Sophomore Penn State women's lacrosse player Lindsay Dutch (Ellicott City, Md.) has been named the American Lacrosse Conference Player of the Week. It is the first career honor for Dutch and the first for Penn State this season. In Penn State's 15-7 season-opening upset of No. 15 Vanderbilt in an important ALC game on Feb. 26, Dutch scored four goals, including the first two goals of the game, on eight shots and added three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Her third and fourth goals of the game came within three minutes of one another, both on free position shots in the second half. The sophomore also collected an astounding six draw controls and was one of the main reasons that the Nittany Lions won the draw control battle, 20 to four. In addition, junior Shari Maslin (New City, N.Y.) was also tabbed as an Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention Division I National Player of the Week. Maslin recorded two goals and added three assists for five points in Penn State's victory over Vanderbilt, also chalking up five draw controls.

Penn State's Tanisha Wright (West Mifflin, Pa.) and Jess Strom (Munhall, Pa.) have been named to the first team All-Big Ten squads by both the coaches and the media. Wright, who was a unanimous coaches selection, was also named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for an unprecedented third straight season. Penn State was the only school to have two players selected to the first team in both the coaches and the media selections. For Wright, it was the second straight season in which the All-America candidate has garnered first-team accolades. She is also the only player ever to snag Defensive Player of the Year honors more than once. Although known for her defensive prowess, Wright pushed her offensive game to new heights this year, and finished the regular season No. 1 in the Big Ten in scoring at 19.6 ppg. She also ranked among the Big Ten best in assists and steals.

University Park, Pa. -- In a meet that showcased goodwill as well as fierce competition, it came down to the last event with the Japan College All-Stars besting the Penn State men's gymnastics team 224.300-224.150. A season-high score couldn't hold off the Japanese team through its strongest and final event, the parallel bars, where they pulled ahead of Penn State by earning a 38.600.

The tradition of goodwill between nations at Penn State began in 1954 under the direction of legendary gymnastics coach Gene Wettstone by hosting the first international competition in Rec Hall.

Penn State fans will be treated to one of the nation's premier home football schedules in 2007 with the Big Ten's announcement of the conference schedules for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The Nittany Lions will welcome Notre Dame to Beaver Stadium on Sept. 8, 2007 to highlight the non-conference home slate. The Fighting Irish will be playing in Happy Valley for the first time since 1991. Penn State will travel to South Bend on Sept. 9, 2006 in the first game between the two storied powers since 1992. The 2007 home conference slate includes Iowa (Oct. 6), Wisconsin (Oct. 13), Ohio State (Oct. 27) and Purdue (Nov. 3). In 2008, the highlight of the non-conference slate is a Sept. 13 visit to Syracuse, the first meeting between the old rivals since 1990. The Orange will visit Beaver Stadium on Sept. 12, 2009. The Nittany Lions will begin and end Big Ten play at home in 2008, with a very challenging middle portion of the schedule that includes Illinois (Sept. 27), Michigan (Oct. 18), Indiana (Nov. 15) and Michigan State (Nov. 22).

For more details on the latest Penn State sports news and results, visit http://live.psu.edu/wire/48

Monday's results
No Penn State varsity teams in action

Today's schedule
Men's gymnastics vs. Team Japan, 7 p.m.

University Park, Pa. -- The Penn State football staff will again welcome a large contingent of high school players from across the nation to its 31st annual summer football camps.

Penn State will host five different camp opportunities on the University Park campus in June, including a new seniors position camp.

The 2005 Penn State camps feature two offense / defense skills and fundamentals camps for athletes entering eighth-12th grade in the fall, to be held June 19-22 and 26-29. A placekicking camp, staffed exclusively by former Nittany Lion placekickers, will be held June 4-5.

University Park, Pa. -- The latest USFCA results have announced the Penn State fencing team in the top three on both sides. The men’s squad took over first place, with Ohio State dropping to second. The women are strongly in third, with Ohio State again dropping to second as Notre Dame tops the chart.

Last year, the men and women’s fencing team finished the NCAA championship in second place with eight All-Americans.