DCT: Penn State/Neumann University hockey game not yet official

Charlie — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:42:44 +0000

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Outdoor hockey fever is sweeping Penn State.

That is, if the game is actually scheduled to takes place.

The Delaware County Times is reporting that Dominick Dawes, head coach of Division 3 team Neumann University, has confirmed that Penn State and Neumann University are currently working on plans for an outdoor game at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park that would be scheduled for January 4th, 2012.

When word that the Nittany Lions would be playing hockey in South Philadelphia first broke yesterday, Penn State fans were sent into a frenzy. The timing couldn’t be more perfect for Penn State fans in the Philadelphia area with the game scheduled to take place just 2 days after the hometown Flyers and Rangers square off on the same rink for the Winter Classic.

But as details surrounding the game continue to surface, it is starting to look as if the news and excitement over the potential outdoor game may have been a tad premature.

Although the deal is described by Neumann University men

Penn State wrestlers win 2011 Big Ten Championship

Charlie — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:55:53 +0000

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Photo Credit: Tony Mancuso

Congratulations are in order to Cael Sanderson and the #4 Nittany Lions for winning the first team Big Ten title in school history. For a program that won the first national championship awarded to a team outside of the Midwest, this marks another important milestone for the wrestling program, one that fans have been eagerly awaiting since joining the conference just over 2 decades ago. And to think, all it took was 2 seasons for Cael Sanderson to achieve what John Fritz and Troy Sunderland could not.

When Cael Sanderson was first introduced as the next head coach for the wrestling program 2 years ago, he made a statement most people would usually just consider empty rhetoric. He wanted to turn Penn State into a wrestling powerhouse. And considering Penn State’s inability to even capture the Big Ten title since joining the conference, most fans could have easily dismissed such a bold statement as pandering. But this wasn’t just anyone chosen to run the program. Cael Sanderson wanted to turn Penn State into a wrestling powerhouse and the fans ate it up. But who could blame them, virtually anyone who follows college wrestling is aware of his accolades. As an athlete Sanderson was sensational; an undefeated 159-0 collegiate record at Iowa State and an Olympic gold medal, but he was even better as a coach. At Iowa State, Sanderson never had a wrestler not qualify for nationals, sending 30 of 30 grapplers through to the championship tournament and his teams never finished lower than 5th at the NCAA Championships. For Penn State fans, the question was not whether he could replicate that success at Penn State, but how long it would take?

Photo Credit: Tony Mancuso

Just 1 season later, Cael Sanderson has his squad ranked #4 in the nation, compiled a near-perfect 17-1-1 regular season record, and has them cruising into the NCAA Tournament riding a wave of momentum following the program’s first ever Big Ten Championship. But more importantly, left in the wake of this program defining win, was Iowa, the 3-time defending national champions and only squad to hand Penn State a loss during the regular season. To avenge that loss feels great, to do it at the conference Championships only makes it better.

Penn State was nearly perfect on the final day of the 2011 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, going 5-0 in title matches. Andrew Long (133), Frank Molinaro (149), David Taylor (157), Ed Ruth (174), and Quentin Wright (184) were all crowned Big Ten Champions, while

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