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T H E M A I N E V E N T MEN'S BASKETBALL WISCONSIN @ PENN STATE 7 P . M . | D E C . 4 | B R Y C E J O R D A N C E N T E R | E S P N 2 | The Big Ten season begins a bit earlier than usual this year. Instead of opening their conference slate in late December, the Nittany Lions and their Big Ten bretheren will play two league games during the 8rst week of the month. Penn State will open its con- ference schedule with a visit to Iowa on Dec. 2, then will return home to welcome the Badgers two days later. The early start (and the quick turnaround) are a result of the Big Ten's decision to hold its postseason tournament in New York. League o:cials wanted to stage the event at Madison Square Garden, but it had already been booked by the Big East on the dates that the Big Ten wanted for its tourney. If they were going to have their main event in the city's most famous basketball venue, they were going to need to hold it one week earlier than usual. "We polled our coaches at the time, and they all felt it was worth the challenges in the schedule to have the opportunity to move our tour- nament to Madison Square Garden," Big Ten senior associate commissioner Mark Rudner told Landof10.com. "So we did that." As far as the Lions are concerned, the change means they will get to play one of their bigger home games of the season before the students leave for their holiday break. That's a nice perk for a Penn State team that will need all the help it can get to slow down Ethan Happ and company. – M.H. SCORECARD FOOTBALL 8-2, 5-2 SEPTEMBER 2 W AKRON........................................................ 52-0 9 W PITT........................................................... 33-14 16 W GEORGIA STATE............................................56-0 23 W at Iowa...................................................... 21-19 30 W INDIANA.....................................................45-14 OCTOBER 7 W at Northwestern........................................... 31-7 21 W MICHIGAN..................................................42-13 28 L at Ohio State..............................................39-38 NOVEMBER 4 L at Michigan State....................................... 27-24 11 W RUTGERS.....................................................35-6 18 NEBRASKA................................................4 p.m. (FS1) 25 at Mar yland........................................................... TBA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL 25-1, 15-1 AUGUST 25-26 at West Virginia Tournament 25 W Tennessee-Martin................................... 3-0 26 W Delaware................................................3-0 W West Virginia.......................................... 3-0 SEPTEMBER 1-2 at Texas A&M Tournament 1 W Stanford................................................. 3-1 2 W at Texas A&M..........................................3-2 8-9 Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge at Illinois 8 W Colorado................................................ 3-0 9 W Stanford................................................. 3-2 15-16 Penn State Classic 15 W YALE...................................................... 3-0 16 W WAKE FOREST.........................................3-0 W OHIO...................................................... 3-0 22 L NEBRASKA.....................................................3-0 23 W IOWA............................................................. 3-1 29 W ILLINOIS........................................................ 3-0 30 W NORTHWESTERN............................................ 3-0 OCTOBER 6 W at Ohio State..................................................3-2 7 W at Mar yland................................................... 3-0 13 W MICHIGAN STATE............................................ 3-1 14 W MICHIGAN......................................................3-0 20 W at Purdue.......................................................3-1 21 W at Indiana...................................................... 3-0 25 W WISCONSIN....................................................3-1 28 W at Illinois........................................................3-0 NOVEMBER 1 W at Michigan State........................................... 3-1 4 W RUTGERS.......................................................3-0 8 W at Iowa.......................................................... 3-0 11 W MARYLAND.....................................................3-0 15 INDIANA fender and into the cage to make it 4- 3. Just two minutes later, Penn State's Shay Cannon scored what looked to be the tying goal, but it was disal- lowed a;er a video review. Cannon, a senior forward, scored twice in her 8nal game. MEN'S ICE HOCKEY Irish complete sweep with shutout over PSU Sophomore Peyton Jones made 26 saves, but it was not enough, as No. 6 Notre Dame defeated No. 19 Penn State, 1-0, in Big Ten action Nov. 11 in South Bend, Ind. The Irish scored the game's lone goal in the second period. Bo Brauer took advantage of a scramble in front of the net, securing his second goal in as many nights as he found the loose puck and 9icked it over the out- stretched glove of Jones into the top right corner of the net. The Nittany Lions dropped the se- ries opener, 5-3, the previous night. Heading into a nonconference series at Arizona State Nov. 17-18, Penn State was 5-7-0 overall and 2-4-0 in the Big Ten. WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Lions win regional crown, head to NCAA meet The 19th-ranked Penn State women automatically quali8ed for the NCAA championships by capturing the Mid- Atlantic Regional title for a third con- secutive year Nov. 10 at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course on the campus of Lehigh University. The Nittany Lions outdistanced runner-up Villanova by 29 points to grab one of the two automatic quali- 8er spots to the NCAA champi- onships Nov. 18 in Louisville, Ky. Jillian Hunsberger led the way, 8n- ishing second overall in 20 minutes, 5.4 seconds. ■

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