Coaches in many sports would love to see balanced scoring from their teams. In a coach's dream world, even when her team's top players provide less offense than usual, supporting players would pick up the slack.

In their 5-1 victory against Pennsylvania yesterday the Nittany Lions field hockey team received balanced scoring, as four different players tallied goals, including two from back Kelly Concini.

"Anyone can, given the opportunity, put the ball in the cage," Concini said. "We all can score and it's nice to see more people scoring."

Concini's two goals, Penn State's third and fourth ones, both came off penalty corners, as she rebounded shots past Pennsylvania goalie Carrie Wilhelm in a scramble situation in front of the cage.

"I was there, the ball was there," Concini said.

"I just got to it first. If I didn't put it in(Timarie Legel) would have put it in instead."

Concini said it is the job of her and forwards Legel and Meredith Schulzitski to follow small rebounds off the Nittany Lions' corner plays. Concini said that she should have swept more goals in after they bounced off Wilhelm's pads in the first half.

Morett said Concini was in the correct position to rebound the ball on the plays she scored on.

"(Kelly) was right there by the goalkeeper on the corner (of the circle), which is her job," Morett said. "She's in there looking to score. She's excited to score. We're excited when anybody scores."

Neilye Stoner also played a strong game, scoring the game-winning goal, as she put the ball past Wilhelm on a backhanded sweep shot.

"All forwards practice it (the backhanded sweep shot)," Stoner said. "It's a good thing to have if you got a girl on your stick and you need to get a quick shot off."

Stoner, one of the Lions more versatile players, shifted from center back, where she was filling in for an injured Heather Conroy, to right wing to seconds before she scored.

Morett said that Stoner plays a strong right wing, where she can score and set up chances for other players to score.

Stoner also turned aside a Quakers shot in the first half that was headed toward the Lions net.

"She's just an amazing player," Concini said. "We know we can put her anywhere on the field and she'll do the job."

Schulzitski, in her last Lions regular season home game, played well coming up with a number of opportunities on offense, and assisting on the Lions' fifth goal that Legel scored.

"I thought the attack, once we got a couple goals, started to get their game going," Morett said.

Apart for the strong offensive play Concini displayed, the Lions relied on the junior in her more conventional of organizing the defense.

"Kelly was strong in the back field and she's always talking," Stoner said.

Overall, the Lions counted on a number of different players to defeat the Quakers.