Penn State Sports Magazine
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WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Penn State places 18th at NCAA championships The Penn State women ran to their 57h consecutive top-20 5nish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind. Penn State 5nished 18th with 482 points on a cold and rainy a7ernoon in western Indiana. Two Nittany Lions 5nished in the top 100 at the championships. Junior Alison Willingmyre was the top per- former for Penn State, completing the course in 21 minutes, 5.6 seconds to place 73rd. Senior Katie Munks was the second Nittany Lion to cross the 5nish line, placing 80th with a time of 21:07.2 Junior Danae Rivers was the third Nittany Lion 5nisher. Rivers clocked a time of 21:35.6 to place 144th. Sopho- more Julia Paternain 5nished 151st with a time of 21:38.5, and Megan Cia- sullo rounded out the top-5ve 5nish- ers for Penn State with a 21:52.1 to place 177th. The Nittany Lion women won three meets in 2019, including their fourth Mid-Atlantic Regional championship in the past 5ve years. Penn State also placed fourth at the Big Ten champi- onships, the team's 57h consecutive top-5ve 5nish at the conference championship meet. Munks earned second-team All-Big Ten honors by placing 11th. In addition, Munks, Rivers, Willingmyre and Paternain 5n- ished in the top 15 at the NCAA Mid- Atlantic Regional to earn All-Region recognition. Head coach John Gondak earned the fourth Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year award of his career. It was the fourth time in the past five years that Gondak has won the award. Gondak and associate head coach Angela Reckart have led the Nittany Lions to four Mid-Atlantic Regional crowns and a Big Ten championship in 2015. ■ FOOTBALL 10-2, 7-2 AUGUST 31 W IDAHO..........................................................79-7 SEPTEMBER 7 W BUFFALO....................................................45-13 14 W PITT........................................................... 17-10 27 W at Mar yland................................................. 59-0 OCTOBER 5 W PURDUE.......................................................35-7 12 W at Iowa...................................................... 17-12 19 W MICHIGAN..................................................28-21 26 W at Michigan State......................................... 28-7 NOVEMBER 9 L at Minnesota..............................................31-26 16 W INDIANA.....................................................34-27 23 L at Ohio State..............................................28-17 30 W RUTGERS.....................................................27-6 DECEMBER 28 Cotton Bowl at Arlington, Texas Memphis.................................................. Noon (ESPN) WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL 27-6, 17-3 AUGUST 30-31 Penn State Classic at University Park, Pa. 30 W HOFSTRA................................................3-0 31 W HOLY CROSS.......................................... 3-0 W WICHITA STATE....................................... 3-0 SEPTEMBER 6 W at Iowa State..................................................3-0 7 W LSU at Ames, Iowa......................................... 3-0 13-14 Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge at University Park, Pa. 13 L STANFORD..............................................3-1 14 W OREGON.................................................3-0 20 L PITT............................................................... 3-0 22 W at Pitt............................................................ 3-2 25 W MICHIGAN STATE............................................ 3-0 28 W RUTGERS.......................................................3-0 OCTOBER 2 L at Wisconsin.................................................. 3-1 5 W IOWA............................................................. 3-0 11 W MARYLAND.................................................... 3-2 12 W OHIO STATE....................................................3-0 18 W at Michigan.................................................... 3-1 20 W at Michigan State........................................... 3-0 23 W ILLINOIS........................................................ 3-2 26 W at Mar yland....................................................3-0 NOVEMBER 1 W at Iowa.......................................................... 3-0 2 L at Nebraska................................................... 3-2 8 W INDIANA.........................................................3-0 9 W PURDUE.........................................................3-1 15 W at Illinois........................................................3-0 17 W at Northwestern............................................. 3-0 20 W at Indiana...................................................... 3-0 23 W at Rutgers......................................................3-0 29 W WISCONSIN....................................................3-2 SCORECARD T H E M A I N E V E N T MEN'S BASKETBALL PENN STATE VS. IOWA 2 P . M . | J A N . 4 | T H E P A L E S T R A ( P H I L A D E L P H I A ) | B T N When you look at the talent that Penn State has recruited out of the Philadelphia area in recent years – Lamar Stevens, Tony Carr and Seth Lundy come immediately to mind – it's not hard to understand why coach Patrick Chambers wants his team to have a presence in the City of Brotherly Love. The Nittany Lions' upcoming game at the Palestra is their second visit to the legendary hoops mecca in the past four sea- sons. The Lions played Michigan State there in January 2017 and came away with a 72-63 victory. Stevens and Carr were freshmen at the time and were a big part of Penn State's win, combining to score 32 points. Carr only played one more season for the Lions before entering the NBA Dra7, but Stevens is still wearing blue and white and has become one of the Big Ten's best players, with a 16.7-point scoring average through PSU's 5rst 11 games this season. Win or lose, the game will likely bring back some fond memories for Iowa coach Fran McCa6ery. The Palestra was McCa6ery's home court during his playing days at Penn in the early 1980s. –M.H.