I Wednesday, Nov. 10,2010
Field hockey to host
By Joe Mclntyre
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
When the words “Penn St. (14-
5)” came on the screen during
Tuesday evening’s NCAA field
hockey tourna
ment selection ===
show, there was FIELD
little excitement HOCKEY
amongst the
t
earn.
But then assistant coach Annie
Zinkavich noticed something.
There was an asterisk in front of
Offense
thriving
under
McGloin
By Audrey Snyder
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Joe Paterno could do nothing
but laugh when asked why the
Penn State offense has come alive
McGloin at the
helm. FOOTBALL
Not wanting to
hype the fact McGloin threw
seven touchdowns during the past
three games, Paterno shook his
head and said he's tired of trying
to answer the same question.
Though the 83 year old eventu
ally said it's a matter of the entire
offense finally getting better, his
decision to start McGloin against
Ohio State comes at a time when
the offense hasn't looked better.
With McGloin leading the way
for a unit that posted 35-plus
points the past two games, the
quarterback's play has helped the
offense set up scoring opportuni
ties on its past 11 red zone
chances. With 10-of-ll conver
sions being touchdowns, the
offense has come a long way since
it had just seven red zone touch
downs on 22 tries when Rob
Bolden was the starter.
See MCGLOIN. Page 10.
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Matt McGloin throws a pass
Slay providing change
By Ryan Loy
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Last Friday's match at then-No.
15 Michigan had all the makings
for a close contest to determine
which team could
make a run at the
Big Ten title.
But early in the VOLLEYBALL
match, freshman ======.
Katie Slay estab
lished herself as a force along the
net smothering several
Wolverine hits helping the No. 8
. • s' jr-
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City
8 p.m., CSN
Q: What town in Pennsylvania is
Cowboys interim head coach Jason
Garrett from?
Monday’s answer Bing Crosby once par
tially owned Major League Baseball’s
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Penn State. The team looked
down to the bottom of the screen
to see: *Denotes host institution.
What happened next could only
be described as pure euphoria.
Sophomore Kelsey Amy was
hugging her teammates and
pumping her fists in a fit of fury.
Zinkavich was on her knees,
yelling at the ceiling, trying to hold
back tears. And the rest of the
team, as well as coach Char
Morett's dog Ziggy. were jumping
up and down and trying their best
to shatter the windows of the East
Defensive end Sean Stanley (90) goes after Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa during the Lions' 35-21 win Saturday at Beaver Stadium
Stanley moving on from problems
Sean Stanley had Dan Persa in
his sights.
After weeks of personal unrest
following a suspension that led to
him wondering whether he'd get
another chance, the sophomore
defensive end wasn't about to let
Northwestern's quarterback
escape. On a crucial third quarter
third down Saturday. Stanley beat
the right tackle on the edge, and
Penn State women's volleyball (21
4, 11-3 Big Ten) team defeat
Michigan (21-5.10-4) and take sole
possession of second-place in the
conference.
The 6-foot-6 middle hitter
excelled offensively and defensive
ly in both weekend contests. Slay
registered 17 kills in the victories
against Michigan and Michigan
State, while contributing it;
blocks.
WOMEN’S
Slay was named the Big Ten
Defensive Player of the Week, as
See SLAY. Page 10.
By Andrew J. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Club basketball wins tourney
The best team on the court this past
weekend at the Duke Dog Classic was quite
possibly the loudest, as well, as the Penn
State men’s club basketball team clinched
the tournament title in overtime.
“One thing we have going for us that
maybe other teams don't is that we’re so
close. We’re a very vocal team on the court
and off,” said club president George
Marshall, a senior. “Our bench is very loud,
very involved. Other teams may not like it,
but that's who we are.”
The play on the court, however, was
every bit as loud as the talk.
To read the rest of Robert Quinn’s story,
check out psucollegian.com
Area Locker Building with then
shouts of joy.
The Nittany Lions are set to
face No. 4-seed Syracuse at 11:30
a.m„ Saturday at AstroTurf Field,
and Morett said the Lions expect
ed to make the tournament for the
25th time in tea history but never
to be named one of its four host
schools.
"Shocking. It was honestly
shocking," Morett said. “I thought
Maryland would host, and I
thought Syracuse. But obviously
there are some great teams in the
took Persa down eight yards in
the backfield.
For Stanley, the sack his first
of the year represented clo
sure. finally, for all the turmoil
he's been through in the last
month. Now. he said, he's ready to
move forward.
Tt was a great feeling” Stanley
said. "To finally get my first sack
of the season. I'm just trying to
put everything behind me. so it
felt real good."
Stanley was suspended, along
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Katie Slay (16) goes for a kill.
Coach loses bet to team
Waiting until the very last 17 seconds of a
game to score the goal that would crown
Penn State conference champions is
enough to give even the calmest of coaches
gray hairs.
As a matter of fact, the way the entire
season has played out for the Lions should
have already done the trick for coach Erica
Walsh.
The four-year women’s soccer coach
shouldn't be too worried though with a date
with the hair stylist coming up on the cal
endar.
That’s because Walsh decided to make a
little deal with her players in hopes of sav
ing the team’s season, which was flounder
ing only a few weeks ago.
To read the rest of Alex Angert’s story,
check out psucollegian.com
NCAA
tournament and now there are
some great teams coming to Penn
State.”
The Lions have already seen
some quality opponents in Happy
Valley recently. The Lions defeat
ed then-No. 17 Duke 2-1 and then-
No. 5 Princeton 1-0 back in
October. The victory against the
Tigers was the final home game of
the regular season for the Lions
and it was supposed to be the last
home game in the careers of the
Nittany Lion seniors.
When it came up that her team
with comerback Derrick Thomas,
before Penn State’s Big Ten open
er at lowa. He didn't make the trip
to lowa City, and two weeks later it
was learned police had searched
his apartment that week result
ing in a marijuana possession
charge.
Stanley, who was reinstated to
the team the week of the
Minnesota game Oct. 23. said he
was unsure of his future with the
team following the incident. Even
when he was playing again, he
Alton wins spot
By Brandt Gelman
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
After last Thursday's
intrasquad match, the Penn State
wrestling team
had locked in a
starter for each
of its weight
WRESTLING
classes except
for the 141-pound class
At 141 in the intrasquad match, practice between
senior Adam Lynch defeated Lynch and Andrew Alton,
freshman Dylan Alton 14-10. See ALTON, Page 10.
The Daily Collegian
games
would host its bracket, senior for
ward Jenny Purvis thought of how
her and her senior teammates
would get at least one more
See NCAA, Page 10.
If you go
Field hockey’s first round
NCAA tournament game vs.
No. 4-seed Syracuse
When: 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Where: AstroTurf Field
still didn't know if he'd get a
chance to get back into the rota
tion.
"When it first happened, I didn’t
know what to think or what my
career would come to," Stanley
said "Now that I'm back out
there, playing all these plays a
game, it's a great feeling.”
All those plays Saturday were
almost out of necessity for a
defensive line that's been missing
Jack Crawford (foot) and Eric
See STANLEY. Page 10.
while freshman Andrew Alton
pinned his oppo
nent, freshman
Kyle Moran, in 62
seconds. With no
definitive repre
sentative at 141
pounds, coach
Gael Sanderson
held a wrestle-off
in Saturday’s Alton
Hawkins firing: About time
It took awhile, but the administration at
Colorado finally decided to pull the plug on
the Dan Hawkins era for the once-proud
Colorado Buffaloes football rogram.
Hawkins’ four-and-a-half year tenure
with the Buffs might be historically one of
the worst stretches for a BCS-conference
team. The program never had a winning
season, going 2-10,6-7,5-7,3-9 and 3-6 so
far this year. The Buffs’ record in the Big
12 was even worse: 10-27.
Far from the successes of the days of
Rashaan Salaam and Kordell Stewart.
So what exactly went through athletic
director Mike Bohn's mind during those
putrid seasons?
We’re about as confused as you are,
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