10 I MONDAY, Nov. 1, 2010
Penalties
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play on the boards and continue to
work the systems.
Although the leers only commit
ted three penalties Friday, the tim
ing was crucial. A late penalty and
a five-minute boarding call on sen
ior forward Taylor Cera helped the
Flames (8-5) capture the momen
tum.
"It really swung the momen
tum," O'Brien said.
"It's a mental thing, and we
Soccer
From Page 8
year. Coupled with her hat trick
against Indiana, the forward has
five goals in the team's last two
games. Walsh said Costa has
gained confidence in recent weeks
and it's fueled the forward's string
of outstanding play.
Once the score was leveled,
Penn State took over possession,
limiting Purdue to three shots on
goal and five total shots for the
day.
Win
From Page 8
Heading back to Northwestern team is set on winning this tour- toward the postseason.
on Thursday, as the No. 3 seed to nament and earning the automat- "We could have played better,
face the No. 6 Indiana Hoosiers for is bid for the NCAA tournament but a win's a win," Amy said. "It
the first round of the Big Ten later this month. definitely gives us the confidence
Tournament, Morett said the Zug believes little needs to be we need going into the Big Ten
Lions are going in knowing the said in terms of finding motiva- tournament."
league championship is up for tion.
grabs. No team in the Big Ten is Running on a four-game win-
Volleyball
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matches to Purdue and Indiana
the Lions' first consecutive losses
in nearly eight years.
On Friday night, Penn State got
a second chance at the Hoosiers,
and performed well. The Lions
played inspired volleyball in front
of 5,811 rowdy fans at Rec Hall
the largest home crowd of the sea
son.
Penn State hit a combined .385
clip and limited an upstart Indiana
squad to a .161 attack percentage.
Prior to that match, the Hoosiers
had won five of their last six con
tests.
On Saturday, though, Penn
State was simply flat.
The match against the
Boilermakers (15-8, 6-6) featured
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"It really swung the
momentum."
need to get it in the guys' minds to
stay out of the box. We need to get
back to playing hard, Penn State
hockey."
Playing up to their potential is
another concern for Polidor. The
No. 5-ranked Icers have now
dropped two of their last three
games.
"We just kept the ball," Walsh
said. "There's not much these
teams can do against you when
you've got the ball more than they
do. Our best defense against them
[Sunday] was a good offense and
we played it around a little bit and
we saw they were short on depth
so we tried to make them work as
hard as we could when we had the
ball."
With the current standings, a
Penn State win against Michigan
next Sunday would ensure at least
a share of the team's 13th straight
Big Ten title. Finally back on top of
undefeated and the coach sees it ning streak, Amy believes the
as an opening for her team. team's focus is on point and
Captain Daneen Zug mentioned although Friday's game was slop
last week that the goal for this py at times, it was the last step
many out-of-system plays.
D'Errico ran into the stands sev
eral times to chase down balls and
setter Kristin Carpenter had a
hard time connecting with team
mates.
"It's good to come out with a
win, but it's disappointing to come
out knowing we didn't play well,"
co-captain Blair Brown said.
"Just because I thought we took
steps forward [Friday] and then
another couple steps back
[Saturday]."
Brown was one bright spot for
the Lions on Saturday night. The
6-foot-5 redshirt senior registered
a career-high 23 kills. McClendon
pitched in for 16 kills while
D'Errico posted a match-high 19
digs.
Yet the Lions know that they're
still missing something.
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"It's frustrating," Polidor said.
"We need to come to practice and
be ready to work"
Improvement is also something
O'Brien is keeping his eye on this
season. If the team continues to
improve in certain areas, he feels
the Icers will be successful.
"We're taking a lot of penalties
right now, there's no doubt about
it," he said.
"But we're definitely getting
better. The guys shouldn't have to
worry about it."
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the standings her teams have
dominated the past four seasons,
Toney said she's excited to be
back in the conference race.
"I can't even tell you how good it
feels," Toney said.
"We had quite a big celebration
here and we know that we have
one game next weekend and when
we win, we'll have our 13th
straight Big Ten title. We know
how hard we have to come out and
we're going to take it to Michigan
next weekend."
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some of the games we are," Rose
said.
"And when we run into someone
who's playing hard, we're not
going to win. We don't have the
ability to start and finish like a
great team."
-.
D Emco said she's excited to
get back to the practice gym this
week because she knows the team
has a lot to work on.
But it's not necessarily some
thing tangible that the Lions need
to improve on, D'Errico said. It's
more of a mentality thing.
"We should want blood every
time we step on the court,"
D'Errico said. "We have to teach
our team, as a whole, together,
how to go after it all the time and
not be OK with a two-point lead, a
three-point lead."
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Giants on verge of
World Series crown
By Ben Walker
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas The
rookie pitched way beyond his
years, sending a shudder
through Rangers Ballpark
Madison Bumgarner dominat
ed for ei •ht
innings, Aubrey
Huff and Buster MLB
Posey homered
and the San
Francisco
4
Giants put on a
fielding clinic in San Francisco
Game 4, beating
Texas 4-0 on
Sunday night to
move within one
win of that elu- Texas
sive World
Series title
Dressed in black-and-orange,
the Giants were spooky good in
taking a 3-1 edge. Bumgarner
allowed only three hits and took
all the fun out of a festive,
Halloween crowd.
- I can't say enough about what
he did," Giants manager Bruce
Bochy said.
Ace Tim Lincecum will try
Monday night to deliver the
Giants' first championship since
they moved to San Francisco in
1958. Now it's up to Cliff Lee to
save the Rangers' season in
Game 5.
The 21-year-old Bumgarner
and closer Brian Wilson helped
the Giants become the first team
to post two shutouts in a World
Series since Baltimore threw
three straight to close out the
Dodgers in 1966.
"I thought the pitching was
the thing tonight," Texas manag
er Ron Washington said. 'And
their defense. -
Huff's two-run homer in the
third gave Bumgarner all the
support he needed. Posey added
a solo shot in the eighth
Bumgarner and Posey became
the first rookie battery to start in
the Series since Spec Shea and
Yogi Berra for the Yankees in
1947.
Even though Bumgarner got
relief help, it was a complete
game for the Giants. Andres
Torres and Edgar Renteria each
got three hits and their team
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Left fielder Cody Ross came
up with a shoestring catch, sec
ond baseman Freddy Sanchez
made a leaping grab and Posey
threw out Josh Hamilton trying
to steal. Bumgarner helped him
self, too, knocking down
Hamilton's scorcher up the mid
dle.
Coming off a 4-2 win Saturday
night, the Rangers and their fans
were ready to even this Series.
Earlier in the day, about a
quarter-mile away at Cowboys
Stadium, Dallas dropped to 1-6
with a 35-17 loss to Jacksonsville.
Two little boys held up signs
inside that read: "Hurry Up
Cowboys ... I Have a Rangers
Game to go to."
The father-and-son team of
George H.W. Bush and George
W Bush threw out the ceremoni
al first ball in what Major League
Baseball said was the first time
two former presidents attended
a World Series game.
The elder Bush's wife,
Barbara, even kept score from
her front-row seat next to the
Texas dugout.
There wasn't much to write
down not on the Texas side,
anyway.
Bumgarner didn't permit a
runner past first base until the
seventh. Facing his only jam. he
retired lan Kinsler on a fly ball to
strand two runners and pre
serve a 3-0 lead.
Bumgarner struck out
Vladimir Guerrero three times,
the first time the star Texas des
ignated hitter had done that this
season. Wilson closed with a hit
less ninth.
The Giants tweaked their line
up, benching strikeout machine
Pat Burrell and making Huff the
DH for the first time this season.
Bochy put Nate Schierholtz in
right field and Travis Ishikawa at
first base fine fielders, not
great hitters.
That's more the NL way,
where spare bats rarely grow on
the bench.
Washington came off his
bench twice to discuss calls with
first base umpire Jeff Kellogg.
Both plays were bang-bang, and
replays seemed to show both
were misses that went against
the Rangers.
Thwarted early, the Giants
took a 2-0 lead in the third on
Huffs homer.
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