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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Serbias rough start to the Olympics seems like a long time ago now. Filip Filipovic and company are headed to the mens water polo final, and they got a little revenge along the way.Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic and Slobodan Nikic scored two goals apiece, and Serbia shut down Italy for a 10-8 victory in the semifinals on Thursday.Serbia was a heavy favorite coming into the tournament, but the world champions played to a draw in each of their first two games and then lost 6-5 to Brazil. It recovered with four straight victories, beginning with a tight 10-8 win against Australia that played a key role in the water polo-crazy country making it out of the preliminary round at all.Serbia also had a chance to get to the final in London, but lost 9-7 to Italy and had to settle for its second straight bronze.Its a really good feeling, Nikic said. After four years, waiting, and then again playing against Italy for the semifinal, it was big revenge for us.Next up is a showdown with defending Olympic champion Croatia, which advanced with a 12-8 victory over Montenegro in the first semifinal. The countries also met in the world championship final last year, with Serbia winning 11-4 in Russia.It was the highest scoring game in Rio for Croatia, which was coming off a 10-6 victory over Brazil in the quarterfinals. Croatia also beat Montenegro 7-5 in the semifinals of the London Games.Its amazing, of course, goaltender Marko Bijac said. I think we still dont think we know what we have done here, but for sure we dont want to stop here.Serbia grabbed control of its semifinal by scoring the first six goals, shutting out Italy all the way to Valentino Gallos goal with 1:52 left in the second quarter.Our defense was perfect today, Nikic said.Gallo, Christian Presciutti and Alessandro Velotto had two goals apiece for Italy, which beat Greece 9-5 in the quarterfinals.I didnt like our approach to the game, Italy coach Alessandro Campagna said. They play hard on defense, for sure. We knew that. But we play a little shy.Croatia had to go with 12 players after Damir Buric was suspended for one match due to a brutality call in the victory over Brazil. But Andro Buslje and Andelo Setka combined for four goals in the fourth quarter, helping Croatia turn away every push by the Red Sharks.We played without one player. It was more difficult, yeah, but finally every player (gave) his 120 percent and finally we played very (good) game, Croatia driver Javier Garcia Gadea said.Darko Brguljan and Aleksandar Ivovic had three goals apiece for Montenegro, which finished fourth in each of the previous two Olympics. Milos Scepanovic, who made a couple of big plays in Montenegros 13-11 win over Hungary in the quarterfinals, had just two stops.We concede maybe seven, eight goals a game. Today we concede seven goals in the first half, Montenegro coach Vladimir Gojkovic said.If we want to win a medal we must play defense on level (with) how we play until this game.Montenegro got within two goals twice down the stretch, but Setka responded each time for Croatia. Setkas power-play goal with 2:44 left made it 11-8. Buslje capped the scoring with a long range shot with 1:13 remaining.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap Wholesale Jordans Shoes China . 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Now, Penn States defense is reaping the benefits of their experience, specifically a handful of gritty cornerbacks, including John Reid and Christian Campbell, who dont shy away from contact.We have four quality guys that I think are all playing at a high level, cornerbacks coach Terry Smith said. Im really happy with all of their progress. Im really excited for the challenge this weekend for those guys and all four are going to play a lot of football.The next challenge comes at Heinz Field against a Pittsburgh team looking for someone to emerge to replace dynamic wideout Tyler Boyd. Penn States corners are determined to ensure the Panthers search continues past week two.Pittsburgh showed little offensive variance in a quiet opening win over Villanova. The Panthers are a run-first team that uses a tight end rather than spread defenses out with four-receiver sets. Running back James Conner is much more nimble than his 250-pound frame would suggest and can dance around defenders just as easily as he can run over them.Penn States corners are ready to help at the line where the Nittany Lioons could be without end Evan Schwan, who left last weeks game with an ankle injury.dddddddddddd Playing three new starters up front, the Nittany Lion front four looked susceptible when they werent sacking Kent States quarterbacks.But corners Haley, Campbell, Reid and Oruwariye helped limit running plays when they could.The foursome combined for nine of their 10 tackles in run support and often closed the gap quickly or angled off ballcarriers before they could do serious damage. Reid, who played most of his snaps at the nickel, had to make one tackle from behind after a 16-yard gain, but Kent State averaged just half a yard on running plays where corners made the stops.I think we definitely worked on tackling in the off-season, because I knew it was one of the things we needed to work on last year, open-field tackling, Haley said. I think its just the things you work on in practice, the little details, wrapping up, just being physical, flying to the ball, taking good angles. I think we took that more seriously and it translated to the field.Theyll have to be ready for Pitts Jordan Whitehead, too.While the Panthers didnt call the defensive back number on offense last week, Penn State is expecting a healthy dose of the shifty playmaker, especially on the perimeter.Jordan Whitehead will play offense against us, I dont think theres any doubt about that, Penn State coach James Franklin said. 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