THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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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.