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WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD Penn State junior Danae Rivers ran the 10th- fastest collegiate time in history in the women's mile, 8nishing in 4 min- utes, 29.47 seconds at the 112th NYRR Millrose Games on Feb. 9 at the Armory Track & Field Center in the Bronx, N.Y. Rivers broke her own school record with her performance in the NYRR Wanamaker Mile race and set her third record of the 2019 indoor season. She had previously set Penn State marks in the 800- and 1,000-meter runs. Rivers trimmed more than three seconds o9 her previous best time of 4:32.55 in the mile. The Derby, Conn., native now owns four Penn State indoor records. Rivers was recently named to the Bowerman 2019 Women's Mid-In- door Watch List as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. She is the 8rst female student-athlete in the pro- gram's history to be named to the watch list. WOMEN'S LACROSSE Attacker Madison Carter led the 12th-ranked Nittany Lions with 8ve points, in- cluding four goals, in a season-open- ing 13-7 victory over No. 11 Towson Feb. 9 in Holuba Hall. The Nittany Lions scored 10 goals in the second half, including six of the 8rst seven goals in the half. With her five points on the day, Carter reached the 200-point mark for her career, becoming the 15th player in the program's history to do so. Prior to Penn State's game against Lehigh on Feb. 16, the senior from Davidsonville, Md., had 202 career points, with 184 goals and 18 assists. FALL SPORTS Penn State was third in the 8nal fall 2018 standings for the Lear8eld Directors' Cup. The Lions earned their 14th top-8ve fall placing overall and their 12th consecutive top-10 fall 8nish. ■ N O T E B O O K WRESTLING 11-0, 7-0 NOVEMBER 11 W KENT STATE................................................. 52-3 18 at Keystone Classic at Philadelphia, Pa.................... 1st 30 W at Bucknell...................................................42-3 DECEMBER 2 W LEHIGH........................................................42-0 14 W ARIZONA STATE............................................ 41-3 JANUARY 1-2 Southern Scuffle at Chattanooga, Tenn.................... 1st 11 W at Northwestern........................................... 33-8 13 W WISCONSIN................................................24-13 20 W NEBRASKA...................................................25-6 25 W at Purdue...................................................30-10 27 W at Indiana.................................................... 35-9 FEBRUARY 1 W MICHIGAN (BJC Dual)..................................25-11 8 W at Ohio State................................................28-9 15 MICHIGAN STATE 17 at Illinois........................................................... 2 p.m. 24 BUFFALO........................................................... 2 p.m. MARCH 9-10 Big Ten Championships at Minnesota...................... TBA 21-23 NCAA Championships at Pittsburgh, Pa....................TBA MEN'S BASKETBALL 8-15, 1-11 NOVEMBER 3 W at West Virginia (Exh.)................................. 84-82 9-12 Cancun Challenge – U.S. Games 9 W NORTH FLORIDA..................................87-72 12 JACKSONVILLE STATE 15 L at DePaul (Gavitt Tipoff Games)............ 72-70 (OT) 20-21 Cancun Challenge -- Cancun, Mexico Games 20 W Wright State........................................77-59 21 L Bradley...............................................59-56 27 W VIRGINIA TECH (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)......... 63-62 DECEMBER 1 L at Mar yland............................................... 66-59 4 L INDIANA.....................................................64-62 8 W COLGATE....................................................76-65 15 L North Carolina State at Atlantic City, N.J. (Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk Classic).89-78 19 W at Duquesne.............................................. 73-67 21 L at Alabama................................................ 73-64 29 W UMBC........................................................74-52 JANUARY 3 L at Michigan................................................ 68-55 6 L WISCONSIN................................................71-52 10 L at Nebraska............................................... 70-64 13 L MICHIGAN STATE........................................ 71-56 16 L IOWA......................................................... 89-82 19 L at Minnesota..............................................65-64 26 L RUTGERS...................................................64-60 31 L PURDUE..............................................99-90 (OT) FEBRUARY 4 W at Northwestern......................................... 59-52 7 L at Ohio State..............................................74-70 T H E M A I N E V E N T WRESTLING BIG TEN TOURNAMENT M A R C H 9 - 1 0 | M I N N E A P O L I S | W I L L I A M S A R E N A | B T N | T V T B A | Here's one of the more inexplicable oddities in recent college sports history: Even though Cael Sanderson has built a wrestling dynasty at Penn State, his team has not won its conference tournament since 2016. The Nittany Lions 8nished second to Ohio State in 2017 and fell short again last year, with the Buckeyes repeating as champs. The vulnerability the Lions showed in those second-place 8nishes turned out to be entirely illusory; they went on to win the NCAA tournament both years. But just because NCAA championships are the program's No. 1 objective doesn't mean that Sanderson and company wouldn't love to add some more Big Ten hardware to their increasingly crowded trophy case. This year's tournament will take place at Minnesota, and any number of rivals could pose a challenge to PSU, including the hosts. As of early Febru- ary, seven Big Ten teams were ranked in the FloWrestling.com top 10. The undefeated Nittany Lions were 8rst, followed by Ohio State (second), Michigan (fourth), Iowa (8:h), Nebraska (sixth), Minnesota (seventh) and Northwestern (ninth). It should be an exciting couple of days no matter who emerges victorious. –M.H. SCORECARD

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