Purdue game slated for noon start Oct. 28
ABC will televise the Penn State-Purdue football game on Saturday, October 28 at 12:00 p.m. ET from Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.
The contest will be a split national telecast on ABC, along with Oklahoma-Missouri. The game also will be available on the ESPN GamePlan package.
The clash with the Boilermakers (5-2, 2-1) is Penn State's (4-3, 2-2) ninth announced TV appearance of the season. This Saturday's Homecoming game with Illinois will be nationally televised by ESPN2 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
The Nittany Lions' season opener with Akron aired on ESPN2, the Notre Dame game was on NBC, the Youngstown State game was an ESPNU national telecast, the Ohio State, Northwestern and Michigan games aired on ABC and the overtime win at Minnesota was televised by ESPN Regional.
The Nittany Lions have appeared on television in 145 of their last 147 games.
Penn State leads the series with Purdue, 7-3-1, posting a 33-15 victory in State College last year. The Boilermakers won the last meeting in West Lafayette, 28-14, in 2003.
Long receives award for defensive prowess
Sophomore defender Jen Long of the Penn State field hockey team was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week yesterday. She becomes the second Penn State player to earn the league's weekly defensive award this year, joining Jen Beaumont, who was named Player of the Week on September 25.
Long, who is a central figure on Penn State's Big Ten-leading defense, played a big role in limited fifth-ranked North Carolina to just one goal and eight shots in Friday's 2-1 upset win for the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions. The Tar Heels, who entered the game averaging 3.85 goals per game 18.1 shots per game, were also held to just three shots in the second half in which they were playing from behind. Long also helped limit UNC's leading scorer, Karen Mann, to just two shots. Long also recorded an assist on the first Penn State goal of the game by Mallory Weisen, which tied the game 1-1 prior to Penn State taking the 2-1 lead before halftime. Long is also currently tied for second on the team in assists with seven this year.
