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Penn State will visit France and Italy during 10-day trip
UNIVERSITY
PARK, PA– The defending Big Ten regular-season champion Penn State Lady
Lions will begin their 2012-13 season with a 10-day foreign tour to
France and Italy August 13-23. The Lady Lions will visit five cities in
the two countries, while playing three games. By NCAA regulations, the
Lady Lions are allotted 10 practices for the foreign tour and have
taken part in six practices since the middle of July.
The
Lady Lions will begin their European trip in Paris, where they will
spend two nights. The team will visit several historic landmarks and
museums in Paris, including the Louvre, the Effiel Tower, the
Champs-Elysees and Arc de Triomphe. The Lady Lions will take on Le
Havre in their first tour game on August 15.
Penn State
will then travel to Nice for a one-day tour stop before heading to
Monaco and Lake Como for two days. On the second day in Lake Como, the
team will play their second game of the tour against the Italian
All-Star Team on August 18. The Lady Lions continue their tour in
Florence, where they will see the Duomo, the Piazza della Signoria and
Ponte Vecchio.
The final destination for the Lady Lions is
a three-day visit to Rome, where Penn State will see the Spanish Steps
and Trevi Fountain, the Vatican, the RomanColosseum & Forum and the
Pantheon & Piazza Navona. The Lady Lions will play their final game
of the European Tour against the Italian All-Star team on August 21.
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