THE DAILY COLLECR\ Mackenzie Arrnent (tight) fends off an Akron forward during the Lions 2-1 overtime loss to the Zips Wednesday night at Jeffrey Field Hertzog stands up to test By Andruy, Pot;'fisnr. The best -.teeup and play their bez.` 1 ;1 needs thent Corey Her' call WecifiL.sci.,:s In a season h er t , pro ivied his fair share of fit plays and critical moments, liertzhg played his best game of the year in the Nittany Lions 2-1 dhuble o €;1 . 1 na. loss to Akron The a:idol - striker scored his 12;t the fifth minot' play hard the utes he pin . ‘. ct - ; "Corey Khairi Fortt (11) attempts a tackle last week against Illinois Freshman Fortt seeing more time By Andrew J. Cassavell coLLEGAN Kevin Jones was so impressed with Khairi Fortt's performance Saturday, he watched it twice After watching the freshman linebacker re cord 11 tackles in his debut against on tape Jones. Fortis coach at Stamford High School. sent hi s former player a te:t saving. Philadelphia vs Tampa Bay 7 p.m., Versus, CSN Q: Bobby Cox became manager of the Braves in 1990. who was the Braves man ager before co.+ , 6944: over! Wednesday's Allswcrs Tony Fernandez hit .245 as the New `irk Yankees shortstop in 1995. Penn State coach Bob Warming said. "I think Corey's had the weight of the world on his shoul ders in some ways, the pressure of being the goal scorer and every thing else. We've had a couple of good talks. about the pros and ev:Aybody else after him and he just looks like the happy guy that loves soccer again." Hertzog's work wasn't just evi dent on the field. The striker has been a huge promoter of the team and the feu• bleachers were packed with students he and his friends ~ ,ho started the "Jeffrey's Den" jan section asked to come out. It only took five minutes for See HERTZOG. Page 12. -,i;y:i,,T l! , : : - It's only gonna get better" Fortt was one of the few bright spots in Illinois' homecoming thrashing of the Nittany Lions last Saturday. He got his first start because of a pair of injuries and filled in well at weakside line backer. "He looked like he belonged out there," Jones said. "He didn't look like just a lost freshman. From the standpoint of coming Lind being an 18-year-old kid See FORIT. Page 12. Ehner 'Collegian Gonzalez replaces Cox The Braves didn't even wait 48 hours to introduce Bobby Cox's replacement. No need. Fredi Gonzalez was Atlanta's manager-in-waiting almost as soon as Cox announced that 2010 would be his final sea son. In what was nothing more than a formal ity, Gonzalez took over Wednesday as the team's new manager, succeeded the fourth winningest skipper in baseball history Gonzalez said he's not worried about fol lowing in Cox's large footsteps. The Braves' manager since 1990, he led the team to an unprecedented 14 straight division titles and the 1995 World Series championship. Corey Hertzog (1 1.1) controls the ball during Wednesday's loss Teary I looking for improved serving By F Cyan Loy COI LEGIAP STAFF There are 18 0 square feet for a player to land ; volleyball in for a successful set, 7e on the opposing side's court. This FN ist . weekend, the l'` 40. Vv' ONIE N ' s 9 Penn Si'.z . ite 'I OLLEYBALL. women's volli:w ball team sly •). ig gled to find this t area, as 12 serv ice errors hirAd lered its ability to gain momen' cam in a loss at Indiana. Coai Russ Rose and the Nittany ons (13-4, 3-3 Big Ten) know thQ team will need to limit those err e rrs if it wants to win upcoming ma a 'hes. Rugger Henneman thriving By Gre g Fernandez COLLEGIA N STAFF WRITER This time la st year, senior full back Lisa Hen neman was getting acclimated tc ) her new team mates, learnin g a new system a nd trying to learn a WOMEN'S new position. A captain 1. Dr the USA U-: national team, the fly-half had transferred to Penn State from McNeill signs extension Chargers left tackle Marcus McNeill has the long-term deal he sought all along. McNeill agreed Wednesday to a five-year contract extension through 2015. It's believed to be worth $48.5 million, with $24.5 million guaranteed. It took a holdout, a team-imposed sus pension and having his pay slashed for this season to get to this point, but McNeill said i t was worth it. Because this is an uncapped season, I McNeill was a restricted free agent even t hough his original four-year contract E !xpired after last season. When he didn't s ign his $3,168,000, one-year tender by June 1 5, the Chargers reduced the tender to 110 p ercent of his 2009 salary, or $630,000. 1% , lcNeill sat out training camp and the first b wo games before signing the tender. "It doesn't make a difference who you're playing," Rose said. "If you have one ace and 12 errors you shouldn't expect to have success Against Indi ana, the Lions were the better hitting and block ing team statisti cally, but Hose said they gave Rose away a lot of points on their serves. Though the Hoosiers (14-4, 2-4) had seven service errors them selves, they countered those mis takes with seven aces. The loss to the Hoosiers wasn't Bellevue College, a small junior college outside of Seattle, Wash. Henneman was asked to change positions, moving to full back Henneman has performed well thus far in her new role, with her latest achievement coming in the team's last game on Oct. 2 against rival West Chester, where she scored three tries in the 39-8 victory. Ciu • Coach Pete Steinberg said ever since her breakthrough game See HENNEMAN, Page 12. THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 2010 I Lions fall to Zips Brendan Birmingham's out stretched fingertips were inches away. Akron's Michael Nanchoff sent the penalty kick just past the Penn State goalkeeper and just inside the right post, lifting the Zips to a 2-1 victory with min utes remaining the second over- time, their first on the road at Penn State since 1988. After 107 min utes of hard- fought soccer, the Nittany Lions came up just short against No. 1 Akron in front of a packed crowd at Jeffrey Field Wednesday night. "To put out an effort like we did tonight, it's tough to go down that way," sophomore defender Brian Forgue. "We played our hearts out the entire game...the entire game, and were so close. But to drop in the fashion, it hurts." The decisive penalty kick came in the 107th minute when Birmingham came rushing out of the net to stop an advancing Akron forward, Darlington Nagbee. Birmingham got a piece of Nagbee, taking him to the turf and prompting the referee to award the Zips the penalty. Throughout the match, Birmingham kept the Lions alive with vital stops en-route to a career-high six saves. "That was an incredible per formance by him," Fbrgue said of Birmingham. "He doesn't come up with a few of the saves and it's 3-1, 4-1. So I'm very proud him." Wednesday's marathon match was only made longer due to a 30 See ZIPS, Page 12. Kelley King/Collegian the only time Penn State's service game has faulted. For the season, the Lions have 86 service aces, but 116 errors. However, a larger abundance of errors than aces doesn't neces sarily mean the team will strug gle. Last season, the Lions had 173 aces and 242 errors en route to their undefeated, national cham pionship year. Meanwhile, the 2008 championship team which also went undefeated had more than double the amount of service errors (337) as aces (156). Senior libero Alyssa D'Errico who is second in the Big Ten in aces said there's a fine line See SERVING, Page 12. Kelley King/Collegian Henneman (right) eluding danger. Nice moment for Bucs' fans Thousands gathered in Pittsburgh's Oakland section yesterday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bill Mazeroski's leg endary game-winning home run which lift ed the Pirates to victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. The throng congregated around the rem nants of the old Fbrbes Field wall not far from the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning to listen to the game broadcast together, and celebrate the victo ry at exactly 3:36 PM, when Maz's shot became the greatest in the history of base ball on that infamous fall day. Walk off? Game 7? World Series? It doesn't get any better than that By Mike Still COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER MEN'S SOCCER Penn State
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