I FRIDAY, OCT. 8, 2010 • • Women , s soccer begins road trip By Andrew Robinson Lions were celebrating another "Our backs are up sions of both teams are superior. better job of recruiting and putting COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Big Ten title. against the wall. The Lions will face the Wildcats at talent on the field. Going into the But with a better conference and we need to , t, 8 p.m. today in Evanston, M., then trip, the Lions players have To Erica Walsh, it doesn't mat- this season, the ter that this weekend's opponents Nittany Lions get the results 'i k' , lowa City opponent. are lowa and Northwestern, two know they can't WOMEN'S and that's of the ," i. V " The Wildcats are 1-1-1 in the Big "It's always tough playing away, ..., teams Penn State has historically overlook any SOCCER utmost impor- ' Ten, but upset then-No. 3 UCLA especially two games in a row," dominated this is the most opponent and . .. . _ - ____ id. "We're looking to do important road trip of the year. The Penn State women's soccer team enters the weekend with a 1- 1-0 record in the Big Ten, the exact place it was one year ago at this time. At the end of the season, the Sophomore Cornerback Stephon Morris (12) and junior safety Nick Sukay (1) upend Kent State running back Jacquise Terry this season Cousins ready to compete By Andrew J. Cassavell COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Stephon Morris and Travon Bellamy talk almost every day The conversa- FOOTBALL tions between the happen to be starting corner backs at Penn State and Illinois, aren't limited to football. They chat about life, school and girls. In the week leading up to Penn Icers face Drexel in front of home crowd By Greg Garcia COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Junior forward and captain Marek Polidor put it best, saying "lately there has been a lot of buzz around Penn State hock- Penn State added ICERS NCAA Division I men's ey pro women s grams Sept. 17, when alum Terry Pegula donated $BB million, the largest philan thropic act in school history, to help get the project started. Now, the excitement will only grow with the Penn State Icers (2-0) ready to host the Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati 6:07 p.m., TBS Q: How many consecutive 1,000 yard receiving seasons did Randy Moss have to start his NFL career? Thursday's answer. Don Larsen threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series. need two wins to keep them in the running for their 13th straight Big Ten title. "I would think these game will be a lot tougher because there's a lot more on the line," Walsh said. State's clash with the Illini, how- punts. Bellamy will have the Bellamy said. "It's a friendly com ever, those conversations take a responsibility of blocking Morris, petition, but once we get on that lighter note. When Bellamy called a gunner on his side of the forma- field it's gonna be all business." Morris on Monday, he politely let tion. Bellamy, a fifth-year senior, is his younger cousin know his plans Morris, who said he considers three years older than the sopho to block him off the field, past the Bellamy a brother, doesn't know more Morris. The two went to sideline and into the Gatorade how he'll react to lining up across Eleanor Roosevelt High School in coolers on the bench. from his cousin. He said it will be Greenbelt, Md., where Bellamy's "Hopefully we don't have to "spur of the moment" whether senior season coincided with punt," Morris said. "But if we do, he'll talk trash or stay quiet. Morris' freshman year that first play out there, it's gonna Bellamy said he'll be getting all From the start, Bellamy said be a scene." his smack talk in during the week. Morris was like a sponge, con- As two defenders, they will only "We've been going back and stantly asking questions to absorb face each other when Penn State forth trash talking and all that," See MORRIS, Page 12. Drexel Dragons (0-2) Friday night in front of the home crowd for the first time since the announcement. Junior forward Paul Daley said he expects new faces to be in the crowd to come check out the program before it makes the jump to Division I. "We're definitely expecting a big crowd for the game," Daley said. "There has been See ICERS, Page 12. Icers vs. Drexel When: 9 p.m. Where: Greenberg Ice Pavilion Ift..,__l Moss "back home" in Minny To hear Randy Moss tell it, this week's blockbuster trade that moved him from New England to Minnesota didn't just bring him back to the place where he started his NFL career. The headline grabbing move wasn't about Moss simply coming back to a team that traded him five years ago. More important than anything for Moss, and thus for the Vikings, is that the star receiver feels like he is home. "I'm very fortunate to be back home where it all started," said Moss, the West Virginia native who referred to Minnesota as home seven times Thursday. "It's been a hectic last 48 hours." and the players Walsh know that." Now in her fourth year at Penn State, Walsh lowa recorded the best noncon has yet to lose to or draw lowa or ference record at 7-2-1 and Walsh Northwestern, but this year's ver- said both teams have been doing a Warming (right) speaks with a player during a game. Rangers go up 2-0 over Rays Gratified to finally be in the playoffs, Michael Young and the Texas Rangers are making the most of their opportunity. Young hit a three-run homer one pitch after keeping his at-bat alive with a disput ed check-swing, helping C.J. Wilson and the AL West champions beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-0 Thursday for a 2-0 lead in their division series. "I just think that we've had a great men tality these first two games," Young said. "We're not really thinking about some huge, grand picture here. We empty the bank for the game we're playing that day" Texas is the only current major league franchise that's never won a playoff series. After winning consecutive games on the road, that can change with a victory when the series shifts to Texas this weekend. then-N0.19 BYU on Aug. 31 and then-No. 7 Notre Dame on Sept. , 19. Men's soccer taking on MSU Of all the teams Bob Warming will face this year, Michigan State plays his favorite brand of soccer. When the first year Penn State men's soccer head coach leads his team onto Jeffrey Field Sunday afternoon, the challenge will be to overcome a composed, athletic team ranked 18th in the country "I love their composure on the ball, they are not a typical college soccer team where it's all just chasing the ball around and running," Warming said. "They have guys that are very thoughtful and patient on the ball and their backs all try to play. It's a thinking man's game with their team." See MEN'S SOCCER, Page 12. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Nairn sak. ie're looking tt, to what we need to get the wins but I think they will be really competi tive games." Last year, the Lions turned See WOMEN'S SOCCER, Page 12. Ullrich has no regrets By Emily Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For her first week as a Penn State student, Jessica Ullrich lived in a hotel. Her trans er from Purdue WOMEN'S was so last VOLLEYBALL minute Ul!rich got her official acceptance letter just one day before the 2009 spring semester began she didn't have time to work out specifics, such as living arrangements. "Luckily, some soccer girls who had a house let me in for a semester," Ullrich recalled. "They were so welcoming." Soon, her new teammates on the Penn State women's volley ball team let her in, too. And she has never looked back Tonight, the No. 4 Nittany Lions travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for a match against Ullrich's former team. It will be Ullrich's second, and final, time returning to Belin Court in a Lion uniform but the senior doesn't have revenge on her mind. It's been nearly two years since Ulrich, a 5-foot-8 defen sive specialist, transferred from See ULLRICH, Page 12. Amanda August/Collegian Ulrich gets in position vs. SJU. By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER NBA gearing up for 2010 Commissioner David Stern said Thursday that NBA fans will see "some of the greatest basketball ever played." Let's hope he's right. Offseason acquisitions during the sum mer months have spiced up several teams besides the Miami Heat. The Lakers added Steve Blake, the Knicks picked up Amar'e Stoudemire and Raymond Felton, the Celtics brought back Delonte West and added Shaquille O'Neal, the Bulls added Carlos Boozer and the Magic added Chris Duhon. Perhaps it's still too early to get into the NBA, but when'that time comes, don't for get to give the league some love. MEN'S SOCCER
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