The Daily Collegian With 400 looming, fans should appreciate the achievement By Brendan Monahan The time is ripe for a 400th victory. Joe Paterno sits at 399 with four regular sea son contests and a possible bowl game left to go, but this Saturday is the perfect time to capture the milestone. The matchup takes place in Beaver Stadium. MY OPINION Patemo s home since 1960 when the venue opened, and Northwestern gives Penn State its best chance to gain the achievement in front of the Penn State faithful. The Nittany Lions' only other home game takes place Nov. 27 Women’s soccer playing for league title on senior day By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Everything is on the line At 1 p.m. Sunday, the Penn State women's soccer team will step out onto Jeffrev Field with a chance to secure at least a Wu MEN'S share of its 13th SOCCER straight Big Ten title vs. Michigan. Just 19 days ago, the team sat with two conference losses and needed some help. However, the Lions have kept winning and watched Ohio State drop two games, putting Penn State right back in the race. For seniors Dani Toney and Megan Monroig. their final regular sea son home game will be the biggest of the vear. “We're super-excited with it being senior day and our chance to win the Big Ten. Think Pink Day. there's so much going on so it's going to be an exciting day overall," said Monroig. a co-cap tain. "But it being senior day, it's sad because it will be our last game on Jeffrev Field but with the chance to win the Big Ten. it makes it extra special." Toney quickly shared her class mate's feelings. "It's a really, really big clay. We OUTDOOR RESEAKCtf OtSiCiNtO 3V ADVENTURE’ SOANDRI DEL RIO [HERMANOS DE CAUSA; I s' i-S ARIEL FERNANDEZ r.,5, 0 r= , MIKi FLOW Err- . suPREMA ' ' 00000000000000000000000000000 Mornin Finding Christian Community Living out our Faith on Campus Sponsored by the Episcopal. Lutheran, and Presbyterian Campus Ministries against ~14 Michigan State. Th Lions are coming offtwo straignt victories, confidence is high, and the _____ Penn State com munity is wonder- f*. is the 83-year-old coach’s last sea son. The magnitude of this Saturday’s game is palpable. Anticipation will line the faces of Penn State fans entering Beaver Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, but amid the pressure and hype, the players are simply trying to win one more game and continue turning around a season that, just two weeks ago, was marred with failed expectations. This game, if Penn State wins, is a chance to put the season on hold and appreciate a feat so rare, it hasn’t happened in get to be with our families and our friends and the team, which is also part of our family,” Toney said. "We re just really excited and I try not to think about our last game on Jeffrey but it is the truth. It’s going to be a great day.” Standing in the Lions’ way is a team vastly improved from last year. After finishing 1-4-5 in the Big Ten a season ago, Michigan is currently in fourth place with a 5- 2-2 record with an outside chance for an NCAA Tournament bid. Lions coach Erica Walsh said its a completely different Michigan team and the Wolverines bring a hard-working mentality and will look to keep the ball. While there are plenty of implications in this game, Walsh said the fact the Lions had to bat tle to get to this point is keeping the players focused. The coach also knows her team wouldn't be in this position without its seniors. "They have carried us, along with ljunior co-captain] Emma I Thomson], they have absolutely put us on their backs and carried us." Walsh said. "I couldn’t be more proud of both of them. They've earned everything they’ve gotten up to this point and I hope they go out and earn them selves a championship.” • -1 -v , ;:.SUU,(' for Art* & ft* irjn Musr Depl *t*rten'» Studies Prayer ip Service e welcome! iunday mornings iwer Chapel at la Spiritual Center ~ Singing e ~ Reflection SPORTS Division I-A before and probably won’t happen again. Take a step back, enjoy what’s going around you and if the Lions pull off a vic tory, try to remember where you were when it happened while put ting the achievement into per spective. FOOTBALL Consider redshirt senior Graham Zug, who was born on April 12,1987, is the oldest mem ber of the Lions. At that time, Penn State fans were riding high off a national-championship victo ry over Jimmy Johnson and his renegade Miami Hurricanes and sitting on the verge of Joe’s 200-win milestone. Now, we’re here 23 years later and Joe is still going. Consider Joe’s first win as head coach, which took place against Maryland on Sept. 17, 1966. That was more than two If you go Women’s soccer vs. Michigan When: 1 p.m. Sunday Where: Jeffrey Field Ohio State plays its final game tonight, a home match against Michigan State, meaning that when the Lions take the field Sunday, they will know if a win gives them a split title or an out right win. While Walsh said she's going to monitor the Ohio State game, Monroig said she won't be watching and is focused on Sunday’s game. Monroig and Toney said they don’t feel any extra pressure, just excitement for Sunday. For the first time since the Sept. 26 win over Michigan State, the Big Ten is in Penn State’s hands, and Monroig and Toney are ready to go fight for their fourth title. Asked their favorite moments at Penn State, Toney quickly responded with the goal she scored against Virginia in the first game of last season while Monroig had to think about it. After joking about how few goals she’s scored compared to Toney, Monroig final ly settled on her first official Penn Allegheny Power’s generation rates have been capped since 1999, and are set to expire on December 31,2010. At that time, Pennsylvania customers will begin paying for generation according to market prices, and your electric bill will likely increase. However, Allegheny Power is committed to providing energy-saving tips and other steps that our customers can take right now to conserve energy and control costs. One way to control the size of your bill may be choosing an alternate electric generation supplier. For more information, call 1-800-255-3443. years before Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Consider the number 400 itself. Wide receiver Brett Brackett said he and some of his Penn State teammates came across a Penn State-Michigan program after the win last Saturday. The program listed the NCAA Division I-A schools that had the most victo ries. Michigan currently sits at the top with 882, and Penn State stands No. 6 with 816. The players, Brackett said, took notice of the Lions’ 800-plus victo ries. "He’s there for half those wins," Brackett said. “Pulling back and taking a look at that is pretty amazing.” Joe tried to downplay the mile stone Tuesday at his weekly press conference. This week, the play- Daniel Bott/Collegian Senior Dani Toney (left) dribbles the ball through Wisconsin defenders. State game, a 2-1 loss at "more than they know." Tennessee where she had the only “I love those guys. I’ve only goal, because it marked the start been here a couple months but of her Lions career. they already feel like big sisters to Freshman midfielder Taylor me." Schram said. Schram said both seniors were "They're a huge part of the huge reasons the team got team leadership-wise. We re really through its challenging season. going to miss them next year." Individually, though, the seniors have helped Schram get through To e-mail reporter: adrso79@psu.edu s £ 11 U i >i I 5 | ps are ending, ust getting started our customers. Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 I 9 ers said the achievement mat tered a lot, but the emphasis is on Northwestern. The logic is sim ple: If you focus on the 400 mile stone and its importance, you’ll get away from the task at hand. And if the task at hand isn’t ful filled, there is no 400th victory. Yet, the time is ripe. Fans are excited. Pressure is on. Saturday is the perfect opportunity for Joe to capture his 400th win. But instead of focusing on those things, take in the game, and if the milestone happens to be fulfilled, understand the mag nitude. You’ll never see anything like it again. Brendan Monahan is a senior majoring in English and is a Collegian football writer. His e-mail address is bjmsl46@psu.edu. 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