Hunt earns accolades for career-best game
Penn State senior tailback Tony Hunt delivered one of the top games of his career Saturday against Temple, rushing for a career-high 167 yards on just 16 carries (10.4 avg.) and scoring a career-best four touchdowns (three rushing).
For his efforts in the Nittany Lions' 47-0 victory, Hunt has been selected Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week, along with Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith. The conference honor is Hunt's first.
Hunt is just the sixth Nittany Lion to record two 1,000-yard rushing seasons, joining an elite list: John Cappelletti (1972-73), Curt Warner (1981-82), Blair Thomas (1987 & '89), Ki-Jana Carter (1993-94) and Curtis Enis (1996-97).
Hunt moved into fifth place on the Penn State career rushing yardage list with 3,032 yards. D.J. Dozier is in fourth place with 3,227 yards.
Hunt eclipsed his previous rushing high of 151 yards, set last season against Wisconsin, early in the third quarter and left the game shortly thereafter.
Schedule announced for '07 baseball team
Penn State head baseball coach Robbie Wine announced the Nittany Lions' 2007 schedule for the program's first season at the new Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Nittany Lions will play 25 of their 56 games, nearly 45 percent, as well as 25 of their final 41 regular season games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park and will also play at least 12 games against teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament last year. Penn State's home opener and the first Nittany Lion game at the new stadium will be a midweek contest against traditional rival Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 21 at 6:35 p.m. in the annual Keystone Classic.
The baseball program, which is Penn State's oldest intercollegiate sport, will begin its 133rd season with four games against two different opponents in Shreveport, La. the weekend of February 16-18. Penn State will take on host Centenary for two games and Kansas State out of the Big 12 Conference for two games. It will mark the second straight year that Penn State will open the season in Louisiana, as the it opened at Tulane last year.
Krieger in the running for Hermann Trophy
The Co-Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year, Ali Krieger is part of the 15-player list of semifinalists for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy, collegiate women's soccer's version of the Heisman Trophy awarded to the player of the year. One of four defenders on the list, Krieger has done an outstanding job in her final campaign, converting to defense after her injury-plagued Lions needed an anchor in the middle. The 2005 first-team All-American led her team to its ninth-straight Big Ten title as well as its fourth Big Ten Tournament title overall. Krieger and the Lions posted NCAA first and second round victories over the weekend against Niagara (2-1) and Villanova (2-0) and move to the third round in a Sunday, Nov. 19 match-up with Boston College at Jeffrey Field at 1 p.m.
Krieger's inclusion on the list marks the seventh consecutive year a Nittany Lion has been on the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy's list of semifinalists. Cementing its dominant reputation on the national scene, Penn State is the only program to have either the winner or runner-up for the prestigious award in each of the last six years.
Lions set to play host to BC in third round
No. 2 seed Penn State (17-4-3) will serve as host to Boston College Sunday, Nov. 19, in NCAA women's soccer third round action. The match will mark the fourth time out of the last five years that the Lions have hosted a third round game.
Ranked eighth by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the Nittany Lions advanced to the third round after wins over Niagara, 2-1, and Villanova, 2-0. Boston College (13-6-1) makes its appearance after beating Boston University, 3-0, and then upsetting No. 3 seed Rutgers in penalty kicks on Sunday.
Penn State won its ninth straight Big Ten title this year and also captured the Big Ten Tournament title before receiving its 12th NCAA bid in its 13th year overall.
