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NOTEBOOK MEN'S SOCCER Lions eliminated in Big Ten semifinal Top-seeded and 16th-ranked Penn State played to a scoreless draw with Indiana on Nov. 15 at Ohio State's Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, but it was the Hoosiers who advanced to the Big Ten Tournament final on penalty kicks, 5-3. The overtime periods largely belonged to the Hoosiers, as Indiana held a 7-1 edge in shots but could not get one past Penn State goalkeeper Andrew Wolverton. It was Wolverton's sixth shutout of the season and the 21st of his career. In the penalty shootout, Indiana was ahead the entire time, as Nikita Kotlov sunk his first shot and Martin Seiler missed Penn State's first attempt off the crossbar. Despite their loss, the Nittany Lions (11-5-2) were set to receive an NCAA Tournament berth when the field was announced on Nov. 18. WOMEN'S SOCCER Shutout puts PSU in NCAA second round Senior Tani Costa and junior Whitney Church led the way, as No. 24 Penn State shut out Monmouth (N.J.), 3-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 15 at Jeffrey Field. Costa scored twice, earning her ninth and 10th goals of the season, and Church REC HALL FROM PAGE 45 he would try to frustrate the Lions with a stall of some type or a freeze. On Jan.21, 1950, Pitt froze the ball for 18 minutes of the first half and trailed 5-0 before opening up in the second half and losing to Penn State, 34-21. The most renowned of the Rec Hall freeze added another for her fourth tally of the year. With the win, the Nittany Lions (15-61) advanced to the second round of the tournament, where they were set to face Wake Forest on Nov. 22 in Charlottesville, Va. "It was very good tonight," Penn State coach Erica Walsh said. "The energy was so good. Just the whole feeling within the team was so positive, so I think there was a strong feeling coming into this match. " FIELD HOCKEY Princeton brings end to Penn State's season Penn State's season ended in heartbreaking fashion in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, as the Nittany Lions fell to Princeton, 5-4, on Nov. 16 at College Park, Md. Penn State, which finished the season with a 13-6 record, matched its thirdhighest goal total of the season with four scores. The Lions received goals from Whitney Reddig, Ashtin Klingler, Brittany Grzywacz and Taylor Herold. Laura Gebhart picked up two assists, and Reddig and Grzywacz each added one in the contest. Herold's goal cut the Tigers' two-goal lead in half late in the game and sent the Nittany Lion attack into a frenzy, as the team pushed up the field searching for the tying score. With two and a half minutes left, Amanda Dinunzio got open and found herself one-on-one with the Tigers' keeper. The junior dribbled around the keeper and got off a shot as she was falling to the turf, but it hit the games took place on March 1, 1952, two days after the upset of West Virginia mentioned above. "Lions Beat Pitt, 24-9 in 'Freeze, " read the headline in the Pittsburgh ' Press. "Carlson's 'Strategy' Turns Game into Farce. The score was 9-6 at the end " of the third period, and as the Press reported, "It wasn't basketball for more than three quarters. ... Spectators yawned. Carl- post and caromed back into play. The Tigers held off the Lions for the remaining two minutes. For the match, Princeton outshot Penn State 16-10 and attempted five penalty corners to the the Lions' two. MEN'S ICE HOCKEY UMass Lowell sweeps two-game series Freshman forward David Goodwin's third-period strike brought the Nittany Lions to within a goal, but they lost to No. 13 UMass Lowell, 3-2, on Nov. 15 at the Pegula Ice Arena. The Lions fell to 35-1 with the setback, as the River Hawks completed a two-game series sweep. They won the opener, 4-0, on Nov. 14. After sophomore Eric Scheid tied the score with a power-play goal, UMass Lowell answered with a pair of first-period markers as it skated to a 3-1 lead. A scoreless second period followed before Goodwin netted his third goal of the season. WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY Holdcroft's two goals not enough vs. RIT Penn State opened a 2-0 lead at RIT, but couldn't hold on as the Tigers won, 3-2, on Nov. 16 at Ritter Arena. Sophomore forward Jill Holdcroft recorded her first two-goal game and the program's first shorthanded goal in the first period. Goaltender Celine Whitlinger made 37 saves as the Nittany Lions fell to 2-11-1. I son gave an amateur version of the hula, coeds offered their knitting to the players and an unidentified student distributed hamburgers. ...Very few of the 6,000 fans found Carlson's tactics funny. " That game certainly was the most unusual one ever played in Rec Hall, but it's unlikely there will ever be another game as memorable as the Lickliter foul folly. I

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