12 I FRIDAY, Ocr. 8, 2010 Morris From Page 10 as much football knowledge as he could. Bellamy tried to lead by example with hard work in the offseason and by not taking plays off in practice. "I knew he was a special play er," Bellamy said. "I knew his time was gonna come eventually, so I just wanted to get him prepared once the time came." Morris got the message. "That's one of the hardest work- Ullrich From Page 10 the Boilermakers' program. She declined to elaborate on exactly why she left, simply citing "per sonal reasons." "The school was just not right for me, and those things happen," Ulrich said. "I needed to make a change for me, and luckily that landed me at Penn State." Ullrich said she couldn't be hap pier with the way things worked out at Penn State. She loves her teammates, the school and the program. So when the Lions square off against the Boilermakers tonight, she's view ing it as just another match Men's soccer From Page 10 Last year, the Nittany Lions grinded out a 1-0 win over the Spartans in East Lansing by way of a 10th minute Mateus Braga goal. Penn State also played the last 38 minutes of the game with 10 men after defender Mark Fetrow drew two yellow cards. That game sent a message to the conference that Penn State soccer was back. Sophomore defender Brian Fbrgue said last year's win set the tone for the rest of the season and he thinks this Icers From Page 10 more interest in Penn State lately and were excited." Playing in front of the home crowd is something Daley has been anticipating for some time now. "I've missed this feeling since the summer," he said. "Playing at home is that much better and we want to win for us and them." After sweeping the Pittsburgh Panthers on the road, the Icers have been prac ticing different techniques and strategies to help better pre- Order Food Online @ THE PAPER PLATE DINING GUIDE PSUCOLLEGIAN.COM ing kids I've ever seen," the Penn State cornerback said. "He just showed me the way. I was a fresh man coming in. I saw how com mitted he was, and his effort, and I said, 'OK, this is what I need to start doing.' " Morris and Bellamy weren't the only two family members in the Eleanor Roosevelt defensive hud dle. Their cousin, Bedell Spinks, who played four seasons of bas ketball at Marymount University, was a senior linebacker on the team. He called the three, "a family of between two good squads And she can't wait. "I'm excited to play a good team and Purdue's a great team," Ullrich said. "Of course it's going to be nice to see some old friends, but I'm not worried about showing them up or this and that. I'm just excited to play." The feeling is mutual. Purdue coach Dave Shondelll also declined to comment on the specifics of Ullrich's departure. What he did talk about, though, was fond memories he had about the outgoing Illinois native, who played in 61 matches over her two years at Purdue. Shondell, who described his for mer player as "just a wonderful girl to have in the gym," said year's contest could have similar results. "They're always a good oppe nent always top 10 or 20 in the country and we're sure not going to take them lightly," Fbrgue said. "We're going to come in focused, off a good win [Wednesday] night and yeah, I think it has the poten tial to have the same effect it did last year" lb overcome the Spartans' com posure, Warming said his team will have to apply constant pres sure and stay close to Michigan State's players. But overcoming Michigan State's style of play isn't the only challenge. pare them for Friday night's contest. "We've been working on our penalty kill and forecheck sys tem," Daley said. "The break out is crucial and we can't afford to turn the puck over." Polidor agreed with his team mate saying the team's forecheck is not where the play ers would like it to be. He also expects a stronger all-around effort from his team. Against the Panthers, the Icers were particularly strong on the powerplay, as the team went 3-for-7. The kers also lim ited their opponent to only one goal on 11 chances with the man-advantage. „rs opia= ) •—•'"-' 4 t Stay up to date . ~ on deadlines ' 4 ‘ 1 and promotions! wwwtwittercom mycollegianad SPORTS athletes," and said he isn't sure whether he'll don his Illinois jack et or one of his many Penn State shirts when he attends the game, which kicks off at noon Saturday. He just wants a defensive strug gle. "I'm gonna be rooting for both my relatives, but I have no idea what I'm gonna wear," Spinks said. "That might depend ,on where I'm sitting." Spinks and Bellamy both raved about how much Morris has matured since he stepped on the Ullrich was often the first one at practice and last one to leave. He said the two talked briefly last season when Purdue traveled to Rec Hall. But there were no hard feelings, Shondell said. Sometimes things just don't go according to plan. "For a little while right after she graduated, we were still trying to develop some new players as her replacement, so that was hard," Shondell said. "But Purdue has always been strong with ball con trol players so her departure has n't really affected us too negative ly. I just hope it has affected her positively." According to the Penn State coaches, players and Ullrich her self, it has. Spartans goalkeeper Avery Steinlage led the NCAA in save percentage last year and also owns the national record for con secutive shutout minutes. Warming said while Steinlage isn't a prototypical goalkeeper, the Spartan reminds him of Mike Gabb, a goalkeeper from Warming's days at Creighton. "He went to two Final Fours. [Steinlage] is a heavier guy like him, not super-fast but very pow erful," Warming said. "He's got just great, great soft hands. I real ly like him." Senior midfielder Mathews Braga said last year's Michigan Coach Scott Balboni was not worried about who the oppo nent was, but more about exe cuting the team's systems. "Drexel will be much like everyone in the first semester," Balboni said. "We're going to be working on our systems and our game play. We want to get ourselves better and better, regardless of who we're facing." Fbr Polidor, the game plan is simple. "We are expecting Drexel to come out hard," he said, "and if we come out even harder than we should be fine." To e-mail reporter: gjgso44@psu.edu j At+~v -- -.41w field as , ch , A - )1 freshman. He said the three had friendly competitions during drills that alwav,l I:t motivaicd. - WC Werf.' %. - ii'.lLi: , ... i'Ompeting hard in practice. - Spinks said. "Stephon get bullied armind as a fresni. hill ;-1. , . , .. , 1..-r, -- , se- he's rea;.i:: :liavin,,, I NIG— , a pk - ~,, - T:A!';:: th- - , , ,€‘*.i c•xample al ±ci carne before ;4ainst a rival, when at eorner:; cal position the package. Spinks and Bellamy spoke with Ullrich. who was recruited by the Lions back in high school, said within the first month with her new team she felt as if everyone welcomed her and took her in "with volleyball, and also on a friendship ley. el.. It helped that Ullrich was already familiar ',Ott the coaching staff and some o the players. She played club veileyball in high school With I ~ e Lions' All- American hitter, Arielle Wilson. who Ullrich had actu ally encour%[lcl ner to come to Penn State irom [he beginning. Ulrich die have to adjust to becoming a ilitc! . erit type of play er. 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OLDSTATE.COM OLD STATE CLOTHING THE DAILY COLLEGIAN him during stretches and said, "Don't blow the game." Morris said he hasn't felt more pressure in a football game in his de, and. ne. he said, he didn't blow it. Now he, Bellamy and Spinks all 701 - (' aim one big happy fami "We were all 6100 d. swe, t tears getting ready We were ai going out there playing for each other We have a lot of memories -- memories I'll never forget." To e-mail reporter: ajcs23B@psu.edu player. playing in 12 sets so far this season, mainly as a serving spe cialist. 'Jess is a really hard worker," coach Russ Rose said. "She has a good serve and is a terrific team mate, and I think that's her great est strength." Senior Fatima Balza said Ulrich is one of the players who brings the most energy to the team. -. Especially this week." Balza said. "She doesn't even have to tell us how excited she is for Purdue, it just shows. You can tell she is pumped. All week in practice she's been smiling." To e-mail rep6rter exkso49@psu.edu Warming added it provides a great measuring stick to where his team After an 0-2 start in the Big Ten :end two games he felt his team let slip away Warming takes on extra importance leading up the match orte adrso79@psu.edu ifran is t. year but ultimately this is r. brand new season," junior midfield er Seliaefi• said. - Every team in the Big Ten will have a loss, and wt just had ours so what that means ii-. we have to finish it out with Ws.- While they have confidence from year ago, the players know they can's. rely on history to shape their future "We're a completely different team from last year, - Nairn said. - We lost seven great seniors and you can never replace that class but we're building and we're learning from each other. We're pretty young so we're just doing what's in our power and that's taking care of Northwestern and lowa.- To e-mail reporter: adrso79@psu.edu - *a. 814-234-1415
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