The Daily Collegian Lions handle Lehigh By Alex Angert COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Down by nine Friday against Lehigh with five seconds left in the first half, freshman Taran Buie released a 3- MEN’S point attempt that BASKETBALL could have sent the Lions into the locker room with a little bit of con fidence. He missed. But luckily for Penn State, his Bryan Heritage Collegian Penn State sophomore forward Rafael Faria (left) walks off the field as Michigan placers celebrate their win in the Big Ten championship game. Men’s soccer loses title game By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Down 3-0 after a mistake and two perfect-form goals, Drew Cost ripped a ball into the back of the net that had his team looking up to start the MEN S second half. But SOCCER one moment ——- seven minutes into the second half brought it to a halt. Sarah Finnegan collegian quarters of Sunday's home open- Bentley (right) fends off a Bronc. er, the Penn State Lady Lions Women’s soccer season ends in second round loss By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For most of the game, they were better. The Penn State women's soccer WOMEN’S team did every- SOCCER thing it needed to score the goal it had to have to keep its season alive except score the goal. Despite a furious second half surge, the Nittany Lions fell, 2-1, to Philadelphia at Washington 8:30 p.m., ESPN Q: Which NASCAR driver has the most wins for a non-Chase driver in a Chase race? Friday’s answer Penn State’s men’s soccer team last won the Big Ten championship in 2005. brother didn’t. After Buie’s miss, guard Tim Frazier corralled _ ... the offensive Penn State rebound and kicked it out to senior Talor Battle, who , hjgh drained a buzzer beating 3-pointer. From there on out, it was all Nittany Lions as Penn State came alive in the second half to defeat the Mountain Hawks, 70-56. Brian Forgue really had no choice. A shot by ...... Michigan's Alex Michigan Wood was head ed into the goal when the sopho more defender n„„„ dove in the way, State keeping it out of the net like he has several other times this year. Only this time, Forgue used his hand and was Lady Lions blow out Rider By Jake Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For the first 11 minutes, the pace of the game was more of what Rider coach Lynn Milligan wanted to see. The last 29 minutes, howev- WOMEN'S er, were anything BASKETBALL but that. - . Behind a huge scoring surge for the final three- No. 3-seeded 'The intensity from our team West Virginia in was fantastic.” Lions coach Knca the second round Walsh said, of the NCAA tour- yu p . ... . . "We were pushing, we were nament Sunday, Virginia driving, we were winning balls and ending their sea- we were creating chances. We did son. After conced- everything but put a ball in the ing two goals in back of the net." the 15th and 17th « . The Mountaineers scored first minutes, Penn on what was the Lions' biggest State took over weakness this season, a set piece, the game, outshooting West A corner kick found Drea Virginia 15-5 over the final 73 min- Barklage, who headed the ball in utes of play. past goalkeeper Krissy Tribbett Comers doom Lions in loss Even having a brick wall in goal wasn't enough to push the Lions into the second round of the NCAA tournament. With their leading goal scorer ejected only seven minutes into the game, the Penn State field hockey team played very conser vatively, allowing Syracuse to control the pace of play for much of Saturday's game. And without Kelsey Amy to drive the offense, Nittany Lion goalkeeper Ayla Halus was forced to stand on her head, making save after save, to keep her team in the game. To read the rest of Joe Mclntyre’s story, check out psucollegian.com. “It gave us a little bit of juice,” coach Ed DeChellis said about Battle’s last second shot. “It’s kind of weird because I said we were playing like [the football team] did last week against Northwestern. We couldn’t get anything going and all of a sudden we make a big See MEN'S BASKETBALL Page 14. For more coverage on 4.# men's basketball's sea "4** son-opening win: ONLINE psucollegian.com shown a red card in the 52nd minute, taking him out of the game. Hamoody Saad struck the resulting penalty kick into the net despite goalkeeper Brendan Birmingham getting a hand to it. giving the Wolverines a 4-1 edge. That score held up as the Penn State men's soccer team fell in the championship match of the Big Ten tournament Sunday after noon at Jeffrey Field. While Forgue's handball will dominated Rider, 95-21, at the Brvce Jordan Cen’The win p Sfate mai -‘'d the large:. nargin of victory and the fewest points allowed by the Rjder Lady Lions (2-0) since 1971. It was the second-largest margin of vic tory in program history. From how the game opened, one probably wouldn't have fore Ice Lions lose to Buckeyes Going into the weekend, the Penn State Ice Lions (6-4-2) were not sure how they would fare in their first morning game after a night game. After a 7 p.m. start Friday followed by an 8 a.m. game Saturday, the Ice Lions fell to the Ohio State Buckeyes in both games this weekend, losing Friday night, 10-2. and Saturday morning, 7-0. ’lt definitely affected them, but also Ohio State played at the same time," head coach Ryan Behnken said. "It is not like we played at 8 a.m. and Ohio State played at 3 p.m." Behnken said Ohio State's losing record is not indicative of how good the Buckeyes actually are. To read the rest of Lauren Henderson’s story, check out psucoUegian.com. Battle (12) sizes up a defender. keep the defender out of the team's first NCAA tournament game, no one on his team was upset with his decision. T told Brian, he's a competitor. I went up and put my arm around him and said, Brian, I probably See MEN’S SOCCER. Page 14. For more coverage on Hr men's soccer's loss in the Big Ten title game: psucollegian.com seen an outcome so lopsided. Penn State led 17-10 with a little more than nine minutes remain ing in the first half. But then the Lady Lions, with the help of defensive stopper Renee Womack, turned up the pressure defensively, and got See LADY LIONS. Page 14. For more coverage on the Lady Lions' win in their season opener: INLINE psucollegian.com and two minutes later. Meghan Lewis fired a shot from 15 yards out that handed West Virginia a 2- 0 edge. After that the Lions, led by another outstanding effort from senior Dani Toney, took control of the game. Penn State's speed and depth proved to be too much for West Virginia, as Walsh said she rotated fresh legs up top every 15- 20 minutes and wore down the Mountaineer defense. In the 35th minute, Toney broke Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 I Team sets home record By Emily Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER As sophomore Kristin Carpenter walked back to the end line to serve match point Saturday night, the fans at Rec Hall stood up —just as they had for the last 87 consecutive matches. ■\d - hen Am w. Carpenter WOMEN'S clinched the VOLLEYBALL win. this time, on a service ace. the Nittanv Lions rushed the court for a celebratory Penn State team huddle just as they had for the last 87 consecutive . matches. Illinois The Penn State women's volleyball team set a program record by winning its 88th straight home match Saturday night, via a sweep of No. 9 Illinois. The streak sur passed the previous record of 87 consecutive home matches, which lasted from Nov. 25. 1995 to Sept. 29. 2000. But for the No. 8 Lions. Saturday night was just another win. As soon as it was over, the squad lined up at the net to shake their opponent's hands, saluted the Blue Band with a small wave, then jogged off to the locker room for a meeting with the coaches. Because right then, the locus was on analyzing what they did well against a team they had lost to earlier in the season, and what they needed to do to pre pare for Wednesday night's con test against Ohio State. The focus was not nor was it ever on the team's historic accomplishment. "The same thing with the other streaks we've been a part of, we're not looking at the See RECORD. Page 14. Christina Florentine). CoJlegi.'ir; Wilson (7) and Scott (1) go up free on a feed from forward Tani Costa and finally beat West Virginia goalkeeper Kerri Butler to get the Lions within one. In her final game, Toney had five shots, two on goal and scored what proved to be her last goal for Penn State. “Dani Toney was outstanding, she played the best game of her career [Sunday!,” Walsh said. “She put the team on her back and finished one to keep us in it and See WOMEN’S SOCCER. Page 14. Careless crew costs Hamlin Denny Hamlin could have put a vice grip on the Chase for the Sprint Cup champi onship on Sunday at the Kobalt Tools 500, but he was forced to pit late in the race for fuel and watched Jimmie Johnson cut into his lead. Hamlin’s pit crew has been solid in the Chase, posting the quickest average pit times of any team, but coming up a few laps short on fuel is unacceptable in such a huge race. Hamlin’s crew will have to step up its performance and strategy next week at Homestead if the No. 11 car is going to hold off the No. 48. Go get ‘em, Denny.
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