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each kicked in two goals, while Christine Nairn dence, 55-52, in overtime in the second game S T A T I S T I C S got the other one. Hayes set a Penn State record of the Puerto Rico tournament. Senior captain for the fastest goal, scoring just 48 seconds into Tim Frazier led the Lions with 19 points, nine PSU IND the match. One of Weber’s tallies came just rebounds and seven assists. Jermaine Marshall Total Plays – Yards 76-546 85-478 44 seconds into the second half. Nairn, Taylor had 13 points and five rebounds. The Lions lost Rushes – Net Yards 44-151 26-24 Schram, Emily Hurd and Raquel Rodriguez their opener in the tournament to No. 6 North Passing Yards 395 454 had assists. Carolina State, 72-55, even though Frazier On Sunday night the Lions played to a 1-1 tie posted 23 points for the 20th 20- game Passes (Att-Cmpl-Int) 32-22-1 59-33-2 through two overtimes with defensive minded of his career. Avg. Gain Per Play 7.2 5.6 Michigan, fell behind 2-0 on the penalty kick But Frazier suffered a leg injury early in First Downs 24 23 shootout, then converted their final three the first half of the third game against Akron Yards Lost Rushing 43 57 kicks, while goalie Erin McNulty made three and never returned to the court. The Lions Intcptn Returns – Yards 2-54 1-6 straight saves. They meet Duke Friday night on struggled to a 36-32 lead by halftime, but a red- Kickoffs – Average 8-59.5 5-64.0 Jeffrey Field. hot Akron team made 68 per cent of its shots on Kickoff Returns – Avg. 2-23 4-21 Junior Victoria Perri ran a personal-best the way to an 80-65 win. D.J. Newbill filled in at Punt Returns – Avg. 2-13 1-1 20:21.4 over the 6K course at the University for Frazier and hit a career high 20 Punts – Average 5-37.6 6-40 of Louisville to place 47th individually in the points with six rebounds and five assists. Ross – Lost 2-1 0-0 NCAA cross-country championships. Class- Travis got a double-double with 11 points and mate Rebekka Simko was 71st in 20:35.3. 10 rebounds. Penalties – Yards 4-25 3-11 Penn State top-ranked wrestlers dominated Frazier, the leading returning scorer and Sacks by – Yards 5-27 3-30 the take-down battle, 28-6, on their way to man in the Big Ten, has been named to 3rd Dn Conversions 6 of 14 3 of 17 thumping No. 24 Lehigh, 29-6, before a Rec the Naismith Award Watch List and the Wooden 4th Dn Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 3 Hall sellout Friday, then traveled to Morgan- Award Preseason Top 50. Red Zone Scores–Chances 5-5 2-4 town, where they picked up four falls in a 44-3 State’s women’s hockey team got its first Time of Possession 33:46 26:14 demolition of the Mountaineers Sunday. College Hockey America win Saturday with a Attempts/Yards (Longest) Nico Megaludis got a technical fall and a pin 3-2 victory over Lindenwood, after losing to the Rushing: Zwinak 29/135 (21); Zordich 9/49 (23); McGloin 5/-32 (5). at 125; David Taylor picked up two tech falls at same team, 5-1, on Friday. Team captain Taylor Passing No. Com. Int. Yds. TD Lg Sk 165; Matt Brown posted a major decision and Gross got the first two goals Saturday and Mic- McGloin 32 22 1 395 4 53 3/30 a fall at 174; Quentin Wright registered a deci- ayla Catanzanti put in the game-winner for the Receiving: Robinson 10/197 (53); Moseby-Felder 4/42 (14); Lehman sion and a pin at 197; and Ed Ruth got a major Lions, who now have a 5-8-1 (1-6-1 CHA) record 3/46 (29); James 1/42; Zordich 1/27; Zwinak 1/16; Williams 1/14; at WVU after beating #3 Robert Hamlin of in their first year of playing Division I hockey. Zanellato 1/11. Lehigh, 11-9, at 184. For more information and details on all Nittany All Purpose Yards: Robinson 197; Zwinak 151; Zordich 76; Coach Coquese Washington’s ninth-ranked Lion varsity sports go to www.GoPSUsports.com. Williams 60. women’s basketball team broke No. 13 Texas Kickoff Returns: Williams 2/46 (23). A&M’s 58-game home winning streak against 100 DAYS TO THON Kickoffs: Ficken 8/59.5 non-conference opponents Wednesday. It was enn State student volunteers recently marked Punt Returns: Della Valle 2/26 (23). Punts: Butterworth 5/37.6. the first win over a ranked non-conference P100 days until THON 2013. As the largest Fumbles Forced: 0 opponent on the road since 2001 for the Lady student-run philanthropy in the world with Fumbles Recovered: 0 Lions, who beat No. 19 Texas in Austin. Alex 15,000 student volunteers, THON has raised : Amos 1/54; Hodges 1/0. Bentley tallied a game-high 21 points, followed more than $89 million to benefit children Passes Broken Up: Fagnano 2; Hodges. Hull, Amos 1. by Maggie Lucas with 18. Playing before many with cancer and their families through The Sacks: Barnes 1/11; Stanley 1/5; Hull 1/2; Zettel 1/1; Obeng- family members and friends, Texas native Nikki Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Agyapong, Davis 0.5/4. Greene scored all eight of her points and six Children’s Hospital. THON 2013 is Feb. 15–17. Tackles for Loss: Barnes 1/11; Hull 1.5/3; Stanley 1/5; Hodges 1/2; of her seven rebounds in State’s second half Learn more at www.thon.org. Zettel 1/1; Obeng-Agyapong, Davis 0.5/4. comeback. Mia Nickson led the Lions with 11 Tackles: Hodges 12; Hull 11; Morris 9; Carson 7; Amos, Stanley 4; rebounds, while Dara Taylor had five of the NEW CHILDREN’S CANCER FACILITY TO OPEN Obeng-Agyapong, Fagnano; Keiser, Mauti, Barnes 3. team’s 12 critical steals, in the 62-58 win. he new Penn State Hershey Children’s Players: C: Stankiewitch. G: Urschel, Dieffenbach, Howle, Shrive. Sunday the Lady Lions breezed past Lafay- Hospital, dedicated on Nov. 13 and due to T: Farrell, Smith, Gress, Cadogan. TE: Gilliam, James, Lehman. T WR: Robinson, Moseby-Felder, Williams, Zanellato. QB: McGloin. ette, 75–34, in Rec Hall, as nine of Washington’s open in January, will house a children’s cancer FB: Zordich. TB: Zwinak, Zordich. DT: Hill, Jones, Baublitz, Zettel. charges scored five points or more. Nickson and facility. The IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon DE: Massaro, Barnes, Stanley, Zettel, Olaniyan, Bars. ILB: Carson. Lucas each tallied 12 points, while the latter also Pediatric Cancer Pavilion was made possible with OLB: Hodges, Mauti, Hull, Kline. CB: Morris, Amos, Davis. grabbed nine rebounds. The victory extended a $10 million commitment from THON. It will Saf: Obeng-Agyapong, Fagnano, Keiser. P: Butterworth. K: Ficken. State’s home non-conference winning streak offer private space for kids undergoing inpatient KS: Howle, Fuhrman. KH: Keiser. KT: Zordich, Morris, Lucas,Kuntz, to nine games. or outpatient cancer treatment, and clinicians’ Williams, Keiser, Day, Fagnano, Dupree, Bars, Yancich, Zerbe, The men’s basketball squad overcame a expanded capabilities to offer clinical trials and Thompson, Lewis, Kline, Della Valle, Carson, Hull, Fuhrman, But- 10-point deficit in the second half to upset Provi- experimental treatment options. terworth, Howle, Mangiro, Irvin, Lehman, Gilliam, Zettel.

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t was a symbolic gesture. I When senior and top tackler crumpled on the Beaver Stadium grass and was taken off the field on a cart Sat- urday, senior fullback Michael Zordich ran out and the two slapped hands. Thus the mantle of leading the 2012 Penn State football team on the field passed from its most vocal and demonstrative leader to the other senior who helped spur the effort to keep the squad together last July, after the NCAA issued its first-ever sanctions against Penn State. The two legacy Lions—sons of former Nittany Lion greats—had rallied the troops and convinced the vast majority of them of the value of remaining Nittany Lions in the face of unprecedented adversity. Now the stalwart defensive leader would be relegated to inspiring from the sidelines for the short remainder of his collegiate career. And the offensive hero ac- cepted the mantle of on-field leadership, which he immediately carried through State’s 45-22 STAR LINEBACKER Michael Mauti suffered knee injury in first quarter and is taken off field on cart. victory over visiting Indiana. Defensive coordinator Ted Roof had tears in his eyes as he reflected on Mauti’s loss. * Sophomore , who caught for 27 yards to spark the Lions’ first scoring “I love that kid. I have the utmost respect for 10 of McGloin’s passes for 197 yards and three drive. That 91-yard march was Penn State’s him,” Roof said. “He’s totally committed. He is of his TD tosses—all career highs for the super 12th scoring drive of the season that covered a very, very strong leader. When he talks, our sophomore , who leads the Big Ten 80 yards or more. players listen.” in all those categories. McGloin threw for a career-high 395 Head Coach Bill O’Brien said: “He embod- * Sophomore Zach Zwinak, who bulled yards—second only to ’ 399 against ies what Penn State’s all about.” With all the Hall through the Hoosier defense for his third Iowa in 2002. That extended McGloin’s school of Fame players he has coached, O’Brien said straight 100-yard rushing game. record for 300-yard passing games to six and his Mauti “is one of the most special players I’ve * Sophomore , who made record of consecutive 200-yard passing games to been around.” his second of the season to stop a nine. He also set Penn State records for single- Mauti and Zordich continued on Saturday to fourth-quarter Indiana drive at the PS-7. season completions (251), single-season yardage have the strong support of an extraordinary senior * And freshman Deion Barnes, who re- (3,071), career passing (45), and class, including , who took over as corded his team-high sixth sack and 10th career 200-yard passing games (17). the team’s leading tackler; Jordan Hill, who spear- for loss Saturday. In addition to his 135 rushing yards on headed the defense that limited the Hoosiers to a The visitors threw a couple of scares at the a career-high 29 carries, Zwinak scored his season-low of 24 yards rushing; Stephon Morris, Penn State fans, when they took a 10-7 lead fifth rushing and caught his first who had a career-best nine tackles for the second early in the second quarter and again when touchdown pass on a 16-yard wheel route just 31 consecutive game; and Matt Stankiewitch and they rebounded from a 28-13 halftime deficit seconds before halftime. That concluded a 3-play Mike Farrell, who protected Matt McGloin, who to make the first two scores of the third quarter. 62-yard drive set up by Hodges’ second intercep- threw four touchdown passes and led the offense But, in the end, the Nittany Lions, who have tion of the season to thwart a Hoosier advance. to its highest production in their playing careers. never lost in 16 contests with the Hoosiers, ran Penn State shut out Indiana in the opening All of these Nittany Lions have already gradu- up their highest score (45 points), total offense 15 minutes to maintain its mark of allowing ated but remained to play for their team and Uni- (557 yards) and scoring drives of 70 yards or the fewest first-quarter points of any FBS team. versity that had come under siege. They were joined more (4) in any Big Ten game since 2008. Conversely, the Lions marched 91 yards by others like Pete Massaro, Ty Howle, Michael Zordich made the longest run of the day—a on their second possession to raise their first- Yancich, Evan Lewis, James Terry and even John 23-yarder in the second quarter—to set up Mc- quarter scoring margin over opponents to 90-6. Urschel, who, having graduated in three years, Gloin’s third touchdown pass to Robinson. He State converted its first fourth-down situa- has yet another season of eligibility after this one. also scored State’s final TD on a four-yard blast tion of the game on the final play of that march. Some of the younger players these leaders through the Indiana line in the third quarter. On a fourth-and-three from the IN-26, McGloin convinced to stay at Penn State included: He averaged a team-high 5.4 yards per rush changed the play at the line of scrimmage * Sophomore , who took Mauti’s and also caught a swing pass that he carried and floated an aerial toward Robinson at the place and registered 11 tackles—just one less goal line. The 6-3 wide receiver outleaped the than Hodges’ team-leading 12 against Indiana. PENN STATE 7 21 14 3 45 Hoosier defensive back and reached over him INDIANA 0 13 9 0 22 Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g R E C A P 1st Quarter PS: Robinson 26-yd pass from McGloin on 4th & 3 caps 7-pl 91-yd drive in 2:46 sparked by McGloin 27-yd pass to Zordich & Zwinak 18-yd run. (Ficken kick) 4:26 2nd Quarter IN: Ewald 26-yd FG caps 10-pl 55-yd drive in 2:13 sparked by Coffman 13-yd pass to Latimer & Roberts 13-yd run. 14:44 IN: Bolser 2-yd pass from Coffman caps 6-pl 27-yd drive in 1:11 set up by Marshall intcpt. & 6-yd ret. of McGloin pass & keyed by Coffman 4-yd pass to Wynn on 3rd & 1. (Ewald kick) 13:20 PS: Robinson 53-yd pass from McGloin caps 6-pl 75-yd drive in 2:36 keyed by McGloin 8-yd pass to Robinson on 3rd & 2. (Ficken kick) 8:56 1 2 IN: Ewald 44-yd FG caps 7-pl 51-yd drive in 1:54 sparked by Coffman passes 13 yds & 32 yds to Wilson & 10 yds to Bolser. 7:06 PS: Robinson 10-yd pass from McGloin on 3rd & 5 caps 9-pl 77-yd drive in 4:38 keyed by Zwinak 21-yd run & Zordich 23-yd run. (Ficken kick) 2:25 PS: Zwinak 16-yd pass from McGloin caps 3-pl 62-yd drive in 0:59 set up by Hodges intcpt. of Coffman pass & sparked by McGloin 42-yd pass to James. (Ficken kick) 0:31 3rd Quarter IN: Houston 79-yd pass from Coffman on 1-pl drive in 0:15. 10 (Kick fails) 13:04 IN: Ewald 46-yd FG caps 6-pl 18-yd drive in 2:03 set up by 9 1: ALLEN ROBINSON catches one of his three touchdown passes against Indiana. 2: ADRIAN AMOS (4) intercepts Indiana Murphy rec. of Zwinak fum. & keyed by Coffman 11-yd pass pass on Penn State seven-yard line and gathers convoy of to Houston. 8:34 blockers on 54-yard return. 3: DEFENSIVE END Deion Barnes PS: Zwinak 1-yd dive caps 9-pl 75-yd drive in 3:08 sparked prevents pass, then sacks Indiana Cameron by McGloin passes 42 yds to Robinson & 11 yds to Moseby- Coffman. 4: MATT McGLOIN follows through on one of his Felder on 4th & 9 & 14 yds to Moseby-Felder on 3rd & 4. 22 completions on 32 attempts for 395 yards. 5: TREVOR WIL- LIAMS catches 14-yard pass. 6: A CATCH, a shrug, a juke, a (Ficken kick) 5:33 spin and Allen Robinson is on his way to a career-long 53-yard PS: Zordich 4-yd run caps 8-pl 52-yd drive in 3:18 set up by touchdown. 7: JESSE DELLA VALLE brings down Hoosier kick Della Valle 23-yd punt ret. & keyed by McGloin passes 11 returner9 Nick Stoner. 8:FIRST SCORE of game came on this su- yds to Zanellato, 20 yds to Robinson & 14 yds to Williams & perlative catch by Allen Robinson at the goal line in first quar- Zwinak 14-yd run. (Ficken kick) 0:17 ter. 9: CORNERBACK Stephon Morris crunches Indiana receiver Shane Wynn. 10: BLUE BAND performance is an integral part of 4th Quarter every home football game. PS: Ficken 28-yd FG caps 10-pl 57-yd drive in 6:30 keyed by McGloin passes to Robinson 20 yds on 3rd & 6 & 12 yds & Zordich 11-yd run. 3:56 Attendance: 90,358 with one hand to pull in a spectacular catch for six points. The visitors briefly took a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter, when Mitch Ewald kicked a 26- yard , then Antonio Marshall intercepted 8 a McGloin pass that went off the hands of tight end Matt Lehman. Marshall returned it six yards to the PS-33 to set up a short Indiana touchdown drive, climaxed by QB Cameron Coffman’s two- yard pass to tight end Ted Bolser in the end zone. However, McGloin reloaded to launch two more TD passes to Robinson and one to Zwinak to give the Lions a 28-13 halftime lead. McGloin’s second TD pass to Robinson was a quick short screen. But Matt Lehman made a good , ARob shrugged off one tackler, spun off another and dashed 53 yards for the Lions’ longest play from scrimmage, Robinson’s longest touchdown catch and McGloin’s longest 7 6 career completion. On Indiana’s first play of the second half, His 11 touchdown catches this fall trail only the Coffman tossed a bubble screen pass to Stephen 13 by Bobby Engram in 1993. His single-season Houston, and he took it 79 yards down the right yardage total of 978 trails Engram’s 1,084 in 1995 sideline to paydirt. Three minutes later Zwinak and 1,029 in 1994…Tight end Jesse James’ 42-yard fumbled the ball at the PS-47. The Hoosiers re- catch was a career long for the freshman and his covered, Ewald kicked a 46-yard field goal to cut mate Matt Lehman had a career-long of 29…The State’s lead to six, and it was beginning to look Nittany Lions have scored 95 points in the second like another third-quarter swoon by the Lions. quarter this year to go with their 90 first quarter However, McGloin immediately tossed a points to give them a margin of 185-49 in the first 42-yard aerial to Robinson, followed by two half against their 11 opponents…Penn State has completions to Brandon Moseby-Felder. And had 21 scoring drives of at least 70 yards this season. Zwinak atoned for his miscue by diving over the The Lions went 2 for 2 on fourth down conversions pile for a one-yard touchdown to give the home to raise their season total to 18 of 33. This was the team more breathing space. fifth time this season State has held an opponent Just 17 seconds before the quarter’s end, to less than 100 yards rushing…Coach O’Brien Zordich scored his fourth touchdown of the said he knew he had a successful quarterback year on a four-yard blast through the left side of on his hands last spring when, in a meeting, he the line. He got nailed at the goal-line but held asked McGloin to draw up a certain play on the onto the ball for the score. board. In about three seconds he drew the front, Early in the final frame Sam Ficken con- the coverage, the protection and where the play cluded the scoring by booting his seventh was supposed to go. He knew the read and what consecutive field goal to set the final victory everybody did on the play. “I just knew at that point margin at 23 points. we had a kid that was working and wanted to be the After playing sparingly at Nebraska, de- starting quarterback.”…Saturday’s crowd of 90,358 fensive tackle Jordan Hill came back from his was the smallest since the upper deck was added injury to play a full game Saturday. But tight in the north end zone in 1991 (except for the end Kyle Carter, safety Malcolm Willis and estimated 80,000 that attended the 1995 Michigan defensive tackle James Terry missed the game. game two days after an 18-inch snowstorm.)… And Mauti’s loss will weigh heavily on the Lions, Game captains against Indiana were Christian as they prepare for the Senior Day finale against Kuntz, Patrick Flanigan, Andre Dupree and Wisconsin in Beaver Stadium at 3:30 on ABC Frank Figueroa…Indiana ran an extremely fast or ESPN. no-huddle offense, getting off 85 plays in just 26:14 “These kids are a really fun bunch of guys to of possession time and attempting 59 passes—just coach. They work extremely hard, they’re smart, three less than Purdue…The Blue Band put on and I’ve seen improvement all year,” said Coach a magnificent patriotic halftime performance, O’Brien. “They love to practice, they love to lift featuring John Philip Sousa marches. weights, and they love to condition. That bodes well for the future of Penn State football.” OTHER SPORTS enn State’s women’s volleyball team clinched For the Glory, Pits 15th Big Ten title; the women’s soccer team advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA soccer tournament, the women’s cross-country squad 3 finished 14th in the country; the Nittany Lion wrestlers hammered Lehigh and West Virginia in their opening weekend; the women’s basketball team beat Texas A&M, 63-58, and Lafayette, 75-34, and the men’s team won one of three contests in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in Bayamon. NOTES FROM THE CUFF Coach Russ Rose’s volleyballers clinched ichael Mauti, a candidate for the Butkus their eighth conference crown in the last nine MAward given to the nation’s best linebacker, years with victories on the road at Indiana and has already endured two serious injuiries in his Purdue. The Nittany Lions raised their Big Ten career. He tore his right anterior cruciate ligament record to 17-1 with home games remaining in 2009 and missed a year, then tore his left ACL against Ohio State on Wednesday and Michigan early last fall and missed the rest of the season. In State on Saturday. just over 10 games this season, Mauti had 96 tackles The Lion spikers hit a hot .452 to Indiana’s 4 to raise his career total to 210. He also had four .141, as they swept the Hoosiers, 25-12, 25-18, 25- tackles for 31 yards in losses, three interceptions 22, Friday. Ariel Scott had 12 kills on .417 hitting for 125 yards in returns, two pass break-ups, and Deja McClendon had 11 kills. Mia Grant had three forced fumbles and one recovery… eight blocks, as she and her teammates stuffed 13 Linebacker Gerald Hodges now leads the team Indiana attempts, while the Lions registered 44 with 102 tackles. He had 106 to lead the team kills, five aces and 34 digs. last year…Matt McGloin has thrown at least one Ranked No. 2 nationally, Penn State topped touchdown pass in 12 consecutive regular season No. 21 Purdue, 25-16, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21 Saturday. games dating back to last year’s game against Scott led with 18 kills, followed by McClendon with Wisconsin. He has thrown multiple TD passes in 13 spikes and a team-high none digs. Dominique eight games this year. He is in second place on the Gonzalez and Megan Courtney each had eight single-season touchdown list (23) behind Daryll digs and Micha Hancock handed out 38 assists, Clark’s 24 in 2009. He passed to move as the Lions outhit the Boilers, .317 to .157. into second in career passing yardage at 6,190, In the NCAA second round, coach Erica behind Zack Mills’ 7,212…Allen Robinson’s 197 Walsh’s soccer squad defeated Boston College, 5 receiving yards is the most since Deon Butler’s 5-2, Friday to advance to its second straight school record of 216 against Northwestern in 2006. Sweet Sixteen. Maya Hayes and Mallory Weber Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g