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yrotechnics were fired skyward when the Iowa PHawkeyes ran into Niles Kinnick Stadium on Black & Gold Spirit Night Saturday. But after the opening kickoff all the pyrotechnics on the gridiron were provided by the Nittany Lions, who handed the Hawks their first Big Ten defeat by the count of 38-14. With the conference’s leading passer, Matt McGloin, directing Penn State’s speed-up no- huddle NASCAR offense and ubiquitous line- backer Mike Mauti leading a stifling defense, the Lions led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter, 24-0 after the first 24 minutes, 31-0 at the end of the third period and 38-0 before the home team ever got on the scoreboard. The fifth sellout crowd in five games at Kinnick Stadium this fall presented a dazzling display of Iowa’s school colors, as each section was alternately striped by fans dressed either in Black or Gold. But they had nothing to cheer TIGHT END Kyle Carter makes one-handed catch of pass from Matt McGloin and turns upfield for additional yardage. about until after the visitors had smothered their team with an insurmountable 38-0 lead early in Four young Lions set career-highs for re- for a touchback and took possession on the the fourth quarter. Jordan Cotton ran back the ceiving yardage: Kyle Carter 85 on 6 catches; 20-yard line. ensuing kickoff 92 yards for the home team’s first Brandon Moseby-Felder 60 on four grabs; Jesse Meanwhile, All-Everything candidate Mauti score. With less than five minutes remaining in James 52 on three snares and Trevor Williams 15 and defensive Jordan Hill spearheaded a the game, the Hawkeye offense tallied its first on two catches. A couple of Carter’s catches were tenacious defense that sacked Iowa quarterback points against the Lion reserves to set the final of the spectacular variety – a one-handed grab James Vandenberg four times, intercepted him numbers on the jumbotron at 38-14. and a leap over the top of Iowa’s top secondary twice and forced him to on his 14-yard After six straight games played before an man, Micah Hyde, to haul in a 34-yarder on one line to set up a short Lion scoring drive that ESPN or ABC national television audience, Penn of O’Brien’s by-now famous fourth-down calls. raised the visitors’ margin to 24-0 six minutes State played its first night game this season on Sophomore tailback Bill Belton showed he is before halftime. the Big Ten Network. The Lions put on an awe- fully recovered from the ankle injury suffered in State’s front seven also limited Iowa to a some offensive and defensive display to a the season opener seven weeks ago and took his season-low 20 net rushing yards on 23 carries four-game losing streak in Iowa City and win in turn leading Penn State’s running attack by com- for an average of less than one yard per try. Hill Kinnick Stadium for the first time in this mil- mittee. The erstwhile scampered led all Lions with a season-high nine tackles, lennium. Not since 1999 had State been able to around and through the Hawkeye defense for including two for a loss of 10 yards, and harassed break the Kirk Ferentz spell, cast by Iowa’s head 103 yards on just 16 carries. In addition to post- Vandenberg into several errant throws. coach, who is a western Pennsylvania native and ing his first 100-yard rushing game, he became Last year the Hawkeye leader passed for now the dean of Big Ten mentors. the first Nittany Lion since Evan Royster five more than 3,000 yards and threw 25 touch- But on this night, Coach Bill O’Brien’s years ago to score three rushing downs. Saturday he could manage only 17 troops extended their victory streak to five games in a game. (Royster did it against Oregon State completions in 36 attempts for 189 yards and and made State’s new head coach the first in in 2007.) one score. nearly a century to win five games in a row in his State’s offensive line, which has gotten better Mauti had eight tackles, one sack and an first year at the helm. The last one to do so was game-by-game, provided perfect protection for that he returned 20 yards down Dick Harlow in 1915, and the only other one to McGloin, who was never touched by the Hawkeye the left sideline, after snaring Vandenberg’s do so was George Hoskins in 1892. pass , and blasted open holes for Belton and first throw in the second half. Sophomore With precision passing, McGloin posted his the Z-backs (Zwinak and Zordich). picked off a desperation fifth consecutive 200-yard game, completing Zach Z, who had posted two straight 100- heave by Vandenberg in the final minutes to put 26 of 38 passes to nine different receivers for yard rushing games in the Lions’ most recent an exclamation point on the Lions’ domination 289 yards and two first quarter touchdowns. contests, added 52 yards on 16 carries, and in the prime-time game before a Kinnick Sta- The first TD was a 31-yard bomb from the se- Michael Z netted 24 on 11 rushes. dium sellout and a Big Ten network audience. nior quarterback to freshman tight end Jesse Zwinak should have had the Lions’ sixth Rangy C.J. Olaniyan and James, and the second an 8-yard laser to wide but had the ball punched from freshman end Anthony Zettel registered the receiver Allen Robinson. Before the quarter’s his grasp just before crossing the goal line. other two sacks. Linebacker , end the Lions had taken the raucous Iowa Iowa covered the pigskin in the end zone safety Stephon Obeng-Agyapong and defensive crowd out of the game and ended the Hawks’ tackle James Terry broke up three more of home-field advantage. PENN STATE 14 10 7 7 38 Vandenberg’s pass attempts. IOWA 0 0 0 14 14 Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g R E C A P 1st Quarter PS: James 31-yd pass from McGloin caps 9-pl 84-yd drive in 2:49 keyed by McGloin 9-yd pass to Carter on 3rd & 7 & Belton 23-yd run. (Ficken kick) 7:24 PS: Robinson 8-yd pass from McGloin caps 9-pl 69-yd drive in 2:53 keyed by McGloin 15- & 34- yd passes to Carter. (Ficken kick) 2:43 2nd Quarter PS: Ficken 34-yd FG caps 12-pl 63-yd drive in 3:46 sparked by McGloin passes 17 yds to James, 12 yds to Carter & 11 yds to Carter & Belton 16-yd run on draw. 7:19 PS: Belton 11-yd run caps 2-pl 14-yd drive in 0:27 set up by Vandenberg fum. rec. by Jones @ IA-14. (Ficken 1 2 kick) 5:53 3rd Quarter PS: Belton 3-yd run caps 2-pl 45-yd drive in 0:13 set up by Della Valle 46-yd KO ret. & sparked by McGloin 42-yd pass to Mosby-Felder. (Ficken kick) 14:33 4th Quarter PS: Belton 5-yd run caps 14-pl 97-yd drive in 6:38 keyed by McGloin passes 10 yds to Robinson, 10 yds to Moseby-Felder & Belton 6-yd run on 3rd & 1. (Ficken kick) 14:25 IA: Cotton 92-yd KO ret. (Meyer kick) 14:14 9 10 IA: Davis 18-yd pass from Vandenberg caps 4-pl 37-yd drive in 1:13 set up by Kirksey 45-yd ret. of Zwinak fum. 1: CARTER leaps over Iowa defender Micah Hyde to make fourth down reception for 34-yard gain. 2: TAILBACK Bill (Meyer kick) 4:11 Belton runs around right end for his season-long 23-yard Attendance: 70,585 (sellout) gain before being pushed out of bounds. 3: FRESHMAN tight end Jesse James dives into end zone for Penn State’s first McGloin said “You dream about playing in touchdown after catching 31-yard pass. 4: SAM FICKEN boots a game like this -- a night game against a good season-long 34-yard field goal out of hold by Ryan Keiser. football team on the road.” 5: DEFENSIVE ENDS Pete Massaro and Anthony Zettel meet at Noting that the Lions’ last win in Iowa City the quarterback. 6: C.J. OLANIYAN handles the quarterback was in 1999, Hill said, “We haven’t won here by himself. 7: MICHAEL MAUTI intercepts Iowa’s first pass since I was in second grade, and the way we won in9 second half. 8: LION QB Matt McGloin completed 26 of 38 was huge.” passes. 9: JORDAN HILL & Mauti sack Hawkeye QB James With McGloin pressing the accelerator on Vandenberg. 10: NITTANY LION did 131 one-armed pushups State’s hi-octane offense, the Lions doubled Saturday night. Iowa’s 14 first downs for the night and more than doubled its total offense with a 504 to 209 advantage. For the second straight game, Penn State ran off 90 or more plays and for the fourth consecutive contest dominated the time of pos- session (this week by 38:08 to 21:52). By the end of the first half the Lions had already run 50 offensive plays and compiled a 304-99 yard advantage to go with the 24-0 score. The visitors tallied on quick but long drives of 84, 69 and 63 yards, quick but short drives of two plays, and one run- down-the-clock drive of 8 6:27, covering a season long 97 yards in 14 plays, after stopping the Hawks at the PS-3. But most of all, it was obvious the Lions were having a lot of fun, as they celebrated each offensive score or defensive stop with enthusi- astic dancing and high-fiving with their pink gloves, worn in recognition of breast cancer awareness month. “To win like that give us a lot of confidence,” said defensive leader Mauti. “We just have to move on to our next challenge.” That comes next week in Beaver Stadium when, for the third straight game, the Lions face an undefeated Big Ten division leader. 7 6 Ninth-ranked Ohio State, 8-0, invades Beaver Stadium for the “Ineligible Bowl”, which kicks was Iowa’s only scheduled night game this year, off at 5:30 p.m. for another national ESPN and hoards of Hawkeye fans enjoyed a full day of television audience that will be treated to an tailgaiting and merriment in the beautiful mild all-stadium “whiteout.” weather, until the Nittany Lions spoiled their fun… Iowa had not been shut out in the first half since For the Glory, their Northwestern game in 2006. Tailback Mark Weirman, who came back to play after injuring his ankle while compiling his fourth straight 100-yard rushing game last week at Michigan State, gained only nine yards on five carries against the Lions. Freshman speedster Greg Garmon from Erie could manage only 25 yards on seven tries…Brian Ferentz, oldest son of Kirk, who played for his father from 2003-05 and is now an assistant coach NOTES FROM THE CUFF at Iowa, coached at the New England Patriots for a owa newspapers used headlines like “Fright couple of years with Bill O’Brien and gave O’Brien INight” and “Penn Statement” to describe the a hearty smile and congratulatory comments after Lions’ feasting on the Hawkeyes…The quick the game. pouncing Lions have now outscored their seven opponents 66-0 in the first quarter and 110-23 in OTHER SPORTS the first half. Northwestern is the only team to n unprecedented 15th straight Big Ten title was score a first-half touchdown on the Lions, who Aachieved by the women’s soccer team, the men have now outscored their three Big Ten brothers handed Northwestern its first conference loss in by 112-49, posting an average of 37.3 points per two years, the No. 1 women’s volleyball team raised game…State’s longest drive of the season – the its record to 20-1, the field hockey team stayed on 97-yard touchdown march ending in the fourth top of the Big Ten, and the men’s and women’s ice quarter was its longest of the season and the 10th hockey teams each split matches last week. scoring drive of 70 or more yards…Penn State In a weekend of matches on Jeffrey Field, leads the Big Ten in turnover margin at plus 1.14 the 4th-ranked women’s soccer squad trounced per game and stands No. 2 in the conference Michigan State, 5-1, Saturday then tied No. 17 and No. 13 nationally in scoring defense at 15.7 Michigan, 1-1, to clinch its 15th conference crown. points per contest…Quarterback Matt McGloin The victory over the Spartans extended the Lions’ leads the conference in completions (162) and winning streak to 10, as veterans Christine Nairn passing yardage (255.4 per game) and is second and Maya Hayes were joined by freshmen Malory in TD passes (14), which ties his 2010 season total. Weber and Mallory Peterson in the scoring col- His 162 completions has already tied Michael umn. It was the first career goal for Peterson, who Robinson’s 2005 total for 10th on State’s season then kicked in a second. list. Saturday was the fifth time this season the red- On Sunday Michigan scored first on a free headed slinger threw for more than one TD in a kick, but Penn State kept the pressure on the game. He also set a career-high with 26 rushing Michigan goalie with 31 shots compared to just yards for 315 yards of total offense, second only to nine for the Wolverines. After a State player was his 331 against Temple. His 36 career touchdown taken down in the box, Nairn nailed the penalty 3 passes rank him No. 7 in Penn State annals… kick for her 13th goal of the year with five minutes Four Lion tight ends collectively caught 11 passes left. Penn State fired seven shots in the overtime for 151 yards…Allen Robinson leads the Big periods to just one for Michigan, but couldn’t get Ten in catches (47) and touchdown receptions any past the goalie, who made 12 stops. State’s (8) and is second with 563 receiving yards… goalie Erin McNulty made five saves. Michael Mauti’s interception was his third this On Oct. 14 Coach Erica Walsh’s crew kept fall to give him the team lead…Jordan Hill had its record unblemished in 18 games against Iowa a season-high nine tackles, including two for 10 with a 2-1 win in Iowa City. That followed a 4-0 yards in losses…Penn Staters on Watch Lists for shutout at Nebraska on Oct. 12. post-season awards include: Michael Mauti and Taylor Schram booted both goals at Iowa and Gerald Hodges on Bednarik and Butkus Awards, one at Nebraska, while Hayes got two against the Hodges and Hill on Rotary Lombardi Award, Huskers and Weber one. Hayes had assists in each Hodges on Nagurski Trophy, Hill on Outland game. Nairn had an assist at Nebraska, while Em- 4 Trophy, Kyle Carter on John Mackey Award, ily Hurd got one at Iowa. Goalie McNulty notched Allen Robinson on Biletnikoff Award and Matt her second shutout of the season in Lincoln and Stankiewitch on Rimington Trophy…Jordan posted five saves against the Hawkeyes. Cotton’s 92-yard kickoff return for a score was the The men’s soccer team lost, 2-0, to No. 3 first since Purdue’s Dorian Bryant took one 98 Akron on Oct. 10, then defeated Michigan State, yards to paydirt in 2007. It points out one concern 2-1, on Oct. 14, Bucknell, 2-1, on Oct. 17 and still evident Saturday – special teams breakdowns. Northwestern, 1-0 in double overtime, Sunday. Iowa blocked another field goal attempt and NW’s Daniel Burnham was assisted by Julian Car- Venric Mark took a 75 yards to the house… dona on State’s first goal against the Spartans. Jesse Della Valle almost had a kickoff return to the Their second came when John Gallagher’s corner end zone for Penn State, but Iowa kicker Mike kick deflected off a Spartan defender into the Meyer avoided a block attempt by Bill Belton and net. The Lions controlled the game with an 11-8 grabbed Jesse’s shoelace. Meyer, who had made margin in shots, 5-2 edge in shots on goal and a 13 straight field goals, missed two against the 7-0 difference in corner kicks. Lions, while State’s Sam Ficken made his season Against Bucknell, Gallagher worked his way long – a 34-yarder. Meyer, who is now 14 of 17 this through defenders to blast an 18-yarder into the year and 42 of 54 for his career, did extend his lower right corner of the net in the first half. 5 school record for consecutive PATs to 70…This Marvin Ledgister got the game-winner in the 88th Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g P E R I O D I C A L U. S. Postage Paid

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minute off a beautiful feed from Drew Klingen- Halus posted five saves. Other seniors Hannah S T A T I S T I C S berg on the left wing. Wolverton had three saves Allison and Lauren Alwine were also honored, in the net, while the Lions bested the Bison, 7-4, as underclassmen Ashtin Klingler (two goals), PSU IOWA in shots on goal and, 14-4, in corner kicks. and Whitney Reddig and Laura Gebhart (one Total Plays – Yards 90-504 59-209 At Northwestern, State spoiled the Wildcats’ assist each) helped the Lions’ cause. Rushes – Net Yards 52-215 23-20 Senior Day, when Hasani Sinclair scored his first On Friday Coach Char Morett’s squad trav- Passing Yards 289 189 goal of the season in the 104th minute. Goalie eled to Columbus and shut out No. 21 Ohio Andrew Wolverton had a season-high five saves State, 3-0, to raise its record to 13-3 and 4-1 in Passes (Att-Cmpl-Int) 38-26-0 36-17-2 while recording his third shutout. the Big Ten. Amy slammed home two goals to Avg. Gain Per Play 5.6 3.5 It was Northwestern’s first Big Ten loss in two raise her total to 21, while Brittany Grzywacz First Downs 28 14 years. State was also the last team to defeat the tallied the other. Reddig had three assists. Halus Yards Lost Rushing 3 30 Wildcats in the 2010 conference tournament. posted her 13th career shutout. Intcptn Returns – Yards 2-20 0-0 Those three straight wins raised the Lions’ The new Division 1 men’s ice hockey team Kickoffs – Average 7-63 2-60 record to 9-4-2 overall and 3-1-1 in the Big Ten. debuted by splitting a pair of overtime matches Kickoff Returns – Avg. 2-28.5 4-38 Penn State is 5-0 when it scores more than one with American International – losing 3-2 at Punt Returns – Avg. 3-2.3 0-0 goal in a game. home on Oct. 12, then winning 4-3 in Wilkes- Punts – Average 3-29.3 5-36.4 The top-ranked women’s volleyball team Barre on Oct. 13. Casey Bailey scored State’s first – Lost 3-2 4-1 shut out No. 17 Purdue, 25-19, 25-16, 25-16, on Division 1 goal and Taylor Holstrom netted the Oct. 12, beat Indiana, 3-1, on Oct. 13 then went puck in the third period to tie, before the Lions’ Penalties – Yards 7-72 3-30 on the road to sweep No. 20 Ohio State, 25-21, lost their opener in overtime. Mark Yanis, Joseph Sacks by – Yards 4-23 0-0 25-19, 25-22 on Oct. 17 and escape Ann Arbor Lordo and Nate Jensen had assists. Goalie Mat- 3rd Dn Conversions 8 of 17 2 of 12 with a 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 15-10 victory thew Skoff had 26 saves. 4th Dn Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 3 on Saturday to reach a 20-win season for the But the Nittany Lions registered their first Red Zone Scores–Chances 5-6 1-4 36th time. D-1 win the next night when David Glen got two Time of Possession 38:08 21:52 Deja McClendon, who was honored for pass- goals, including the game-winner in OT. Yanis Attempts/Yards (Longest) ing the 1,000 career kills milestone led the Lions and Jonathan Miley got the other goals, while Rushing: Belton 16/103 (23); Zwinak 16/52 (7); McGloin 5/26 (11); Zordich against Purdue with 12 spikes, as State outhit the Kenny Brooks, Curtis Loik and Max Gardiner 11/24 (6); Day 3/12 (9). Boilermakers, .393 to .148. Micha Hancock had got assists. Goalie PJ Musico posted 32 saves. Passing No. Com. Int. Yds. TD Lg Sk 38 assists, Dominique Gonzalez 8 digs and Nia On Friday the men fell to Buffalo State, 3-0, McGloin 38 26 0 289 2 42 0/0 Grant 5 blocks. but on Saturday they upset Rochester Institute Receiving: Carter 6/85 (34); Robinson 6/39 (10); Moseby-Felder 4/60 The following night Indiana scared the Rec of Technology, 3-2, in front of a sellout crowd of (42); James 3/52 (31); Zwinak 2/24 (17); Williams 2/15 (11); Lehman 1/11; Hall crowd by winning the first set, 25-22, before 10,556. Gardiner had a goal and an assist, Bailey Gilliam 1/3; Zordich 1/0. the Nittany Lions rallied to take the next three, and Loik tallied goals and Michael McDonagh All Purpose Yards: Belton 114; Carter 85; Zwinak 76; Moseby-Felder 60. 25-19, 25-16, 25-21. Ariel Scott led with 14 kills, got his first career assist. Musico made 40 saves. Kickoff Returns: Della Valle 1/46; Belton 1/11. followed by McClendon with 12. Gonzalez led After winning their first Division 1 game Kickoffs: Ficken 7/63. in digs (16) and Nia Grant in blocks (8), while over Vermont, the women’s ice hockey team Punt Returns: Lewis 2/2 (2); Della Valle 1/5. Hancock posted 40 assists, 15 digs and 6 blocks, dropped a 3-1 verdict to the Catamounts on Oct. Punts: Butterworth 3/29.3. and Katie Slay added 6 blocks. 7, then were shut out twice by Syracuse, 4-0 on Fumbles Forced: 0 At Ohio State Slay was on fire with 14 kills on Oct. 13 and 6-0 on Oct. 14. Birdie Shaw got the Fumbles Recovered: Jones 1/0. .737 hitting, while Scott had the same number only goal against Vermont with assists by Taylor : Mauti 1/20; Hull 1/0. of spikes on .500 hitting. Gonzalez had 15 digs McGee and Jess Desorcie. Passes Broken Up: Hodges, Obeng-Agyapong, Terry 1. Sacks: Olaniyan 1/10; Hill 1/9; Zettel 1/3; Mauti 1/1. and Hancock 38 assists, as the Lions outhit the Over the weekend, the women split a pair Tackles for Loss: Hill 2/10; Olaniyan 1/10; Zettel 1/3; Mauti 1/1. Buckeyes, .342 to .144 with a 53-29 margin in of contests with Sacred Heart, losing, 2-1, at Tackles: Hill 9; Mauti 8; Carson, Hodges 4; kills and a 53-47 edge in digs. home, then winning, 6-1, in Bridgeport, CT. Fagnano, Willis, Barnes, Olaniyan 3. At Michigan, Scott had 18 kills, McClendon Shannon Yoxheimer scored at home and away. Players: C:Stankiewitch, Howle. G:Urschel, Dieffenbach, Shrive, 16 kills and a career-high 29 digs and Gonzalez Taylor Gross, Jeanette Bateman, Jordin Pardoski, Mangiro. T: Farrell, Smith, Gress. TE: Carter, Gilliam, Lehman , James, a career-best 22. Slay had a personal-best 12 Hannah Hoenshell and Desorcie netted goals Irvin. WR: Robinson, Moseby-Felder, Williams, Kenney, Zanellato. blocks, followed by Megan Courtney with eight. in Bridgeport. QB: McGloin. FB: Zordich. TB: Belton, Zwinak,Day. DT: Hill, Jones, The Lions outhit the Wolverines .232 to .152 and For more information and details on all Nittany Terry, Baublitz. DE: Stanley, Barnes, Massaro, Olaniyan, Zettel, Bars. outblocked them 21 to eight. Lion varsity sports go to www.GoPSUsports.com. ILB: Carson, Hull. OLB: Hodges, Mauti, Hull, Kline. CB: Morris, Amos, The seventh-ranked field hockey team Davis. Saf: Willis, Obeng-Agyapong, Fagnano, Amos. P: Butterworth. trounced No. 11 Iowa, 5-1, on Senior Day at RALLY IN THE VALLEY BEFORE OHIO STATE GAME K: Ficken. KS: Howle, Fuhrman. KH: Keiser. KT: Belton, Davis, Obeng- University Park. It was the first conference loss oach Bill O’Brien and members of the Agyapong, Zordich, Willis, Morris, Lucas, Keiser, Day, Dukes, Fagnano, for the Hawkeyes, who were the top defensive CNittany Lion football team will rev up Rec Zwinak, Bars, Yancich, Zerbe, Lewis, Kline, Della Valle, Carson, Mauti, squad in the Big Ten. Senior Kelsey Amy had a Hall for the traditional “Rally in the Valley” pep Hull, Fuhrman, Gress, Urschel, Dieffenbach, Mangiro, Cadogan, Smith, hat trick and an assist, while senior goalie Ayla rally this Friday night (Oct. 26). Farrell, Shrive, Lehman, Carter, Gilliam, Terry.

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