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WRESTLING
year.
He made a big impact,
Decker said. He was explosive. He worked extremely hard. He always
tried to do his best and it
wore off on me. I realized I
wasnt doing my full poten-
HOCKEY
the orange lights, and on
the choppy ice, of Greenberg Ice Pavilion. Pegula
Ice Arena was a concept on
paper and a stack of blocks
and steel when the puck
dropped on the first season.
When I came in, I dont
even know if they showed
me the Greenberg Ice Pavilion, Olczyk said. Heck,
I wouldnt have shown it if
I was trying to get people to
come here.
A year later, Eric Scheid
transferred in to join the
seniors.
They all committed more
to a dream than to a program.
Its come a long way
since the Day 1 when I
walked into Greenberg,
Glen said. I was a little
nervous, I guess. I didnt
really know what we were
in for.
Olczyk was sure to mention earlier this week how
many on the outside
thought it might take until
this season for the Lions
even to earn their first Big
Ten win, how they would
get eaten up by the conferences long-established
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Football coaches to
give Spring Chalk Talk
UNIVERSITY PARK
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Womens
swimming
PSU SITS 6TH AT
CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANN ARBOR, MICH.
Mens hockey
PARKING CHANGES FOR
THON
UNIVERSITY PARK
Penns Valleys Ben Alexander (2) jumps for a reverse layup in January.
powers.
These men helped establish an identity, and
were less concerned with
how the program would
take them places and more
with how they could take
the program places.
Lindsay said he was
asked often on the recruiting trail in the early years
about how long it would
take to be successful, but
these seniors were not
asking that question. Lindsay admitted there is some
satisfaction that in four
years this team is a contender despite those concerns,
but he doesnt have an I
told you so for those who
chose to go elsewhere.
Were happy with the
guys we got, he said.
The guys they got have
had Penn State ranked in
the top 20 most of the
season with one of the
nations top-scoring offenses. With just six games left
in the regular season
three weekends the team
is still in the hunt in the Big
Ten, and its No. 14 in the
Pairwise Rankings, a strong
indicator of standing for
the 16-team NCAA tournament.
Being in the hunt is
good, but the Nittany Lions
cant forget it starts Friday
night.
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Penn States Tommy Olczyk and seven other seniors will play in Pegula Ice Arena for the
final time this weekend as the Nittany Lions take on Ohio State.