I Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010
Saad
to miss
senes
By Greg Garcia
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
After undergoing further tests
from team doctors, leers for
ward George Saad will not
to face Liberty
for a two-game ICERS
series starting
Thursday.
The sopho
more had his
knee drained
during Mon
day’s practice,
which eventual-
ly led to the deci-
Saad Saad
the
missed
leers’ (6-1) past two games while
nursing a bone bruise above his
right knee after getting hit with
the puck the same knee that
required surgery after last sea
son.
Saad was expected to play
Thursday after the initial
results, but Monday's tests
proved otherwise.
Junior forward Paul Daley
described his teammate as
resilient and said he has show
cased his strong work ethic in
recovering from both injuries.
“He rebounded from his last
injury and that showed the team
how hard he was working,"
Daley said. “Unfortunately, this
is a minor setback but we know
he's working hard to get back."
After a lackluster perform
ance against No. 6 Ohio, Penn
State was hoping to get one of its
highest point producers back on
the ice. Balboni questioned the
leers’ physical play, which even
tually led to a series split with
the Bobcats.
Balboni said Saad serves as
the team’s spark plug. When he
enters the game, he makes plays
on both sides of the puck.
“He brings a great intensity to
the game and that was some
thing we were missing over the
weekend," Balboni said. “We
could’ve benefited from having
him in the lineup.”
The leers will continue to take
the ice without Saad for at least
See SAAD. Page 10.
Cappelletti set for return
By Lauren Henderson
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Thirty-seven years after win
ning the only Heisman TVophy in
Penn State history, John
Cappelletti finds
the amount of
national atten- FOOTBALL
tion he still gets r ™
interesting.
Cappelletti will be coming back
to his alma mater this weekend
for the Penn State-Michigan
game.
His No. 1 reason for coming
back is to see his parents and
bring them to a game. He said it’s
a good feeling to come back and
still see Patemo coaching.
Cappelletti was named No. 16
on the Big Ten icon list as part of
the Big Ten Network’s series,
which aired Oct. 12.
The Big Ten Network made a
life-size bobblehead of one athlete
from each of the 11 schools
involved in the new Big Ten Icon
series.
When asked what he thought
about his high ranking, he said it
was an honor.
“We didn’t even play in the Big
Ten when I played and we only
played like two Big Ten teams,"
Cappelletti said in a telephone
interview last Thursday, “one
SPORTS ON I v
Miami at Boston
7:30 p.m., TNT
Houston at Los Angeles Lakers
10:30 p.m., TNT
Q: Which NBA team has the highest
payroll for the 2010-11 season?
Monday’s answer Deltha O’Neal in 2001
reshman running back Silas Redd (25) fights through Illinois tacklers earlier this season
Redd helping backfield
By Audrey Snyder
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
There is something about Silas back sometimes is moving so fast
Redd's abilities that his team- he loses his balance and stum
mates can t quite pinpoint. bles his way through the second
level of defenders.
“Silas is electric,” right tackle
Chima Okoli said. “I call him the
busting through
the defensive
line during prac- ——•••• roadrunner because his feet into the offense.
tices or in move too fast for his body some- Evan Royster and Green are
games. Stephfon Green said one times. He’s definitely a dynamic ahead of him on the depth chart,
thing is clear: The true freshman back and somebody who’s gonna meaning there might be a
“has that it factor." make a difference." See REDD. Page 10.
An 8-foot bobblehead from March
maybe my junior year and one my
senior year."
Cappelletti is the fifth Penn
State player to join the icon list,
along with football players Jack
Ham, Curt Warner and LaVar
Arrington and women's volleyball
player Megan Hodge.
In the episode. Paterno called
Cappelletti "an outstanding foot
ball player, a great guy to coach
and a great asset to his family,"
according to a press release from
the Big Ten Network.
Cappelletti said he and his
Fencers make season debut
The two-time defending NCAA champion
Penn State Fencing Team hosted the
Nittany Lion Cup Open and PSU Junior
Championship this past weekend, with both
the men’s and women’s team performing
well in their first competition of the 2010-
2011 season.
In the women’s epee, Margherita Guzzi
took first place with Alyssa Vongries taking
second and Kyra Swick and Anne
Stephenson tying for third. Samuel Larsen
took first in the mixed epee followed by
Guzzi in second and Vernon O'Garra.tied
for third.
The teams will compete again in two
weeks in the Temple Open in Philadelphia
With his legs churning as he After reeling off three runs of
carries the ball in an attempt to 17-plus yards during the
gain extra yardage, the running Minnesota game, Redd's big-play
FOOTBALL
coach got along pretty well. He
had a good relationship with
Paterno on and off the field.
Especially when he won the
Heisman Trophy, it really devel
oped their good relationship.
Cappelletti's touching Heisman
Trophy acceptance speech in 1073
is one of the most memorable in
college sports. In his speech, he
dedicated his award to his
younger brother, Joey, who ended
up passing away after a battle
with leukemia. His speech was
turned into a book and then a
movie called “Something for
Joey”.
When asked if he thought there
were any differences between his
former head coach then and
Paterno now, he said that life
changes everybody, and back
then he was trying to prove him
self as a coach, but now “I doubt
there is any coaching differ-
ences."
Cappelletti said the Big Ten
conference has grown in popular
ity and was surprised he was
receiving as much Big Ten atten
tion with the new series.
But, he understands Nittany
Lion fans appreciate his efforts in
helping the Nittany Lions to a 12-
0 season the year he won the
Heisman, “it’s a special feeling for
a lot of people,” Cappelletti said.
capability continued to impress
his teammates and his coaches.
With nine carries for 71 yards
that helped spark the run game
in the fourth quarter, the Lions
look to continue working Redd
Talor Battle (middle) poses on media day with his fellow seniors.
Battle ready to win
It's no surprise where Talor
Battle sat for the 2010-11 men's
basketball team
photo on media
dav. MEN'S
BASKETBALL
With a basket
ball on his lap
and a smile
stretching across his face. Battle
found his seat smack dab front
and center.
Safe to say, the guard is no
stranger to the spotlight.
And with the school’s 55-year
old scoring record within sight,
this season should be no differ
ent.
Yankees fire pitching coach
Pitching coach Dave Eiland has been
fired by the New York Yankees, the first
move in what should be a busy offseason in
the Bronx after a disappointing loss in the
American League championship series.
General manager Brian Cashman would
not divulge a reason for letting Eiland go
after his third year as the team’s pitching
coach.
Cashman says the decision was his and
the reason is private. He insisted Monday
that it had nothing to do with the Yankees’
poor performance against the Texas
Rangers in the ALCS.
Eiland was away from the team from
June 4 through June 29 to deal with a per
sonal matter.
Cashman’s next order of business will be
to re-sign manager Joe Girardi.
Andrew Dimheimei.'Collegian
By Alex Angert
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Pryor off the mark
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Piyor
told the Columbus Dispatch this weekend
that “Everybody knows that if we play nine
out of 10 times, we’d beat Wisconsin.”
Pryor, of course, is referring to the
Buckeyes’ 31-18 loss in Madison last
Saturday, in which the junior was 14-28 for
156 yards and an interception.
Pryor can keep thinking that, but to the
rest of the college football world, it’s pretty
clear the Buckeyes weren’t the better
team, and still may not be.
Wisconsin dominated Ohio State in
eveiy phase of the game and didn’t leave
any doubt about which squad was better.
Maybe next year, Terrelle.
The Daily Collegian
Senior
hits
mark
By Emily Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
After the Nittany Lions swept
Northwestern Saturday night in
Evansville, 111., libero Alyssa
received a text
from a friend WOMEN’S
back home. VOLLEYBALL
“Congrats on ===—
your 1,000 th!” it
read.
D’Errico a senior co-cap
tain on the Penn State women’s
volleyball team was confused.
“I was like, I,oooth what?”
D’Errico recalled, with a laugh.
“They said, ‘Yeah, you got your
I,oooth career dig tonight, you
didn’t know?’ ”
D’Errico didn’t know. In fact,
she didn’t even know she was
close.
For the 5-foot-9 Byron, N.Y.
native, that’s all secondary. The
personal accolades are nice,
D Errico said, but she’s more
concerned about Penn State’s
success as a whole. It’s been
that way for her entire career.
“Alyssa’s been a constant in
some areas for four years,”
coach Russ Rose said. “She
plays hard. Volleyball is a priori
ty in her life, and she’s a good
team player that cares about
others."
See D’ERRICO, Page 10.
Nigel Graham/Collegian
D'Errico celebrates a point.
Yet despite all of the pressure
surrounding his legacy, Battle is
going into the season concerned
with only one thing.
“I honestly try not to think
about it,” the senior said. “If I
don’t break it, I couldn’t care less.
All I want to do is win.”
The senior comes into his last
collegiate season with 1,526
points 613 short of breaking
Jesse Amelle’s mark set in 1955.
Seventh on the all-time list,
Battle would need to average just
more than 21 points per game to
reach the top spot by the end of
the regular season.
But while breaking the record
would be nice for the guard, he’s
See BATTLE, Page 10.
HOUGHTS