Penn State Phryday

Yinzers,

I really am at a loss for words this week. This was the final week of classes in my Penn State undergraduate career. In two weeks, I will be able to sign my name with the words "Penn State - Life Sciences '10" beneath. I must say, it has been an amazing 4 years to say the least. I may have something up my sleeve for the next two weeks, you'll have to tune in to find out. As for this week, it will be our last Penn State athletics blog for the Spring of 2010. The sports will return in the Fall of 2010 as I return to Happy Valley to begin working on my Masters of Biotechnology degree. Here is what we have for the final spring sports blog of 2010:

Men's Volleyball
The Penn State Nittany Lions are ranked #12 in the nation at this point in the NCAA division I season. The Nittany Lions are coming off of two wins in the EIVA Tournament. Penn State beat up on George Mason and Springfield College, beating both teams 3 games to 0. The last EIVA quarterfinals game is tomorrow night, May 1 at 7:00 pm in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions will be taking on the Princeton Tigers. If Penn State gets past Princeton, it's on to the NCAA semifinals in Palo Alto, California starting on May 6. Congratulations to Penn State senior Mark Lipsitz for being recognized as a first-team All-American. Extend recognition also to junior Dennis Del Valle for making the second team.

Baseball
The Nittany Lion baseball team is currently 17-23 and sitting in last place in the Big-10. Surprised? Nope. The Nittany Lions are living up to their history as an average team at best. Penn State beats the teams they should beat, like Slippery Rock, Duquesne and Bucknell, but continue to be .500 at best against the Big-10. Penn State rolls into this weekend's series with Michigan State after dropping all 3 games to Purdue, beating Duquesne, losing to Mount St. Mary's and taking 2 of 3 from Ohio State. The Michigan State series starts tonight at 6:35 pm. It's dollar dog night and a benefit for the Wounded Warrior Fund, which is more worth going for than the baseball game, but hey...I'll still say Go Lions!

Finals week starts on Monday and commencement week is the following. We'll be living up our last days here before the real world kicks in.

For the Glory,
B Brog