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WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING 3-2, 3-2 JANUARY 15 L at Ohio State..........................................157-141 W Rutgers..................................................... 141-2 22 L at Northwestern....................................... 242-58 W Iowa...................................................... 153-146 FEBRUARY 5 W MICHIGAN STATE...................................... 120-50 23-27 Big Ten Swimming Championships at Minnesota..... 10th 25-27 Big Ten Diving Championships at Purdue MEN'S/WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD JANUARY 16 NITTANY LION OPENER 23 PENN STATE INVITE FEBRUARY 6 at Michigan................................................. Postponed 12-13 Big Ten Preview at Geneva, Ohio..................... Canceled 19 PENN STATE TUNE UP.....................................Canceled 26-27 Big Ten indoor championships at Geneva, Ohio.................................... M: 9th; W: 8th MARCH 12-13 NCAA indoor championships at Fayetteville, Ark........TBA MEN'S/WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY JANUARY 30 Big Ten championships at Shelbyville, Ind..M:8th; W:8th MARCH 15 NCAA championships at Stillwater, Okla........12:30 p.m. MEN'S GOLF FEBRUARY 5-6 Big Ten Match Play Champ. at Palm Coast, Fla. 5 L Iowa.......................................................3-2 6 W Minnesota.........................................2-2-1 T 6 W Northwestern..........................................3-2 13-14 Florida Gators Invitational at Gainesville, Fla........... 21st MARCH 14-16 General Hackler Champ. at Myrtle Beach, S.C...... All day APRIL 17-18 RUTHERFORD INTERCOLLEGIATE......................... All day 24-25 Kepler Intercollegiate at Columbus, Ohio..............All day 30-M2 Big Ten championships at Carmel, Ind................. All day MAY 16-19 NCAA regionals (site TBA)................................... All day 28-J2 NCAA championships......................................... All day WOMEN'S GOLF JANUARY 31-F2 at UCF Challenge.................................................. 12th FEBRUARY 21-23 Gator Invitational at Gainesville, Fla....................... 14th MARCH 15-16 Briar's Creek Invitational at Charleston, S.C......... 8 a.m. APRIL 17-18 at Indiana Invitational......................................... 8 a.m. 23-25 Big Ten championships at Cincinnati....................8 a.m. MAY 10-12 NCAA regionals (site TBA)................................... 8 a.m. 22-26 NCAA championships at Scottsdale, Ariz.............. 8 a.m. MEN'S & WOMEN'S FENCING FEBRUARY 6-7 at Ohio State multi-team tournament....... M: 2-3; W: 4-2 21 at Temple multi-team tournament............ M: 4-0; W: 3-1 25-28 NCAA Championships at Penn State........................ TBA MEN'S TENNIS 2-3, 2-3 FEBRUARY 19 L at Illinois........................................................5-2 21 L at Northwestern............................................. 6-1 27 L at Ohio State..................................................7-0 MARCH 6 W INDIANA.........................................................4-3 7 W PURDUE.........................................................6-1 13 at Michigan............................................................TBA 14 at Michigan State...................................................TBA 19 at Wisconsin..........................................................TBA 21 at Minnesota......................................................... TBA 26 IOWA.....................................................................TBA 28 NEBRASKA............................................................ TBA APRIL 4 OHIO STATE........................................................... TBA 10 at Indiana..............................................................TBA 11 at Purdue.............................................................. TBA 16 MICHIGAN............................................................. TBA 18 MICHIGAN STATE....................................................TBA WOMEN'S TENNIS 5-4, 4-4 FEBRUARY 5 W at Michigan State........................................... 4-3 12 W INDIANA.........................................................4-3 14 L PURDUE.........................................................4-3 20 W at Rutgers......................................................4-3 21 W at Mar yland................................................... 5-2 26 L MICHIGAN......................................................5-2 28 W MICHIGAN STATE............................................ 4-3 MARCH 5 L at Iowa.......................................................... 5-2 7 L at Nebraska................................................... 4-2 14 OHIO STATE..................................................... 10 a.m. 19 RUTGERS.......................................................... 3 p.m. 21 MARYLAND...................................................... 10 a.m. 27 at Michigan......................................................... Noon 28 at Michigan State.............................................10 a.m. APRIL 9 WISCONSIN....................................................... 2 p.m. 11 MINNESOTA..................................................... 10 a.m. 18 at Ohio State................................................... 10 a.m. MEN'S LACROSSE 1-2, 1-2 FEBRUARY 20 L at Rutgers....................................................11-9 26 L MARYLAND.................................................. 13-7 MARCH 6 W OHIO STATE................................................15-13 13 at Johns Hopkins.................................... Noon (ESPNU) 20 at Michigan............................................................TBA WOMEN'S LACROSSE 2-0, 2-0 FEBRUARY 14 W RUTGERS...................................................20-11 21 W MARYLAND................................................ 15-13 MARCH 5 at Northwestern.......................................... Postponed 7 at Northwestern.......................................... Postponed 19 MICHIGAN......................................................... 4 p.m. 21 MICHIGAN....................................................... 10 a.m. 26 at Ohio State....................................................... Noon 28 at Ohio State....................................................... Noon APRIL 7 at Johns Hopkins............................................... 4 p.m. 11 MARYLAND............................................................ TBA 16 at Rutgers............................................................. TBA for 49 yards and a touchdown, helping Pike Road to an 11-1 record. "We should have gotten him the ball more as a junior," Browning said. "I look at that as my fault. I put that on me. Now, like so many kids, did he take a big leap between his junior and senior year? Ab- solutely. They all do that to some degree, but we should have gotten him the ball more because he's got all the tools." When speaking about Wallace's strengths, Browning gushed over his speed, his competitiveness and his jump- ing ability. He's got a solid football IQ , too, especially for a player who picked the game up so late. But he's also got a skill that Browning considers unique. "When we /rst got him, and he was learning the o0ense, he's the only player I've ever coached who can watch a route and what it's supposed to look like, then run it perfectly a2er he watched it," Browning said. "That's a trait you won't see on /lm, but [Penn State's] coaches are going to absolutely love him for that." As intriguing a player as Wallace is, his recruitment was almost equally interest- ing. Rated a three-star prospect by Ri- vals.com and the No. 13 overall recruit in Alabama, he collected eight o0ers in total: Tulane, South Alabama, Houston, Mary- land, South Carolina, Tennessee, Duke and Penn State. Wallace committed to Duke in October 2020, but the Nittany Lions o1cially of- fered him a scholarship soon therea2er, and it didn't take long for him to recon- sider his options. "Right when I got the o0er, I was think- ing hard about Penn State," he said. "I re- ally like the history at Penn State, and the combination of education and athletics makes them the best /t for me." ■ WALLACE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18

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