Penn State Sports Magazine
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N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 2 17 W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M By The Numbers 4 Number of Penn State play- ers on ESPN's list of the top 25 true freshmen in college football this season. Linebacker Abdul Carter was second, running back Nicholas Single- ton third, defensive end Dani Dennis- Sutton 20th and running back Kaytron Allen 23rd. PSU's four representatives were the most of any school in the country. LSU had three players on the list, while Cal, Texas and Texas A&M had two apiece. 31 Rushing yards surrendered by Penn State in its 17-10 victory over Northwestern on Oct. 1. It was the fewest by a PSU opponent since 2019, when the Nittany Lions held Purdue to minus-19 yards in a 35-7 win. The defense's success was short lived, however. In its next game, Penn State gave up a whopping 418 yards on the ground in a 41-17 defeat at Michigan. The Wolverines amassed the most rush- ing yards against PSU since the Lions allowed two Michigan State running backs to surpass 200 yards and gave up a total of 452 yards on the ground in a 49-14 loss to the Nick Saban-coached Spartans in 1997. 100 Career points for red- shirt senior forward Ally Schlegel after scoring two goals in the women's soccer team's 3-0 shutout of Michigan on Oct. 16. Schlegel achieved the personal milestone in the game's 52nd minute when a shot by senior midfielder Payton Linnehan bounced off the Wolverines' goalkeeper. Schle- gel was able to take control of the de- flection and put the ball in the net. After returning to the sideline and taking a seat alongside senior midfielder Cori Dyke, Schlegel said she had a vague sense that she might have done more than just give PSU a virtually insur- mountable lead. "I was sitting there for a little bit, and I looked at Cori and I went, 'Cori, I think that was my 100th point,'" Schlegel said. "I didn't recognize it at first, but I feel like it was the perfect goal — not pretty, just one where you're following up." 400 Career wins for women's ice hockey coach Jeff Kampersal following Penn State's 3-2 victory at Boston College on Oct. 14. Through the first eight games of the Nittany Lions' 2022-23 season, Kam- persal had gone 73-61-35 with the pro- gram. Before coming to Penn State, the Beverly, Mass., native spent 21 seasons at Princeton. "The number doesn't mean too much to me, but my dad was here, which was cool," Kampersal said following the milestone win over the 14th-ranked Eagles. "I really appreciate the play- ers' heart and soul. It's great to be with them every day." 1,396 All-time vic- tories by the Penn State women's volley- ball team heading into its Oct. 21 visit to Maryland. The Nittany Lions were on the verge of becom- ing only the second program in the na- tion — Nebraska was the first — to reach the 1,400-win pla- teau. Through its first 19 matches this season, Penn State held an all-time record of 1,396-276-4. 34th and 35th Rankings of redshirt junior cornerback JOEY PORTER JR. and redshirt sophomore of- fensive tackle Olu Fashanu, re- spectively, in the midseason NFL Draft Top 50 Big Board that Pro Football Focus released on Oct. 20. PFF's Michael Renner described Porter as "a long, physi- cal outside corner who's in the middle of a career year." As for Fashanu, who is start- ing for the first time this season, Renner called him "one of the nation's best pass protectors, having allowed no sacks, no hits and only six hurries on 214 pass- blocking snaps [through six games]. He's not a particularly high-end athlete, but he's a smooth mover with easy anchor ability." PHOTO BY DANIEL ALTHOUSE