Notes from the Underground

I don't know if I'm sold on the name of this post but this is the first installment of a summary of what is going on around Penn State sports.

• The Penn State women's volleyball team will begin the season ranked number one for the first time since they won their last national title in 1999. They return all of their starters from the previous season, and the experience will be valuable with the number one bullseye on their backs.
  

• The Penn State men's soccer team wraps up preseason play 0-1-1 with a 2-2 tie versus Pitt. The record is deceiving for a few reasons:

Despite the results, coach Barry Gorman wasn't concerned.

"If we weren't outshooting the other team and we weren't getting the chances, then I'd be worried," he said. "But there's a lot of new guys in there, and we'll start to jell together."

There is also a new player on the team, Matheus Braga, and he's Brazilian. Insert obligatory GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! here.

• Penn State Rugby apparently has a new hall dedicated to it. I'm going to try and get out there to check it out and if I do I will do a write about about it. I really don't know much about Rugby but hopefully that changes this year.
• The week one football depth chart has been released. Let's hope the injury bug stays away because we are things could get ugly with a rash of injuries.