen Reisner for a first down over the middle. A few moments There weren't many produc tive players on the offensive side of the ball Saturday night. Brackett led the Lions in receiv ing with 63 yards on two catches. His 49-yard reception was the longest play of the day and longest reception of his career. It set up Penn State's only scoring drive. Defense: CB D'Anton Lynn Lynn had nine tackles to lead the Lions. Six of those tackles came in the first half, when the Penn State defense continued its string of giving up early scoring drives. SPORTS in Virginia Tech tournament her first match to advance to the quarterfinals, where Annisha Domenech of Liberty defeated her, 6-3, 6-2. Once in the consolation bracket, Roth battled Casey Dashiell of UNC-Wilmington to a tiebreaker, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0(9) in order to advance. Roth edged Mariana Arana of Richmond, 6-0, 6-4 to take fifth place in the consolation. The pairing of Kristen Roth and Fernanda Perotta highlighted doubles play. The pair competed in flight B of doubles in Blacksburg and advanced further than any other Nittany Lions in tournament play.] someone not wearing blue and white." Tambroni gave everybody on the team playing time against the Retrievers, and the freshman class made the most of that oppor tunity. In goal, freshman Austin Kaut was given the start and had several huge stops throughout the first three quarters. "Austin really stepped up and developed a lot and matured in net," Baker said of Kaut. "He was playing well in practice and I think he really brought his later he threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos after stand ing in the pocket with enough time to check three or four options. To beat a poised quarterback like Stanzi, Bradley said the Lions would've needed much more pressure, but he said there were times when he sent a couple players on a blitz at the same time lowa chose maxi mum protection. "That's seven to block six," Bradley said. "They've got one more than you have. It's just one of those things. Sometimes they guess right and you don't." Lynn wouldn't use play call ing as an excuse. And he said the strong second halves in lowa and Alabama have only made the defense's ineptitude in key situations even more dis appointing. "You saw the way we played in the second half," he said. "It shows we can stop them. So it's frustrating that we didn't." To e-mail reporter: *s23B@psu.edu Day to forget Offense: LT Quinn Barham Barham said Saturday's loss to lowa was a reality check for him. He had to go up against arguably the nation's best defensive end, Adrian Clayborn. The matchup didn't work too well. Clayborn led the Hawkeyes with 10 tackles, three of which were tackles for lost yardage. Defense: LB Bani Gbadyu Gbadyu shared time with true freshman Khairi Fortt on Saturday night. The senior only had two tackles and was pulled r ugp. imm. moo MT MNIM RIM IMI• WM I .. . ',... , CA ' C etteige S N ALL .... ... , .....„„....s ..,.EAT 0 ,000„, MONDAY 70m-lOptiv 0 WA My . / a ONLY $9.99; -- -- Watch the 4 1 ecome a Fan game here! . 8 99 .0 . . n Facebook! . • $ CB 1521 Martin St. IN.P . 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This strong support from the community was great to see, Tambroni said. Knowing how many people care about the team will only fuel the Cassavell From Page 14 He's started games in two of the loudest environments in the country. And he led a crucial 96-yard game-clinching touchdown drive against an intrastate rival that included multiple completions on third down. "I really think he did a good job," senior co-captain Brett Brackett said. "He's a true fresh man quarterback coming into an environment like this, there's not much else you can do." Brackett won't and proba bly shouldn't criticize his quarterback to the media. That doesn't mean he's right when he says there's nothing Bolden could have done differently. Bolden could probably be more in control of the play clock, and he could probably look a lit tle smoother in the pocket when he's facing pressure. That's not to say he's not doing a good job, just that he has flaws. They're flaws he and quarter backs coach Jay Paterno have for extended amounts of time so Fortt could get reps. Did you notice? Glenn Carson substituted in place of starting middle line backer Chris Colasanti and back up Mike Yancich. lowa's Black and Gold Spirit Night was also on full display. Hawkeyes' fans were asked to wear either black or gold depend ing on their section. which led to a striped stadium. Extra point Penn State dropped out of both THE DAILY COLLEGIAN to come back from a tough loss. Giovanna Portoiolli bested Bedard 7-6(4), 6-2, in her first match of the tournament to send her to the consolation bracket. After losing that first game Bedard wouldn't lose another in singles. She strung together wins against Karhia Kedzo of East Tennessee (6-1, 6-3) and Kristin Kopricina of Marshall (6-2, 6-0) to take ninth in her brack et. "For her to win the B singles consolation shows that as a fresh man she's a mature player," Fenwick said. To e-mail reporter: jsnso49@psu.edu Lions to continue improving and play a game that their fans can be proud of. This sense of "family" among the team is something Tambroni has been trying to instill with his team since day one. Seeing the results of their new coach's mentality so far this off season, the Lions are buying into Tambroni's style of coaching. "We're all 100 percent support ive and we're excited to see where he'll take us," Baker said. To e-mail reporter: massB6o@psu.edu probably already pinpointed on film and are working on correct ing. "He kept his composure through the adversity and through the crowd," said senior tackle Quinn Barham, who then offered perhaps the lone critique of Bolden through the season's first month. "We did have prob lems hearing him, but we worked with that ... there's only so much he can do, and then it's up to us to take responsibility." Barham is on the mark with that assessment. Right now, the 0-line and the run game take precedent over switching some small imperfections in Bolden's game. But he's been to Tuscaloosa, he's been to lowa, and he's the most talked about man in Happy Valley. For a quarterback who will likely go on to a brilliant career at Penn State, it's time to stop pretending those imperfec tions don't exist. Andrew J. Cassavell is a senior major ing in journalism and is a Collegian football writer. His email address is ajcs23B@psu.edu. the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Poll after its loss to lowa. The Lions had been ranked in 38 straight AP polls before falling out this week. Quotable Paterno recalling what he said to team physician Wayne Sebastianelli concerning Garry Gilliam's ACL injury: "I said to doc, 'God, can we play one game without losing a football player for the season,' " Paterno said. To e-mail reporter: bjmsl46@psu.edu
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