I FRIDAI; OCT. 29, 2010 ady Ru rgers to face tough test By Greg Fernandez COLLEGIAN 3TAFPI',R Last year when the Penn Slat , ady Ruggers faced off again.- "avy, the team rounce WO *v 1 - I - 1, year. after .isting to victory it , first three :nter , :nce games. Penn State \% - ii! Navy for a fall rematch a; p m. Sunda: - in a matchup of tv , th;: nation's top teams. Since le Lady Ruggers chanced con “. 11(1.( , -, they wanted make ire tf) play a team during ;le fail r:kt ould push them I)reparr them for next wt giants take 2-0 lead with shutout By Ronald Blum :.ssor,ATP: i'or a team that barely made it • , davotls. the Francisco i!, are locking 7 vl • and more a baseball L , 2J rnaut trial ain pitched 7 2-3 inninit! Hrlhined with his bullpen ot '.tarters `A'll , l ila‘P a rest. goz,d t irom ; Brae;;_ \k„ c 11, c;_:1 -Al • Zlie 'l. 1 1 - le field V•P• - ` Onn v itn (•Anil' .:;nd Lln,! minutt 1 ,1 , 1»142 , .0 len , }1;:illp1011 COiilifl !t , ;) , ;:I1 !!‘i , T'sl. 4 '!l l .`. ‘,l .11 , to 11 a -t ~~fil~~ lc: ~n~,. 'in , Nti' '( rellifLA iyr 10 la.-4t h ;tP, th ih,;;I:11‘ 'ti„ A wvenge 1 Purcli,e o1(1 10!' ti o‘ - Liter_ 11 , -,ittered defeat to m - 1 ibis time \vhich Lid Penn State in 41 nn State has played iN iwr its last two losses iniiiht 011 a tour-match ry - lk and winners ot (2 , 4 matches at home dal Penn Staft keen on tine cma. He just want- !;i. hcitcr than the oppw-jte the Jha it' I;l!o.ermakers. - ;O:\ talk about rtvi ,oy W hin like' that. - Ro.-: doe..,rit make sen:-:: r . f ;( , ..2ang War D. ' S coil' L',.' Were clNappoinhd i .li;.lvect, and. at leai andpoint. the other I'nestling P,gP 13 coming class will mark the ui top-three recruiting etas.; last two years for Penn State. Despite the accolades eerniting class has received. ,anderson knows it will be the -i, , d(iship of his ~It can make or break the sea ,n Sanderson said the team con o. throw too much on the tan itt once, and %%Id look , s more experienceri play: , ach the newcomers the 'enn State wrestling. "It starts in practice, - Anderson said. look toward the r:; nl~s year that Navy 4ue. Steinberg nt because we f:•(.1 by some of the cLu!is in the country but it is important because we lost to in t.. , : , .:1, , ,2;ue the last two la-t . - ear b:, 41-0. We turne , :l it around and beat the sprinE..t. but the team r.ot let iiie loss in the fall pattern -,entena cess with RBI,. and I -,inc bt or tur a 9- ,`:(• ~CAr(~fi. 111 I?,; n know that they Slate like they t:—.! - 1 here tor two or three iunior and two-time I:cank Molinaro, ;ht.. re.:ponsibility of the ti, ,- -tone in and show \Nrestlers the t: Vl 1 Biller it is ; . v::ictick‘. or tips :• ! \\ eight. Molinaro said ill,' younger guys look up to the upperclassmen to make sure they are not slacking. ',lmpionships and scheduling tactic . ;Merl, said will stands in •-• last year to the trld a 2-0 in it good \‘. ho hasn't the post t :!ot to take that ;lilt: the good \v , :ve had into LI CI ;"l f 1 d ( ( 1 ( I'd • t0...1.:. riwnit.,•nste crueiai k\ r)'-ii Laftt , ..ett 11;c1 01'1 - It felt have 0. HllOl '' ILI (' t-tyniti2 up l iliti Sunda. said. it felt n") 1. onl, fur um' 1 , ) 1,0 t.,llr.v,tr • e‘t its i~i,2 _ foal pane tht . t-, EIC)IIIL.' lValsh It a )ic he ec wefieri to Ch to 1.1,€ c "k nn bt side.., ',Tel L r 11 L 'out 'IIIV all -11 -, 1)t.(1 lii icn PC2III , ',(l li "!,• ti) the. Ng t :111, l'aWs`• .~ i'f);iC}llll 1.-.4 n., •')tr)•-1,11 ft): CUdiCIjCS ;.111(1 are “.cer,ffi • .\\'("A \‘ eekend 1.1•4 of No The middle I , r , t, per P)1!, 'Fen in nihn2 only Arlene 1 11' 1012,11111 g t%cr of the 14,,111 , 4 the , 1 kilk Thk. i 'enn State in VV as SCI viue •“;Tvice cc ace in tld co-captain look crid's pair of show off a good a:. and a great w 1 want these ioto what we tell and when they _ ~ _. Midshipmen, Henneman said the players have had this game on their minds leading up to the match. "Navy is the team we are keep ing in mind all season because we know they are one of the teams that can beat us," Henneman said. "The past two fall seasons they have beat us, so naturally. we have a chip on our shoulder." For some of the new, inexperi enced players. Henneman said this will be a good chance for them to see what a real competitive rugby match looks and feels like. Steinberg said there will be a lot of flexibility in the substitutions throughout the match and hopes to let a lot of the newer players get these last two games and take them do\vn to Texas with us.- Forty of the previous 51 teams to take a 2-0 lead have gone on to win the title. including - seven straight and 13 of the last 14. After a day oft. the Series resumes for the first time in Arlington. Texas. Colby Lewis starts Game :; for the Rangers on Saturk night again. , l Jonathan Sanchez. the bur dYie -vaure all zipped up ; - 1::_:1 watchin lyoirPT - _:acs Imish off the liuosiez-s \Vith to 0 , ( ht tlit; Tcn n• a , 11', ' pl,\ • ( ti , ' • ;ill\ i think r.\ )i:. vV'E iuti,. IppOri SCIVC:-4 ly; n(IHIPM r..YI e1a147(-L esu eou liZ Nt id ~~'iIll:= ,fa?' ~.~ I i. ! -, 11!\ i f J 10cl: Iler, colr: 'Dm hu. Wisconin - '!ton. Michigan ; (pi h e<i:,onl anal . armody niki up their pro That ,t Allor,ed oaf Bo liyan r State' , Tom V~~rth~~~c~st~: ,'!~,~~ ',l) re.- . 111 nrin\ 151 Tun couhi inaku tourma - nela. haplvac 2004 L cn i//,) 1 I 1 , 1 _ It! at Big 1 ipss226(4: . psu.edu :ILA' , CI. 101'1N. Milli 1 , 11 Oa' I YErt ttall , 11t tit "\(.lllll.‘c,it z•;; icrirricci 18 het hest Ltgainst. S:iturd:.tv \Vele H Vinod kidding point in out•:-. , ... - ts4tti t ilt r. , , , \A ;Ind thin:.; are startim U , tali I,q2ethet and we're lookin.4 each (Inc match rd time. Obvittu.-1\ it s - in the back of oln• mind< tilto they heat us. hut it - :< not tt reven , le type situation In third pia(( in the conference standings. Penn iwo games ahead of bosh Indiana 17- 5 5-5 i and Purdue 7. 5-5) and could gain even more ground in the Big Ten with two wins this weekwid. - It's not revent e. it s a lot 01. 1)i) a better job this time, — senior middle hitter Fatima Balza said. "We know that last time we played against them. we didn I play as well as were supposiici 1,, We did tit play together. Now. this th - ne, were going to show everything we have right now.. e reporter jyksl42@psu.edu "When I was a freshman I remember getting beat down... Molinaro said. "So when these freshmen come in we need to beat them down, because soon enough these new guys may be beating us down. We need to get them while we still can." Redshirt sophomore Quentin Wright shared the same opinion as Molinaro, but left one particular redshirt freshman out of his target list. That man would be Ed Ruth. "Ht., k one goy that Wiii never get the freshman tears from get ting beat on," Wright said." Sanderson has extremely high expectations for Ruth this season who will wrestle at 174 pounds. a chance and play against Navy's A-side. "We have a lot of competition so this is a chance for the players to step up and show they deserve time next weekend at the EPRU championships, - Steinberg said. The team will almost be at full strength. welcoming hack junior captain Sadie Anderson and sen ior selectors Kyle Armstrong and Lisa Henneman, who all missed the match last week against Princeton due to injury. The team, though, will be missing two of its starting props, juniors Lauren Poole and Caitlin Singletary. With the loss of the two juniors. Steinberg said the team will be missing some of its more experi- Women's soccer From Page 13 Field. Entering the game. the forward was third on the team with three goals. hut after her hat rick. she was tied with mid fielder Christine Nairn for the team lead with six. "It felt amazing. It was just great getting three goals out there tonight and scoring, half of nr,, goals for the season." Costa "It just telt really good. II wa. , a good confidence booster.' Just over lour and a half min utes later senior Rani Toney had a shot saved out to Nairris feet and the sophomore cracked an attempt in that was blocked by a Iloasier deletider. Nairn didn't have to mi)VC as the ball came right back to her and she put the second try past the goalkeeper. who had been pulled oil lier line. The i2 - ,oal was set up by senior midfielder 'Megan Alonroig, who drew Indiana's defense to the end lint. before oh . to Toney Alonroio .. l .fief ha o work gettin•Li - , it baseline ana cut lung it tior',sSS thOfl t11:4 Lot in the way of (". - yryorr , to let the ball pop out to nw. - Nairn said. - 1 just placed it. I hit the OH in the stomach the tirsi time but then put it away." After halftime. Costa went back to work. Just 2:(12 into the second half. 'osta hustled in after a shot and was rewarded when Hoosiers keeper Shann( n Mower lost her handic On the hall. Costa coo railed the loose ball, turned and t , of: a touch across. the middle before placing a shot to the far post of the open net. ..~ai,y 11S De:;pite holding a tour-goal lead. the Lions kept pressing and Costa completed her hat trick less th;in ftir minutes tater Toney played a low cross in front the net that Costa one-timed int: , the net. It wasn't first imie the Hawaiian had three g nal.: in a 2,:irne but thisone meant a little cers Frnt!! Page li Immediately following the ghal. Mime was replaced in net by .ophonlore Dan Ivanir. \vho Ana out Liber'Q, for Ow rest of t h e Teddy getting pulled is 100 percent our fault. both forwards and defenseinen. - Yllrien said. need to clean up our defen sive zone. and we can't have turnovers like that because it Could cost us like It obviously did tonight. Trailing in the ,t ame. one Icers player began to set the tone physically. In his first shift after the Flame's third goal. junior for ward Paul Daley stepped on the ice and delivered three consecu tive big checks to different Liberty players. His play continued in the third. After finishing a check in the neutral zone, the puck slipped out to O'Brien. who deposited his first goal of the game to knot the '.core at three. Daley finished with three assists on the night. all to O'Brien. "I knew midway through the second period we weren't play ing to the intensity we wanted Sanderson said Ruth, along with redshirt freshman David Taylor will be in the mix right away Ruth is going to be a lot of fun to watch this year," Sanderson said. "He's a very special talent and competitor and he will be a fan favorite. That is tough to do on the team that we have." Ruth said seniors such as Brad Pataky i Cdiiy woe i 1 the younger players hard to get the most out of them. He pointed especially to Pataky, whose motor never slops in prac tice situations. "He will just keep coming after you," Ruth said. "He looks at everyone as an opponent, team mate or not." THE DAILY COLLEGIAN in Navy enced players, some size in the front line and some dynamic play! ers. • He said sophomore Gab!)St O'Connor, junior Kelly Sager and senior Susan Smarto will fill in ind he expects them to continue bualdt ing off their good play last weekt, end. The players hope to come but. of this game with a win, but tfie match against Navy will be 'a barometer for what they will need to improve on for the rest of the season. This is the game that will truly test how far we have come, and also how far we have to geri* Henneman said To e-mail reporter: gmfso47@psu.edO "It was a good confidence booster" more given the way Costa fias had to work her way into the rotation this year. The forward said it was between the PK and her second goal for her favorite of the night, but the penalty kick put her in the right mindset. - The coaches at the beginning of the season said on PKs ifs between me. Cnrsitine and Ali Schaefer, - Costa It goes to whoever's feeling confident and who will make it takes it. I got the foul and J said know I can do it . and Christinc let me have it Then I put it Penn State coach Erica Walsh called the win a professional kr. tormance, and said all the pieces fell into place for the Lions. In Costa. the Lions have a physical forward who compli leitis the lightning-quick trio ,Qf fone. Bayley Brock and Mil Haves. When Costa stepped- up tor the penalty-kick. Walsh said -lie had plenty of confidence the forward would drain it. Wals4 said Costa is a natural-goal scor r . er and Thursday's performance was nothing new from the red , shirt freshman. - She does that every day iti training, literally every day" Walsh said. "We've just been waiting for that to translate inti;) goals in games and it's starting too finally: Sophomore Maddy Evans. Yosta's close friend and room mate last year. was glad to see the forward's work finally he rewarded. "I'm so happy she deserves it so) much and she wants it more than anyone too." Evans said. It was so exciting to see her get it and I'm so happy for her and I think we're going to see a lot more of that.- reporter: adrso79@psu.du to. - Daley said. "When they went ahead 2, I just wanted to go out and throw the body around and get the team going and get thept motivated. I thought I did a g job of that even though it 84 pretty tiring." !P o , • Daley wasn't the only Kr playing physically. Midhil 4 4§7 through the first period. whil the penalty kill, sopho defenseman Rich O'Brien OF ished a check on a Flame plaid hitting him through the Watt and causing an approximatt eight minute delay - I've never put anyone through the glass before, O'Brien said. "I didn't really notice what happened until heard the whistle and skate over to see what it was.- Penn State and Liberty wil:1 return to the Greenberg Ice Pavilion tonight at 9 to play the final game in their two-gan4 series. Obviously our goal is tO sweep for the weekend," Balborii said. -. Right now I'm just looking out coming out and playing hard from the start, taking it one pO4-- od at a time and we'll see what we got." ' To e-mail reporter: acbsls2@psu.edU Andrew Alton said the most important thing to him is to int have the upperclassmen leads by example. He said the older will get together with the fre - men for poker games and just. hang out. Alton said he Are,' feels completely comfortable the team. ' pti Redshirt junior Cameron A* said he thinks the freshman c is competitive enough to be ab work hard on its own when feet hit the Rec Hall mat. 41 They may need some so prep talk before their fist m but any of these guys could havti huge year," Wade said. 1 To e-mail reporter: bmgso94@psu.edu Tani Costa forward
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