The Daily Collegian Fatima Balza (3) goes for a kill during the Lions’ 3-0 sweep of Indian.- at fa Team seeking more energy By Jake Kaplan COLL£GIAN STAFF WRITER Leaving the iocker room for the third set with the same energy they had after the first two has become a recent quandary for the Penn - S Itate women's volleyball team. In the first two sets of Saturday night's match against Purdue, the Penn State women's volleyball team came out energized and won both, sets by a combined 13-point margin But then they headed So the looker room for the intermission between the second and third sets, which is looser than any other intermission in the match. “We've kind of been Htrugglinu bit lately to come out of the breat have that same mentality,'' senior rbero and co-captain Alvssa ID'Errico said alter Saturday night's four-set win in front of the Rec Hall crowd. “When yon come in here 2-0 you kind of have a lax attitude like ‘Oh, we're ahead' and we just c ame out slow, came out tentative. IPurdue! played the same way throughout the entire match. We just didn't pick it up." The No. 9 Nittany Lions lft-4, a Big Ten) came out flat after the break tutting just .220 and erring on five servos on their way to dropping the third set to the Boilermakers <l5-8. ti-ti) and extending the match to a fourth set. It wasn't the first time something like this has happened, either For instance, after winning Hi; two sets in their Oct. 15 rnatrhop a*. No. 1!) Minnesota, which* also was at Hec Hall, the Lions let the Golden Gophers stay in the match with a third-set win. ts le No BRYCE JORDAN TICKET CENTER tkketmaster OR CALL 814-865-5555 "it's a problem cumin:. on: end but k also a reflection that \ou ; (flavin;; in great conference when- oth.-r tea make adjustments and •■■! that the margin lor er: nr maybe the match score indicates State coach liuss Rose saki Though the Lion matches against tough nents, they know they nav, mentality the same tin on:.; match. ”It is definitely a problem iv. ■ r- dm. after the break, the enemy ms’ y down." senior middle f.ii <« r Fatima Hal/, said, ’it's just like somethin:.- shun! control. We are two sets up. w into the game and finish, tlv gam away. One more game with we have and I hat's it" Senior defensive sjmo Quilico agreed with 8.-.1/.a. r problem because when :>;• "■ out flat after the br->.u " opposition a glimpse of hop- Quilico said tiie Lions do a quandary, but they have e> m. Penn State will ha-.• " •; < weekend, when he and Michigan State s The importance oi o-.. in the third set might Is Friday night in .Ann Arbor u> Wolverines <2O 4, ‘Kb are ir place tie in the conference with "It's just us honestly just doe Quilico said. "We did it a coup;..- ago versus Ohio State anti Nerd: •• I don't know what the differ mo .* week, but we need to hm In 5 days... r » %. f ' To e-mrui r c ;io Lions not focusing on title The members of the No. 9 Penn State vol leyball team find themselves in a new situa tion with four weeks left in the regular sea son. In the previous three years, the Nittany Lions didn't lose a conference match en route to three undefeated Big Ten titles. .Now. the Lions (19-4,9-3 Big Ten) are in the middle of a tight race for the conference title sitting in a tie for second-place with No. 15 Michigan and two games behind conference leader Illinois. In order to obtain its eighth straight Big Ten title. Penn State will need a little help from other teams to catch No. 6 Illinois. Despite not having full control of the outcome of the conference race, senior Alyssa D'Errico said the Lions continue to approach each match the same way. We control our own destiny from here on out o! what we win." D'Errico said. "If we do our job and take care of our business, we know that at least we have a shot. That’s our objective right now." Ceach Russ Rose said he'll never look back 1 past'teams and consider it a disappoint nenf lor finishing second in the Big Ten iecause of the number of great programs in lie conference. Rose has had little to frown upon in Penn date's 10 years playing in the Big Ten before ! his season. In those seasons, the Lions fin ; bed m first -place 13 times, second-place mree tmies and third-place three times. Senior defensive specialist Cathy Quilico '■aid each year's team is different, and each '•cason brings different expectations. One t liing Rose knows about this year's Big Ten is ip !. Ph . T j'p c-iM P: C[[(\ l »ft § i'-j ’p SU. 2U u By Ryan Loy COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER 3 i S c UlrJvlS c H''^ m <2 HU •:» ml (iftaltetiye a. Clipfut £,p6i£au iDetia t c ;f hating S pattern $ §@eß®Bisl!BB. ... .. <" k C , Hror j Lionma? *. /«* only a fantastic outlet to promote our Grand Opening party, but is an ongoing resource we utilize to promote upcoming releases and video game tournaments.” .-«*•« - .*■ *ll ~ - - • *« -i- • • -i Bws **' • ■ s *r * <• ** % v , • w*-n n if :c.gg ~ •*» r«» *»r : ®* ilius-' R..! 1;! \m .NX 1 ’ Nc\ 0 “We routinely ask customers and students how they heard about us, and The Daily Collegian is a very popular answer. The Daily Collegian was not Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 I 9 Evenly matched ■gill I I f 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 jig Ten wins 12 3 4 that any team can come awav with a win. "That's probably the part that's the most interesting." Rose said. "lowa has one win and that win was against Indiana. And Indiana beat Penn State and Michigan, the two teams that are tied for second." Quilico said the team is taking it one match at a time and not necessarily focusing on the conference title. While she believes winning the Big Ten would be "incredible." Quilico said the Lions still have the same goal to play deep into December and be one of the final four teams at NCAAs. D'Errico echoed the same thought, saying the team's mentality has not changed. She said at the beginning of the year, the Lions lacked focus, which put them in the position they're in now. "We have to focus on what we do every time we step on the floor, and hope that some body else helps us out and we have a shot at the end of the day." D'Errico said. "If we don't take care of our business, it's null and void for trying to win the Big Ten title." ;i i" reporter; rmlsl3B@psu.edu Di'iim ;111nie i.iSllc lor .ill piV'enlmp i/ / 1 1 s< i\ ll \ n \! I piV'-ji.i Chalk-nut t-vhirt. hi! :l > -A lil ,||so uvct\ c ,! 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