Penn State Sports Magazine
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FOOTBALL 11-2, 7-2 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 W NEBRASKA.................................................56-44 25 W at Mar yland..................................................66-3 DECEMBER 30 Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz. W Washington................................................ 35-28 MEN'S BASKETBALL 13-6, 3-3 NOVEMBER 4 W at Lafayette (Exh.).................................... 102-80 5 W BLOOMSBURG (Exh.).................................. 84-67 10 W CAMPBELL................................................. 86-75 12 W FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON................................ 81-57 15-17 Legends Classic – University Park Regional 15 W MONTANA...........................................70-57 17 W COLUMBIA..........................................79-65 20-21 Legends Classic – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 20 W Pittsburgh...........................................85-54 21 L Texas A&M......................................... 98-87 24 W ORAL ROBERTS (Legends Classic)............... 86-48 29 L at N.C. State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)......... 85-78 DECEMBER 2 W at Iowa...................................................... 77-73 4 L WISCONSIN................................................64-63 9 W GEORGE WASHINGTON............................... 74-54 17 W at George Mason........................................72-54 19 W BINGHAMTON.............................................80-65 22 L RIDER........................................................71-70 30 W COPPIN STATE............................................ 88-43 JANUARY 2 L at Mar yland................................................75-69 5 W NORTHWESTERN........................................ 78-63 9 L at Indiana.................................................. 74-70 12 W NEBRASKA.......................................... 76-74 (OT) 15 MINNESOTA 20 at Northwestern........................................2 p.m. (BTN) 25 at Ohio State............................................ 8 p.m. (BTN) 27 RUTGERS................................................. 4 p.m. (BTN) 31 at Michigan State.................................6:30 p.m. (BTN) FEBRUARY 3 IOWA................................................. 6 or 8 p.m. (BTN) 7 MARYLAND......................................... 6:30 p.m. (BTN) 11 at Illinois.................................................. 7 p.m. (BTN) 15 OHIO STATE.............................................. 8 p.m. (BTN) 18 at Purdue................................................. 8 p.m. (BTN) 21 MICHIGAN.................................................7 p.m. (BTN) 25 at Nebraska.........................................5:15 p.m. (BTN) T H E M A I N E V E N T WRESTLING IOWA @ PENN STATE 6 o r 8 P . M . | F E B . 1 0 | B R Y C E J O R D A N C E N T E R | B T N | It's always a big occasion when the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions tangle. Indeed, the magnitude and intensity of their intraconference rivalry is one of the reasons why this dual meet is set to take place in the 15,261-seat BJC rather than 6,502-seat Rec Hall. Cael Sanderson's team can expect to have a full house cheering it on, and that home-mat boost should prove useful against one of collegiate wrestling's perennial powers. The Hawkeyes were ranked seventh in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll as of this writing, with two of their wrestlers ranked second in their respective weight classes by InterMat: Brandon Sorensen at 149 and Michael Kemerer at 157. The two wrestlers ahead of them at those weights were both from Penn State, with Zain Retherford in front of Sorensen, and Jason Nolf topping Kemerer. Retherford and Nolf won national championships last season and were undefeated as of mid- January, so those lo9y early-season rankings were looking entirely justi7ed. But one of the great things about any wrestling season is that these questions are ultimately decided on the mat, not by the pollsters. – M.H. FALL SPORTS Penn State rises to second in Directors' Cup standings Penn State is o8 to another strong start in the Lear7eld Directors' Cup, moving up to No. 2 in the most recent standings. The Nittany Lions rose to No. 2 on the strength of the women's volleyball team's 7nish. Penn State wasn't able to bring home another national champi- onship but did advance to the NCAA semi7nals, where it fell in 7ve sets to eventual national champ Nebraska. As of early January, Penn State was on track to post its highest fall 7nish in the Directors' Cup since placing No. 2 in 2005-06. It had an opportunity to earn its 13th top-7ve fall placing overall and was seeking its 11th consecutive top-10 fall 7nish. The Lions have 7nished in the top 10 in the 7nal fall standings in 20 of the 24 years the Directors' Cup has ex- isted. The 7nal fall standings were set to be announced in mid-January. Stanford leads the Directors' Cup with 468 points and is followed by Penn State (315.50), UCLA (307), Michigan (294.5), Wisconsin (279), Colorado (269.5), Michigan State (255), North Carolina State (252.5), Princeton (242) and North Carolina (230). During the fall semester, the Penn State women's volleyball team won its 17th Big Ten championship, and the women's soccer team captured its sev- enth Big Ten tournament title. The 7eld hockey, men's and women's cross country, women's soccer and women's volleyball teams all competed in their respective NCAA championships. Five Penn State fall teams were ranked in their respective top 10s (7nal regular season ranking): women's cross coun- try (10th), 7eld hockey (sixth), football (ninth), women's soccer (79h) and women's volleyball (third). Penn State and Stanford were the only schools to have three teams ad- vance to the quarter7nals among this fall's 7ve team-bracketed NCAA championships. ■ SCORECARD