THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Kelley W,ng &moor Senior forward Andrew Jones (left) defends a shot by Furman Junior forward Chris Toier during the Lions . 70-49 win vs. the Paladins at the BJC. Hot shooting beats Furman By Jared Shanker ,t It wasn't even two weeks ago when the Penn Slate men's bas ketball team couldn't buy a basket from the 3-point In the Nittanv Lions 70-39 win against Kifinan on Sunday at the Bryce Jordan Center, the Lions couldn't miss. The Lions were hitting Penn State their 3-pointers at a nearly 73 per cent clip in the first half before finishing 12 of 19 Furman from 3. The Lions' 63.2 percentag€ from :3 is their best mark sini•i shooting 75 percent against St. Francis in 2005. Men's soccer falls to Maryland By Andrew Robinson - 11. ,;; COLLEGE PARK, Md. Sometimes soc cer twists fate in a cruel manner and it does these things without remorse. But it also finds ways of repaying those cruel moments with fantastic ones. It was exactly that turn of events that cost the Penn State men's soccer team a chance to upset the Maryland Terrapins on their home field in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. After battling with a taller Maryland squad. a miscue by the Lions' defense turned into the only goal the Terps needed to seize a -o win and a date with Michigan in the quarterfinals. Lady Lions finish with 2-1 Caribbean Challenge schedule Thu., Nov. 25: Penn State 70 Utah 58 Fri., Nov. 26: Green Bay 79, Penn State 74 Sat., Nov. 27: Penn State 71 Hartford 65 San Francisco at Arizona 8:30 p.m., ESPN Q: Which American university did Canadian-born kicker Shaun Suisham attend? Friday's answer: In both 1980 and 1981, both league's Cy Young Award winners wore the same jersey number. It's a shocking number consid ering in a game against tit. Joseph's on Nov l(. the Lions shot just 1 of 21 irom Four of the Lions' first six made baskets were from beyond the arc, helping them build an early dou ble-digit lead. When the Paladins (3-2) cut the lead to five with eight minutes left in the first hall. the Lions (3-1), powered by four 3 pointers, went on a 17 4 run. The Paladins wouldn't cut the lead to single digits the rest of the game. The Lions were especially effective against the Paladins . 2-:f zone defense. breaking the zone a number of times with a :t and tory Mg the Paladins to go bad; to man-to-man. "It's a thing the coaches stress us to do in practice make shots... senior forward Jell Brooks said. "We're getting a lot of open :ls See SHOOTING. Pow 11. With just 2:02 left in regulation. a ball was headed out of the Nittanv Lions box by a diving defender and right to the foot of Terps defender Taylor Kemp just otasidc• the box Kemp stepped in and fired a lull volley into the top right cornet — net. where Penn State goalkeeper : , ‘ndan Birmingham had no shot of savi:., "It felt amazing, it couldn't of c: ne at better time. - hemp said. "I !me this team so much. I'm glad I could do rm part to help us through.- The match started distinctly in laryland's favor. The Terrapin< attack. and their size and ability in the air put the Lions on their heels early but the defense See SOCCER. ( ) uric 11 By Andrew Robinson oi EF,IANJ STAFF ARITER The Lady Lions suffered their first loss of the year but compiled an overall 2-1 record in the Caribbean Challenge held in Riviera Maya. Mexico this past week. Penn State (6-1) defeated Utah on Thursday before falling to No. 23 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. then finished the tournament with a come-from-behind win over Federer tops Nadal in final Roger Federer turned his high-profile. season-ending match against Rafael Nadal into little more than an exhbition. Federer gave his rival little chance to mount a challenge in the 22nd meeting between two of the greatest players of all time, winning his fifth season-ending title G -3, 3-6, 6-1 at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday. Federer won an incredible 92 per cent of the points played on his first serve in the final. and lost only 13 points on serve in the entire match. "I was able to stay offensive. Rallies were never that long," said Federer, who has won the season-ending tournament in Houston, Shanghai and London. Team rebounds from loss By Emily Kaplan When the 1k :in State men's has kelball tea, squared off with 'Mississippi Friday night in the Nittany Lions' first road game of Ihe season. Penn State had no trouble scoring points. The problem was that the Rebels didii t. either . relr-:? on a barrage of :3 point some of trliich coach Ed DeChellis said were wide open to hand the Lions an 34 -;1 loss. their fird defeat of the season We had a great offensive game. but we didn't defend. - senior co captain Talor Battle said. "So Our ISundayl was come hack and try to defend. I think that \Vas Sce LOSS. Pmic 11 Senior Andy Parr (12) fights off a Terrapin Sunday. Hartford on Saturday. Freshmen Maggie Lucas and Ariel Edwards continued then• strong starts to the year, while sophomores Alex Bentley and Nikki Greene turned in solid performances. After starting their season 5-U for the first time since 1996-1997. they fell to Green Bay. 79-74, despite a strong comeback. The Lions shot 51.:1 percent from the floor in the game, but couldn't overcome 29 team turnovers. , ligain the Lions trailed at half Indiana pulls plug on Lynch Alter a promising start, Bill Lynch's tenure as Indiana coach ended with the Hoosiers in their familiar spot at the bottom of the Big Ten. Lynch was fired Sunday with one year left on his contract, a day after Indiana reclaimed the Old Oaken Bucket from Purdue to earn their only conference victo ry in a third straight losing season. - My view was that, given the circum stances of the last three seasons, that extending the contract was not a viable option." athletic director Fred Glass said. "It would send the wrong signal of what merited an extension at Indiana University" Players insisted that Lynch wasn't the problem after Saturday's 34-31 overtime victory at Purdue. Sophomore guard Tim Frazier (23) attempts a layup Sunday. record in Mexico time, but came out with a 9-2 run After the loss, the Lady Lions to start the second half and cut finished their three games in Wisconsin-Green Bay's lead down three-day stretch with another to 33-31. The Lady Lions and rally, this time topping Hartford. Phoenix exchanged runs for the Penn State trailed 25-12 early in rest of the game, but the Phoenix the first half before the team found hit eight foul shots down the its touch from beyond the arc. stretch to put Penn State away. Overall, the Lady Lions sunk 10 3- Junior guard Zhaque Gray con- pointers and shot their way to a 71- tinued her hot shooting from the 65 win. outside, hitting 5-of-8 from 3-point Lucas came off the bench to territory in the loss, while Bentley score 27 points, her career-high, tied her career-high with nine on a 9-of-16 shooting night, going assists. See MEXICO, Page 11. MONDAY, Nov. 29, 2010 I Lions earn No. 4 seed Rec Hall to host rounds By Jake Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The No. 7 Penn State women's volleyball team's road to the Final Four will go through Rec Hall. The three-time defending champion Nittany Lions (26-5, 16-4 Big Ten) are the No. 4 seed in the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship's 64-team brack et, the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee announced Sunday afternoon. Penn State, which earned an automatic bid with its eighth straight Big Ten title, will host Niagara (25-8), the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) champion, Friday night at Rec Hall, with a time to be determined. The winner will face either Virginia Tech (19-11) or Delaware (26-5) on Saturday night at Rec Hall, the same building where the Lions have won 90 consecutive matches dat ing back to Sept. 1, 2006, tying Nebraska's NCAA record. Rec Hall is also one of four sites hosting the NCAA Regional semifinals and finals on Dec. 10- 11, meaning Penn State would not have to travel until the national semifinals in Kansas City Mo. "We're excited about partici pating in the NCAA champi onships," said Penn State coach Russ Rose in a press release, whose team dropped its season finale Saturday night in a five-set thriller at Minnesota. 'After coming off a tough road loss to a solid Minnesota team, we have to regroup and focus on the things that allowed us to win the Big Ten championship this year" Florida (27-1), Nebraska (27-2) and Stanford (24-3) are the See SEED. Page 11. Tournament's top seeds 1. Florida (27-1) 2. Nebraska (27-2) 3. Stanford(24-3) 4. Penn State (26-5) 5. Northern lowa (30-2) 6. USC (25-4) 7. California (25-3) 8. Illinois (22-8) Tough times for Pitt football Are you a Penn State football fan bummed about the Lions' mediocre sea son this year? Cheer up. Pittsburgh's football team picked to win the Big East in the preseason is currently projected to play in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama. No disrespect to the fine people of Birmingham ironically nicknamed "The Pittsburgh of the South" but their bowl game is the perfect punchline to a Pitt football joke for the next year should the Panthers end up there this December "BBVA Compass Bowl Champions" just doesn't have any ring to it whatsoever.
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