Before Saturday's Penn-Princeton meet the Penn State women's track team took time to honor all 17 seniors. They each received a single rose, a small thank you for four years of hard work.

The score was irrelevant.

With the Big Ten championships three weeks away, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team got an early look at one of its chief rivals in the conference, Ohio State.

The annual Winter Cup event for men's gymnastics was held Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas to jump-start the year's national and international competitions, and also to determine six new members of the U.S. National Team.

College Friday morning caused them to cancel their trip to Columbus to play Ohio State. No makeup games will be scheduled because Penn State's schedule is full through the ACHA Div. II national tournament. The Ice Lions will finish their regular season next weekend at IUP and Pittsburgh.

Even on a day when two top-10 wrestling teams, Penn State and Michigan, met and when an undefeated wrestler, Nittany Lions heavyweight Pat Cummins, suffered his first loss, two people 400 miles from the action were still the story.

Penn State men's track coach Harry Groves expected this weekend's meet with Princeton and Connecticut to be a close one, based on years past.

Legend has it -- though stories tend to change somewhat over 20 years -- that just before the 1984 ACHA National Championship game, the Arizona coach walked over to Icers assistant coach Larry Rocha and pointed to where the Icers could pick up their runner-up trophy after the game.

In most cases, traveling on the road for a game, meet or match and not knowing what to expect from your team is a recipe for disaster.

A team outing to watch Miracle on Saturday was not enough inspiration. The momentum from an 11-game winning streak could not carry over. And the desire to remain undefeated in the Big Ten did not provide the necessary motivation.

In order to win tough matches, the Penn State men's tennis team must learn to overcome adversity.

When faced with strong competition, a team can learn a lot from its losses.

A visit to the University of Pennsylvania was supposed to be a tough road game for the Penn State Lady Icers. The No. 4 Quakers came into the game ranked only one spot below the No. 3 Lady Icers in the ECWHL rankings.

Heading into this weekend's meet in Columbia, Mo., the No. 21 Penn State women's gymnastics team believed itself to be the favorite to defeat Missouri, BYU and Kentucky. This was especially true after four straight wins for the Nittany Lions, who haven't lost since Jan. 16.

Before Friday night's game, Penn State Icers coach Joe Battista walked into the locker room planning on giving a rousing speech to fire up his team. Instead, he walked out after giving only a few words of wisdom.

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Greg Wagner sprang off the mat and pumped his fist in the air toward his coaches and teammates.

Only one word can describe the men’s volleyball matches at Rec Hall on Saturday: classic.

New parking deck restrictions scrap convenience for money

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• Plows create hardships in campus parking lots
• End the male bashing; no one left to fix cars
• PSU acceptance based on grades, not looks
• Senate's minutes available to public

Don't expect old-fashioned dinner theater from La Verna. The typical combination of cheesy dancing and sub-par buffet has no place in this town.

While many are looking forward to warmer climates during spring break or higher temperatures that will eventually find State College, it is hard to ignore the snow-covered fact that winter is not going away anytime soon.