SPORTS THE DAILY COLLEGL4N Soph. Forgue to face familiar foe By Mike Still COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER This past Sunday night, the day after the Penn State men's soccer team defeated Big Ten rival Ohio State 2-1 in over- time, Brian Forgue received a MEN'S text message With the Nittany Lions' game against the Buckeyes being replayed on the Big Ten Network. Forgue's phone buzzed with a message from an old friend watch ing the game in Philadelphia. not far from Forgue's hometown of Glenmoore. Pa. "I told him he got away with murder for a tackle on the edge of the box that should've been a foul right before [Penn State) scored." said Travis Cantrell, Forgoe's for mer high school and club team mate, and a current midfielder at the University of Pennsylvania. The best friends and former teammates for years will once again share the same field tonight. as they did so many times throughout their soccer careers. But this time, instead of suiting up together for Downingtown West High School or their former club team FC Delco, sophomores Forgue and Cantrell he pitted against each other when the Lions travel to Philadelphia to take on the No. 14 Quakers. "I'm playing for Penn State. lie's playing for Penn and we're both trying to win. - Forgue said. - It's gonna be competitive. we're both fiery guys. But it's gonna he fun to see him and it's gonna he a good matchup. - This season, both F'orgue and Cantrell have emerged as serious contributors to their respective teams' success. After starting the season as a reserve. Forgue has emerged as one of Penn State's top defenders. starting 12 games for the Lions. Knowing how hard Forgue has worked his whole careen Cantrell isn't surprised at all to see his friend finding success. "He just has lots of qualities that great dt 2 l l 6lPlitlt'vlrave. - ( iint reir See FORGUE. Pug(' ]; Brothers bring bond Taran Buie spots up shot Defense playing strong By Zach Fleagle COLLEGLAN STA,[ This past weekend the Penn State field hockey team found its stride on defense. doing so at just the ri:ht time. Goalie Ayla Halus, earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the fourth time after holding then No. 17 Duke to one goal and shut- spots to No. 9 after the home ties, holding them to a combined ting out No. 5 Princeton. sweep, prevented their opposition 13 shots in the two games only The Lions, who jumped two from finding scoring opportuni- See DEFENSE. Page 16. TH :LINEUP SPORTS ON TV San Francisco vs Texas World Series Game 1 7:30 p.m., FOX TRIVIA Q: Who are the only two Major League teams who have never made it to the World Series? Tuesday's Answer: The Los Angeles Lakers have the highest payroll in the NBA. SOCCF, Steph Witt/Collegian Brian Forgue (right) fights for a ball during Penn State's game against Villanova earlier this season. He will play a high school teammate tonight. Lions ending season with three road matches team is taking to the road for its r, : final three match . Jeffrey Field is finally getting a es. I -It A L : bit of a rest. 'As much as ir After playing host to 17 corn- you love to play at j! bined matches between the Penn home, I'm kind of . - State men's and women's soccer happy to get the --- teams. the surface will see only guys away from Warming two more women's matches for here before we go the rest of the regular season. In into the confer order to let the field recover ence tournament." Nittanv Lions before the Big Ten Tournament coach Bob Warming said. "The kicks off Nov 11. the men's soccer field will get to heal up here so the By Emily Kaplan STAFF WRITER When Talor Battle and Taran Buie are on the court together at practice. senior forward D.J. Jackson said BASKETBALL there's one of two things that can happen it all depends on what color jerseys they're wearing. If Battle and Buie are on oppo site teams, they go at each other hard. Paired together. though, the duo has unmistakable chemistry. .Jackson said it's like they always know where the other one is going to be. It's a special relationship, and I f 43 ' k 4iir HL t E Ayla Halus (red) goes for a save in a game earlier this season By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER MEI MLB could expand playoffs Baseball's playoffs could be expanding in two years. The new head of the players' union says his members are open to adding more wild card teams for 2012 and possibly extending the division series to a best-of-seven. Union head Michael Weiner says it's also possible players would agree to cutting the regular season from 162 games, but that's more problematic because it would cost teams revenue. "There is sentiment among a substantial segment of the players to consider expand ing the playoffs," Weiner said Monday there's only one way Jackson can justify it. "It's because they are broth ers,- Jackson said of the two guards on the Nittany Lions bas ketball team. Technically, Battle and Buie are half-brothers, but the pair grew up in the same household and played one season together at Bishop Maginn High School in Albany, N.Y Battle, a senior co-captain, describes his freshman brother as his best friend. Now, the two are reunited for one season together at Penn State. And the Lions are hoping their chemistry ---- that See BROTHERS. Page 16 Andrew Dunheimer/Collegon Romo to miss 6-8 weeks Tony Romo doesn't need surgery on his broken left collarbone, just time for it to heal. He may have all the way until the spring minicamp. Romo is expected to miss between six and eight weeks, which could be an eterni ty for the 1-5 Dallas Cowboys. If their play off hopes aren't already squelched, they likely will be by the time their Pro Bowl quarterback is healthy again. So perhaps team owner Jerry Jones will end up telling Romo to call it a season and rest up for 2011. "We're not going to stop right now and give up or quit or whine or even make excuses," coach Wade Phillips said Thesday. - You've just got to go forward. That's what we have to do. .I think our guys will band together." field will be great for the tourna ment by doing that. - Penn State's road odyssey begins tonight with a key matchup in Philadelphia against No. 14 Penn at 7:30 p.m. Then after a weekend without competition, the Lions face Lafayette and Wisconsin to finish their regular season next week. Based on the road record in years past, the thought of three straight on the road would be a~ daunting prospect. This year, Evan Royster (22) carries the ball in the Lions' loss to Illinois 0-line hopes to build off win By Brendan Monahan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Some Penn State fans are call ing for an even bigger increase in tailback Silas Redd's participa tion, but they may have to wait FOOTBALL another week. Redd, ti Aedd, a true freshman, had one less carry against Minnesota than redshirt senior Evan Royster, but Joe Paterno said Royster is still the first option. Redd remains second string with Stephfon Green. "We'd like to get both of them a WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 2010 I 11 though, Warming's focus of being better on the road has led to a 4-1- 1 record away from Jeffrey Field. However, the team is 0-1-1 in its last two away contests, a 2-1 loss to Michigan and a 1-1 draw at Northwestern. But the players aren't looking at the past or too far into the future. "We're just trying to look at the next game, and that's Penn," jun ior defender Matt Smallwood said. j'ft's going to be a tough game See ROAD, Page 16. little more work, - Paterno said. "So for me to tout Redd ahead of Green would probably not be fair" The Penn State running game took off with Redd in the fourth quarter last Saturday. In an offense that has strug gled to run the ball all season, the Nittany Lions found success in the second half with 122 yards on the ground, opposed to 35 in the first. They couldn't have found a bet ter week to continue that running success. Michigan is ninth in the Big Ten in rushing defense, See LINE, Page 16. Rangers have edge in Series Following one of the most convincing ALCS wins in recent memory, the Texas Rangers are in prime position to keep the World Series crown in the American League for the second-consecutive season. Cliff Lee. That has been the primary argument for the Rangers' success. But Lee will only be able to pitch in 3 of the games. A solid supporting cast, with C.J. Wilson and Colby Lewis coming up big will shut down the light-hitting Giants team. It will not be a clean sweep. But the Rangers' ability to get on base will give them an edge on the Giants' rotation.
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