The Borough has had several large revitalization projects during this time, as well as development pressures resulting in traffic surveys and calming issues, storm water, land development and even bridge replacement. We are currently working on a $1,100,000 Main Street Revitalization Project that is moving smoothly. They keep the Borough's best interests in mind and are sensitive to our community needs and desires.

How many colleges have their own field like you? There aren't very many on college campuses. There's [a great field] at the US Training Center in Virginia Beach. Michigan has its own field, but it can't compare to what we have here. Other schools might share with Lacrosse or there might be a track around it. Here we have our own but it's spoiling. In previous years we've looked forward to going on the road and playing on other nice fields. We're very happy to be at home and are very happy to have the field that we have.

How much input did you have in constructing the new field? The people that put the turf in, they obviously know what they are doing. Sometimes I think they don't trust my experience on turf. But everyone thinks turf is the same and they'll say, Why don't you go play in Holuba [Hall]? Like last year vs. Lafayette when the torrential rain came down and people asked why we weren't in [Holuba] for the whole game. Well, no, that's turf with pebbles in it. It's field turf. That slows the game down. It's like playing on grass. So you want the ideal surface and when it came time to get a field, I said it doesn't make sense but to get the ideal surface if it's just going to be field hockey. So we talked to the people at Astroturf and said this is what we want and then talked to the architects and said this is the way we want the field laid out. I pretty much got what I wanted.

Do you miss the bumps and funny bounces at Bigler? No! It's funny because people will say, Your field wasn't that bad because it was so worn it was fast. But, there were times in games like two years ago where we knew we had to attack this goal first because to attack at the end of the game with a crucial corner on the line, you weren't going to execute it. We used to watch other teams just fumble the ball around, and it was home field advantage on that one. But we got used to it. It's so much nicer now. The alumni came back and they are in awe of the facility.

How much does that help with recruiting?

I think it's a big recruiting tool. There are so many factors that go into recruiting. You look at Beaver Stadium-it's got to be one of the nicest stadiums anywhere. You look at our campus, our academics. There are so many positive things to say about Penn State and obviously having this facility is going to add to that. I think when we had the U-21 players up here it makes a difference that you have a really nice facility as opposed to playing on a field that's not quite making it.