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By Ryan Loy
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Something will have to give
tonight in Ann Arbor.
The No. 9 Penn State volleyball
team is currently
tied with Nn
aed with No. 15
Michigan for sec
ond place in the
Big Ten, and the
two teams will
play a crucial contest at 7 tonight
in Michigan's Cliff Keen Arena.
The Nittany Lions (19-4, 9-3 Big
Ten) haven’t lost to Michigan (20-
4, 9-3) in eight years, but the
Wolverines are a perfect a perfect
9-0 at home this season. The top
-15 contest highlights the Lions’
weekend, which concludes with a
Men’s soccer looking for strong finish to season
By Mike Still
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Despite Wisconsin's dismal 3-
12-2 record this season. Bob
Warming is not taking the
Badgers lightly.
The Penn
State men's soc
cer coach is
making sure to
keep one thing
in mind while preparing his team
for its match this Saturday in
Madison Wisconsin is still a
tough Big Ten team.
T think they’ve just had some
problems with leaking a couple
times." Warming said. “Making
some mistakes in the back, and
the goalkeeper's had a couple of
uncharacteristic errors. The
margin of victory is so small now
that those kind of things cost
vou."
Of Wisconsin's 12 losses this
season, all but one have been by
a one-goal difference.
The Lions' contest against the
Badgers is their last of the sea
son before the Big Ten tourna
ment kicks off in Happy Valley on
Nov. 11.
At 2-2-1 in conference play,
Penn State is tied for fourth in
the Big Ten.
Knowing that every Big Ten
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6:30 p.m. match Saturday at
Michigan State (11-12,3-9).
Last season, Wolverine fans had
a reason to be loud, as Michigan
pushed the Lions to five sets
before eventually becoming
another victim in Penn State’s
undefeated championship season.
The Lions expect tonight's
match to be a similar atmosphere.
Lion senior defensive specialist
Cathy Quilico said the setup of
Cliff Keen Arena positions
Michigan fans close to the court
allowing Penn State players to
hear everything the onlookers sav.
While the 5-foot-l Quilico said
some of the things fans say can
actually be funny, the Lions would
prefer to leave them silent as they
watch the match.
“We’re still a work in progress and we’ve
been a work in progress since day one.”
game on the schedule matters
toward its seeding in the confer
ence tournament, Penn State
will approach its game against
Wisconsin just as it does with
any other team.
“We re gonna treat it just like
any other game, like it's a final."
senior co-captain Andres Casais
said. “Right now, it's really
important for us. Every' game is
important, but now, during the
final stretch, it's very impor
tant.”
Coming off of two straight road
games, Oct. 27 at Penn and Nov.
2 at Lafayette, the Lions haven't
competed at Jeffrey Field since
Oct. 23, a 2-1 overtime win over-
Ohio State.
So much traveling and time
away from home can play a fac
tor in fatigue. Warming said. But
in their 1-0 win over Lafayette,
six substitutes saw considerable
playing time for the Lions, giving
many players a chance to rest.
Getting a break against the
Leopards and doing the right
things to recover have
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said. "You want
means you’re
doing well.”
Tonight’s
match will be a
key component of
each team’s pur
suit of conference
leader Illinois. The
Lions swept -
Michigan (25-20, Rose
25-22, 25-20) in the
teams’ first meeting this season
on Oct. 2 in Rec Hall.
Penn State coach Russ Rose
said the biggest challenge of play
ing Michigan on the road is the
Wolverines' talent.
Rose said Wolverine senior set-
Warming's squad feeling fresh
heading to Wisconsin.
You just take it one day at a
time and just keep putting the
work in.” defender Mark Fetrow
said. "lAgainst Lafayette] we
had the opportunity to sub a lot
of guys in and give some of the
starters a break. So you just take
it one day at a time and keep
recovering."
With just one game remaining
in the regular season, the Lions
have little time before the confer
ence tournament.
But the team is looking to
make the most of this short
amount of time though, and keep
improving.
"Every game's a preparation,"
Warming said. "Were still a work
in progress and have been a
work in progress since day one.
We r e nowhere near perfect yet,
but we've gotten better at some
things. But every day we have to
keep working and getting bet
ter."
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ter Lexi Zimmerman, who com
bines talent with hard work, is a
player who’s particularly impres
sive to watch.
“I’m sure she’s hit the bleach
ers and run into the stands way
more times than I've seen it,”
Rose said of watching
Zimmerman on film. "But even
time I see her running into the
stands, I stop and show it again
and wish I could make a copy and
bring it down to my team and say,
‘Don’t be afraid to play outside of
the lines.' ”
Senior libero Alyssa D Errico
said Zimmerman possesses a
high volleyball IQ and can hurt
opposing teams from the front or
back row.
The 5-foot-10 Zimmerman has
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135 kills this season, while Lion
setter Kristin Carpenter has only
38.
D’Errico knows the gym will be
packed, and Zimmerman and
Michigan will be ready to take;
another attempt at beating the
Lions for the first time since 2002.
The Lion senior believes all points
will be hard-earned.
"Part of the thing with Michigan
over the past couple of years is
that you notice they play hard
together as a team," D’Errico
said. "It has a lot to do with their
leadership. [Zimmerman] just
goes hard all the time, and you can
tell she wants to win every point of
every game she's playing in.”
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