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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM AND HEAD COACH MATT CAMPBELL HAVE ROUNDED OUT THE POSITION COACHES ON THE STAFF WITH THE HIRING OF NOW FORMER BOSTON COLLEGE ASSISTANT SAVON HUGGINS TO BE THE RUNNING BACKS COACH. THE 32-YEAR-OLD HUGGINS REPLACES STAN DRAYTON WHO LEFT FOR SOUTH

CAROLINA. HUGGINS IS A NEW JERSEY NATIVE AND PLAYED COLLEGIATELY AT RUTGERS AND THEN SPENT A YEAR AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS. HE SPENT THE LAST THREE SEASONS AS RUNNING BACKS COACH AT BOSTON COLLEGE. 

 

FROM THE TRANSFER PORTAL, PENN STATE HAS ADDED FORMER UCLA DEFENSIVE TACKLE SIALE TAUPAKI. HE IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A VETERAN PLAYER. TAUPAKI WILL BE ENTERING HIS 8TH SEASON OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND PLAYED AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR MUCH OF HIS CAREER BEFORE MOVING TO DEFENSIVE TACKLE FOR 

THE LAST TWO SEASONS. HE PLAYED IN ALL 12 GAMES FOR THE BRUINS THIS PAST SEASON AND HIS FIRST START AGAINST INDIANA IN OCTOBER. HE FINISHED WITH 15 TACKLES AND HAD ONE SACK AND ONE FUMBLE RECOVERY.  

PENN STATE ALSO PICKED UP FORMER BOSTON COLLEGE SAFETY OMARION DAVIS WHO HAS THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. HE PLAYED IN ALL 12 GAMES AS A FRESHMAN AT BOSTON COLLEGE AND HAD 13 TACKLES FROM HIS STRONG SAFETY SPOT. HE IS A 5-11, 188 POUND PLAYER FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. 

AND PENN STATE IS GETTING DEFENSIVE TACKLE DALLAS VAKAHLAHI FROM UTAH. VAKALAHI IS A 6-2, 318-POUND PLAYER WHO HAS TWO YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. HE STARTED TWO GAMES AND PLAYED IN NINE LAST SEASON. HE HAD 9 TACKLES LAST SEASON. 

 

PENN STATE WIDE RECEIVER MATT OUTTEN HAS ENTERED THE TRANSFER PORTAL. HE DID NOT PLAY IN A GAME THIS PAST SEASON AND HAS THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING.  

 

MICHIGAN BREEZED PAST THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM LAST NIGHT, 105-65. THE WOLVERINES SHOT OVER 44 PERCENT FROM THREE-POINT RANGE AND IMPROVED TO 13-2 ON THE SEASON. GRACIE MERKLE HAD 18 POINTS AND 7 REBOUNDS TO LEAD PENN STATE IN BOTH CATEGORIES. KIYOMI MCMILLER FINISHED WITH 15 POINTS, 7 ASSISTS AND 5 REBOUNDS. 

THE LADY LIONS ARE NOW 7-9 ON THE SEASON AND REMAIN WINLESS THROUGH FIVE BIG TEN GAMES. THEY WILL HOST ILLINOIS SUNDAY AT 3PM AT THE JORDAN CENTER. 

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THE PENN STATE HOCKEY TEAM IS NOW 9TH IN THE COACHES’ POLL AND WILL HOST MINNESOTA TO KICKOFF WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT FIVE-GAME HOMESTAND HERE FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. BOTH TEAMS ARE 4-4 IN BIG TEN GAMES THIS SEASON WITH THE NITTANY LIONS COMING AT 12-6 OVERALL WHILE THE GOLDEN GOPHERS ARE 8-10-1. FACEOFF AT PEGULA ICE ARENA TONIGHT IS SET FOR 6PM WITH THE SAME START TIME TOMORROW NIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-5 IN THEIR LAST EIGHT GAMES INCLUDING A 1-1 SPLIT AT MINNESOTA NOVEMBER 21ST AND 22ND. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL OPEN ITS FINAL CAMPAIGN UNDER HEAD COACH MARK PAVLIK TONIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST MOUNT OLIVE AT 6PM. PENN STATE WILL ALSO HOST MANHATTAN TOMORROW IN THE NORTH GYM AT REC HALL AT 3PM.  

 

THE FOURTH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS BACK IN ACTION TODAY AT MERCYHURST. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 18-3 ON THE SEASON, 12-0 IN THE AHA. MERCYHURST IS 13-9-2 AND IS 9-4-1 IN THE AHA. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY IN ERIE TODAY AT 3PM AND AGAIN TOMORROW AT 1PM. 

 

THE TOP-RANKED PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM WILL OPEN BIG TEN ACTION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST RUTGERS IN A 4 O’CLOCK MATCH AT REC HALL.  

PENN STATE IS 6-0 AND HAS WON 77 CONSECUTIVE DUALS WHILE THE SCARLET KNIGHTS ARE 6-2 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM TRAVELS TO 5TH-RANKED PURDUE FOR A 2 O’CLOCK TIPOFF TOMORROW AT MACKEY ARENA. PENN STATE IS 9-6 ON THE SEASON, 0-4 IN THE BIG TEN. THE BOILERMAKERS ARE 14-1 ON THE YEAR, 4-0 IN CONFERENCE PLAY.  

 

THE PENN STATE SWIMMING TEAM WILL HEAD TO VIRGINIA TO TAKE ON THE CAVALIERS TOMORROW AT NOON. THE DIVING TEAM’S MEET AGAINST BUFFALO THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM HAS RELEASED ITS SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON WHICH INCLUDES NINE HOME GAMES AT PANZER STADIUM. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN THE SEASON AT RICHMOND ON FEBRUARY 7TH AND THEN WILL HAVE THREE STRAIGHT HOME GAMES STARTING WITH THE OPENER AGAINST UMASS ON FEBRUARY 11TH.  OTHER HOME GAMES FOR PENN STATE ARE BUCKNELL ON FEBRUARY 15TH, PITT ON FEBRUARY 18TH, COLGATE ON MARCH 4TH, PRINCETON ON MARCH 15TH, MICHIGAN ON MARCH 22ND. OREGON ON APRIL 9TH, NORTHWESTERN ON APRIL 12TH AND JOHNS HOPKINS ON APRIL 16TH. 

 

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THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED BELLEFONTE 83-53 LAST NIGHT. NOAH PATEL HAD 29 POINTS TO LEAD THE RAMS. HE SCORED 15 OF THOSE POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER ALONE. FLETCHER IRONSIDE ADDED 20 POINTS FOR THE RAMS. DAXTON KRIEGER PACED BELLEFONTE WITH 18 POINTS. THE RAMS ARE NOW 8-3 ON THE SEASON. THE RED RAIDERS FALL TO 1-9.   

PENNS VALLEY WON THE JV GAME 60-43. PENNS VALLEY ALSO SWEPT THE JUNIOR HIGH GAMES WINNING THE A-GAME, 33-22 AND THE B-GAME, 26-14. 

 

THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT BELLEFONTE LAST NIGHT 45-30. EMILY GUSTKEY LED THE LADY MOUNTIES WITH 11 POINTS. EMMA WAGNER AND ASHLYN WARNER ADDED 9 POINTS APIECE. TALIA COTTER LED BELLEFONTE WITH 12 POINTS. 

 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO CENTRAL LAST NIGHT, 47-31. THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS WILL VISIT MARTINSBURG TO PLAY CENTRAL TONIGHT AT 7:30. 

 

THE TYRONE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA LAST NIGHT 57-39.  THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GIRLS WILL BE AT TYRONE TONIGHT. 

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP A 77-59 WIN OVER HALIFAX LAST NIGHT. 

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST NEWPORT TONIGHT WITH TIPOFF AT 6PM IN BOALSBURG. 

 

BELLEFONTE WRESTLING IS COMPETING AT THE VIRGINIA DUALS TODAY AND TOMORROW IN HAMPTON, VIRGINIA. 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA WRESTLING TEAM IS COMPETING AT THE MID-WINTER MAYHEM TOURNAMENT AT IUP TODAY AND TOMORROW. 

THE PENNS VALLEY WRESTLING TEAM IS AT THE SOUTHERN TIER MEMORIAL TODAY AND TOMORROW IN ELMIRA, NEW YORK.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST CENTRAL DAUPHIN TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE NORTH GYM. THE STATE HIGH GIRLS WILL VISIT CENTRAL DAUPHIN TONIGHT. 

THE STATE HIGH WRESTLING TEAM WILL COMPETE AT THE GETTYSBURG DUALS TOMORROW.  

THE PHILIPLSBURG-OSCEOLA WRESTLING TEAM WILL HOST THE MOUNTAINEER DUALS TOMORROW. 

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STATE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING BACK D’ANTAE SHEFFEY HAS COMMITTED TO THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM. AS A SENIOR FOR THE LITTLE LIONS THIS PAST SEASON, 

SHEFFEY RAN FOR OVER 16-HUNDRED YARDS AND 24 TOUCHDOWNS. THE FORMER SYRACUSE COMMIT IS RATED AS A THREE-STAR RECRUIT AND IS THE 13TH RECRUIT FOR PENN STATE IN 2026.  

 

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN CALEB BREWER HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RETURNING TO PENN STATE FOR THE 2026 SEASON.  HE HAS THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. 

PENN STATE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MICHAEL TROUTMAN THE THIRD IS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL.  HE DID NOT PLAY IN 2025 AND HAS FOUR YEARS OF ELIGIBILTY REMAINING.  

FORMER PENN STATE WIDE RECEIVER KADEN SAUNDERS IS TRANSFERRING TO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.  

 

AND PENN STATE HAS HIRED JOE RESENDEZ AS ITS NEW DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL SPORTS MEDICINE. RESENDEZ SERVED IN THAT SAME ROLE WITH IOWA STATE LAST SEASON. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE NBA AND IN THE XFL AND UFL. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST 9TH-RANKED MICHIGAN AT THE JORDAN CENTER TONIGHT AT 6PM. THE LADY LIONS ARE 7-8 ON THE SEASON, 0-4 IN THE BIG TEN. 

THE WOLVERINES COME IN AT 12-2 ON THE YEAR, 3-1 IN CONFERENCE GAMES. 

 

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THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED BELLEFONTE LAST NIGHT 45-30. 

 

THE CLEARFIELD GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED BALD EAGLE AREA 51-12.  

 

IN JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL YESTERDAY, BELLEFONTE’S A-TEAM DEFEATED PHILIPSBURG 38-10 AND BELLEFONTE’S B-TEAM BEAT PHILIPSBURG 12-3.  

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THE PENNS VALLEY WRESTLING TEAM IS NOW 10-0 AFTER A  41-22 WIN OVER PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IN SPRING MILLS LAST NIGHT IN A MATCH HEARD HERE ON SPORTSRADIO 98-7, THE FOX LAST NIGHT. 

ERICK CARLILE AND BRAYDEN LISOWSKI GOT PINS FOR THE RAMS. ALSO WINNING FOR PENNS VALLEY WERE CONNOR MYERS, MAX DINGES, TRIPP WATSON, SAWYER FETTEROLF, KALEB NIXON, CAEL SMITH AND ROBERT MARTIN. JACOB DUGAN AND EVAN EICHENLAUB HAD PINS FOR BALD EAGLE AREA WHILE HAYDEN KOPTCHAK AND AVERI GABLE ALSO HAD TECH FALLS FOR THE MOUNTIES. P-O IS NOW 6-3.  

PENNS VALLEY ALSO WON THE JUNIOR HIGH MATCH 48-29.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE WRESTLING TEAM ROLLED TO A 56-13 WIN AT JERSEY SHORE LAST NIGHT. FOUR RED RAIDERS RECORDED PINS INCUDLING COLIN HARTER, DYLAN HOCKENBERRY, JACKSON LONG AND MASON ENGLERT. BLAKE GLACE AND LUKE HOCKENBERRY PICKED UP TECHNICAL FALLS AND EZRA SWISHER HAD A MAJOR DECISION. BELLEFONTE IMPROVES TO 8-1 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA WRESTLING TEAM FELL TO UNDEFEATED CLEARFIELD 42-19. WINNERS FOR THE EAGLES INCLUDED TANNER GUENOT AND GAGE GARDNER WHO BOTH WON BY FALL, LIAM PURCELL WHO WON BY TECHNICAL FALL, AND CADEN JUDICE WHO WON BY MAJOR DECISION. THE EAGLES FALL TO 6-4 ON THE SEASON.  

IN BOYS BASKETBALL, CUMBERLAND VALLEY JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD AND HELD OFF STATE COLLEGE THE REST OF THE WAY TO POST A 56-44 WIN OVER THE LITTLE LIONS. NICK CARR LED STATE HIGH WITH 18 POINTS. STATE COLLEGE FALLS TO 7-4 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HELD OFF GREENWOOD LAST NIGHT FOR A 51-40 WIN LAST NIGHT. THE WOLFPACK IS NOW 7-2 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS SWIM TEAM DEFEATED CHAMBERSBURG YESTERDAY 109-56 WHILE THE STATE HIGH BOYS LOST TO CHAMBERSBURG 89-81. WINNERS FOR THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS INCLUDED MOLLY WORKMAN WHO WON THE BOTH THE 50 FREESTYLE AND THE 100 BACKSTROKE, ELLEN WOODRUFF WHO WON BOTH THE 100 BUTTERFLY AND THE 200 IM ALONG WITH SAWYER BARSHINGER IN THE 100 FREE, GABBY SIEKMAN IN THE 200 FREE, NATALIE HUGGINS IN THE 500 FREE, STATE COLLEGE ALSO WON THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY RACE. 

WINNERS FOR THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS INCLUDED LEO GARLICKI INT HE 100 BACKSTROKE, EVAN KOEHLE IN THE 200 IM, AND THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM. 

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WIDE RECEIVER TYSEER DENMARK HAD ANNOUNCED HE WAS RETURNING TO PENN STATE NEXT SEASON. BUT UPON FURTHER CONSIDERATION THE REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE-TO-BE IS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL. DENMARK HAD FOUR RECEPTIONS FOR 45 YARDS AND PLAYED JUST 60 SNAPS OVER HIS TWO SEASONS WITH THE NITTANY LIONS. SAFETY DEJUAN LANE ALSO ANNOUNCED HE IS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL. HE HAS THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. ALSO ENTERING THE PORTAL FROM PENN STATE ARE DEFENSIVE ENDS CORTEZ 

HARRIS AND MYLACHI WILLIAMS ALONG WITH DEFENSIVE TACKLE RAND ADIRIKA AND RUNNING BACK JABREE COLEMAN. 

FORMER PENN STATE DEFENSIVE TACKLE OWEN WAFLE HAS COMMITTED TO DUKE WHILE BOTH OFFENSIVE LINEMEN EAGAN BOYER AND TJ SHANAHAN HAVE COMMITTED TO FLORIDA, FOLLOWING FORMER PENN STATE OFFENSIVE LINE COACH PHIL TRAUTWEIN THERE. DEFENSIVE END ZURIAH FISHER HAS LANDED AT USC FOR HIS FINAL SEASON OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. LINEBACKER ANTHONY SPECA IS TRANSFERRING TO PURDUE. 

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LAST NIGHT, PENN STATE PICKED UP A COMMITMENT FROM FORMER OHIO STATE RUNNING BACK JAMES PEOPLES. IN HIS TWO SEASONS WITH THE BUCKEYES, PEOPLES RUSHED FOR 541 YARDS AND 5 TOUCHDOWNS ON 110 CARRIES. HE HAS TWO YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. ALSO COMING INTO THE PENN STATE PROGRAM ARE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN VAEA IKAKOULA FROM IOWA STATE, EDGE RUSHER ALEXANDER MCPHERSON FROM COLORADO AND DEFENSIVE END ARMSTRONG NNODIM FROM OKLAHOMA STATE. IN ALL, PENN STATE HAS NOW PICKED UP 24 PLAYERS FROM THE TRANSFER PORTAL INCLUDING 20 FROM IOWA STATE. PENN STATE HAS LOST 46 PLAYERS TO THE TRANSFER PORTAL. 

 

PENN STATE ALSO MADE IT OFFICIAL YESTERDAY - TYSON VEIDT, THE FORMER CINCINNATI DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR WILL BE THE LINEBACKERS COACH WITH DAN CONNOR STAYING TO HELP WITH THAT 

POSITION. AND FORMER UCLA DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IKAIKA MALLOE WILL BE THE NEW DEFENSIVE LINE COACH. 

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM LOST A HEARTBREAKER TO UNDEFEATED AND SECOND-RANKED MICHIGAN AT THE JORDAN CENTER LAST NIGHT, 74-72. FREDDIE DILIONE TRIED A THREE-POINTER AT THE BUZZER BUT THE WOULD BE WINNING SHOT WENT OFF THE BACK OF THE RIM. PENN STATE HAD RALLIED FROM A 15-POINT DEFICIT IN THE SECOND HALF BUT JUST MISSED ON TRYING TO PULL OUT THE VICTORY. IVAN JURIC LED PENN STATE WITH 20 POINTS WHILE DILIONE ADDED 17 AND JOSH REED ADDED 13 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS. PENN STATE FRESHMAN KAYDEN MINGO MISSED THE GAME DUE TO INJURY. THE NITTANY LIONS HAD A STELLAR DEFENSIVE EFFORT, HOILDING MICHIGAN TO ITS SECOND-LOWEST POINT TOTAL OF THE SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 9-6 ON THE SEASON, 0-4 IN THE BIG TEN. THE WOLVERINES IMPROVE TO 14-0, 4-0 IN CONFERENCE PLAY. PENN STATE WILL PLAY AT 5TH-RANKED PURDUE SATURDAY AT 2PM. 

 

PENN STATE RETAINS THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN THE INTERMAT RANKINGS THIS WEEK WITH FOUR NITTANY LIONS RANKED NUMBER ONE AT THEIR WEIGHT IN SHAYNE VAN NESS AT 149, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AT 165, LEVI HAINES AT 174 AND JOSH BARR AT 197. LUKE LILLEDAHL IS SECOND AT 125 WITH PJ DUKE AND ROCCO WELSH RANKED FOURTH AT 157 AND 184 RESPECTIVELY. MARCUS BLAZE IS FIFTH AT 133, AARON NAGAO NINTH AT 141 AND COLE MIRASOLA 15TH AT HEAVYWEIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY WHEN THEY 

HOST RUTGERS IN THE BIG TEN OPENER AT 4PM IN REC HALL.  

 

PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER ALUM AMELIA WHITE HAS SIGNED WITH THE KANSAS CITY CURRENT OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE. WHITE HAD 36 POINTS IN HER FOUR SEASONS AT PENN STATE WITH 11 GOALS AND 14 ASSISTS. 

 

PENN STATE FRESHMAN FORWARD GAVIN MCKENNA HELPED TEAM CANADA EARN A BRONZE MEDAL AT THE 2026 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. CANADA DEFEATED FINLAND 6-3 FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL MONDAY NIGHT. MCKENNA SCORED A GOAL AND THREE ASSISTS IN THE BRONZE MEDAL GAME. HE HAD AT LEAST ONE POINT IN ALL SEVEN GAMES IN THE TOURNAMENT AND FINISHED SECOND IN TOURNAMENT SCORING WITH 14 POINTS, ONE SHY OF LINEMATE MICHAEL HAGE’S 15. MCKENNA WILL REJOIN THE NITTANY LIONS THIS WEEK. PENN STATE WILL HOST MINNESOTA AT PEGULA ICE ARENA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 

 

PENN STATE SWEPT THE TOP THREE STARS OF THE WEEK HONORS IN THE BIG TEN. JAROD CRESPO EARNED THE CONFERENCE’S FIRST STAR OF THE WEEK WHILE CHARLIE CERRATO AND AIDEN FINK WERE NAMED THE SECOND AND THIRD STARS OF THE WEEK. CRESPO SCORED THE HAT TRICK IN THE THIRD PERIOD OF THE SUNDAY’S WIN OVER R-I-T. CERRATO ADDED THREE POINTS AND FINK ADDED A GOAL AND AN ASSIST. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 12-6 ON THE SEASON.  

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IN AN INTRACOUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT, PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA DEFEATED BELLEFONTE 65-51. ZACK MEYERS HAD 27 POINTS TO LEAD THE MOUNTIES WITH NICK DESIMONE ADDING 15 POINTS.  XAIVIER JACKSON LED BELLEFONTE IN SCORING WITH 23 POINTS WHILE GRIFFIN PARKER ADDED 11. PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IMPROVES TO 4-7 ON THE SEASON WHILE BELLEFONTE FALLS TO 1-8.  

 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA BOYS LOST TO UNDEFEATED CLEARFIELD 69-43. THE EAGLES ARE NOW 3-6 WHILE THE BISON ARE 9-0. 

 

TONIGHT, WE’LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA AT PENNS VALLEY WRESTLING MATCH WITH OUR COVERAGE STARTING AT 7PM. TODD AND NORM BROWN WILL HAVE THE CALL. 

THE RAMS ARE 8-0 THIS SEASON WHILE THE MOUNTIES COME IN AT 6-2 ON THE SEASON.  

THE BELLEFONTE WRESTLING TEAM IS AT JERSEY SHORE TONIGHT AT 7. THE RED RAIDERS ARE 7-1.  THE BALD EAGLE AREA WRESTLING TEAM IS 6-3 AND WILL VISIT CLEARFIELD TONIGHT AT 7. 

 

ALSO TONIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS AT CUMBERLAND VALLEY IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIP.  STATE HIGH IS 7-3 WHILE CUMBERLAND VALLEY IS 6-3. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IS HOME WITH CUMBERLAND VALLEY TONIGHT. TIPOFF IS AT 7:30. STATE HIGH IS 5-3 WHILE THE EAGLES COME IN AT 7-3 ON THE SEASON. 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IS AT GREENWOOD TONIGHT WITH TIPOFF AT 7:30. THE WOLFPACK IS 7-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE GREENWOOD IS 4-3. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

QUARTERBACK ETHAN GRUNKEMEYER HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL JOIN JAMES FRANKLIN AND VIRGINIA TECH AFTER TRANSFERRING FROM PENN STATE. AND ELLIOTT WASHINGTON HAS LANDED AT CLEMSON. THE FORMER PENN STATE CORNERBACK HAS ONE YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. AND FORMER PENN STATE DEFENSIVE END JAYLEN HARVEY IS TRANSFERRING TO NORTH CAROLINA. AND FORMER PENN STATE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ALEX BIRCHMEIER IS TRANSFERRING TO LIBERTY. PENN STATE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN BRADY O’HARA HAS ALSO NOW ENTERED THE TRANSFER PORTAL.  

PENN STATE HAS PICKED UP FORMER IOWA STATE SAFETY HUNTER SOWELL FROM THE TRANSFER PORTAL ALONG WITH FORMER IOWA STATE WIDE RECEIVER ZAY ROBINSON. 

PENN STATE IS ALSO ADDING A NON-IOWA STATE TRANSFER. FORMER UCLA DEFENSIVE TACKLE KEANU WILLIAMS IS TRANSFERRING TO PENN STATE. HE HAS ONE SEASON OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. 

FORMER OHIO STATE RUNNING BACK JAMES PEOPLES IS ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO PENN STATE TODAY. HE HAS TWO YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. 

 

WITH COACHES, AS EXPECTED PENN STATE IS RETAINING SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR JUSTIN LUSTIG FOR NEXT SEASON WHICH WILL BE HIS THIRD WITH THE PROGRAM. 

PENN STATE ALSO NOW HAS THE OFFICIAL ROLE FOR TERRY SMITH DEFINED. SMITH IS THE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AND THE CORNERBACKS COACH WHILE DEON BROOMFIELD WILL BE THE SAFETIES COACH AND THE PASS GAME COORDINATOR ON DEFENSE. ALTHOUGH NOT OFFICIAL YET, IT IS EXPECTED THAT FORMER UCLA DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IKAIKA MALLOE AND FORMER NORTHWESTERN ASSISTANT CHRISTIAN SMITH WILL COACH THE DEFENSIVE LINE WITH DAN CONNOR AND FORMER CINCINNATI DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR TYSON VEIDT COACHING THE LINEBACKERS. 

 

THE PENN STATE HOCKEY TEAM IS DOWN TO NUMBER 9 IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK. MICHIGAN IS NUMBER ONE WITH MICHIGAN STATE SECOND AND WISCONSIN THIRD. NORTH DAKOTA IS FOURTH WITH MINNESOTA DULUTH FIFTH, WESTERN MICHIGAN 6TH, DENVER 7TH AND QUINNIPIAC NOW 8TH. PENN STATE IS 9TH WITH U-CONN ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN. 

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LOTS OF PENN STATE FOOTBALL NEWS SINCE THE NITTANY LIONS’ BIG 22-10 WIN OVER CLEMSON 

D’ANTON LYNN IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.  THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL ALUM HAD SERVED AS USC’S DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR THE LAST TWO SEASONS AND WAS IN 

THE SAME ROLE WITH UCLA FOR A YEAR BEFORE THAT. LYNN SPENT NINE YEARS PREVIOUSLY COACHING IN THE NFL.   

 

PENN STATE PICKED UP A BUNCH OF TRANSFER ADDITIONS FROM IOWA STATE OVER THE WEEKEND. QUARTERBACK ROCCO BECHT MADE IT OFFICIAL - HE WILL FOLLOW MATT CAMPBELL TO 

HAPPY VALLEY. QUARTERBACK ALEX MANSKE IS ALSO JOINING THE NITTANY LIONS. OTHER INCLUDE RECEIVER BRETT ESKILDSEN, RUNNING BACK CARSON HANSEN,  OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 

OFFENISVE LINEMAN KUOL KUOL, LINEBACKER CAEL BREZINA, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TREVOR BUHR, WIDE RECIEVERS KARON BROOKINS AND CHASE SOWELL, DEFENSIVE LINMEMAN ALIJAH CARNELL, TIGHT END 

BEN BRAHMER, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WILL TOMPKINS, SAFETY MARCUS NEAL JR. AND TIGHT END GABE BURKLE AND LINEBACKER KOOPER EBEL. PENN STATE IS ALSO ADDING RECRUIT JOIAH ZAYAS AS AN ATHLETE . 

 

MEANWHILE, LINEBACKER AMARE CAMPBELL ANNOUNCED HE IS ENTERING THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND FRESHMAN TIGHT END ANDREW OLESH HAS ENTERED THE PORTAL. SO, TOO, NOW 

HAS DEFENSIVE TACKLE KALEB ARTIS.  

 

MEANWHILE WIDE RECEIVER TYSEER DENMARK, CORNERBACKS ZION TRACY AND JAHMIR JOSEPH AND OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MALACHI GOODMAN ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE RETURNING TO PENN STATE 

NEXT SEASON. 

 

THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM HAD A STRONG SHOWING AT THE SOUTHERN SCUFFLE IN CHATTANOOGA OVER THE WEEKEND.  THE NITTANY LIONS CROWNED FIVE CHAMPIONS IN CONNOR PIERCE AT 149, JOE SEALEY AT 157, WILL HENCKEL AT 174, ASHER CUNNINGHAM, THE TWO-TIME PIAA STATE CHAMPION FROM STATE HIGH, AT 184 AND JOSH BARR AT 197. 

PENN STATE’S BRAEDEN DAVIS ALSO TOOK THE TITLE AT THE KAUFFMAN OPEN AT EDINBORO YESTERDAY AT 141 POUNDS. LUCAS COCHRAN MEDICALLY FORFEITED OUT OF THE SEMIFINALS AND FINISHED SIXTH AT HEAVYWEIGHT AT THE SOUTHERN SCUFFLE AND HAYDEN CUNNINGAM TOOK THIRD AT 141 AT THE

KAUFFMAN OPEN. 

THE NITTANY LIONS RETURN TO DUAL MEET ACTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HOSTING RUTGERS IN THE BIG TEN OPENER AT 4 O’CLOCK IN REC HALL.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM SPLIT ITS HOME AND HOME SERIES WITH R-I-T. AT PEGULA YESTERDAY, PENN STATE ROLLED TO A 7-3 VICTORY BEHIND A THIRD PERIOD HAT-TRICK FROM SENIOR

DEFENSEMAN JAROD CRESPO. ALSO SCORING GOALS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS WERE AIDEN FINK, JACKSON SMITH, CHARLIE CERRATO AND CADE CHRISTENSON. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WERE STUNNED AT R-I-T SATURDAY NIGHT, 1-0. THE NITTANY LIONS FIRED OFF MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY SHOTS AS R-I-T BUT JAKUB KRBECEK STOPPED ALL 44 SHOTS HE FACED TO ALLOW THE TIGERS TO PULL OFF THE UPSET. JOSH FLEMING MADE 20 SAVES FOR PENN STATE.

THE NITTANY LIONS RETURN TO BIG TEN ACTION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH GAMES AGAINST MINNESOTA IN PEGULA ICE ARENA.  

 

THE #4 PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WAS SWEPT IN A PAIR OF GAMES AT #2 OHIO STATE OVER THE WEEKEND BY SCORES OF 5-1 AND 4-1.  

TESSA JANECKE SCORED THE GOAL FOR PENN STATE IN SATURDAY’S GAME. SHE NOW HAS THE PENN STATE RECORD FOR CAREER GOALS WITH 75.  MADDY CHRISTIAN SCORED THE PENN STATE GOAL IN FRIDAY’S GAME.

PENN STATE IS NOW 18-3 ON THE SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY AT MERCYHURST THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM STRUGGLED OFFENSIVELY AND FELL TO ILLINOIS, 73-65,  SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PALESTRA IN PHILADELPHIA. KAYDEN MINGO LED THE NITTANY LIONS WITH 16 POINTS, 5 ASSISTS AND 4 STEALS. ELI RICE HAD 11 POINTS AND 4 REBOUNDS. PENN STATE DROPS TO 9-5 ON THE SEASON, 0-3 IN THE BIG TEN. 

TOMORROW NIGHT, PENN STATE WILL HOST SECOND-RANKED MICHIGAN IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM LOST A TOUGH MATCHUP AT WISCONSIN SUNDAY, 74-73. THE LADY LIONS HAD A 63-55 LEAD GOING INTO THE 4TH QUARTER AND LED BY 7 WITH 4 MINS TO PLAY BEFORE THE BADGERS WENT ON A 9 POINT RUN TO TAKE THE LEAD. KIYOMI MCMILLER HAD A MONSTER GAME SCORING 36 POINTS WHILE GRACIE MERKLE ADDED 12.

PSU FELL TO 7-8 OVERALL ON THE SEASON AND HAVE DROPPED 7 OF THEIR LAST 8 GAMES. THEY ENTERTAIN #6 MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT AT 6 PM AT THE BJC.

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ON SATURDAY, THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP A 50-41 VICTORY OVER JUNIATA VALLEY. PAIGE JOHNSON HAD 17 POINTS TO LEAD PENNS VALLEY WITH ELLE DINGES ADDING 10 POINTS AND LILLY SMITH 8 POINTS. PENNS VALLEY IMPROVES TO 6-4 ON THE SEASON, 4-3 IN CONFERENCE PLAY. PENNS VALLEY RETURNS TO ACTION FRIDAY AT BELLEFONTE WITH A VARSITY GAME ONLY (AFTER A JR HIGH GAME) AT 6PM. 

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WE ARE NOW JUST THREE DAYS AWAY FROM THE PINSTRIPE BOWL AT YANKEE STADIUM. PENN STATE AND CLEMSON WILL KICKOFF AT NOON SATURDAY IN THE BRONX. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 6-6 WHILE THE TIGERS ARE 7-5. BOTH TEAMS CAME INTO THE SEASON WITH NATIONAL TITLE ASPIRATIONS BUT WILL NOW LOOK TO CAP OFF A DISAPPOINTING CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH NOTE. 

 

DEFENSIVE END ZURIAH FISHER IS NO LONGER WITH THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM AND WILL NOT PLAY IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL. HE WAS AT PENN STATE FOR SIX SEASONS AND COULD PURSUE A SEVENTH SEASON OF ELIGIBILITY DUE TO INJURY. FISHER STARTED IN 11 GAMES THIS SEASON AND FINISHES HIS PENN STATE CAREER WITH 41 TACKLES, 7 TACKLES FOR A LOSS, 5.5 SACKS, ONE FORCED FUMBLE AND ONE FUMBLE RECOVERY. 

A COUPLE OF MORE NITTANY LIONS WILL ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL. WIDE RECEIVER AARON ENTERLINE AND LINEBACKER  KARI JACKSON WILL BE GOING INTO THE PORTAL. NEITHER RECORDED A STAT FOR THE PROGRAM THIS SEASON. 

 

ON THE GOOD NEWS FRONT, PENN STATE HAS PICKED UP A COUPLE OF OFFENSIVE LINE COMMITMENTS FROM FORMER IOWA STATE COMMITS. PETE EGLITIS. EGLITIS IS A THREE-STAR OFFENSIVE TACKLE PROSPECT OUT OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE 6-6, 260-POUND PROSPECT CHOSE PENN STATE OVER LOUISVILLE. MASON BANHAUER IS A FELLOW THREE-STAR PROPECT AT OFFENSIVE TACKLE AND HAILS FROM COLORADO. BANDHAUER IS LISTED AT 6-6, 295 POUNDS AND ALSO VISITED NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE. 

 

MORE NEWS OFF THE FIELD FOR PENN STATE. ESPN’S PETE THAMEL REPORTS THAT DEFENSIVE LINE COACH DEION BARNES IS LEAVING PENN STATE AFTER THREE YEARS TO TAKE A JOB AS AN ASSISTANT AT SOUTH CAROLINA WORKING WITH THE DEFENSIVE ENDS AND LINEBACKERS.

AND IOWA STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR JON HEACOCK WHO WAS PRESUMED TO BE FOLLOWING MATT CAMPBELL TO PENN STATE HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RETIRING AFTER 43 YEARS OF COLLEGE COACHING INCLUDING THE LAST TEN WITH CAMPBELL AT IOWA STATE. THE 65-YEAR-OLD HEACOCK HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS HEAD COACH AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE FOR NINE YEARS AND HAD ALSO BEEN A DEFENSIVE

COORDINATOR AT BOTH INDIANA AND KENT STATE. AMONG THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES NOW FOR PENN STATE’S NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ARE USC DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR D’ANTON LYNN, A PENN STATE FOOTBALL ALUM AND ANTHONY POINDEXTER WHO WILL SERVE AS DC FOR PENN STATE IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL SATURDAY. POINDEXTER HAS BEEN THE SAFETIES COACH AND THE CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE NITTANY LIONS THE PAST FIVE SEASONS. MATT CAMPBELL HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE A DECISION ON DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR OR LINEBACKERS COACH, DEFENSIVE LINE COACH, RUNNING BACKS COACH OR SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR.  

 

FORMER PENN STATE DEFENSIVE LINE COACH JOHN SCOTT JUNIOR IS JOINING FRAN BROWN’S STAFF AT SYRACUSE AS AN ASSISTANT HEAD COACH, DEFENSIVE LINE COACH AND DEFENSIVE RUN GAME COORDINATOR. SCOTT HAD COACHED FOR THREE SEASONS AT PENN STAT AND THEN LEFT TO TAKE THE DEFENSIVE LINE COACH JOB WITH THE DETROIT LIONS BUT AFTER ONE SEASON THERE HE WAS LET GO AND HAS BEEN OUT OF COACHING SINCE. 

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ON THE HEELS OF WINNING AN NCAA RECORD 77 CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEETS, THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM HAS SWEPT THE BIG TEN’S WEEKLY HONORS. SHAYNE VAN NESS IS THE WRESTLER OF THE WEEK WHILE MARCUS BLAZE IS THE FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK.

VAN NESS, THE TOP-RANKED 149-POUNDER, PILED UP A PAIR OF VICTORIES OVER RANKED OPPONENTS SATURDAY, DEFEATING 24TH-RANKED MAX PETERSEN OF NORTH DAKOTA STATE BY TECHNICAL FALL 19-2 IN 5:16 AND THEN DOWNING 14TH-RANKED ADEN VALENCIA OF STANFORD 10-4. 

AT 133 POUNDS, BLAZE DEFEATED 29TH RANKED TRISTAN DAUGHERTY OF NORTH DAKOTA STATE 11-3 BEFORE PINNING RETURNING ALL-AMERICAN AND 6TH-RANKED TYLER KNOX OF STANFORD. THE NITTANY LIONS SHUT OUT BOTH NORTH DAKOTA STATE AND STANFORD TO HIT THE CHRISTMAS BREAK AT 6-0 ON THE SEASON. 

THE NITTANY LIONS REMAIN ATOP THE INTERNET RANKINGS THIS WEEK. PENN STATE NOW HAS TEN WRESTLERS RANKED WITH FOUR RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THEIR WEIGHT CLASS IN SHAYNE VAN NESS AT 149, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AT 165, LEVI HAINES AT 174 AND JOSH BARR AT 197. LUKE LILLEDAHL IS SECOND AT 125. PJ DUKE IS UP TO NUMBER 4 AT 157 WITH ROCCO WELSH ALSO FOURTH AT 184. MARCUS BLAZE IS UP TO NUMBER 5 AT 133 WITH AARON NAGAO 8TH AT 141 AND COLE MIRASOLA 13TH AT HEAVYWEIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL RETURN TO ACTION ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 10THWHEN THEY HOST RUTGERS IN THE BIG TEN OPENER AT REC HALL AT 4PM. 

BY THE WAY, FLOWRESTLING DOES NOW HAVE PENN STATE BACK TO NUMBER ONE, 20 POINTS AHEAD OF OHIO STATE.  

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THE RAF 05 CARD IS NOW SET. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD IN SUNRISE, FLORIDA ON JANUARY 10TH. PENN STATE’S THREE-TIME NCAA CHAMPION BO NICKAL WILL WRESTLE YOEL ROMERO 

IN A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT. THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB’S KYLE DAKE WILL HAVE A CRUISERWEIGHT MATCH AGAINST MAGOMEDKHABIB KADIMAGOMEDOV. 

SOME OTHER MATCHUPS INCLUDE BO BASSETT VERSUS CAYDEN HENSCHEL, JORDAN OLIVER WRESTLING REAL WOODS, COLBY COVINGTON AGAINST LUKE ROCKHOLD, LANCE PALMER FACING ARMAN TSARUKYAN, ZAHID VALENCIA VERSUS NATE JACKSON, NATE TOMASELLO AGAINST AUSTIN DESANTO, PATRICK DOWNEY TAKING ON STEPHEN BUCHANAN, JOHNNY DIJULIUS AGAINST PAT LUGO AND MUGZY BULLIJUNK VERSUS GEORGIO POULIAS. 

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FORMER PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SETTER IZZY STARCK HAS ANNOUNCED SHE IS TRANSFERRING TO PITT. STARCK HAD A SENSATIONAL FRESHMAN SEASON FOR PENN STATE, LEADING THE NATION IN TOTAL ASSISTS WITH 1,483 AND HELPING THE NITTANY LIONS CAPTURE THE NATIONAL TITLE. SHE STEPPED AWAY FROM VOLLEYBALL AFTER FOUR GAMES THIS SEASON AS A SOPHOMORE AND SAID SHE WAS PRIORITIZING HER MENTAL HEALTH. SHE’LL JOIN A PITT PROGRAM THAT ADVANCED TO THE FINAL FOUR THE PAST FIVE SEASONS BUT HAS YET TO WIN A NATIONAL TITLE 

 

MEANWHILE, PENN STATE IS NOT RANKED IN THE FINAL AVCA POLL. THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME PENN STATE IS NOT RANKED SINCE THE FINAL POLL OF 1988. THAT WAS A STREAK OF 565 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF BEING RANKED. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISHED 25 POINTS BEHIND 25TH-RANKED BYU.  NATIONAL CHAMPION TEXAS A&M IS, IN FACT, NUMBER WITH KENTUCKY, NEBRASKA, PITT AND WISCONSIN RESPECTIVELY ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS THE UNANIMOUS COACHES’ PRESEASON PICK TO WIN THE EIVA CHAMPIONSHIP. THE NITTANY LIONS’ RYAN MERK AND OWEN ROSE ARE ON THE COACHES’ LIST OF PLAYERS TO WATCH IN THE UPCOMING SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN UP THEIR FINAL SEASON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RETIRING HEAD COACH MARK PAVLIK ON JANUARY 9TH, HOSTING MOUNT OLIVE. 

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THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP AN 80-61 WIN OVER PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA LAST NIGHT. FLETCHER IRONSIDE LED THE WAY WITH 18 POINTS WHILE CARTER IRONSIDE HAD 17, AUSTIN FETTEROLF 16, JULIAN BATTAGLIA 15 AND NOAH PATEL 14 POINTS. THE RAMS IMPROVE TO 6-3 ON THE SEASON. 

ZACK MEYERS HAD 21 POINTS FOR THE MOUNTIES AND DAVID KENDZIORA ADDED 11 POINTS. PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IS NOW 2-5.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE BOYS LOST TO HOLLIDAYSBURG 75-38. NOAH COONS HAD 18 POINTS TO LEAD THE RED RAIDERS. BELLEFONTE IS NOW 1-6.  

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED EAST JUNIATA LAST NIGHT, 73-64.  

 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM ROLLED TO A 71-18 WIN OVER PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA LAST NIGHT. PAIGE JOHNSON HAD 16 POINTS TO LEAD ALL SCORERS WHILE SYDNIE DALTON AND ELLIE ROMIG ADDED 11 POINTS EACH. PENNS VALLEY IMPROVES TO 4-4 ON THE SEASON. KAYCIE HUGHES HAD 8 POINTS TO LEAD PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WHICH FALLS TO 1-4. 

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IN JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL, THE BELLEFONTE A-TEAM LOST TO HOLLIDAYSBURG 40-25 WHILE THE BELLEFONTE B-TEAM FELL TO HOLLIDAYSBURG 18-6.  

 

TONIGHT, THE BALD EAGLE AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST MOUNT UNION WITH THE ACTION STARTING AT SIX O’CLOCK IN WINGATE. 

 

THE BELLEFONTE SWIMMING TEAMS LOST TO SOMERSET YESTERDAY. THE BOYS LOST 108 TO 12 WHILE THE GIRLS LOST 83-68. BELLEFONTE’S TURNER MALIK WON THE BOYS 500 AND 50-YARD FREESTYLE RACES. LIZZY WEAVER WON THE GIRLS 500 FREESTYLE AND RILEY HOY WON THE GIRLS 100 YARD BREASTSTROKE. BELLEFONTE’S TEAM OF SYDNEY FETTERS, KATHRYN BAREFOOT, ELISE HOFFMAN AND RILEY HOY ALSO WON THE 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY RACE. 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS PREPARING FOR SATURDAY’S PINSTRIPE BOWL MATCH-UP WITH CLEMSON. LINEBACKER ALEX TATSCH WILL MISS THE GAME AFTER SUFFERING AN INJURY IN PREPARATION OF THE GAME. TATSCH FINISHED HIS TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON WITH 14 TACKLES INCLUDING ONE FOR A LOSS AND A PASS BREAKUP.  AND CORNERBACK AJ HARRIS IS NOW THE FIFTH NITTANY LION PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HIS PLAN TO ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL. HARRIS PLAYED FOR GEORGIA BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO PENN STATE TWO YEARS AGO AND HAS ONE SEASON OF ELIGIBILTY REMAINING. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, HARRIS RACKED UP 81 TACKLES INCLUDING 5 FOR A LOSS AND HAD SIX PASS BREAKUPS, AN INTERCEPTION AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY. 

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THE NITTANY LIONS WILL MAKING THEIR 57TH POSTSEASON APPEARANCE AND WILL BE PLAYING IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL FOR A SECOND TIME. PENN STATE DEFEATED BOSTON COLLEGE IN OVERTIME IN THE 2014 PINSTRIPE BOWL. THIS WILL BE JUST THE SECOND-EVER MEETING BETWEEN PENN STATE AND CLEMSON. THE TIGERS BEAT THE NITTANY LIONS 35-10 IN THE 1988 CITRUS BOWL. KICKOFF SATURDAY IS SET FOR 12 NOON ON ABC.  

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PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER COACH ROB DOW HAS ANNOUNCED THAT BRAD COLE WILL SERVE AS HIS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AND OWEN JACK AS AN ASSISTANT COACH. THE TWO SERVED UNDER DOW IN THOSE SAME ROLES AT VERMONT LAST SEASON. NEXT SEASON WILL BE THE FOURTH FOR DOW AND COLE TODGETHER WHILE JACK PLAYED GOAL FOR DOW AND WILL BE IN HIS SECOND SEASON AS AN ASSISTANT COACH WITH HIM. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING TEAM PLACED SIXTH OUT OF 32 TEAMS COMPETING AT THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN TOURNAMENT AT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN. BALD EAGLE AREA FINISHED 11TH AND BELLEFONTE WAS 14TH. FOR STATE COLLEGE, KAEL DAVIS WAS THE RUNNERUP AT 127 POUNDS. JAMES WHITBRED TOOK THIRD AT 160, NOAH YOUNG WAS FOURTH AT 114, TEAG SANDERSON PLACED FIFTH AT 172 AND LUKE YOUNG FINISHED FIFTH 121. 

BALD EAGLE AREA’S CADEN JUDICE WON THE TITLE AT 152 WHILE TANNER GUENOT AND DAWSON LOMISON WERE RUNNERSUP AT 139 AND 145 REPECTIVELY. GAGE GARDNER PLACED FOURTH AT HEAVYWEIGHT. 

AND FOR BELLEFONTE, JACKSON LONG WAS THE RUNNERUP AT 189 WITH EZRA SWISHER AND LUKE HOCKENBERRY PLACING FOURTH AT 160 AND 215 RESPECTIVELY. COLIN HARTER AND WYATT LONG PLACED AT 8TH AT 107 AND 145 RESPECTIVELY. 

 

THE PENNS VALLEY WRESTLING TEAM WON THE PANTHER HOLIDAY CLASSIC AT MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE. 

MAX DINGES WON AN INDIVIDUAL TITLE FOR THE RAMS AT 127 WHILE EVAN LISOWSKI WAS THE RUNNERUP AT 114 POUNDS AND CONNER MYERS TOOK THIRD AT 121. ERIK CARLILE WAS FOURTH AT 133, BRAYDEN LISOWSKI WAS FOURTH AT 172. ROBERT MARTIN FINISHED FIFTH AT 215. CAEL SMITH WAS SIXTH AT 189 AND TRIPP WATSON FINISHED SEVENTH AT 145. THE TITLE IS THE FIRST EVER FOR PENNS VALLEY AT THE PANTHER HOLIDAY CLASSIC. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED CARLISLE FRIDAY NIGHT, 52-48. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 4-2 

THE STATE HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM PULLED OUT A THRILLING 39-38 OVERTIME WIN OVER CARLISLE FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL.  

 

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO FOREST HILLS FRIDAY NIGHT 85-66. JULIAN BATTAGLIA AND FLETCHER IRONSIDE SCORED 19 POINTS APEICE TO LEAD THE RAMS. 

NOAH PATEL SCORED 13 AND SPENCER ALTHOUSE ADDED 10. THE RAMS ARE NOW 5-3 ON THE SEASON.  

 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST A TOUGH ONE TO FOREST HILLS FRIDAY NIGHT, 65-60.  PAIGE JOHNSON HAD 16 POINTS TO LEAD PENNS VALLEY WHILE ELLE DINGES ADDED 14 AND SYDNIE DALTON SCORED 11. THE LADY RAMS FALL TO 3-4 ON THE SEASON.

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IT’S GAME WEEK FOR THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM. TERRY SMITH WILL LEAD THE NITTANY LIONS INTO THE PINSTRIPE BOWL SATURDAY AGAINST CLEMSON IN YANKEE STADIUM.  

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 6-6 WHILE THE TIGERS ARE 7-5. SATURDAY’S GAME WILL KICK OFF AT NOON AND WILL BE TELEVISED BY ABC. 

 

CBS SPORTS WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT THAT PENN STATE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ALEX BIRCHMEIER WILL ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL. THE REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE HAS TWO YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING. HE HAS PLAYED IN 26 GAMES FOR THE NITTANY LIONS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 

 

THE LATE JOE PATERNO WOULD HAVE TURNED 99 YESTERDAY.  

 

THE PITT BASKETBALL TEAM DOMINATED THE NITTANY LIONS FROM THE ONSET YESTERDAY AT THE GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY AND ROLLED TO AN 80-46 WIN OVER THE NITTANY LIONS. 

FREDDIE DILIONE TIED A CAREER HIGH WITH 23 POINTS FOR PENN STATE AND KAYDEN MINGO AND JOSH REED ADDED 9 POINTS APIECE. PENN STATE FALLS TO 8-4 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE PANTHERS IMPROVE TO 7-6.  PITT SHOT 50 PERCENT FROM THE FLOOR AND FROM THREE-POINT RANGE. PENN STATE SHOT UNDER 33 PERCENT FROM THE FLOOR AND JUST 17.4 PERCENT FROM BEYOND THE ARC. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL RETURN TO ACTION A WEEK FROM TODAY, HOSTING NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL IN A ONE O’CLOCK TIPOFF.  

 

THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM MADE HISTORY IN NASHVILLE SATURDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS SHUT OUT NORTH DAKOTA STATE 46-0 AND 9TH-RANKED STANFORD 42-0 TO IMPROVE TO 6-0 ON THE SEASON. PENN STATE HAS NOW WON 77 CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEETS TO BREAK THE RECORD OF 76 PREVIOUSLY HELD BY THE 1937-1951 OKLAHOMA STATE TEAMS. 

PENN STATE HAS NOT LOST SINCE JANUARY 31ST, 2020 AND HAS THE DIVISION ONE RECORD IN WRESTLING.  

JOSH BARR RETURNED THE LINEUP AND EARNED A PAIR OF TECHNICAL FALLS AT 197. FRESHMEN MARCUS BLAZE AND PJ DUKE KNOCKED OFF HIGHER RANKED RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS IN THE VICTORY OVER STANFORD. MITCHELL MESENBRINK AND COLE MIRASOLA EACH RECORDED A PIN AND A TECHNICAL FALL ON SATURDAY. PENN STATE WILL GO INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH NINE WRESTLERS UNDEFEATED ON THE SEASON WITH WRESTLE-OFFS LIKELY AT 141 BETWEEN AARON NAGAO AND NATE DESMOND AND AT 197 BETWEEN BARR AND CONNOR MIRASOLA. 

IN THE TWENTY BOUTS SATURDAY AGAINS THE BISON AND THE CARDINAL, PENN STATE RACKED UP FOUR PINS, SIX TECHNICAL FALLS, FOUR MAJOR DECISIONS AND SIX DECISIONS. THE NITTANY LIONS RACKED UP 58 TAKEDOWNS AND GAVE UP 2 ON SATURDAY WITH AN IDENTICAL 29-1 MARGIN IN EACH OF THE VICTORIES.  PENN STATE WILL RETURN TO ACTION ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 10TH WITH THE BIG TEN OPENER AGAINST RUTGERS IN REC HALL AT FOUR O’CLOCK.  

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RICHMOND DEFEATED THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM AT THE 4 THA CULTURE HOLIDAY CLASSIC IN GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA YESTERDAY BY A SCORE OF 70-54. GRACIE MERKLE HAD 15 POINTS AND TEA CLEANTE ADDED 11 FOR THE LADY LIONS. PENN STATE COMMITTED 21 TURNOVERS IN THE LOSS. THE LADY LIONS FALL TO 7-5 ON THE SEASON. 

PENN STATE HAD DEFEATED VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH SATURDAY, 78-66.  MORIAH MURRAY LED PENN STATE WITH 18 POINTS. KYOMI MICMILLER HAD 17 POINTS AND 8 REBOUNDS WHILE GRACIE MERKLE ADDED 13 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS. THE LADY LIONS RETURN TO BIG TEN PLAY SUNDAY AT IOWA.  

 

THE PENN STATE BASEBALL TEAM HAS ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF JAPANESE STAR GENEI SATO. THE 21-YEAR-OLD RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER WILL ENROLL IN PENN STATE CLASSES THIS SUMMER AND WILL JOIN THE NITTANY LIONS IN THE FALL OF 2026 AND COMPETE IN THE 2027 SEASON. SATO WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2027 MLB DRAFT AND COULD BE A FIRST ROUND SELECTION. SATO HAS SPENT THREE YEARS AT SENDAI UNIVERSITY IN JAPAN AND IS THE 12TH PROSPECT OF THE 2026 SIGNING CLASS FOR PENN STATE. HE COMPETED FOR JAPAN IN THE US-JAPAN COLLEGIATE ALL-STAR SERIES AND AS THE JAPANESE CLOSER ALLOWED ONE RUN WHILE STRIKING OUT SIX OVER 4.1 INNINGS. HE HAD A 2.22 ERA AT SENDAI UNIVERSITY AND AVERAGED 10.7 STRIKEOUTS PER NINE INNINGS. 

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Penn State Athletics released parking information and additional ticket packages ahead of the men’s and women’s Beaver Stadium games slated to be played in just over one month.

The women’s game against Robert Morris will take place on Friday, January 30, at 1 p.m. Fans can purchase parking in advance using ParkWhiz. Guests who book parking using this site before 11:59 p.m. the day prior to puck drop will receive a discounted rate of $5.60.

Folks who would like to purchase parking on the day of the game can do so for $10 using HONK, with spots available in the Stadium West, Jordan East, and Porter North lots.

Parking for the men’s game on Friday, January 31, at 1 p.m. is a bit pricier, with permits ranging from $40 to $100. Spots for this game will be available in the paved lots adjacent to Beaver Stadium as well as other surrounding areas. ADA parking will be accessible in Lots 18, 31, and 34.

On the day of the men’s game, prices will increase by $20. Parking will also be available on campus via the parking decks. Credit cards are the only accepted form of payment for purchasing day-of parking, and mobile parking passes will be the sole form of verification for advanced booking.

Folks interested in tailgating, or simply arriving early, will be able to park in the Beaver Stadium lots beginning at 7 a.m. on the day of the event. However, RV and bus parking will not be made available. Based on availability and demand, additional spots in grass lots may be released at a later date.

Penn State also released two additional ticket packages so fans can experience multiple sporting events at a discounted price during their visit to State College in January.

The three-game option includes the Penn State wrestling dual against Nebraska in the Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, January 30, at 8 p.m., the men’s hockey game in Beaver Stadium versus Michigan State, along with the men’s basketball game against Minnesota on Sunday, February 1, at 2 p.m. This package is $99.

      The two-game option involves a men’s hockey Beaver Stadium ticket, in addition to either the wrestling dual or the men’s basketball game. This package totals $51.

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ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS SWIM TEAM TIED HUNTINGDON 78-78.  THE HUNTINGDON BOYS DEFEATED BELLEFONTE 78-12. 

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PENN STATE GUARD VEGA IOANE HAS BEEN NAMED A FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA. IT IS THE THIRD ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION FOR IOANE. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL AT YANKEE STADIUM AGAINST CLEMSON A WEEK FROM TOMORROW IN A NOON KICKOFF. 

 

FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE END CHAZ COLEMAN ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE IS ENTERING THE TRANSFER PORTAL. COLEMAN IS ONE OF THE MORE PROMISING YOUNG DEFENSIVE PROSPECTS ON THE PENN STATE ROSTER. 

PENN STATE LONG SNAPPER TYLER DUZANSKY HAS ACCEPTED A BID TO PLAY IN THE EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME IN FRISCO, TEXAS COMING UP IN JANUARY. DUZANSKY PLAYED IN 49 GAMES OVER HIS CAREER WITH THE NITTANY LIONS AND EARNED THIRD-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN HONORS LAST SEASON AND HONORABLE MENTION THIS SEASON. 

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM CAN MAKE SOME HISTORY IN NASHVILLE THIS WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON 75 CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEETS. THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN NCAA DIVISION ONE HISTORY IS 76, SET BY OKLAHOMA STATE FROM 1937 THROUGH 1951. PENN STATE CAN TIE THAT MARK WITH A WIN OVER NORTH DAKOTA STATE IN A MEET THAT STARTS AT 5PM SATURDAY AND THEN COULD SET A NEW RECORD WITH A VICTORY OVER STANFORD IN A 7 O’CLOCK MATCH SATURDAY NIGHT. 

MEANWHILE, PJ DUKE HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN WRESTLING FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK. THE NITTANY LION PINNED JARED HILL OF WYOMING IN 4:09 LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. DUKE IS 6-0 WITH A WIN BY INJURY DEFAULT AND FIVE PINS ON THE SEASON. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY PITT SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN A NOON TIPOFF AT THE GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST-EVER NCAA BASKETBALL GAME IN THE VENUE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 8-3 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE PANTHERS COME IN AT 6-6. THE GAME WILL AIR SUNDAY ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. 

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM IS IN HENRICO, VIRGINIA THIS WEEKEND FOR THE 4 THA CULTURE HOLIDAY CLASSIC. PENN STATE WILL PLAY VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY TOMORROW 

AT 3:30 AND WILL TAKE ON RICHMOND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30.  PENN STATE IS 6-3 ON THE SEASON.  

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KENTUCKY RALLIED TO DEFEAT WISCONSIN IN THE NCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINALS. THE WILDCATS WON IT IN FIVE SETS, PREVAILING 15-13 IN THE DECISIVE FIFTH SET. 

AND IT WILL BE AN ALL-SEC FINAL AS TEXAS A&M SWEPT PITT IN THREE GAMES TO ADVANCE TO THE FINALS AS WELL.  KENTUCKY AND TEXAS A&M WILL PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL TITLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:30 IN KANSAS CITY. THE MATCH WILL AIR ON ABC. 

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THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM EASILY DEFEATED MOUNT UNION 85-38.  JULIAN BATTAGLIA HAD 18 POINTS TO LEAD FOUR RAMS IN DOUBLE FIGURES. JOINING BATTAGLIA WERE NOAH PATEL WITH 17 POINTS, CARTER IRONSIDE WITH 15 POINTS AND SPENCER ALTHOUSE 10 POINTS. PENNS VALLEY IS NOW 5-2 ON THE SEASON.  THE RAMS WILL HOST FOREST HILLS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:30.  

 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DROPPED A 65-57 CONTEST AT CLEARFIELD. PAIGE JOHNSON HAD 21 POINTS WHILE SYDNIE DALTON AND LILLY SMITH ADDED 10 POINTS APIECE FOR PENNS VALLEY. THE LADY RAMS ARE NOW 3-3 AND WILL HOST FOREST HILLS TOMORROW AT 6PM.  

 

IN JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL YESTERDAY, THE BELLEFONTE A-TEAM SLIPPED PAST BALD EAGLE AREA 23-21. BUT THE BALD EAGLE AREA B-TEAM ROLLED TO A 24-2 VICTORY OVER BELLEFONTE. 

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Two Penn State women’s volleyball players were honored by the AVCA on Wednesday as Kennedy Martin was named a first-team All-American and Gillian Grimes was tabbed as an honorable mention.

Martin is now a three-time AVCA All-American, adding this year’s honor to the two she earned while at Florida. She made the second team as a freshman and first team as a sophomore while with the Gators.

In her first season at Penn State, Martin put together the program’s best statistical performance of the 25-point rally scoring era (2008-present). The junior right side hitter set program records for the current era in single-season points (728), points/set (6.22), kills (634), and kills/set (5.42). She also owns the program’s records for both points and kills in three-set, four-set, and five-set matches in the current era.

Martin recorded double-digit kills in all but one match this season, with the lone outlier coming in a match in which she only played two sets. Seventeen times this season she eclipsed 20 kills in a match, including a season-high 34 in a four-set match against UCLA. Martin finished the season ranked first in the Big Ten and second nationally in kills, kills/set, points, and points/set.

Penn State has had a first-team All-American in back-to-back seasons as Martin follows Jess Mruzik with the honor. Prior to Mruzik, the Nittany Lions’ most recent first-team All-American was Kaitlyn Hord in 2019.

Grimes closes her time at Penn State with her first-career All-America honor, adding to the first-team All-Big Ten accolade she earned this season. She had double-digit digs in 26 matches while also establishing herself as one of the nation’s top passers. The team captain leaves Penn State as a two-time All-Big Ten and one-time honorable-mention All-America honoree. Grimes is the first Penn State libero to earn any type of All-America recognition since Kendall White, who was a first-team selection in 2018 and a second-team honoree in 2017 and 2019.

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Penn State baseball has announced its 2026 schedule. The Nittany Lions are set to host 22 games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The schedule includes 39 contests against power conference opponents and non-conference trips to Arizona, Richmond, the Bahamas, Lubbock and Hagerstown.

 

Penn State opens the 2026 campaign in Arizona at the MLB Desert Invitational on Feb. 13-15. The Nittany Lions will take on Air Force on Friday, Grand Canyon on Saturday and Kansas State on Sunday. Air Force won 31 games in 2025, while Grand Canyon picked up 20 wins. Kansas State earned 32 wins and played in the NCAA Regional in Austin.

 

The Nittany Lions travel to Richmond for a four-game series on Feb. 20-22. PSU and Richmond will play one game on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Penn State picked up a 17-6 win at Richmond in 2025.

The blue and white heads to the Bahamas on Feb. 27-March 1 for a three-game series against Indiana State. The Sycamores won 24 games last season.

Penn State opens its home slate on March 3-4, hosting St. John’s. The Red Storm tallied 29 victories in 2025.

The Nittany Lions travel to Texas Tech on March 6-8 to open Spring Break. Texas Tech collected 13 wins in Big 12 play last year.

Penn State is set to take on Georgetown in a two-game series on March 10-11 in Tysons, Va. before returning home for its Big Ten-opening series against Iowa on March 13-15. The Nittany Lions split a two-game series against Georgetown last season. The Hawkeyes finished third in the Big Ten standings in 2025 with a 21-9 conference mark.

The Nittany Lions play their first of three games against West Virginia, in Morgantown, on March 17. The Nittany Lions will also battle the Mountaineers on April 15 at Meritus Park in Hagerstown and April 29 at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Penn State hosts St. Bonaventure on March 24 before welcoming Illinois on March 27-29. PSU earned a midweek win over St. Bonaventure in 2025.

The Nittany Lions continue their homestand on April 1 against UCF. The Knights won 29 games in 2025.

The blue and white resumes Big Ten play on April 3-5 at Nebraska. The Nittany Lions met the Cornhuskers in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals last season.

After hosting FDU on April 7, Penn State travels to Ohio State on April 10-12. Penn State last met Ohio State in 2023, sweeping the Buckeyes at home.

Penn State hosts Rutgers on April 17-19 and Bucknell on April 21. The blue and white won the series in Piscataway in 2025.

The Nittany Lions visit Oregon on April 24-26 as the teams meet for the first time in program history.

Penn State hosts Minnesota on May 1-3 and finishes its home slate against Washington on May 8-10. Last season, the Nittany Lions swept the Golden Gophers and knocked off Washington in the Big Ten Tournament.

The Nittany Lions finish the regular season at Pitt on May 12 and at Maryland on May 14-16.

The Big Ten Tournament will be held at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha from May 18-24.

Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, finished the 2025 season with a 33-23 record, posting its second-most wins in a season. PSU reached the 30-win mark for the first time since 2011.

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IN A MATCH HEARD HERE ON SPORTSRADIO 98-7, THE FOX LAST NIGHT, THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WRESTLING TEAM EARNED A 41-23 WIN OVER BALD EAGLE AREA. PICKING UP PINS FOR THE WINNING MOUNTIES WERE HAYDEN KOPTCHAK AND ACE FOSTER WHILE CALEB HUMMEL EARNED A TECH FALL. OTHER WINNERS FOR P-O WERE JACOB DUGAN, DEVIN LONG, TY FOLMER, COLTON CHAPMAN AND EVAN EICHENLAUB.  WINNERS FOR BALD EAGLE AREA INCLUDED BRODY GARDNER WHO WON BY FALL AND TANNER GUENOT, DAWSON LOMISON, CADEN JUDICE AND GAGE GARDNER.  THE MOUNTIES IMPROVE TO 1-2.  THE EAGLES ARE NOW 5-3.  

IN THE JUNIOR HIGH MEET, BALD EAGLE AREA DEFEATED PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 55-27.  

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THE PENNS VALLEY WRESTLING TEAM DEFEATED HUNTINGDON 42-27.  CAYDEN MYERS, EVAN LISOWSKI, CONNER MYERS, ERIK CARLILE AND SAWYER FETTEROLF ALL RECORDED PINS. ALSO WINNING FOR PENNS VALLEY WERE CAEL SMITH, MAX DINGES AND TRIPP WATSON. THE RAMS ARE NOW 8-0 ON THE SEASON. 

IN JUNIOR HIGH ACTION, HUNTINGDON EDGED PENNS VALLEY 42-36.

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PENN STATE SENIOR RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN HAS EARNED A SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONOR FROM THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION. ALLEN WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK RECOGNIZED AS A THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALLEN RAN FOR OVER 1,300 YARDS THIS SEASON AND FINISHES HIS CAREER AS PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME RUSHING LEADER WITH OVER 4,000 CAREER YARDS. 
 

Junior Kennedy Martin of women’s volleyball and sophomore Jake Kennedy of men’s swim and dive have each been recognized as the November Student-Athletes of the Month, as announced by the Morgan Academic Center (MAC) and PSU’s academic services staff.

Martin, a Fort Mill, South Carolina, native, is in her first semester here in Happy Valley after transferring from Florida. In her first season, she set program records for the 25-point rally scoring era (2008-present) in kills (634), kills/set (5.42), points (728) and points/set (6.22). She was a first-team All-Big Ten selection in her first season in the conference and was also earned AVCA All-East Coast Region recognition in addition to her two All-Southeast Region awards she won at Florida.

Kennedy, a Springfield, Pennsylvania, native, competed in his first two collegiate meets this season, first against St. Bonaventure in the 2025-26 season opener, and again against Yale in the team. In the two meets, Kennedy has already tallied three finishes atop of the podium. In his first career action, he raced as part of the 400-yard Free Relay which took home first in the meet against the Bonnies. He followed up the win with a first-place finish in the 50 Free and 100 Free against Ivy opponent Yale.

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Penn State’s Ava Falduto and Kennedy Martin were named to the CSC Academic All-District Women’s Volleyball Team on Tuesday. The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.

Falduto made the Academic All-District Team in her first year of eligibility. The finance major recently earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team. A sophomore defensive specialist, Falduto played in all 32 matches this season and has now played in all 69 matches over the first two seasons of her collegiate career. Falduto finished the season with 238 digs (1.98/set) and was third on the team with 28 aces.

Martin, an Academic All-American last season, picked up her second-career Academic All-District honor. A labor and human resources major, Martin excelled both academically and athletically in her first season at Penn State. The junior finished first in the Big Ten and second nationally in points/set (6.22) and kills/set (5.42). She set single-season program records during the 25-point rally scoring era (2008-present) in points (728), points/set, kills (634) and kills/set (5.42).

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THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO CLEARFIELD LAST NIGHT, 61-45. NOAH PATEL HAD 9 POINTS TO LEAD THE RAMS WITH JULIAN BATTAGLIA AND CARTER IRONSIDE ADDING 8 POINTS APIECE. THE RAMS FALL TO 4-2 ON THE SEASON AND WILL RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT AT MOUNT UNION. 

 

IN THE JV GAME, CLEARFIELD EDGED PENNS VALLEY 47-43 IN OVERTIME.

IN THE JUNIOR HIGH A-GAME, PENNS VALLEY LOST TO CLEARFIELD 38-27 WHILE PENNS VALLEY WON THE JUNIOR HIGH B-GAME 27-15.  

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS TEAM LOST A TOUGH ONE AT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN LAST NIGHT, 60-54. SAINT JOE’S SLIPS TO 2-4 ON THE YEAR. 

 

THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FELL TO CENTRAL 65-52. THE MOUNTIES ARE NOW 2-3. 

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S GIRLS LAST NIGHT ROLLED TO A 75-26 WIN OVER EAST JUNIATA. THE WOLFPACK IMPROVES TO 5-2 ON THE SEASON. 

 

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IT'S FINALS WEEK AT PENN STATE, NO ACTION GOING ON UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. 

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A COUPLE OF PENN STATE PLAYERS WERE NAMED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA FOOTBALL TEAMS. GUARD VEGA IOANE HAS BEEN NAMED A SECOND TEAM. ALL-AMERICAN FOR 2025 AND RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN IS A THIRD TEAM SELECTION. ALLEN WAS SIXTH NATIONALLY THIS SEASON WITH 1,303 YARDS RUSHING AND IS PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME LEADER IN CAREER RUSHING YARDS. 

 

The Penn State men's basketball program teamed up with Centre County Youth Service Bureau to help provide a holiday shopping spree for local children from the State College area, helping to make holiday wishes a reality for 19 local children Sunday.

Each Nittany Lion player and staff member was paired with a local child for the shopping trip and helped each child fill up their shopping cart with everything from toys, to clothes, to televisions and video game consoles.

Each child received upwards of $250 with which to shop thanks to generous contributions from local companies.

This is the fifth-straight year that the Nittany Lion basketball program has teamed up with Centre County Youth Service Bureau to help provide a holiday shopping spree for local youth. The Nittany Lions also pair with Centre County Youth Service Bureau each August to help provide children with back-to-school supplies before the school year gets started.

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IN PENN STATE FOOTBALL NEWS, THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE ADDED FOUR MORE RECRUITS FOR NEXT SEASON. A COUPLE OF THREE-STAR SAFETY  RECRUITS FROM NEBRASKA WHO ORIGINALLY SIGNED WITH IOWA STATE WILL NOW JOIN MATT CAMPBELL IN HAPPY VALLEY. TYRELL CHATMAN FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA AND BRYSON WILLIAMS FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA MADE THEIR COMMITMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. SO DID THREE-STAR QUARTERBACK PROSPECT KASE EVANS FROM LEXINGTON, TEXAS AND THREE-STAR PUNTER LUCAS TENBROCK FROM ST. CHARLES NORTH HIGH SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS. 

PENN STATE RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO PLAY IN THE SENIOR BOWL IN MOBILE, ALABAMA ON JANUARY 31ST. AND OFFENSIVE LINEMAN VEGA IOANE HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL ENTER THE NFL DRAFT. HE BECOMES THE FOURTH NITTANY LION PLAYER TO OPT OUT OF THE PINSTRIPE BOWL, JOINING ZANE DURANT, ZAKEE WHEATLEY AND NICHOLAS SINGLETON. 

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ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM WON ITS 75TH CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEET, DOWNING WYOMING 40-7 IN FRONT OF A RECORD HOME CROWD FOR THE COWBOYS IN LARAMIE. THE NITTANY LIONS WON EIGHT OF THE TEN BOUTS AND PICKED UP PINS FROM MARCUS BLAZE, SHAYNE VAN NESS, PJ DUKE AND MITCHELL MESENBRINK. PENN STATE ALSO EARNED TECHNICAL FALLS FROM LUKE LILLENDAHL AND LEVI HAINES AND GOT DECISIONS FROM NATE DESMOND WHO WRESTLED UP AT 141 AND ROCC0 WELSH. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 4-0 ON THE SEASON AND COULDS SET THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEET WINS AT THE JOURNEYMEN COLLEGIATE IN NASHVILLE SATURDAY. PENN STATE WILL FACE NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT 5PM AND THEN STANFORD AT 7PM.  

IN OTHER BIG TEN WRESTLING ACTION OVER THE WEEKEND, 

RUTGERS WAS STUNNED BY OKLAHOMA SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE SOONERS RALLIED FROM A 14-6 DEFICIT TO WIN THE FINAL FOUR BOUTS AND PREVAIL 19-14.  

RUTGERS DID REBOUND TO BEAT DREXEL YESTERDAY, 28-12. 

ALSO YESTERDAY, NORTHERN IOWA DEFEATED MISSOURI 22-14 AND OKLAHOMA STATE ROLLED TO A 34-3 WIN OVER WEST VIRGINIA. 

ON SATURDAY, PITT BEAT MARYLAND 35-3. AND INDIANA PICKED UP A 26-14 WIN OVER ARMY.  

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, OHIO STATE BEAT NORTH CAROLINA STATE 26-10 AND IOWA DEFEATED UTAH VALLEY 33-7. AND BEAT CHATTANOOGA 37-6.  IN OTHER ACTION FRIDAY, 

NORTH CAROLINA BEAT WEST VIRGINIA 27-7WHILE UTAH VALLEY DOWNED CHATTANOOGA 33-3. 

 

AND IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND FOR PENN STATE RECRUITS. JAYDEN JAMES KNOCKED OFF TOP-RANKED MELVIN MILLER IN THE IRONMAN TOURNAMENT. JAMES GOT THE TAKEDOWN IN SUDDEN VICTORY WIN IT 4-1. GREY BURNETT ALSO TOOK THE TITLE AT 126. AND LANDON SIDUN WON THE PENN MANOR TOURNAMENT. AND VIRGINIA TECH RECRUIT BO BASSETT WON HIS FOURTH IRONMAN TITLE FOR BISHOP MCCORT. BASSETT JOINS DAVID TAYLOR AND ZAHID VALENCIA AS THE ONLY WRESTLERS TO CLAIM FOUR IRONMAN TITLES. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM CAME UP SHORT AGAINST 9TH-RANKED MICHIGAN STATE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JORDAN CENTER, 76-72. FREDDIE DILIONE LED THE WAY WITH A CAREER-HIGH 23 POINTS FOR PENN STATE. KAYDEN MINGO HAD 11 POINTS, 8 ASSISTS AND 7 REBOUNDS IN THE LOSS. THE NITTANY LIONS FALL TO 8-3 ON THE SEASON, 0-2 IN THE BIG TEN.  PENN STATE WILL TAKE ON PITT AT THE GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  

 

IN OTHER BIG TEN HOOPS OVER THE WEEKEND - LAST NIGHT, USC BEAT WASHINGTON STATE, 68-61. 

ALSO YESTERDAY, IOWA ROLLED OVER WESTERN MICHIGAN 91-51 WHILE MINNESOTA DOWNED TEXAS SOUTHERN 89-53. 

IN SATURDAY’S ACTION, INDIANA GOT BLOWN AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF BY KENTUCKY AND LOST 72-60 WHILE OHIO STATE EDGED WEST VIRGINIA IN DOUBLE OVERTIME, 89-88.  PURDUE DEFEATED MARQUETTE 79-59, MICHIGAN REMAINS UNDEFEATED WITH A 101-83 WIN OVER MARYLAND. UCLA LOST TO GONZAGA 82-72. 

IT WAS NEBRASKA STAYING UNBEATEN WITH AN 83-80 WIN OVER ILLINOIS. OREGON CRUSHED UC-DAVIS 104-62, NORTHWESTERN CRUISED TO A 93-53 WIN OVER JACKSON STATE, IT WAS WASHINGTON OVER SOUTHERN UTAH 105-69 AND RUTGERS TOPPED SETON HALL 81-59.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WAS DRUBBED AT THIRD-RANKED SOUTH CAROLINA YESTERDAY. , 95-55. KIYOMI MCMILLER HAD 22 POINTS TO LEAD PENN STATE WITH SHAYLA SMITH ADDING 13 POINTS AND 9 REBOUNDS. GRACIE MERKLE HAD 9 POINTS AND 9 REBOUNDS FOR THE LADY LIONS. SOUTH CAROLINA HAD A 46-34 LEAD AT HALFTIME BUT BLEW THE GAME OPEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER BY OUTSCORING THE LADY LIONS 29-9 IN THE QUARTER.  PENN STATE FALLS TO 6-4 ON THE YEAR WHILE SOUTH CAROLINA IS NOW 10-1. 

THE LADY LIONS WILL HEAD TO VIRGINIA FOR 4 THA CULTURE HOLIDAY CLASSIC THIS COMING WEEKEND. PENN STATE WILL FACE VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY AND RICHMOND ON SUNDAY. 

 

SOME BIG NEWS FOR THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM AS FLORIDA SETTER ALEXIS STUCKY IS TRANSFERRING TO JOIN THE NITTANY LIONS AND HER FORMER TEAMMATE AT FLORIDA KENNEDY MARTIN. IN HER REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON THIS YEAR, STUCKY HAD 1,062 ASSISTS AND WAS NAMED A SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC SELECTION. 

KATE LALLY, THE STATE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCT, HAS ANNOUNCED SHE IS ENTERING THE TRANSFER PORTAL. LALLY IS ALSO A SETTER AND PENN STATE IS ALSO BRINGING IN A TOP RECRUIT AS A SETTER FOR NEXT SEASON.  

MEANWHILE, THE FINAL FOUR IS SET IN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL. WISCONSIN IS THE LONE REMAINING BIG TEN TEAM. THE THIRD SEEDED BADGERS KNOCKED OFF TOP SEEDED TEXAS IN FOUR SETS

AND WILL NOW FACE KENTUCKY IN THE SEMIFINALS. TEXAS A&M OUTLASTED OVERALL ONE SEED NEBRASKA TO WIN IN FIVE SETS. THE CORNHUSKERS WON A WILD FOURTH SET 37-35 BEFORE THE AGGIES TOOK THE FIFTH SET 15-13. TEXAS A&M, A 3 SEED WILL NOW FACE A ONE SEED IN PITT INTHE SEMIFINALS. THE SEMIFINALS WILL BE ON THURSDAY WITH THE NATIONAL TITLE MATCH ON SATURDAY. 

 

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CHECKING THE HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD FROM OVER THE WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY: THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS ROLLED TO A 67-37 WIN OVER BELLWOOD-ANTIS. JULIAN BATTAGLIA AND FLETCHER IRONSIDE EACH HAD 13 POINTS FOR HTE RAMS WHILE NOAH PATEL ADDED 11. THE RAMS ARE NOW 4-1 ON THE SEASON.  

IN JV ACTION, PENNS VALLEY BEAT BALD EAGLE AREA 40-33 AND IN JUNIOR HIGH ACTION THE PENNS VALLEY A-TEAM BEAT BALD EAGLE AREA 26-11 AND THE PENNS VALLEY B-TEAM PULLED OUT A 22-21 WIN OVER BALD EAGLE AREA. 

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS LOST A 52-48 BATTLE TO WILLIAMSBURG.  

 

THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA BOYS LOST TO CENTRAL CAMBRIA 71-48. ZACH MYERS HAD 25 POINTS FOR THE MOUNTIES. THE PHILPSBURG-OSCEOLA GIRLS ALSO LOST TO CENTRAL CAMBRIA, 57-11.  

 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS DEFEATED HARRISBURG 77-62. 

 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS EARNED A 65-26 WIN OVER BALD EAGLE AREA. SYDNIE DALTON HAD 16 POINTS AND ELLIE ROMIG ADDED 13 FOR PENNS VALLEY. KINSEY CLARK HAD 12 POINTS TO LEAD BALD EAGLE AREA. THE LADY RAMS ARE NOW 3-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE LADY EAGLES FALL TO 0-3.  

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S GIRLS PICKED UP A 77-48 WIN OVER JUNIATA TO IMPROVE TO 4-2 ON THE SEASON.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO BELLWOOD-ANTIS, 74-11.  IN JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS ACTION, THE BELLEFONTE A-TEAM DEFEATED BELLWOOD-ANTIS 29-23.  

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IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING OVER THE WEEKEND, STATE COLLEGE PLACED FIFTH AT THE PENN MANOR HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT. LUKE YOUNG WAS THE RUNNERUP AT 121 FOR THE LITTLE LIONS. NOAH YOUNG WAS THIRD AT 114 AND TEAG SANDERSON WAS FOURTH AT 172. KAEL DAVIS ANDE JAMES WHITBRED PLACED FIFTH AT 127 AND 160 RESPECTIVELY WITH NOAH WILLIAMS PLACING SIXTH AT 189 AND JON WHITBRED SEVENTH AT 133.  

 

BALD EAGLE AREA WENT 5-1 AT THE DANDY DUALS AT TOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. THE EAGLES LOST TO MONTGOMERY 44-28 BUT EARNED VICTORIES OVER WYOMING AREA, 60-16, JERSEY SHORE, 45-19, NORTH PENN 48-29, HONESDALE, 40-35 AND WILKES-BARRE 41-31.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING TEAM PICKED UP A BIG 47-22 WIN OVER CEDAR CLIFF IN THE HOME OPENER LAST NIGHT. NOAH YOUNG, LUKE YOUNG, KAEL DAVIS AND REAGAN DILLON ALL PICKED UP PINS FOR STATE COLLEGE. OTHER WINNERS FOR THE LITTLE LIONS INCLUDED MASON SANDERSON, JAMES WHITBRED, TEAG 

SANDERSON AND NOAH WILLIAMS. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 2-1 ON THE SEASON. 

 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA CAME UP SHORT AGAINST CLEARFIELD LAST NIGHT, 40-27. JACOB DUGAN WON BY FALL AND CALEB HUMMEL ALSO GOT A WIN WHILE HAYDEN KOPTCHAK,  DEVIN LONG AND COLTON CHAPMAN ALL GOT FORFEIT WINS. THE BISON PICKED UP FOUR FALLS, A FORFEIT, A MAJOR DECISION AND TWO DECISIONS TO GET THE VICTORY. 

 

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF TO POST A 58-28 WIN OVER BALD EAGLE AREA LAST NIGHT. JULIAN BATTAGLIA LED THE RAMS WITH 18 POINTS WHILE FLETCHER IRONSIDE AND NOAH PATEL ADDED TEN POINTS APIECE. JAMES COWAN LED BALD EAGLE AREA WITH 14 POINTS. 

PENNS VALLEY IS NOW 3-1 ON THE SEASON. THE EAGLES FALL TO 0-4.  

PENNS VALLEY ALSO WON THE JV GAME, 43-34. AND PENNS VALLEY WON THE JUNIOR HIGH GAMES WITH THE A-TEAM PREVAILING 35-22 WHILE THE B-TEAM WON 29-14.  

 

BELLWOOD-ANTIS DEFEATED THE BELLEFONTE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LAST NIGHT, 50-39.  THE RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 0-4. 

 

THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA BOYS LOST TO CLEARFIELD 76-30 LAST NIGHT. THE MOUNTIES FALL TO 2-1.  

 

SAINT JOSEPH’S LOST A TOUGH BATTLE AT JUNIATA 53-50. ISAIAH CRISPIN LED THE WOLFPACK WITH 16 POINTS AND ETHAN BOWEN ADDED 11. THE WOLFPACK IS NOW 2-2 ON THE SEASON. 

 

AND GRACE PREP LOST TO JUNIATA CHRISTIAN, 24-20 IN GIRLS HOOPS YESTERDAY. 

 

TONIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS WILL HOST HARRISBURG WITH TIPOFF AT 7:30PM.  THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 2-1. 

 

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT, PENNS VALLEY VISITS BALD EAGLE AREA WITH THE ACTION GETTING UNDERWAY AT 6PM. BELLEFONTE IS AT BELLWOOD-ANTIS. AND PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WILL HOST CLEARFIELD AT 6:15. SAINT JOSEPH’S IS HOME AGAINST JUNIATA WITH TIP OFF AT 6PM. 

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HERE IS THE LATEST WITH THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. CORNERBACK ELLIOT WASHINGTON HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL. WASHINGTON HAS ONE YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING AND HAS 53 TACKLES, 9 PASS DEFLECTIONS AND 2 INTERCEPTIONS IN HIS PENN STATE CAREER. 

RUNNING BACK NICHOLAS SINGLETON WILL OPT OUT OF THE PINSTRIPE BOWL AS FIRST REPORTED BY RICH SCARCELLA OF THE READING EAGLE. SINGLETON IS PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME LEADER IN ALL-PURPOSE YARDS AND IN TOUCHDOWNS. SINGLETON BECOMES THE THIRD NITTANY LION TO OPT OUT OF THE BOWL GAME, JOINING ZAKEE WHEATLEY AND ZANE DURANT. 

 

NOW, ON THE COACHING FRONT - STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH CHUCK LOSEY IS LEAVING PENN STATE TO TAKE THE SAME ROLE WITH VIRGINIA TECH. HE WILL BE REPLACED BY REID KAGY WHO WAS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH AT IOWA STATE UNDER MATT CAMPBELL. 

CAMPBELL IS BRINGING OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR TAYLOR MOUSER WITH HIM FROM IOWA STATE ALONG WITH SAFETIES COACH DEON BROOMFIELD AND OFFENSIVE LINE COACH RYAN CLANTON. 

MEANWHILE, PENN STATE RUNNING BACK COACH STAN DRAYTON IS HEADING TO SOUTH CAROLINA.  

PENN STATE IS REPORTEDLY SET TO HIRE CINCINNATI DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL JACK GRIFFITH AS THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. 

ALSO ADDED TO THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL DIRECTORY ARE DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL TRENT SLATTENOW, CHIEF OF STAFF SKIP BRABENEC AND SPORT PERFORMANCE MANAGER AARON HILLMANN. 
 

PENN STATE IS HEADING INTO FINALS WEEK NEXT WEEK SO IT’S A LIGHTER WEEKEND SCHEDULE WITH JUST THREE TEAMS IN ACTION. 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY ITS BIG TEN HOME OPENER TOMORROW AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 8-2 AND ARE COMING OFF A 113-72 LOSS TO INDIANA IN THE CONFERENCE OPENER. THE 9TH-RANKED SPARTANS ARE 8-1 ON THE SEASON, 1-0 IN THE BIG TEN. TIP-OFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER TOMORROW WILL BE AT 12 NOON. 

 

TOMORROW NIGHT, THE TOP-RANKED PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM WILL BE BACK IN ACTION TAKING ON WYOMING IN LARAMIE. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE LOOKING FOR THEIR 75TH CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEET WIN IN THE 8 O’CLOCK MATCH. THE COWBOYS ARE 2-2 WHILE PENN STATE IS 3-0 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. 

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL VISIT THIRD-RANKED SOUTH CAROLINA ON SUNDAY WITH TIP OFF AT 3:30.  

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM IS LOOKING FOR A NEW HEAD COACH. LISA BERVINCHAK LOVE WAS THE HEAD COACH FOR THE PAST THREE SEASONS BUT HER CONTRACT IS NOT GETTING RENEWED. BERVINCHAK LOVE HAD BEEN ON THE PENN STATE COACHING STAFF FOR 32 YEARS. THE NITTANY LIONS WENT 7-10 THIS PAST SEASON, 2-6 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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MARIN COLLINS, AN OUTSIDE HITTER FOR THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS ENTERING THE TRANSFER PORTAL. THE FRESHMAN DID NOT PLAY DUE TO INJURY THIS PAST SEASON. THE LAKE VIEW, NEW YORK NATIVE BECOMES THE SECOND PLAYER TO ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL, JOINING IZZY STARCK. 

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PENN STATE SAFETY ZAKEE WHEATLEY HAS BECOME THE SECOND PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS OPTING OUT OF THE PINSTRIPE BOWL TO PREPARE FOR THE NFL DRAFT. WHEATLEY JOINS ZANE DURANT IN OPTING OUT AND DECLARING HIMSELF FOR THE NFL DRAFT. WHEATLEY FINISHES HIS PENN STATE CAREER WITH 170 TACKLES, 4.5 TACKLES FOR A LOSS, A SACK, A FORCED FUMBLE AND FOUR INTERCEPTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO SEASONS. 

 

PENN STATE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN VEGA IOANE HAS BEEN NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE POLYNESIAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR. IOANE IS ONE OF TEN FINALISTS FOR THE AWARD WHICH ANNUALLY RECOGNIZES COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF POLYNESIAN ANCESTRY WHO DEMONSTRATES ABILITY AND INTEGRITY ON AND OFF THE FIELD. 

 

IT LOOKS LIKE PENN STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR JIM KNOWLES MAY BE HEADING TO TENNESSEE.  CBS SPORTS’ MATT ZENITZ REPORTS THAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE EXPECTED TO HIRE KNOWLES AFTER MATT CAMPBELL DECIDED HE WOULD NOT BE RETAINED WITH HIS NEW STAFF. 

 

PENN STATE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH MATT CAMPBELL TOOK OUT A FULL PAGE AD IN THE DES MOINES REGISTER TO THANK HIS PREVIOUS SCHOOL, IOWA STATE FOR THE SUPPORT AND HELP ON HIS JOURNEY. CAMPBELL SPENT TEN YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE CYCLONES AND HE WROTE IN PART: “WORDS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PROPERLY EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS AS WE EMBARK ON THIS NEW JOURNEY AND THE GRATITUDE OUR FAMILY FELLS FOR OUR TIME IN AMES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE GREAT COMMUNITY AND THE ALUMNI BASE AND THE FORMER PLAYERS WHO EMBRACED US AT IOWA STATE. THEY MADE IT BIGGER THAN JUST WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES. THEY MADE IT ABOUT, MAN, SERVING A COMMUNITY; THE IMPACT OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.” 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM HAS REPORTEDLY HIRED ITS NEW HEAD COACH. ROB DOW WILL JOIN THE NITTANY LIONS AFTER NINE YEARS AS HEAD COACH AT VERMONT. DOW LED VERMONT TO THE 2024 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND COMPILED A RECORD OF 109-41-21 OVER HIS NINE YEARS. DOW IS 44 YEARS OLD AND PLAYED COLLEGIATELY AT MAINE. HE REPLACES JEFF COOK WHO RESIGNED ON NOVEMBER 21ST AFTER EIGHT SEASON WITH THE NITTANY LIONS. 

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FELL TO ALTOONA 67-42 LAST NIGHT. STATE HIGH IS NOW 1-2 AND WILL VISIT HARRISBURG ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 

 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS LOST TO HOLLIDAYSBURG LAST NIGHT 68-47. SYDNIE DALTON HAD 16 POINTS AND PAIGE JOHNSON ADDED 14 TO LEAD PENNS VALLEY. THE LADY RAMS FALL TO 2-2 ON THE SEASON, 2-1 IN CONFERENCE ACTION. PENNS VALLEY WILL BE AT BALD EAGLE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT. 

 

BISHOP GUILFOYLE DEFEATED THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS 68-17. THE LADY RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 0-3.  

JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL: 

B Team:  Bishop Guilfoyle   31   Bellefonte  1

A Team:  Bishop Guilfoyle   37   Bellefonte  5

 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS LOST TO BELLWOOD-ANTIS  61-29 LAST NIGHT. LILY HARTER HAD 11 POINTS TO LEAD THE LADY EAGLES. BEA IS NOW 0-3. 

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THE BALD EAGLE AREA BOYS BASKETBALL LOST TO BELLWOOD-ANTIS LAST NIGHT, 37-28. JAMES COWAN HAD TEN POINTS TO LEAD THE EAGLES. BALD EAGLE AREA FALLS TO 0-3. 

BELLWOOD-ANTIS ALSO WON THE JV GAME, 42-35. NOLAN BUTTERWORTH HAD 12 POINTS IN THAT GAME FOR BALD EAGLE AREA. IN THE JUNIOR HIGH GAMES, BELLWOOD-ANTIS WON THE A GAME 17-16 AND WON THE B-GAME 29-14. 

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THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM GOT A BIG 35-33 WIN OVER GREENWOOD LAST NIGHT. THE WOLFPACK IMPROVE TO 2-1. 

 

IN A WRESTLING MATCH HEARD HERE ON SPORTSRADIO 98-7, THE FOX LAST NIGHT, PENNS VALLEY DEFEATED BALD EAGLE AREA 49-18. BLAKE BRUMBAUGH, MAX DINGES, SETH FETTEROLF AND BRAYDEN LISOWSKI PICKED UP PINS FOR THE RAMS. OTHER WINNERS FOR PENNS VALLEY INCLUDE CAYDEN MYERS, EVAN LISOWSKI, CONNER MYERS, CAEL SMITH AND ROBERT MARTIN. GAGE GARDNER EARNED A PIN FOR THE EAGLES WHILE TANNER GUENOT, DAWSON LOMISON AND CADEN JUDICE ALSO POSTED VICTORIES FOR THE EAGLES. PENNS VALLEY IS NOW 7-0 WHILE BALD EAGLE AREA IS 0-1. 

 

IN AN INTRACOUNTY SHOWDOWN AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA LAST NIGHT, BELLEFONTE EDEGED THE MOUNTIES 33-32. BELLEFONTE PICKED UP FOUR PINS FROM ANDREW GALL, EZRA SWISHER, JACKSON LONG AND LUKE HOCKENBERRY AND ALSO GOT WINS FROM WYATT LONG AND GAVIN LUCAS WHILE THE MOUNTIES HAD FALLS FROM ACE FOSTER AND CONNOR GUENOT AND ALSO GOT WINS FROM HAYDEN KOPTCHAK, JACOB DUGAN, DEVIN LONG, CALEB HUMMEL AND COLTON CHAPMAN. THE MOUNTIES WON 7 OF THE 13 BOUTS BUT THE RED RAIDERS WON IT ON BONUS POINTS. BELLEFONTE IS 6-1 WHILE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IS 0-1.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS IN A STATE OF TRANSITION AS IT PREPARES FOR THE PINSTRIPE BOWL MATCHUP WITH CLEMSON. NEW HEAD COACH MATT CAMPBELL IS PUTTING TOGETHER HIS STAFF. DEREK HOODJER WILL JOIN CAMPBELL IN COMING TO PENN STATE FROM IOWA STATE AND WILL BE THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE PROGRAM. 

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR JON HEACOCK WILL ALSO FOLLOW CAMPBELL FROM IOWA STATE TO PENN STATE. 

MEANWHILE, PENN STATE TIGHT ENDS COACH TY HOWLE WILL REJOIN JAMES FRANKLIN AND BECOME VIRGINIA TECH’S OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. AND QUARTERBACKS COACH DANNY O’BRIEN IS ALSO GOING TO VIRGINIA TECH AND WILL TAKE THE SAME POSITION THERE. 

DEFENSIVE TACKLE ZANE DURANT HAS BECOME THE FIRST PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE THIS WEEK THAT HE WILL NOT PLAY IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL AND WILL PREPARE FOR THE 2026 NFL DRAFT. DURANT HAS PLAYED IN ALL 54 GAMES OF HIS PENN STATE CAREER AND FINISHES WITH 89 TACKLES INCLUDING 22 TACKLES FOR A LOSS. DURANT WILL PLAY IN THE SENIOR BOWL ON JANUARY 31ST IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. 

 

THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM GOT BLOWN OUT BY INDIANA 113-72 IN THE BIG TEN OPENER LAST NIGHT. THE HOOSIER MADE 69 PERCENT OF THEIR SHOTS INCLUDING 55 PERCENT FROM THREE-POINT RANGE. THE NITTANY LIONS WERE LED BY KAYDEN MINGO’S 19 POINTS WITH FREDDIE DILIONE ADDING 14 POINTS AND MELIH TUNCA SCORING 13. PENN STATE FALLS TO 8-2 ON THE SEASON, 0-1 IN THE BIG TEN. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL TAKE ON MICHIGAN STATE IN THE CONFERENCE HOME OPENER SATURDAY WITH TIP OFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER SET FOR 12 NOON AND WILL BE ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. 

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT. PENN STATE FELL TO ARIZONA STATE AT THE JORDAN CENTER 74-60. THE LADY LIONS SLIP TO 6-3 ON THE SEASON 

WHILE THE SUN DEVILS REMAIN UNDEFEATED AT 11-0. GRACIE MERKLE LED PENN STATE WITH 17 POINTS WHILE KIYOMI MCMILLER AND SHAYLA SMITH ADDED 12 POINTS APIECE. MORIAH MURRAY AND AMIYA EVANS LED PENN STATE IN REBOUNDS WITH SIX EACH. 

THE TEAMS COMBINED FOR 66 TURNOVERS IN THE GAME - ARIZONA STATE TURNED IT OVER 30 TIMES AND PENN STATE COMMITTED 36 TURNOVERS. 

THE LADY LIONS WILL VISIT #3 SOUTH CAROLINA SUNDAY AT 3:30 AND THAT GAME WILL BE TELEVISED BY ESPN. 

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM IS ONCE AGAIN NUMBER ONE IN THE INTERMAT RANKINGS THIS WEEK. PENN STATE HAS ALL TEN WRESTLERS RANKED. SHAYNE VAN NESS AT 149, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AT 165 AND LEVI HAINES AT 174 ARE ALL RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THEIR WEIGHT CLASS. LUKE LILLEDAHL IS SECOND AT 125. ROCCO WELSH IS FOURTH AT 184. AARON NAGAO IS 7TH AT 133. PJ DUKE IS UP TO NUMBER 8 AT 157 WHILE CONNOR MIRASOLA DEBUTS AT NUMBER 8 AT 197. MARCUS BLAZE IS 10TH AT 133 AND COLE MIRASOLA IS NOW 11TH AT HEAVYWEIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY NIGHT AT WYOMING. 

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THREE PENN STATE PLAYERS ARE ON THE ALL-EAST COAST REGION TEAM AS NAMED BY THE AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION. KENNEDY MARTIN MADE THE TEAM AFTER SETTING PENN STATE RECORDS IN THE RALLY SCORING ERA IN KILLS WITH 634 AND POINTS WITH 728. GILLIAN GRIMES IS ON THE TEAM AFTER FINISHING THE SEASON WITH 441 DIGS AND EARNING THE BIG TEN LIBERO OF THE YEAR HONOR AS WELL.  AND MAGGIE MENDELSON IS ON THE TEAM AFTER A SEASON IN WHICH SHE RECORDED 91 BLOCKS AND RECORDED A .363 HITTING PERCENTAGE. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM HAS NAMED ITS FOUR CAPTAINS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON: ERIKA HO, KELLY MACKINNEY, LAUREN TINSON AND SYRACUSE TRANSFER JULIA BASCIANO. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST SEASON UNDER HEAD COACH KAYLA TREANOR WHO TAKES OVER THE PENN STATE PROGRAM AFTER FOUR YEARS AT SYRACUSE. 

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MATT CAMPBELL WAS OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED AS PENN STATE’S NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY WITH PRESIDENT NEELY BENDAPUDI AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PAT KRAFT. CAMPBELL JOINS THE NITTANY LIONS AFTER A DECADE AT IOWA STATE WHERE HE BECAME THE WINNINGEST COACH IN CYLCONES’ HISTORY. 

 

CAMPBELL RECOGNIZED TODD BLACKLEDGE, KYLE BRADY AND JOE PATERNO IN HISOPENING STATEMENT AND SAID “I AM INCREDIBLY HONORED TO JOIN PENN STATE UNIVERSITY AS ITS NEXT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. THIS IS ONE OF THE BLUE BLOODS OF COLLEGEFOOTBALL, AND THIS PROGRAM’S HISTORY AND TRADITION ARE UNMATCHED. I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THAT FOUNDATION BY DEVELOPING STUDENT-ATHLETES ON AND OFF THE FIELD, COMPETING FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE THAT DEFINES PENN STATE.” 

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY TONIGHT AT INDIANA. THE 7-2 HOOSIERS HAVE LOST THEIR LAST TWO GAMES INCLUDING A 73-64 LOSS AT MINNESOTA IN THEIR BIG TEN OPENER. PENN STATE IS 8-1 HEADING INTO THE 8:30 TIP-OFF AT ASSEMBLY HALL. 

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY ARIZONA STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TONIGHT IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. PENN STATE IS 7-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE ARIZONA STATE IS OFF TO A 10-0 START.  

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HOCKEY CANADA HAS ANNOUNCED ITS TRAINING CAMP ROSTER FOR ITS NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM AND PENN STATE FRESHMEN GAVIN MCKENNA FROM WHITEHORSE, YUKON AND JACKSON SMITH FROM CALGARY, ALBERTA ARE AMONG THE 27 INVITEES. THE INITIAL TRAINING CAMP AND EVALUATION PROCESS WILL BE HELD IN NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO DECEMBER 12-22. 

THEIR WILL BE A PAIR OF PRE-TOURNAMENT GAMES AGAINST SWEDEN IN ONTARIO ON DECEMBER 17TH AND 20TH AND AGAINST DENMARK ON DECEMBER 23RD AT MINNESOTA STATE. 

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING TEAM PICKED UP ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON BEATING SHIKELLAMY LAST NIGHT, 44-12.  THE LITTLE LIONS WON 10 OF THE 13 BOUTS. JAMES WHITBRED AND REAGAN DILLON RECORDED PINS, LUKE YOUNG AND TEAG SANDERSON EACH HAD TECHNICAL FALLS, JON WHITBRED, NICO DIAZ, AND SAM DAVIDSON EACH HAD A MAJOR DECISION AND CAMDEN FLETCHER, NOAH YOUNG, AND KAEL DAVIS ALL WON BY DECISION. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 1-1.  STATE COLLEGE WILL WRESTLE ITS HOME OPENER ON THURSDAY AGAINST CEDAR CLIFF.  

 

TONIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INTRACOUNTY WRESTLING MATCHES. BELLEFONTE WILL BE AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WHILE PENNS VALLEY WILL HOST BALD EAGLE AREA. WE WILL HAVE TONIGHT’S DUAL BETWEEN THE RAMS AND EAGLES STARTING AT 7PM WITH TODD AND NORM BROWN ON SPORTSRADIO 98-7 THE FOX. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP A 56-31 VICTORY OVER HEMPFIELD LAST NIGHT.  THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 1-1 AND WILL VISIT ALTOONA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

THE BELLEFONTE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO BISHOP GUILFOYLE 80-24 LAST NIGHT. THE RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 0-3.  

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST AT HOLLIDAYSBURG LAST NIGHT, 73-45. JULIAN BATTAGLIA LED THE RAMS WITH 20 POINTS. PENNS VALLEY FALLS TO 2-1 ON THE SEASON.   

THE BALD EAGLE AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL VISIT BELLWOOD-ANTIS TONIGHT AT 7:15.  

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS WILL HOST GREENWOOD TONIGHT AT 7:30.  

 

IN JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL YESTERDAY, THE BELLEFONTE A-TEAM LOST A TOUGH 33-32 BATTLE TO JERSEY SHORE WHLE BELLEFONTE’S B-TEAM ALSO LOST, 36-7.  

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THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED CHESTNUT RIDGE FRIDAY NIGHT, 86-46. SPENCER ALTHOUSE HAD 34 POINTS TO LEAD THE RAMS WITH JULIAN BATTAGLIA ADDING 12 POINTS AND CARTER IRONSIDE 10 POINTS. PENNS VALLEY IS 2-0 AND WILL VISIT HOLLIDAYSBURG TONIGHT AT 7:30.  ALSO FRIDAY, BALD EAGLE AREA LOST TO FOREST HILLS, 68-37. JAMES COWAN LED THE EAGLES WITH 14 POINTS. AND SAINT JOSEPH’S DEFEATED MILLERSBURG FRIDAY NIGHT, 72-25.  

STATE COLLEGE WILL HOST HEMPFIELD TONIGHT AT 6:30. 

 

IN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, BELLEFONTE LOST TO RICHLAND, 61-23. SAINT JOSEPH’S LOST TO INDIANA 53-46.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE WRESTLING TEAM PICKED UP THREE WINS ON SATURDAY AT THE GARY WOODRUFF MEMORIAL DUALS AT WYALUSING. THE RED RAIDERS DEFEATED SCRANTON PREP 66-6, WYOMING AREA 65-11 AND WALLENPAUPACK 33-30. THE RED RAIDERS WILL BE AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7. 

 

THE BELLEFONTE BOYS AND GIRLS SWIM TEAMS LOST TO CENTRAL CAMBRIA FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BOYS LOST 115-8 WHILE THE GIRLS FELL 94-74.  BOTH TEAMS RETURN TO ACTION ON WEDNESDAY AT SOMERSET.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A NEW COACH, A BOWL DESTINATION AND OPPONENT AND A FUTURE THAT IS SEEMINGLY BRIGHT ONCE AGAIN. 

MATT CAMPBELL IS LEAVING IOWA STATE AFTER TEN SEASONS TO TAKE UP THE JOB WITH THE NITTANY LIONS. 

CAMPBELL IS THE ALL-TIME CYCLONES’ WINS LEADER, GOING 72-55 IN HIS DECADE RUNNING THAT PROGRAM. THE EIGHT-YEAR DEAL WITH THE 46-YEAR-OLD CAMPBELL IS EXPECTED TO BE FINALIZED TODAY WITH APPROVAL LBY THE PENN STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THE COMPENSATION. THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO BE WORTH AROUND 80 MILLION DOLLARS. HE COACHED AT TOLEDO FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE TAKING THE IOWA STATE JOB. HE IS AN OHIO NATIVE AND PLAYED COLLEGIATELY FOR ONE SEASON AT PITT BEFORE GOINT TO DIVISION III MOUNT UNION AND PLAYING ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE ON THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS THERE. 

CAMPBELL WILL REPORTEDLY RETAIN TERRY SMITH, THE NITTANY LIONS’ INTERIM COACH, IN A PROMINENT ROLE. 

 

THE 6-6 NITTANY LIONS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL ON DECEMBER 27TH AGAINST CLEMSON. BOTH TEAMS CAME INTO THE SEASON EXPECTED TO CONTEND FOR THE NATION TITLE BUT THE TIGERS FINISHED AT 7-5.  FORMER PENN STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR TOM ALLEN IS THE D-C AT CLEMSON. 

THE BOWL GAME WILL KICKOFF AT 12 NOON ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27TH. TERRY SMITH SAYS HE IS EXPECTING THAT MOST OF THE PENN STATE PLAYERS WILL PLAY IN THE BOWL GAME BUT WE SHOULD LEARN OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WHICH PLAYERS MAY OPT OUT OF THE GAME. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WON THEIR ONLY PREVIOUS PINSTRIPE BOWL GAME, DOWNING BOSTON COLLEGE 31-30 IN 2014. 

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THE SEASON HAS COME TO AN END FOR THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM. AFTER WINNING THE NATIONAL TITLE LAST SEASON, PENN STATE LOST IN THE SECOND 

ROUND OF THE THIS YEAR’S NCAA TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AS THE TOP-SEEDED LONGHORNS COMPLETED A THREE-GAME SWEEP 25-16, 25-9 AND 25-19. 

IN THE LOSS TO TEXAS, KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 16 KILLS WHILE GILLIAN GRIMES WRAPPED UP HER PENN STATE CAREER WITH A TEAM-HIGH 11 DIGS. TORREY STAFFORD LED TEXAS WITH 21 KIILLS. PENN STATE DEFEATED SOUTH FLORIDA FRIDAY NIGHT THREE SETS TO ONE. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISH THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 19-13.  

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM DEFEATED DREXEL FRIDAY NIGHT, 43-3 BEFORE DOWNING LEHIGH YESTERDAY AT REC HALL, 36-6. 

THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE NOW WON 74 CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEETS, TWO SHY OF OKLAHOMA STATE’S RECORD OF 76 ESTABLISHED IN 1951. 

IN YESTERDAY’S WIN, PENN STATE GOT A PIN FROM LEVI HAINES AND A WIN BY INJURY DEFAULT FOR PJ DUKE. LUKE LILLEDAHL, MARCUS BLAZE, SHAYNE VAN NESS, MITCHELL 

MESENBRINK, ROCCO WELSH AND CONNOR MIRASOLA ALSO COMPLETED 2-0 WEEKENDS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. 

PENN STATE WILL BE AT WYOMING SATURDAY NIGHT FOR AN 8 O’CLOCK START. PENN STATE IS NOW 3-0 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. 

 

PENN STATE ALSO PICKED UP ANOTHER VERBAL COMMITMENT SATURDAY FOR ITS CLASS OF 2027. CLINTON SHEPHERD, A 144-POUND PROSPECT FROM CROWN POINT, INDIANA

IS RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP PROSPECTS IN THE COUNTRY AS HE BEGINS HIS JUNIOR SEASON IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS NOW ONE OF FOUR RECRUITS FOR PENN STATE RANKED IN THE TOP TEN IN THE CLASS OF 2027.  

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM LOST ITS BIG TEN OPENER SATURDAY TO NEBRASKA 101-83. GRACIE MERKLE HAD 23 POINTS AND KIYOMI MCMILLER ADDED 22 POINTS, 6 REBOUNDS AND 5 ASSISTS. 

PENN STATE FALLS TO 6-2 ON THE SEASON AND 0-1 IN BIG TEN PLAY. THE LADY LIONS WILL HOST ARIZONA STATE TOMORROW NIGHT IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIP AT THE JORDAN CENTER. 

 

THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BEGIN CONFERENCE PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT INDIANA. THE HOOSIERS ARE COMING OFF AN 87-78 LOSS TO LOUISVILLE ON SATURDAY. 

 

PENN STATE’S MADDIE PITTS WON THE PENTATHLON AT THE PENN OPENER MEET IN PHILADELPHIA ON FRIDAY. PITTS WON FOUR OF THE FIVE EVENTS AND SET A NEW PERSONAL RECORD 

WITH 4,132 POINTS. ALSO AT THE PENN OPENER, THE NITTANY LIONS’ LIZZIE SCHREIBER WON THE WOMEN’S LONG JUMP AND WAS SECOND IN THE TRIPLE JUMP. 

AT THE BUCKNELL OPENER, PENN STATE’S ROBERT ALLEN WON THE MEN’S HIGH JUMP WITH ALEX PANCOAST OF THE NITTANY LIONS WINNING THE WOMEN’S WEIGHT THROW. PENN STATE’S MEREDITH BAHAM WON THE WOMEN’S POLE VAULTAND PENN STATE’S COLLIN BURKHART WON THE MEN’S WEIGHT THROW. PENN STATE’S TRISTAN MCGARRAH ALSO WON THE MEN’S POLE VAULT. 

IN BOSTON, PENN STATE’S ADA RAND RAN THE SECOND-FASTEST WOMEN’S 3K IN PENN STATE HISTORY WITH A TIME OF 9:06.18. 

TAYISSA BUCHANNAN WON THE WOMEN’S 800 AT BOSTON’S SHARON COLYEAR-DANVILLE SEASON OPENER WITH A TIME OF 2:02.67 WHICH IS ALSO THE SECOND FASTEST TIME IN PENN STATE HISTORY. 

PENN STATE WON 12 EVENTS ON THE WEEKEND. 

PENN STATE WILL HOST ITS FIRST INDOOR MEET OF THE SEASON ON JANUARY 17TH. 

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THE PENN STATE FENCING TEAMS COMPETED AT THE CARLA-MAE RICHARDS INVITATION AT BRANDEIS YESTERDAY. BOTH THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS DEFEATED HAVERFORD BUT LOST TO BOSTON COLLEGE. THE WOMEN DEFEATED BRANDEIS AND ST. JOHN’S BUT LOST A CLOSE MATCHES TO BROWN AND WELLESLEY AND ALSO LOST TO TUFTS. THE MEN LOST TO BRANDEIS, DEFEATED WAYNE STATE, ROLLED OVER WHEATON AND LOST TO ST. JOHN’S. PENN STATE WILL RETURN TO ACTION AT THE PENN INVITATIONAL ON JANUARY 17TH. 

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THE BELLEFONTE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST ITS SEASON OPENER TO HUNTINGDON LAST NIGHT, 66-58.  

 

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT, BELLEFONTE WILL VISIT RICHLAND AND PENNS VALLEY IS AT CHESTNUT RIDGE.  ST. JOSEPH’S WILL HOST INDIANA. ALL OF TONIGHT’S 

ACTION GETS UNDERWAY AT 6PM. 

 

LAST NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING TEAM LOST ITS SEASON OPENER AT CENTRAL DAUPHIN, 46-18.  THE LITTLE LIONS GOT BONUS POINT VICTORIES FROM 

LUKE YOUNG, JAMES WHITBRED, TEAG SANDERSON AND NOAH WILLIAMS.

THE BELLEFONTE WRESTLING TEAM DROPPED A TOUGH 29-25 BATTLE AT HUNTINGDON. 

THE PENNS VALLEY WRESTLING TEAM DEFEATED MIFFLIN COUNTY LAST NIGHT, 47-16. THE RAMS WON ALL BUT FOUR MATCHES. THE RAMS GOT BOUT WINS FROM EVAN LISOWSKI, CONNER MYERS, MAX DINGES, ERIK CARLILE, TRIPP WATSON, BRAYDEN LISOWSKI, CAEL SMITH, SHANE RIMMEY AND ROBERT MARTIN. 

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IT NOW APPEARS THAT IOWA STATE HEAD COACH MATT CAMPBELL IS THE PRIMARY TARGET FOR PENN STATE IN ITS SEARCH FOR A NEW HEAD COACH. CAMPBELL HAS GUIDED IOWA STATE TO A 72-55 RECORD OVER THE LAST TEN SEASONS. CAMPBELL COACHED AT TOLEDO FOR FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO TAKING THE JOB WITH THE CYCLONES. MULTIPLE MEDIA REPORTS SAY THE TWO SIDES ARE IN DISCUSSIONS AND MET YESTERDAY. ALSO YESTERDAY, ALABAMA’S KALEN DEBOER SAID THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION WITH PENN STATE AND THERE HAS BEEN NO INTEREST SHOWN FROM EITHER SIDE. 

 

PENN STATE’S INTERIM HEAD COACH, TERRY SMITH, IS DRAWING INTEREST FROM BOTH CONNECTICUT AND MEMPHIS FOR THEIR COACHING VACANCIES. SMITH AND THE 

NITTANY LIONS ARE AWAITING WORD OF THEIR BOWL FATE ON SUNDAY. 

 

THE BIG TEN HANDED OUT ITS OFFENSIVE AWARDS FOR THE 2025 FOOTBALL SEASON YESTERDAY. PENN STATE RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN WAS A UNANIMOUS SELECTION TO THE ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM. HE IS THE FIRST NITTANY LION TO EARN THAT RECOGNITION AT RUNNING BACK SINCE SAQUON BARKLEY IN 2017. NITTANY LIONS’ GUARD VEGA IOANE IS ALSO A FIRST TEAM SELECTION. ALLEN RAN FOR OVER 13-HUNDRED YARDS AND 15 TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON. IOANE IS THE FIRST PENN STATE GUARD TO EARN FIRST TEAM HONORS SINCE JOHN URSCHEL IN 2013. FIVE OTHER PLAYERS EARNED HONORABLE MENTION IN RUNNING BACK NICHOLAS SINGLETON, TIGHT END KHALIL DINKINS AND OFFENSIVE LINEMEN NICK DAWKINS, DREW SHELTON AND NOLAN RUCCI. 

INDIANA QUARTERBACK FERNANDO MENDOZA IS THE BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. 

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THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND WITH THE 12-TEAM PLAYOFF FIELD SET TO BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY. 

THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT IN INDIANAPOLIS WITH A BATTLE OF THE UNBEATEN WHEN OHIO STATE AND INDIANA SQUARE OFF AT 8PM. 

THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA WILL BE TOMORROW AT 4PM. ALSO, THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN BYU AND TEXAS TECH WILL 

BE AT NOON TOMORROW AND THE ACC TITLE GAME BETWEEN DUKE AND VIRGINIA WILL BE AT 8PM. 

THE TWO OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES THAT COULD IMPACT THE PLAYOFFS ARE THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC TITLE GAME BETWEEN NORTH TEXAS AND TULANE TONIGHT AT 8PM 

AND THE SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP BETWEEN JAMES MADISON AND TROY AT 7PM. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL OPEN UP NCAA TOURNAMENT ACTION TONIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE AN 8 SEED AND WILL TAKE ON SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AT 5:30 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. PENN STATE IS 18-12 ON THE SEASON WHILE SOUTH FLORIDA IS 17-12. WHILE THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE COMPETED IN EVERY NCAA TOURNAMENT, THE BULLS ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE IN 23 YEARS. THE WINNER OF TONIGHT’S MATCH WILL FACE THE WINNER OF TONIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN TOP SEEDED TEXAS AND FLORIDA A&M TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND.   

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM WILL WRESTLE ITS SECOND DUAL OF THE SEASON TONIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA AGAINST DREXEL. THE TOP-RANKED NITTANY LIONS AND DRAGONS WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 7:30. PENN STATE WILL THEN HOST LONG-TIME EASTERN RIVAL LEHIGH AT REC HALL SUNDAY AT 1PM. 

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY AGAINST NEBRASKA TOMORROW. TIPOFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER IS SET FOR 1PM. PENN STATE IS 6-1 ON THE SEASON WHILE NEBRASKA COMES IN AT 8-0.  

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY ON TUESDAY AT INDIANA. BUT THERE ARE SOME BIG GAMES INVOLVING BIG TEN BASKETBALL TEAMS TOMORROW. 

4TH-RANKED DUKE WILL VISIT 7TH-RANKED MICHIGAN STATE TOMORROW AT NOON. AND TOP-RANKED PURDUE IS HOME WITH 10TH-RANKED IOWA STATE ALSO AT NOON TOMORROW. AND THE 22ND-RANKED HOOSIERS WILL BE HOME WITH 6TH-RANKED LOUISVILLE WITH TIPOFF AT 2:15 TOMORROW. 14TH-RANKED ILLINOIS WILL BE.AT 13TH-RANKED TENNESSEE TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8. WISCONSIN IS HOME WITH MARQUETTE. ALSO IN THE CONFERENCE TOMORROW, OHIO STATE IS AT NORTHWESTERN, RUTGERS VISITS MICHIGAN, MARYLAND TRAVELS TO IOWA, USC HOSTS WASHINGTON AND UCLA ENTERTAINS OREGON.

 

PENN STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL COACH MARK PAVLIK HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS RETIRING AT THE END OF HTE UPCOMING SEASON. PAVLIK IS THE FOURTH-WINNINGEST COACH IN COLLEGIATE MAN’S VOLLEYBALL HISTORY WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 694-241. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON 25 EIVA TITLES IN HIS 32 SEASONS AND HE HAS BEEN NAMED THE EIVA COACH OF THE YEAR TEN TIMES. THE NEXT COACH WILL BE JUST THE FOURTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE PENN STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM. PAVLIK WILL OPEN UP HIS FINAL SEASON AS PENN STATE HEAD COACH ON JANUARY 8TH WHEN THE NITTANY LIONS HOST MOUNT OLIVE. 

 

THE PENN STATE TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS ARE IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE PENN OPENER TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE OTT CENTER. 

 

THE PENN STATE FENCING TEAMS WILL COMPETE AT THE CARLA-MAE RICHARDS INVITATION AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON ON SUNDAY. 

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A COUPLE OF INTRACOUNTY MATCHUPS IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT TO START THE SEASON. 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA EDGED BALD EAGLE AREA 57-54 IN WINGATE. 

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM TOOK THE SEASON OPENER FROM SAINT JOSEPH’S 72-44 LAST NIGHT. THE RAMS JUMPED OUT TO A 21-8 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER AND KEPT ROLLING FROM THERE. PENNS VALLEY’S NOAH PATEL HAD 18 POINTS TO LEAD ALL SCORERS. THE RAMS’ JULIAN BATTAGLIA AND FLETCHER IRONSIDE SCORED 15 AND 13 POINTS RESPECTIVELY. THE WOLFPACK WAS LED BY CHASE LUCKOVICH’S 13 POINTS.   

 

IN BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT, BELLEFONTE IS AT HUNTINGDON FOR A 7:30 TIP. 

 

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA DEFEATED BALD EAGLE AREA 38-21. EMILY GUSTKEY SCORED 21 POINTS AND KAYCIE HUGHES ADDED 15 FOR THE LADY MOUNTIES.  

PENNS VALLEY DEFEATED BELLWOOD-ANTIS LAST NIGHT, 68-56. ELLIE ROMIG LED THE WAY FOR THE LADY RAMS WITH 23 POINTS. ELLE DINGES ADDED 19 AND PAIGE JOHNSON HAD 16 POINTS. PENNS VALLEY IS NOW 1-1 ON THE YOUNG SEASON AND WILL VISIT CHESTNUT RIDGE TOMORROW NIGHT. 

BELLEFONTE LOST ITS SEASON OPENER AT HUNTINGDON 48-4.  BELLEFONTE WILL BE AT RICHLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING TEAM OPENS ITS SEASON TONIGHT AT CENTRAL DAUPHIN. BELLEFONTE WILL BE AT HUNTINGDON. PENNS VALLEY WILL HOST MIFFLIN COUNTY. ALL OF TONIGHT’S ACTION GETS UNDERWAY AT 7 O’CLOCK.  

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THE BIG TEN HANDED OUT ITS ANNUAL FOOTBALL AWARDS YESTERDAY. INDIANA’S CURT CIGNETTI HAS BEEN NAMED THE CONFERENCE’S COACH OF THE YEAR AFTER GUIDING THE HOOSIERS TO THEIR FIRST-EVER UNBLEMISHED RECORD DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. OHIO STATE’S CALEB DOWNS WAS NAMED THE BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. 

SOME OTHER AWARD WINNER YESTERDAY - IOWA’S JACK CAMPBELL IS THE CONFERENCE’S LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER, WILL SHIELDS OF NEBRASKA IS THE HUMIANITARIAN AWARD WINNER. 

NICK RADICIC OF INDIANA IS THE KICKER OF THE YEAR AND MICHIGAN STATE’S RYAN ECKLEY IS THE PUNTER OF THE YEAR. KAYDEN MCDONALD OF OHIO STATE IS THE DEFESNIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR AND THE BUCKEYES’ ARVELL REESE IS THE LINEBACKER OF THE YEAR WITH DOWNS THE DEFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR. KADEN WETJEN OF IOWA IS THE RETURN SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR. 

PENN STATE DID NOT HAVE A DEFENSIVE PLAYER ON THE FIRST OR SECOND TEAM. EDGE RUSHER DANI DENNIS-SUTTON EARNED THIRD TEAM HONORS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS BY BOTH THE COACHES AND THE MEDIA WHILE LINEBACKER AMARE CAMPBELL WAS A THIRD TEAM SELECTION BY THE MEDIA AND HONORABLE MENTION BY THE COACHES. 

PENN STATE DID HAVE FOUR OTHERS EARN HONORABLE MENTION BY BOTH IN A.J. HARRIS,  KING MACK, ZAKEE WHEATLEY AND ZANE DURANT. AND AUDAVION COLLINS EARNED HONORABLE MENTION BY THE MEDIA. 

GABE NWOSU WAS NAMED A THIRD TEAM PUNTER BY THE COACHES AND WAS HONORABLE MENTION BY THE MEDIA. NICHOLAS SINGLETON IS HONORABLE MENTION AS A KICK RETURNER BY BOTH THE COACHES AND THE MEDIA. RYAN BARKER WAS AN HONORABLE MENTION KICKER BY BOTH. AND TYLER DUZANSKY WAS AN HONORABLE MENTION LONG SNAPPER BY THE MEDIA. 

THE ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS ON OFFENSE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY.  

THE 6-6 NITTANY LIONS ARE AWAITING WORD ON THEIR BOWL FATE.  

 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACHING SEARCH CONTINUES AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SIGNING PERIOD YESTERDAY, THE NITTANY LIONS DID SIGN EDGE RUSHER JACKSON FORD OUT OF MALVERN PREP. FORD IS LISTED AT 6-4, 240 POUNDS AND IS A CONSENSUS FOUR-STAR RECRUIT.  AND PENN STATE SIGNED FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK PROSPECT PEYTON FALZONE FROM NAZARETH. FALZONE IS RATED AS THE 20TH BEST QUARTERBACK PROSPECT IN THIS YEAR’S CLASS BY 247 SPORTS COMPOSITE. 

 

THE PENN STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS ARE COMPETING AT THE U-S OPEN IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. THE COMPETITION RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY.   

 

THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM REMAINS NUMBER ONE IN THIS WEEK’S INTERMAT RANKINGS.  THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE ALL TEN STARTERS RANKED WITH FOUR NITTANY LIONS

RANKED NUMBER ON IN THEIR WEIGHT CLASS IN SHAYNE VAN NESS AT 149, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AT 165, LEVI HAINES AT 174 AND JOSH BARR AT 197. LUKE LILLEDAHL IS SECOND AT 

125, ROCCO WELSH FOURTH AT 184, AARON NAGAO 8TH AT 141, COLE MIRASOLA 10TH AT HEAVYWEIGHT, MARCUS BLAZE 11TH AT 133 AND PJ DUKE 15TH AT 157. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE LOOKING FOR THEIR 73RD CONSECUTIVE DUAL WIN WHEN THEY WRESTLE AT DREXEL TOMORROW NIGHT. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM REMAINS 25TH IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE AN 8 SEED AND WILL FACE SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE 

OPENING ROUND OF THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TOMORROW. THAT MATCH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 5:30 TOMORROW EVENING WITH THE WINNER ADVANCING TO PLAY IN THE SECOND ROUND SATURDAY NIGHT, LIKELY AGAINST ONE-SEED TEXAS.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HOLDS STEADY AT NUMBER 9 IN THE COACHES POLL THIS WEEK. MICHIGAN REMAINS NUMBER ONE WITH WISCONSIN SECOND AND 

MICHIGAN STATE THIRD. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 11-5 AND ARE OFF UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM REMAINS FOURTH IN THE COACHES’ POLL AFTER SUFFERERING ITS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON BUT EARNING A SPLIT IN THE SERIES

AT NOW-6TH-RANKED NORTHEASTERN LAST WEEKEND.  WISCONSIN IS NUMBER ONE WITH OHIO STATE SECOND AND MINNESOTA THIRD.  THE 17-1 NITTANY LIONS ARE OFF 

UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH WHEN THEY’LL HOST CORNELL.  

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The Penn State men’s lacrosse team has announced its 2026 schedule, featuring six home games at Panzer Stadium. Of the 13 opponents, the Nittany Lions will face off against nine foes that finished in the top 20 in the USILA 2025 Men’s Coaches Division I Poll.

The Nittany Lions kick off the new year with a pair of home games, first hosting Colgate at 12 p.m. on February 1. 2026 marks the third consecutive season Penn State kicks off action against the Raiders. PSU will follow up the season opener with Villanova on February 7 at 1 p.m.

THE OTHER HOME GAMES WILL BE AGAINST YALE ON FEBRUARY 28TH, VERSUS CORNELL ON MARCH 7TH, AGAINST MARYLAND ON MARCH 21ST, AND THE HOME FINALE WILL BE AGAINST 

MICHIGAN ON APRIL 11TH.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM IS 8-1 ON THE SEASON HEADING INTO BIG TEN PLAY. THE NITTANY LIONS HELD OFF CAMPBELL LAST NIGHT AT THE JORDAN CENTER, 87-76.  KAYDEN MINGO LED PENN STATE WITH 21 POINTS AND ALSO HAD THREE REBOUNDS, FOUR ASSISTS AND THREE STEALS. FREDDIE DILLIONE ADDED 17 POINTS WHILE IVAN JURIC AND JOSH REED EACH HAD 16 POINTS. CAMPBELL TURNED THE BALL OVER 17 TIMES COMPARED TO PENN STATE’S 7.  

THE BIG TEN OPENER WILL BE AT 22ND RANKED INDIANA NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT. 

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THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS FOR THE SEASON WERE RELEASED LAST NIGHT. OHIO STATE REMAINS NUMBER ONE WITH INDIANA NUMBER TWO. THOSE TWO UNDEFEATED TEAMS WILL MEET FOR THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT IN INDIANAPOLIS. GEORGIA IS THIRD, TEXAS TECH FOURTH AND OREGON IS UP TO NUMBER FIVE. OLE MISS IS SIXTH, TEXAS A&M SEVENTH, OKLAHOMA EIGHTH, ALABAMA NINTH, NOTRE DAME TENTH, BYU 11TH AND MIAMI 12TH.  TEXAS IS 13TH, VANDERBILT 14TH AND UTAH 15TH.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACHING SEARCH CONTINUES. KALANI SITAKE HAS REACHED A NEW LONG-TERM DEAL WITH BYU AND DISCUSSIONS WITH PENN STATE HAVE ENDED. SPECULATION IS NOW CENTERING ON BRIAN DABOLL, THE FIRED GIANTS HEAD COACH, OHIO STATE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRIAN HARTLINE AND LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH JEFF BROHM BUT WHO REALLY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON.  

 

IT IIS NATIONAL SIGNING DAY - WILL PENN STATE FOOTBALL SIGN ANY RECRUITS?  THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR RIGHT NOW.  

 

PENN STATE IS STILL WAITING TO SEE WHERE AND AGAINST WHOM THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE PLAYING THEIR BOWL GAME. THE PINSTRIPLE BOWL, THE GAME ABOVE BOWL ALONG WITH THE MUSIC CITY BOWL AND THE RATE BOWL ARE AMONG THE POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS FOR PENN STATE.  

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THE BIG TEN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL ANNUAL HONORS WERE HANDED OUT YESTERDAY. PENN STATE’S GILLIAN GRIMES HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN LIBERO OF THE YEAR. GRIMES AVERAGED 3.68 DIGS PER SET AND WAS THE BEST PASSER IN THE BIG TEN FROM THE LIBERO SPOT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE CONFERENCE HAS NAMED A LIBERO OF THE YEAR. 

PENN STATE’S KENNEDY MARTIN JOINS GRIMES AS A FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SELECTION. MARTIN LED THE CONFERENCE AND RANKED SECOND NATIONALLY IN BOTH POINTS PER SET AT 6.22 AND IN KILLS PER SET WITH 5.42. MARTIN HAS BEEN FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE IN EACH OF HER FIRST THREE COLLEGIATE SEASONS HAVING WON ALL-SEC HONORS THE PREVIOUS TWO SEASONS WHEN SHE WAS AT FLORIDA. PENN STATE’S MAGGIE MENDELSON WAS A SECOND TEAM SELECTION AND ADDIE LYON WON THE NITTANY LIONS’ SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.  

PENN STATE WILL OPEN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING AGAINST SOUTH FLORIDA.  

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KAITLYN MACBEAN LEADS THREE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYER NAMED TO THE UNITED SOCCER COACHES’ ALL-NORTH REGION TEAM THIS SEASON. MACBEAN IS A SECOND TEAM SELECTION AT FORWARD. SHE LED PENN STATE WITH TEN GOALS ON THE SEASON.  SOPHOMORE DEFENDER BELLA AYSCUE IS A THIRD-TEAM ALL-REGION SELECTION. AND SENIOR FORWARD AMELIA WHITE IS A FOURTH TEAM ALL-REGION HONOREE.  

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THE 6-6 PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT BOWL GAME THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY IN AND IS WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL WORD ON ITS NEW HEAD COACH. 

MULTIPLE REPORTS SAY PENN STATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PAT KRAFT IS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH BYU HEAD COACH KALANI SITAKE. THE COUGARS ARE PREPARING FOR THE BIG 12 

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST TEXAS TECH WITH KICKOFF AT NOON.  

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PENN STATE’S TYLER DUZANSKY HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR THE MANNELLY AWARD. THAT AWARD GOES TO THE NATION’S TOP LONG SNAPPER. 

JOINING THE NITTANY LION SENIOR AS FINALISTS ARE GEORGIA’S BEAU GARDNER AND NORTH CAROLINA’S SPENCER TRIPLETT.  DUZANSKY IS A TEAM CAPTAIN FOR PENN STATE. 

 

PENN STATE SENIOR RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. ALLEN RUSHED FOR 226 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN IN THE NITTANY LIONS’ 40-36 WIN OVER RUTGERS ON SATURDAY. 

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PENN STATE’S KAYDEN MINGO HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK. MINGO AVERAGED 13.5 POINTS, 3.5 REBOUNDS, 4.5 ASSISTS AND 5 STEALS PER GAME IN THE WINS OVER BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND SACRED HEART LAST WEEK. MINGO TIED A PENN STATE RECORD WITH 8 STEALS IN THE WIN OVER SACRED HEART. 

 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 7-1 AND ARE BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT, HOSTING 3-4 CAMPBELL IN A 6 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. TONIGHT’S GAME CLOSES OUT A THREE-GAME HOMESTAND. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON 14 STRAIGHT NON-CONFERENCE GAMES AT THE JORDAN CENTER. AFTER TONIGHT, PENN STATE WILL OPEN UP A BIG TEN PLAY IN ONE WEEK AT INDIANA.  

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TWO PENN STATE PLAYERS HAVE EARNED ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA AWARDS FOR NOVEMBER. SENIOR TESSA JANECKE HAS BEEN NAMED THE LEAGUE’S FORWARD OF THE MONTH AND SENIOR KATIE DESA IS THE LEAGUE’S GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH. JANECKE HAD THREE GOALS AN 8 ASSISTS FOR THE MONTH WHILE DESA POSTED A .914 SAVE PERCENTAGE, ALLOWING JUST TEN GOALS AGAINST HER FOR THE MONTH. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 17-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL RETURN TO ACTION AT HOME AGAINST CORNELL ON DECEMBER 30TH. 

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST ITS SEASON OPENER AT RED LION LAST NIGHT, 71-57.  

 

THE SAINT JOE’S GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM OPENED UP WITH A 74-58 VICTORY OVER PENNS VALLEY LAST NIGHT. NAOMI CRISPIN LED ALL SCORERS WITH 31 POINTS. 

AUBREY YARTZ AND ALEXIA LUCKOVICH ADDED 14 POINTS APIECE FOR THE WOLFPACK. PENNS VALLEY GOT 14 POINTS APIECE FROM ELLE DINGES AND ELLIE ROMIG WITH 

SYDNIE DALTON ADDING 10 POINTS. 

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ALL HIGH SCHOOL ACTION TODAY/TONIGHT IS POSTPONED DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSURES BECAUSE OF OUR MORNING SNOWSTORM.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS SEASON GETS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK. 

IN BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT, STATE COLLEGE WILL OPEN UP AT RED LION TONIGHT AT 6:30.  

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, SAINT JOSEPH'S OPENS UP AT HOME AGAINST PENNS VALLEY TONIGHT WITH TIP OFF AT 6 O'CLOCK. 

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STATE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN SETTER NORA CAWLEY AND HER SISTER, SOPHOMORE OUTSIDE HITTER STELLA CAWLEY HAVE BEEN NAMED THE PENNSYLVANIA 

VOLLEYBALLCOACHES' ASSOCIATION FOUR-A ALL-STATE TEAM. 

BALD EAGLE AREA SENIORS LEAH BRYAN, AN OPPOSITE HITTER AND NORA EPPLEY, A LIBERO, ARE ON THE DOUBLE-A ALL-STATE TEAM AND SAINT JOSEPH'S SOPHOMORE OUTSIDE HITTER CLAIRE PETERS IS ON THE SINGLE-A ALL-STATE TEAM. 

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THE PIAA STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ARE NOW SET FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND. ON THURSDAY, THE SINGLE-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL HAVE BISHOP GUILFOYLE TAKING ON CLAIRTON AT 1PM AND THEN THE FOUR-A TITLE GAME WILL HAVE TWIN VALLEY PLAYING SOUTHERN LEHIGH AT 7PM. 

ON FRIDAY, THE DOUBLE-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PITS SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AGAINST FARRELL AT 1PM AND THEN THE 5-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE BETWEEN BISHOP MCDEVITT AND ROMAN CATHOLIC AT 7PM. 

ON SATURDAY, IT WILL BE THE TRIPLE-A CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN AVONWORTH AND NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH AT 1PM. AND THEN PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC, WHICH 

DEFEATED STATE COLLEGE IN THE QUARTERFINALS, WILL PLAY FOR THE SIX-A TITLE AGAINST LA SALLE COLLEGE AT 7PM.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM OUTSCORED RUTGERS 40-36 SATURDAY EVENING TO WIN ITS THIRD STRAIGHT AND BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE WITH ITS

SIXTH WIN OF THE SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS HAD 509 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE INCLUDING 300 YARDS RUSHING. KAYTRON ALLEN HAD 226 YARDS ON THE GROUND AND 

SCORED A TOUCHDOWN. NICHOLAS SINGLETON RAN FOR 86 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND ADDED THREE RECEPTIONS FOR 23 YARDS AND RETURNED 4 KICKOFFS FOR 

74 YARDS. SINGLETON BECOMES PENN STATE'S ALL-TIME LEADER IN RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS WITH 45 AND IN TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS WITH 55, SURPASSING SAQUON BARKLEY 

ATOP BOTH LISTS. SINGLETON ALSO PASSED BARKLEY FOR FIRST IN CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS AND NOW HAS 5, 586. 

THE PENN STATE DEFENSE GAVE UP 533 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE BUT GOT A SCOOP AND SCORE FROM AMARE CAMPBELL AND GOT A FOURTH DOWN STOP WITH LESS 

THAN FOUR MINUTES LEFT AT ITS OWN 27.  PENN STATE FINISHES THE SEASON WIHT A RECORD OF 6-6 AND WILL NOW WAIT TO SEE WHERE IT IS GOING BOWLING.  

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THE NEXT HEAD COACH? FOR THE NITTANY LIONS THE NAMES BEING FLOATED OUT THERE ARE FORMER NEW YORK GIANTS HEAD COACH BRIAN DABOLL, OHIO STATE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRIAN HARTLINE, JAMES MADISON HEAD COACH BOB CHESNEY, GEORGIA TECH HEAD COACH BRENT KEY, IOWA STATE HEAD COACH MATT CAMPBELL, BYU HEAD COACH KALANI SITAKE AND SEVERAL OTHERS.  ALABAMA HEAD COACH KALEN DEBOER AND NOTRE DAME HEAD COACH MARCUS FREEMAN ARE ALSO BEING FLOATED AS LONG SHOTS. AND, OF COURSE, INTERIM HEAD COACH TERRY SMITH REMAINS A POPULAR CHOICE AMONG SOME IN THE FAN BASE.  IS IT POSSIBLE THE NEXT COACH WILL BE SOMEONE NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? 

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THE PENN STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ROLLED TO A 90-59 WIN OVER SACRED HEART SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. THE NITTANY LIONS' DEFENSE 

FORCED 24 TURNOVERS AND FRESHMAN KAYDEN MINGO TIED THE SCHOOL RECORD WITH 8 STEALS IN THE GAME. PENN STATE HAD A BALANCED SCORING ATTACK LED BY 

IVAN JURIC WHO HAD 14 POINTS AND A GAME-HIGH 9 REBOUNDS. MINGO ADDED 13 POINTS AND 5 ASSISTS. MELIH TUNCA HAD 12 POINTS, ELI RICE HAD 11 AND FREDDIE DILIONE FINISHED WITH 10 POINTS. THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 7-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL HOST CAMPBELL TOMORROW NIGHT IN A 6 O'CLOCK TIPOFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER. 

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP AN 82-64 WIN OVER YALE AT REC HALL YESTERDAY. KIYOMI MCMILLER LED PENN STATE WITH 19 POINTS AND 6 ASSISTS. GRACIE 

MERKLE SCORED 18 POINTS ON 9 OF 10 SHOOTING FROM THE FIELD. MERKLE ALSO LED THE TEAM IN REBOUNDS WITH 8. AND MORIAH MURRAY ALSO HAD 18 POINTS AND CONVERTED ON 4 OF HER 8 SHOTS FROM BEYOND THE ARC. THE LADY LIONS FORCED 24 TURNOVERS AND HAD 15 STEALS IN THE VICTORY. 

PENN STATE IS NOW 6-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL HOST NEBRASKA IN THE BIG TEN OPENER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 IN THE JORDAN CENTER. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HEADING TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR A 45TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON. PENN STATE REMAINS THE ONLY PROGRAM TO COMPETE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS EVERY YEAR SINCE THE TOURNAMENT'S INCEPTION IN 1981. PENN STATE IS THE NUMBER EIGHT SEED IN ITS REGION, THE TEXAS QUADRANT AND WILL HEAD TO AUSTIN, TEXAS TO FACE SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE OPENING ROUND FRIDAY AT 5:30. THE WINNER WILL FACE THE WINNER OF TOP SEEDED TEXAS AND FLORIDA A&M IN THE SECOND ROUND ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7:30. 

NINE BIG TEN TEAMS ARE IN THE FIELD, LED BY NUMBER ONE SEED AND BIG TEN CHAMPION NEBRASKA. WISCONSIN AND PURDUE ARE 3 SEEDS WITH USC, INDIANA AND MINNESOTA IN AS FOUR SEEDS.UCLA IS AN 8 SEED. MICHIGAN IS UNSEEDED. KENTUCKY AND PITT JOIN NEBRASKA AND TEXAS AS ONE SEEDS. 

 

PENN STATE WAS SWEPT AT TOP-RANKED NEBRASKA FRIDAY NIGHT, 25-14, 25-11 AND 25-14. KENNEDY MARTIN LED PENN STATE WITH 11 KILLS AND GILLIAN GRIMES HAD 9 DIGS WHILE ADDIE LYON ADDED 21 ASSISTS. PENN STATE BOUNCED BACK TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A THREE SETS TO ONE VICTORY

AT IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT. PENN STATE PREVAILED 25-22, 25-21, 22-25 AND 25-20. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 26 KILLS, 7 BLOCKS, 7 DIGS AND 4 ACES IN THE VICTORY. EMMI SELLMAN ADDED 13 KILLS. MAGGIE MENDELSON HAD 8 BLOCKS AND GILLIAN GRIMES RECORDED 19 DIGS WITH ADDIE LYON ADDING 51 ASSISTS. PENN STATE FINISHES THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 18-12, 12-8 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM SUFFERED ITS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON FRIDAY, FALLING AT NORTHEASTERN, BUT THE NITTANY LIONS BOUNCED BACK TO TAKE THE SECOND GAME FROM NORTHEASTERN SATURDAY, 4-1. PENN STATE SCORED THE FINAL FOUR GOALS IN SATURDAY'S GAME WITH TAYLOR LUM, KATELYN ROBERTS, MADDY CHRISTIAN, AND MIKAH KELLER ALL SCORING. KATIE DESA ALSO HAD A SEASON-HIGH 29 SAVES IN GOAL ON SATURDAY. 

IN FRIDAY'S GAME, PENN STATE RALLIED FROM A 3-0 DEFICIT BUT LOST 3-2. GRACE OUTWATER AND MYA VASLET HAD THE NITTANY LIONS' GOALS IN THE LOSS. PENN STATE IS 17-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL HAVE A MONTH OFF BEFORE RETURNING TO ACTION ON DECEMBER 30TH WHEN THE TEAM WILL HOST CORNELL AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON AT RUTGERS TOMORROW WITH KICKOFF IN PISCATAWAY SET FOR 3:30. THE GAME WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-6 AND CAN BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE WITH A VICTORY. 

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NEXT HEAD COACH? WAIT AND SEE...

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The No. 25 Penn State women's volleyball closes the regular season with pair of road matches against Big Ten opponents this weekend. The Nittany Lions play at No. 1 Nebraska on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET, and at Iowa on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

Both matches will air live on B1G Network. The Nittany Lions then turn their attention to the NCAA Selection Show on ESPN on Sunday at 6 p.m.
• The Nittany Lions are coming off a three-match winning streak, posting a five-set victory over Ohio State and 3-0 sweeps over Michigan State and Maryland.
• Friday’s match will be Penn State’s 13th against teams in the most recent AVCA Coaches Poll and 13th against teams currently in the top 25 of the RPI. UCLA has the next most matches against teams currently in the top 25 of the RPI with 11.
• Penn State is one of just 13 teams in the nation with at least four wins over teams currently in the top 25 of the RPI.

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The No. 4 Penn State women’s ice hockey team is set to face No. 7 Northeastern in their third ranked matchup of the season this weekend. Friday’s game will begin at 3:30 p.m. at Matthews Arena while Saturday’s game will begin at 2 p.m. and will not be streamed as the game will be held at Dorothy Talbot Skating Rink in Gloucester, Mass. PENN STATE IS 16-0 WHILE NORTHEASTERN IS 12-2 ON THE SEASON. 

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST SACRED HEART TOMORROW EVENING WITH TIP OFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER SET FOR 6 O’CLOCK. PENN STATE IS 6-1.  

THE PIONEERS ARE 2-4 ON THE SEASON. PENN STATE HAS WON ITS LAST 13 NON-CONFERENCE HOME GAMES. 

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM IS BACK IN ACTION SUNDAY AT 1PM WHEN PENN STATE HOSTS YALE AT REC HALL. THE LADY LIONS ARE 5-1.  YALE IS 1-6.   

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON AT RUTGERS ON SATURDAY. KICKOFF IN PISCATAWAY IS SET FOR 3:30 AND THE GAME WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.  BOTH TEAMS ARE 5-6 ON THE SEASON, 2-6 IN BIG TEN GAMES. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE AT LEAST A 10 AND A HALF POINT FAVORITE 

IN SATURDAY’S GAME. 

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PENN STATE SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR JUSTIN LUSTIG HAS BEEN NAMED AS A NOMINEE FOR THE BROYLES AWARD WHICH IS GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THE BEST ASSISTANT COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH IN THE COUNTRY. LUSTIG’S SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT HAS BEEN MAKING PLAYS ALL SEASON. KICKER RYAN BARKER HAS CONNECTED ON NEARLY 93 PERCENT OF HIS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS, DANI DENNIS SUTTON HAS THREE BLOCKED PUNTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY THIS SEASON. IT IS THE SECOND TIME LUSTIG HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS HE WAS ALSO A CANDIDATE WHEN HE WAS AT SYRACUSE IN 2018.  

 

THE FOURTH COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS WERE RELEASED LAST NIGHT. THE TOP FIVE REMAIN THE SAME WITH OHIO STATE ATOP THE POLL FOLLOWED BY INDIANA, TEXAS A&M, GEORGIA AND TEXAS TECH RESPECTIVELY. IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED THIS WEEK - AND THEY DON’T - IT WOULD OHIO STATE, INDIANA, TEXAS A&M, AND GEORGIA WOULD HAVE THE FIRST ROUND BYES. IT WOULD BE TEXAS TECH FACING TULANE, MIAMI PLAYING OREGON, ALABAMA TAKING ON OLE MISS AND NOTRE DAME VS OKLAHOMA IN THE FIRST ROUND MATCHUPS. BYU AND UTAH RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO TEAMS OUT. 

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAST NIGHT AT THE JORDAN CENTER, 96-87. JOSH REED HAD A BIG GAME FOR PENN STATE, LEADING 

THE TEAM IN POINTS WITH 17 AND REBOUNDS WITH 8.  KAYDEN MINGO SCORED 14 POINTS AND ADDED FOUR REBOUNDS A TEAM-HIGH FOUR ASSISTS. MELIH TUNCA ADDED 16 POINTS AND IVAN JURIC SCORED 15.  THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 6-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY, HOSTING SACRED HEART IN A 6 O’CLOCK TIP AT THE JORDAN CENTER. 

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM REMAINS ATOP THE INTERMAT RANKINGS THIS WEEK. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE TEN WRESTLERS RANKED INCLUDING FOUR TOP-RANKED INDIVIDUALS IN SHAYNE VAN NESS AT 149, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AT 165, LEVI HAINES AT 174 AND JOSH BARR AT 197. LUKE LILLEDAHL IS NOW SECOND AT 125. ROCCO WELSH IS FOURTH AT 184. AARON NAGAO AND COLE MIRASOLA ARE 10TH AT 141 AND HEAVYWEIGHT RESPECTIVELY. MARCUS BLAZE IS 12TH AT 133 AND PJ DUKE IS 16TH AT 157.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 1-0 AND WILL RETURN TO ACTION WITH A DUAL AT DREXEL A WEEK FROM FRIDAY IN PHILADELPHIA. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL OPEN UP NEXT SEASON, THE 2026-27 CAMPAIGN WITH A COUPLE OF GAMES IN CONNECTICUT FOR THE ICE BREAKER 

TOURNAMENT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY AT U-CONN ON OCTOBER 9TH AND AT SACRED HEART ON OCTOBER 10TH.  THE ICE BREAKER TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL EVENT SINCE 1997 AND TYPICALLY BRINGS FOUR TEAMS FROM DIFFERENT CONFERENCES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE START OF THE COLLEGE HOCKEY SEASON. THIS WILL BE PENN STATE’S FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE TOURNAMENT WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE BOWLING GREEN. 

THIS YEAR’S NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW RANKED 9TH IN THE COACHES POLL WITH AN 11-5 RECORD AND A 4-4 MARK IN THE BIG TEN.  MICHIGAN IS THE NEW NUMBER ONE WITH 

WISCONSIN SECOND AND MICHIGAN STATE FALLING TO THIRD. DENVER IS FOURTH, MINNESOTA DULUTH FIFTH, NORTH DAKOTA SIXTH, WESTERN MICHIGAN SEVENTH AND 

QUINNIPIAC 8TH. ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN BEHIND THE 9TH RANKED NITTANY LIONS IS MAINE. PENN STATE WILL RETURN TO ACTION AFTER THE NEW YEAR WHEN IT PLAYS 

AT R-I-T ON JANUARY THIRD BEFORE HOSTING THE TIGERS ON JANUARY 4TH. 

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THE UNDEFEATED PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HAS MOVED UP TWO SPOTS TO NUMBER FOUR IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 16-0 AND 

ARE NOW BEHIND TOP-RANKED WISCONSIN, SECOND-RANKED OHIO STATE, THIRD-RANKED MINNESOTA AND AHEAD OF FIFTH-RANKED CORNELL. PENN STATE IS 16-0 ON THE SEASON AND WILL PLAY GAMES IN MASSACHUSETTS AGAINST NORTHEASTERN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  

PENN STATE’S TESSA JANECKE HAS BEEN NAMED THE ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA FORWARD OF THE WEEK AND TEAMMATE DANICA MAYNARD IS THE DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK. JANECKE HAD FIVE POINTS IN THE TWO-GAME SWEEP AT R-I-T. MAYNARD HAD THREE POINTS INCLUDING THE GAME-WINNING GOAL IN THE SECOND GAME VS. R-I-T. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM DROPS ONE SPOT TO NUMBER 25 IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK AFTER SWEEPING BOTH MIGHIGAN STATE AND MARYLAND THIS PAST WEEKEND. PENN STATE WILL VISIT TOP-RANKED NEBRASKA FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 BEFORE CLOSING OUR THE REGULAR SEASON AT IOWA ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 17-11 ON THE SEASON, 11-7 IN THE BIG TEN. 

NEBRASKA IS FOLLOWED BY KENTUCKY, TEXAS, PITT AND STANFORD RESPECTIVELY. OTHER RANKED BIG TEN TEAMS ARE NUMBER 10 WISCONSIN, NUMBER 11 PURDUE, 

NUMBER 14 USC, NUMBER 15 INDIANA AND NUMBER 18 MINNESOTA. 

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM TOOK THIRD PLACE AT THE BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS TOURNAMENT IN THE BAHAMAS. PENN STATE BOUNCED BACK FROM ITS FIRST LOSS OF 

THE SEASON WITH AN 83-67 VICTORY OVER SAN DIEGO STATE YESTERDAY. THE LADY LIONS PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.

TEA CLEANTE HAD FIVE OF PENN STATE’S 14 STEALS IN THE GAME AND THE LADY LIONS OUTREBOUNDED SAN DIEGO STATE 45-32. GRACIE MERKLE AGAIN LED PENN STATE WITH 26 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS. KIYOMI MCMILLER ADDED 19 POINTS, SIX REBOUNDS AND FOUR ASSISTS. FRESHMAN NYLA MCFADDEN HAD A BIG GAME AS WELL WITH 10 POINTS, 5 REBOUNDS, 4 STEALS AND 2 ASSISTS. 

THE LADY LIONS ARE NOW 5-1 ON THE SEASON.  PENN STATE WILL HOST YALE SUNDAY AT 1PM IN REC HALL.   

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Penn State women’s basketball’s Gracie Merkle is named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 24. The redshirt-junior center picks up her first weekly B1G award of the season and fourth of her career.

Merkle earns the conference nod after a career performance in Penn State’s first game at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament. The 6-6 center posted 39 points on 19-of-23 shooting from the field. In addition to being personal best marks, both statistics also represent new tournament records for Battle 4 Atlantis. Both previous records were set in 2021.

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST BOSTON UNIVERSITY TONIGHT AT 7 O’CLOCK. PENN STATE IS 5-1 AND COMING OFF ITS FIRST LOSS OF THE 

SEASON SATURDAY AGAINST PROVIDENCE. THE TERRIERS COME IN AT 3-3 ON THE SEASON. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL AIR ON THE NBC SPORTS NETWORK AND ON 

PEACOCK.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL WILL PLAY AT RUTGERS SATURDAY IN A 3:30 KICKOFF. BOTH TEAMS ARE 5-6 ON THE SEASON SO THE WINNER WILL BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE. 

INTERIM HEAD COACH TERRY SMITH IS INTERVIEWING FOR THE HEAD COACHING JOB THIS WEEK.  THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON THEIR LAST TWO GAMES UNDER SMITH AND 

THE PLAYERS HAVE LOBBIED FOR SMITH TO BE NAMED THE NEW COACH.  KICKOFF SATURDAY IN PISCATAWAY IS SET FOR 3:30. THE GAME WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. 

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Penn State senior running back Kaytron Allen was tabbed Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He helped the Nittany Lions to a 37-10 win over Nebraska on Saturday. Allen repeated as Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after winning it on November 17 for his performance against Michigan State. He tallied 160 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries against Nebraska, including a 50-yard run, for his fourth 100-yard game this season. He scored on runs of 3 and 13 yards.

 

Penn State’s Gillian Grimes was selected by the San Diego Mojo in the second round of the Major League Volleyball (MLV) Draft on Monday. The senior libero was the 12th overall pick.

Grimes joins a Mojo team that is coached by former Penn State setter Alisha Glass, a three-time National Champion and three-time All-American for the Nittany Lions from 2006-09. She is in her first year as the head coach after playing two seasons in the league with the Vegas Thrill.

Grimes was the first libero selected in the MLV Draft, which had four rounds of eight picks for a total of 32 selections.  

A mainstay in the Penn State lineup for four seasons, Grimes has started 92 consecutive matches at libero and ranks fourth in program history with 1,587 career digs. 

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STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL LOST TO CENTRAL CATHOLIC 42-21 IN THE PIAA SIX-A QUARTERFINALS FRIDAY NIGHT IN ALTOONA. D’ANTAE SHEFFEY TIED THE GAME AT 7 WITH A TOUCHDOWN RUN IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUT THE VIKINGS SCORED THE NEXT 35 POINTS TO PUT THE GAME AWAY BEFORE STATE HIGH SCORED A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS LATE. 

SHEFFEY FINISHED THE GAME WITH 18 CARRIES FOR 99 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS. SHEFFEY WILL PLAY AT SYRACUSE NEXT SEASON. CONNOR KULKA ALSO CONNECTED WITH DAIMEER COAD ON A 69-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS. CENTRAL CATHOLIC HAS NOW WON 12 STRAIGHT AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE SEMIFINALS  SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST HARRISBURG BACK AT ATLTOONA’S MANSION PARK FOR A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF. LA SALLE COLLEGE WILL PLAY NORTH PENN IN THE OTHER SEMIFINAL SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LITTLE LIONS FINISH THE SEASON AT 10-3.

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WHAT A NIGHT FOR THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM SATURDAY. ON SENIOR NIGHT AT BEAVER STADIUM, THE NITTANY LIONS PUT TOGETHER THEIR BEST GAME OF THE SEASON AND CRUSHED NEBRASKA 37-10.  KAYTRON ALLEN HAD 25 CARRIES FOR 160 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AS HE BECAME PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME LEADING RUSHER, SURPASSING EVAN ROYSTER WITH NOW 3,954 CAREER YARDS. HE CAN BECOME THE FIRST EVER PENN STATE BACK TO GO OVER 4,000 YARDS RUSHING IN A CAREER IF HE GETS AT LEAST 46 YARDS ON SATURDAY AT RUTGERS. NICHOLAS SINGLETON TIED SAQUON BARKLEY ATOP THE CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS LIST AT PENN STATE WITH 43. 

PENN STATE WILL BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE WITH A WIN IN THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE AT RUTGERS. THAT GAME WILL KICKOFF AT 3:30.  

TERRY SMITH, WEARING A JOE 409 PIN GOT HIS WIN AT BEAVER STADIUM AND THE FANs RESPONDED WITH CHANTS OF “TERRY, TERRY” AFTER THE GAME AND PLAYERS WITH "HIRE TERRY" SIGNS. AND THINGS ARE GETTING INTERESTING AROUND THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. 

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM HAD 15 WRESTLERS IN THE FINALS AND NINE WON TITLES AT THE BLACK KNIGHT INVITATION YESTERDAY IN WEST POINT, NEW YORK. CAPTURING TITLES WERE FRESHMAN NATE DESMOND AT 125, FRESHMAN MARCUS BLAZE AT 133, REDSHIRT JUNIOR SHAYNE VAN NESS AT 149, FRESHMAN PJ DUKE AT 157, REDSHIRT JUNIOR MITCHELL MESENBRINK AT 165, SENIOR LEVI HAINES AT 174, REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE ROCCO WELSH AT 184, REDSHIRT FRESHMAN CONNOR MIRASOLA AT 197 AND TWIN BROTHER COLE MIRASOLA AT HEAVYWEIGHT. 

PENN STATE ALSO HAD SIX RUNNER UP FINISHES INCLUDING AARON NAGAO WHO HAD TO INJURY DEFAULT IN THE FINALS AT 141 WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SIGNIFICANT ARM INJURY.  

STATE HIGH GRAD ASHER CUNNINGHAM WAS SECOND AT 184 AND FRESHMAN DALTON PERRY OF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN DID NOT PLACE AFTER HE SUFFERED AN APPARENT LEG INJURY IN HIS SECOND BOUT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL RETURN TO ACTION ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH WITH A DUAL AT DREXEL.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM GOT THE 2-1 WIN AT MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT TO EARN A SPLIT IN THE SERIES.  CHARLIE CERRATO AND JACKSON SMITH SCORED THE 

PENN STATE GOALS AND KEVIN REIDLER MADE 23 SAVES IN GOAL. PENN STATE HITS THE BREAK WITH A RECORD OF 11-5, 4-4 IN THE BIG TEN. 

IN FRIDAY’S GAME, PENN STATE GAVE UP A 2-0 LEAD IN A 3-2 LOSS. REESE LAUBACH HAD A COUPLE OF FIRST PERIOD GOALS IN THE LOSS. 

PENN STATE WON’T RETURN TO ACTION UNTIL THE GAME AT RIT ON JANIUARY 3RD. 

ELSEWHERE IN THE BIG TEN, WISCONSIN TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM MICHIGAN STATE 5-4 AND 2-1 IN OVERTIME. MICHIGAN HAD A PAIR OF BIG WINS OVER OHIO STATE 5-2 and 8-1.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS NOW 16-0 ON THE SEASON. DANICA MAYNARD SCORED A COUPLE OF GOALS TO HELP LEAD THE NITTANY LIONS TO A 4-3 WIN AT R-I-T 

ON SATURDAY. TESSA JANECKE AND KATELYN ROBERTS ALSO SCORED IN THE WIN SATURDAY. ON FRIDAY, PENN STATE TOPPED R-I-T 5-3.  ON FRIDAY, MADDY CHRISTIAN AND MYA VASLET EACH SCORED SHORTHANDED GOALS IN THAT VICTORY. 

 

PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL LOST TO PROVIDENCE SATURDAY, 77-65 AT THE MOHEGAN SUN IN CONNECTICUT. FREDDIE DILIONE HAD 22 POINTS OFF THE BENCH TO LEAD THE NITTANY LIONS WHO FALL TO 5-1 ON THE SEASON.  PENN STATE WILL BE RIGHT BACK AT IT, HOSTING BOSTON UNIVERSITY IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIP TOMORROW NIGHT.  

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM ALSO LOST SATURDAY, FALLING TO PRINCETON 100-93 AT A TOURNAMENT IN THE BAHAMAS.  GRACIE MERKLE HAD 39 POINTS AND 7 REBOUNDS FOR PENN STATE. 

THE LADY LIONS ARE NOW 4-1 ON THE SEASON  PENN STATE WILL PLAY THE THIRD PLACE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT TODAY AT NOON AGAINST SAN DIEGO STATE. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT BOTH MICHIGAN STATE AND MARYLAND AT REC HALL OVER THE WEEKEND.  IN THE SWEEP OF THE SPARTANS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, MAGGIE MENDELSON HAD 12 KILLS TO LEAD PENN STATE WHILE GILLIAN GRIMES HAD 19 DIGS. 

ON SENIOR DAY YESTERDAY, PENN STATE ROLLED TO THE 25-19, 25-15, 25-14 SWEEP OVER THE TERRAPINS WITH KENNEDY MARTIN’S 16 KILLS LEADING THE WAY. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY AT NUMBER ONE-RANKED NEBRASKA FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6:30.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 17-11 ON THE SEASON AND 11-7 IN BIG TEN MATCHES. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM EARNED A 10TH-PLACE FINISH AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS.  FLORENCE CARON LED THE WAY WITH A 14TH-PLACE FINISH TO 

BECOME A TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. CARON’S FINISH IS THE BEST FOR PENN STATE IS 25 YEARS AND THE 10TH-PLACE FINISH AS A TEAM IS THE PROGRAM’S HIGHEST FNISH SINCE 1994.  CHARLOTTE COSTICH ALSO FINISHED IN THE TOP 100 TAKING 93RD.  NORTH CAROLINA STATE WON THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM IS LOOKING FOR A NEW HEAD COACH. JEFF COOK IS LEAVING AFTER 8 SEASONS AT PENN STATE. COOK’S TEAMS POSTED AN OVERALL RECORD OF 66-49-23. THE NITTANY LIONS WENT 5-8-4 THIS PAST SEASON.  COOK IS REPORTEDLY TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH A MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER CLUB. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL GO UP AGAINST PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC TONIGHT IN A PIAA SIX-A QUARTERFINAL GAME. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 10-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE VIKINGS COME IN AT 11-1.  CENTRAL CATHOLIC HAS AN 11-GAME WINNING STREAK HEADING INTO TONIGHT’S CONTEST. KICKOFF AT ALTOONA’S MANSION PARK IS SET FOR 7PM.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM TOMORROW WILL CLOSE OUT ITS HOME SCHEDULE AGAINST NEBRASKA. THE GAME AT BEAVER STADIUM WILL KICK OFF AT 7PM.  THE NITTANY LIONS NEED A WIN IN THE SENIOR NIGHT CONTEST AND ANOTHER IN THE SEASON FINALE AT RUTGERS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW TO BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE. PENN STATE IS 4-6 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE CORNHUSKERS ARE 7-3.  

 

PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER GAVE UP A GOAL IN EACH HALF AND LOST AT 7TH-RANKED VIRGINIA IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT, 2-0.  

THE CAVALIERS OUTSHOT THE NITTANY LIONS 21-13 IN THE GAME. PENN STATE FINISHES THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 10-8-3.   VIRGINIA ADVANCES TO THE SWEET 16 AND 

WILL HOST WASHINGTON SUNDAY AT 2PM.  

 

THE PENN STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING WRAPPED UP DAY THREE AT THE OHIO STATE INVITATIONAL YESTERDAY.  MARIANO LAZZERINI WON THE 200 BREAST STROKE WITH A SCHOOL RECORD TIME OF 1:50.93. THE 400 MEN’S MEDLEY RELAY TEAM ALSO SET A SCHOOL RECORD AND FINISHED 14TH OVERALL. AUDREY COHEN ADDED A 9TH PLACE FINISH IN THE 200 BREAST STROKE. 

CHARLIZE BENIQUEZ WAS 12TH IN WOMEN’S PLATFORM DIVING AND ALEX WADEHOUSE WAS 19TH IN THE MEN’S THREE-METER DIVING. THE COMPETITION WILL CONCLUDE TODAY IN COLUMBUS.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL VISIT MINNESOTA IN GAMES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK EASTERN.  PENN STATE IS 10-4 ON THE SEASON, 3-3 IN THE BIG TEN. THE GOLDEN GOPHERS ARE 5-8-1 ON THE SEASON. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL BE ON THE ROAD FOR GAMES AGAINST R-I-T THIS WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 14-0 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE TIGERS 

COME IN AT 8-8.  PENN STATE LEADS THE NATION IN BOTH SCORING OFFENSE AND SCORING DEFENSE. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 6 O’CLOCK AND TOMORROW’S FACE-OFF WILL BE AT 3PM. 

 

THE NITTANY LIONS BASKETBALL TEAM IS 5-0 AND WILL PLAY AGAINST PROVIDENCE IN CONNECTICUT TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH TIPOFF AT 4PM.  

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM IS IN THE BAHAMAS FOR A TOURNAMENT AND WILL PLAY TOMORROW AT 1PM.   

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL HOST MICHIGAN STATE AT REC HALL TONIGHT AT 7.  

SOPHOMORE IZZY STARCK, A KEY MEMBER OF LAST YEAR'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM WHO HAS SAT OUT THIS SEASON, HAS ANNOUNCED SHE WILL ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL SOON TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM. 

 

THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO WEST POINT FOR THE ARMY BLACK KNIGHT INVITATIONAL ON SUNDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE OFF TO A 1-0 START IN THE 

DUAL SEASON AND THIS WILL BE THE ONLY TEAM TOURNAMENT FORMAT FOR THE NITTANY LIONS UNTIL THE POSTSEASON. ACTION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 10AM SUNDAY. 

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PENN STATE FOOTBALL VS NEBRASKA SATURDAY NIGHT, 7PM AT BEAVER STADIUM.  PENN STATE IS 4-6 AND NEBRASKA IS 7-3.  CORNHUSKERS HEAD COACH MATT RHULE IS A STATE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND PENN STATE GRAD. 

 

THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS ARE OUT FOR THIS WEEK. SIX BIG TEN TEAMS ARE RANKED WHILE NINE SEC TEAMS ARE RANKED. 

OHIO STATE REMAINS NUMBER ONE WITH INDIANA NUMBER TWO. TEXAS A&M IS THIRD WITH GEORGIA NOW 4TH AND TEXAS TECH 5TH. OLE MISS IS SIXTH WITH OREGON 7TH, OKLAHOMA 8TH, NOTRE DAME 9TH, ALABAMA 10TH, BYU 11TH AND UTAH 12TH.  

IF THE PLAYOFFS WERE TO START TODAY, AND THEY WON’T, THE BRACKETS WOULD HAVE OHIO STATE, INDIANA, TEXAS A&M AND GEORGIA RECEIVING FIRST ROUND BYES AS THE TOP FOUR SEEDS. FIRST ROUND GAMES WOULD HAVE TULANE AT TEXAS TECH, NOTRE DAM AT OKLAHOMA, MIAMI AT OLE MISS AND ALABAMA AT OREGON. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL WILL HOST HARVARD TONIGHT IN A 6:30 TIPOFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER. PENN STATE IS OFF TO A 4-0 START THIS SEASON

WHILE THE CRIMSON COME IT AT 4-1.  THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THE TWO PROGRAMS HAVE MET - PENN STATE WON THE LAST MEETING IN 1976 WHILE HARVARD WON

THE FIRST MATCHUP BACK IN 1931.  IN THAT GAME HARVARD HELD PENN STATE TO 20 POINTS IN A 38-20 VICTORY.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TOP THAT

20-POINT MARK TO EMERGE VICTORIOUS TONIGHT.  

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The Penn State swimming and diving teams kicked off the four-day Ohio State Invitational on Tuesday. The events that took place for both the men’s and women’s teams were two relays, the 200 Medley and the 800 Freestyle.

Men

The day was highlighted by the 200 Medley Relay team of Matthew Bittner, Mariano Lazzerini, Cooper Morley and Tylor Kim officially qualifying for the 2026 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, finishing second in the event, and boasting an impressive 1:23.05 time. This is the team’s best time this season, and it secures them a trip to Atlanta to compete at nationals on March 25-28. 

The 800 Freestyle Relay team of Rylan Anselm, Kim, Toni Slavica and Eduardo Cisternas finished eighth in the event, swimming a collective, 6:24.85.

 

Women

The 200 Medley Relay team of Margaret Markvardt, Audrey Cohen, Cyrah Robinson and Katie Ketter swam for a combined 1:38.70, good for ninth place.

The 800 Freestyle Relay team of Catherine Meisner, Julia Barto, Morgan Moore and Julia Shafer swam a 7:12.51, also good for ninth place.

Up Next

The Nittany Lions will return to McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion for day two on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Preliminary swims will begin at 9:30 a.m. and finals will begin at 5 p.m

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The Atlantic Hockey Association named Penn State women’s ice hockey seniors Katelyn Roberts and Kendall Butze for weekly conference awards on Tuesday afternoon. Roberts was named the Forward of the Week for the first time in her career and Butze garnered her second career Defenseman of the Week award.

Roberts, Butze, and the Nittany Lions are on the road this weekend, traveling to RIT to end their first half of conference play. They will play the Tigers at 6 p.m. on Friday evening for game one while puck drop for game two is slated for 3 p.m.

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The Penn State men’s tennis team has released its spring 2026 schedule, highlighted by 17 home matches in Happy Valley.  The 28-match spring schedule is comprised of 13 Big Ten dual matches and 15 non-conference matches. The Nittany Lions start their season at home on Saturday, January 17, when Penn State hosts Cleveland State and Fordham.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL LOOK FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT VICTORY WHEN IT CLOSES OUT ITS HOME SCHEDULE AGAINST NEBRASKA SATURDAY NIGHT IN A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.  THE CORNHUSKERS ARE 7-3 UNDER STATE HIGH AND PENN STATE ALUM MATT RHULE WHILE THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 4-6 ON THE SEASON. INTERIM  HEAD COACH TERRY SMITH PICKED UP HIS FIRST WIN THIS PAST SATURDAY AT MICHIGAN STATE AND HE ENJOYED THE CELEBRATION.  SMITH SAYS HE HAS PRETTY MUCH HEARD FROM EVERYONE’S HE’S EVER MET WITH CONGRATULATORY COMMENTS AFTER THE WIN. 

 

PENN STATE PICKED UP SOME CONFERENCE ACCOLADES AFTER THE GAME. RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN IS THE BIG TEN CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER 

RUSHING FOR 181 YARDS AND 2 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE VICTORY OVER THE SPARTANS. AND DEFENSIVE END DANI DENNIS-SUTTON IS THE BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF 

THE WEEK AFTER HE RECORDED TWO SACKS AND BLOCKED A PUNT AT MICHIGAN STATE. 

 

AND PENN STATE SENIOR TYLER DUZANSKY HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF TEN SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE MANNELLY AWARD.  THAT HONOR GOES TO THE NATION’S TOP 

LONGSNAPPER. DUZANSKY IS A CAPTAIN FOR THE NITTANY LIONS AND HAS PLAYED IN 47 GAMES IN HIS CAREER. HE WAS A THIRD TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SELECTION BY THE MEDIA LAST YEAR AND WAS HONORABLE MENTION BY THE COACHES. THE THREE FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR’S AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER FIRST. 

 

WE ALSO NOW KNOW THE KICKOFF TIME FOR THE NITTANY LIONS’ REGULAR SEASON FINALE AT RUTGERS ON NOVEMBER 29TH. THE NITTANY LIONS AND SCARLET KNIGHTS WILL KICKOFF AT 3:30PM ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK ON NOVEMBER 29TH.  

 

MEANWHILE, JAMES FRANKLIN IS NOW SET TO BECOME THE HEAD COACH AT VIRGINIA TECH. HE WILL BE FORMALLY INTRODUCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE 

TOMORROW MORNING IN BLACKSBURG. ESPN REPORTS THAT PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE HOKIES IS A 9-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH PENN STATE WHICH

ORGINALLY OWED A 49-MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT. FRANKLIN REPLACES BRENT PRY, THE FORMER PENN STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR UNDER FRANKLIN WHO WAS 

FIRED BY VIRGINIA TECH AFTER AN 0-3 START THIS SEASON.  FRANKLIN POSTED A RECORD OF 104-45 IN HIS 11-PLUS SEASONS WITH THE NITTANY LIONS. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF JAMISON “JAMO” WHITE. HE IS A 6-8 FORWARD OUT OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND IS RANKED AS A FOUR-STAR RECRUIT BY ESPN. IN HIS JUNIOR SEASON LAST YEAR, HE AVERAGED 14.7 POINTS, 8.3 REBOUNDS, 2.2 ASSISTS AND 1.2 BLOCKS PER GAME. HE IS A TWO-TIME ALL-STATE SELECTION.  HIS FATHER, JAHADI, PLAYED AT GEORGETOWN AND HAD A NINE-YEAR CAREER IN THE NBA. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS RELEASED ITS SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.  THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN THE SEASON AGAINST MOUNT OLIVE IN REC HALL ON JANUARY 9TH AND WILL ALSO HOST MANHATTAN ON JANUARY 10TH, ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ON JANUARY 15TH AND LEWIS UNIVERSITY ON JANUARY 17TH. 

PENN STATE WILL ALSO HOST HAWAII ON JANUARY 30TH AND 31ST, SAINT FRANCIS ON FEBRUARY 6TH, HARVARD ON FEBRUARY 20TH AND 21ST, MERRIMACK ON FEBRUARY 27TH, NJIT ON MARCH 27TH AND 28TH AND GEORGE MASON ON APRIL 17TH AND 18TH. 

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THE PENN STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS WILL OPEN COMPETITION AT THE OHIO STATE INVITATIONAL TODAY IN COLUMBUS. TWELVE TEAMS WILL BE 

COMPETING IN THE EVENT THAT RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM RAN OVER WILKES-BARRE IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE PIAA SIX-A PLAYOFFS SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN MILTON, 52-0.  

D’ANTAE SHEFFEY RUSHED FOR 149 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. THE LITTLE LIONS JUMPED OUT TO A 28-0 LEAD BEFORE THE SECOND QUARTER BEGAN. HANK LUSTIG HAD A TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND A PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN AS WELL.  THE STATE HIGH DEFENSE WAS STIFLING AND HELD WILKES-BARRE TO JUST 35 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE.  

THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 10-2 AND WILL FACE PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC IN THE QUARTERFINALS. CENTRAL CATHOLIC DEFEATED NORTH ALLEGHENY SATURDAY NIGHT, 42-7.  CENTRAL CATHOLIC IS NOW 11-1 ON THE SEASON AND THEY RUSHED FOR 232 YARDS IN THE WIN OVER NORTH ALLEGHENY. 

THE STATE HIGH/CENTRAL CATHOLIC GAME WILL KICKOFF AT 7PM FRIDAY NIGHT FROM ALTOONA’S MANSION PARK. 

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THE BELLEFONTE FOOTBALL TEAM LOST TO UNDEFEATED SHAMOKIN FRIDAY NIGHT, 42-13 IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PIAA QUAD-A PLAYOFFS. THE RED RAIDERS RETURNED TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS AND FINISH THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 6-7.  SHAMOKIN HAD TWO RUNNING BACKS GO OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING. BELLEFONTE’S ASHTEN HOWELL TIED THE GAME AT 7 ON A 17-YARD RUN IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUT SHAMOKIN SCORED THE NEXT 35 POINTS TO PULL AWAY FOR THE WIN. THE INDIANS ADVANCE TO FACE SOUTHERN LEHIGH IN THE QUARTERFINALS THIS WEEKEND. 

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THE LAND GRANT TROPHY - THAT BEHEMOTH OF A TROPHY - IS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS IN HAPPY VALLEY.  

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL PICKED UP ITS FIRST VICTORY IN OVER TWO MONTHS SATURDAY, PULLING AWAY FROM MICHIGAN STATE FOR A 28-10 VICTORY IN EAST LANSING TO SNAP A SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK AND GIVE INTERIM HEAD COACH TERRY SMITH HIS FIRST VICTORY. 

KAYTRON ALLEN RAN FOR 181 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS TO LEAD THE OFFENSE WHILE DEVONTE ROSS PULLED IN TWO TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS IN THE WIN. DANI DENNIS-SUTTON HAD A HUGE GAME WITH TWO SACKS, A QUARTERBACK HURRY AND HIS THIRD BLOCKED PUNT OF THE SEASON. THE SPARTANS SCORED ON THEIR FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE ON A 57-YARD RUN FROM RUNNING BACK ELIJAH TAU-TOLLIVER 

BUT THEY WERE HELD TO JUST A FIELD GOAL THE REST OF THE WAY. WITH THE WIN, PENN STATE IS NOW 4-6 ON THE SEASON.  

PENN STATE WILL CLOSE OUT THE HOME SCHEDULE WITH SENIOR NIGHT ACTIVITIES AGAINST NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY. THAT GAME IS NOW SET FOR A 7PM KICKOFF ON NBC.  THE CORNHUSKERS ARE 7-3 ON THE SEASON AND ARE COMING OFF A BYE WEEK. 

 

KAYTRON ALLEN IS NOW THIRD ON THE ALL-TIME CAREER RUSHING CHART AT PENN STATE AND SITS 49 YARDS SHY SAQUON BARKLEY AND 138 YARDS SHORT OF EVAN ROYSTER’S SCHOOL RECORD OF 3,932.  IF ALLEN CAN RUN FOR 206 YARDS OVER THE FINAL TWO WEEKS, HE’LL BECOME THE FIRST PENN STATE PLAYER TO GO OVER 4,000 YARDS FOR HIS CAREER. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM CAME BACK TO EARN A SPLIT WITH SECOND-RANKED MICHIGAN ON THE WEEKEND.  AFTER MICHIGAN DOMINATED FRIDAY NIGHT, 

7-1, THE NITTANY LIONS BOUNCED BACK WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 4-2 WIN SATURDAY EVENING.  MICHIGAN JUMPED OUT TO A 3-0 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD FRIDAY 

NIGHT AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. SHEA VAN OLM SCORED THE ONLY PENN STATE GOAL ON A CHARLIE CERRATO ASSIST. 

ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AFTER A SCORELESS FIRST PERIOD, PENN STATE SCORED A COUPLE OF SECOND PERIOD GOALS FROM LUKE MISA AND NICK FASCIA AND MADE IT 3-0 

ON A THIRD PERIOD GOAL BY REESE LAUBACH.  MICHIGAN SCORED THE NEXT COUPLE OF GOALS TO CUT IT TO 3-2 BEFORE NIC CHIN-DEGRAVES SCORED THE EMPTY-NETTER

TO SECURE THE VICTORY AND SERIES SPLIT FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 10-4 ON THE SEASON, 3-3 IN THE BIG TEN AND WILL CLOSE OUT THE FALL

SEMESTER SCHEDULE THIS WEEKEND WITH GAMES AT MINNESOTA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8PM.  

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SEASON DEBUT AT THE JORDAN CENTER FRIDAY NIGHT, SHUTTING OUT OKLAHOMA 45-0.  

LEVI HAINES PICKED UP THE MEET’S ONLY PIN WHILE THE NITTANY LIONS GOT TECHNICAL FALLS FROM MARCUS BLAZE, SHAYNE VAN NESS, JOE SEALEY, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AND ROCCO WELSH. CONNOR MIRASOLA AND LUKE LILLEDAHL ALSO POSTED MAJOR DECISIONS AND COLE MIRASOLA AND AARON NAGAO PICKED UP DECISIONS. THE NITTANY LIONS RACKED UP 35 TAKEDOWNS AND GAVE UP JUST ONE IN THE DUAL MEET. PENN STATE WILL COMPETE IN THE ARMY BLACK KNIGHT INVITATIONAL ON SUNDAY.  

 

ALSO ON SATURDAY, PENN STATE’S LUCAS COCHRAN WON THE HEAVWEIGHT TITLE AT THE SHORTY HITCHCOCK INVITATIONAL  POSTING A 3-0 RECORD WITH TWO MAJOR DECISIONS. PENN STATE’S HAYDEN CUNNINGHAM ALSO TOOK THIRD AT 141 AND TEAMMATE SAM BECKETT WAS SIXTH AT 165 WHILE BROCK WEISS POSTED A 2-2 RECORD AT 149.  

 

LAST NIGHT, OHIO STATE CAPTURED THE NATIONAL DUALS INVITATIONAL BY BEATING IOWA 27-12 IN THE FINALS. THE BUCKEYES WON 6 OF THE 10 BOUTS AND 

RACKED UP NINE BONUS POINTS TO NONE FOR THE HAWKEYES. 

OKLAHOMA STATE ROUTED NEBRASKA 33-6 FOR THIRD PLACE. MINNESOTA WAS FIFTH, VIRGINIA TECH SIXTH, ILLINOIS 7TH AND MISSOURI 8TH. 

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PENN STATE WRESTLING ALUM BO NICKAL BOUNCED BACK FROM THE FIRST LOSS OF HIS UFC CAREER WITH A THIRD ROUND KNOCKOUT OF RODOLFO VIEIRA SATURDAY NIGHT IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. NICKAL HAD VIEIRA HURT A FEW TIMES BEFORE HE KNOCKED HIM OUT WITH A HEAD KICK AT THE 2:24 MARK OF THE THIRD ROUND. NICKAL IS NOW 8-1 IN HIS UFC CAREER.  

 

THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM IS NOW 4-0 AFTER AN 83-69 WIN OVER LA SALLE SATURDAY IN PHILADELPHIA. MELIH TUNCA SCORED A GAME-HIGH 20 POINTS

ON 8-OF-9 SHOOTING FROM THE FLOOR. AND FREDDIE DILIONE V AGAIN PROVIDED BIG POINTS OFF THE BENCH, FINISHING WITH 16.  AND KAYDEN MINGO ADDED 14 POINTS, 7 ASSISTS AND 4 REBOUNDS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. PENN STATE WILL HOST HARVARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN A 6:30 TIPOFF AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. IT WILL BE THE FIGHT FOR LITERACY GAME SO WE EXPECTED A BIG GAME FROM JOSH REED :). (Get it?)

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM ROLLED TO A 3-0 SHUTOUT VICTORY OVER ARMY IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT SATURDAY NIGHT AT JEFFREY FIELD. KAITLY MACBEAN SCORED THE GAMEWINNER FOR PENN STATE WITH 36:01 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF. AMELIA WHITE AND DITKE BANG ADDED GOALS WITH WHITE ALSO PICKING UP AN ASSIST. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL NOW FACE TOP-SEEDED VIRGINIA ON 

THURSDAY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM SWEPT A PAIR OF GAMES FROM SYRACUSE TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED THROUGH THE FIRST 14 GAMES OF THE SEASON. AFTER A 7-0

SHUTOUT VICTORY ON FRIDAY, THE NITTANY LIONS TIED A PROGRAM RECORD WITH 11 GOALS IN AN 11-2 VICTORY OVER THE ORANGE ON SATURDAY. KATELYN ROBERTS 

SCORED JUST 24 SECONDS INTO FRIDAY’S GAME TESSA JANECKE ADDED A GOAL AND AN ASSIST AND KATIE DESA MADE 14 SAVES TO POST HER NATIONAL-LEADING SIXTH SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON. IN SATURDAY’S GAME, EIGHT DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORED GOALS FOR PENN STATE WITH KATELYN ROBERTS LEADING THE WAY WITH TWO GOALS AND TWO ASSISTS. KENDALL BUTZE HAD THREE ASSISTS AND TESSA JANECKE HAD TWO ASSISTS AND BECOMES THE FIRST PLAYER IN PENN STATE HISTORY TO GO OVER ONE HUNDRED ASSISTS IN HER CAREER. JANECKE NOW HAS 101. PENN STATE WILL HEAD TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK FOR GAMES AGAINST R-I-T FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON THIS WEEK. 

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PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM RALLIED FROM A TWO SETS TO ONE DEFICIT TO DEFEAT OHIO STATE YESTERDAY AT REC HALL. KENNEDY MARTIN AGAIN LED THE WAY WITH 34 KILLS, 8 DIGS AND 4 BLOCKS AS PENN STATE PREVAILED 25-22, 15-25, 29-31, 25-14 AND 15-12. ADDIE LYON HAD 61 ASSISTS AND ADDED 7 DIGS AND 3 BLOCKS. 

THE NITTANY LIONS LOST TO MINNESOTA IN MINNEAPOLIS FRIDAY NIGHT THREE SETS TO NONE DESPITE A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE FROM KENNEDY MARTIN WHO HAD

26 KILLS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS IN THE 25-23, 25-23, 25-22 LOSS.  AFTER THE WEEKEND SPLIT, PENN STATE IS NOW 15-12 ON THE SEASON, 9-7 IN BIG TEN MATCHES. THE WIN OVER THE BUCKEYES WAS THE FIFTH STRAIGHT FOR PENN STATE IN THE SERIES. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST MICHIGAN STATE FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7 IN REC HALL.  

 

 

LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM HELD OFF SAINT JOSEPH’S FOR AN 89-77 ROAD VICTORY YESTERDAY. PENN STATE SHOT OVER 70 PERCENT FROM THREE-POINT RANGE, CONVERTING ON 12 OF 17 ATTEMPTS EN ROUTE TO THE WIN. GRACIE MERKLE LED PENN STATE WITH 25 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS. FRESHMAN GUARD TEA CLEANTE WAS RIGHT BEHIND WITH 23 POINTS AND ALSO HAD FOUR REBOUNDS, THREE ASSISTS AND TWO STEALS. AND KIYOMI MCMILLER HAD 15 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS. THE LADY LIONS ARE NOW 4-0 ON THE YOUNG SEASON AND WILL BE BACK IN ACTION ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE BAHAMAS AGAINST PRINCETON.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY EARNED AN AT-LARGE BID TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER A THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEET ON FRIDAY. SENIOR FLORENCE CARON LED PENN STATE WITH A FOURTH-PLACE FINISH. ADA RAND WAS 9TH, CLAIRE DANIELS 14TH AND LEA HATCHER 23RD FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. 

ON THE MEN’S SIDE, NICK SLOFF WILL REPRESENT PENN STATE AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER HE FINISHED SIXTH AT THE MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL. THE MEN FINISHED IN FOURTH PLACE IN THE MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS. BRIAN DICOLA WAS 13TH OVERALL FOR PENN STATE WITH BRENDAN FLYNN 16TH AND JASON SCHOEDEL 21ST. 

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THE BELLEFONTE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A HOME GAME IN THE PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TONIGHT. THE 6-6 RED RAIDERS WILL TAKE ON UNDEFEATED SHAMOKIN 

IN A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF TONIGHT AT ROGERS STADIUM.  THE WINNER OF TONIGHT’S GAME WILL ADVANCE TO THE QUAD-A QUARTERFINALS NEXT WEEKEND. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM IS ALSO IN PIAA SIX-A PLAYOFFS AND WILL HAVE A FIRST ROUND MATCHUP WITH WILKES-BARRE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THAT GAME

WILL KICK OFF AT 1PM AT MILTON HIGH SCHOOL. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 9-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE WOLFPACK COME IN AT 8-4. THE WINNER OF TOMORROW’S GAME WILL ADVANCE TO THE QUARTERFINALS AGAINS THE WINNER OF A GAME TOMORROW EVENING BETWEEN PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC AND NORTH ALLEGHENY AT PINE-RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.  

 

A COUPLE OF OTHER GAMES OF NOTE - HOLLIDAYSBURG IS UNDEFEATED AND WILL PLAY A FIVE-A FIRST ROUND GAME AGAINST DELAWARE VALLEY AT DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 

WITH KICKOFF AT 7PM TONIGHT.  UNDEFEEATED BISHOP MCCORT WILL PLAY RICHLAND IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE DOUBLE-A PLAYOFFS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 O’CLOCK 

AT ALTOONA’S MANSION PARK. AND IN THE SINGLE-A TOURNAMENT, BISHOP GUILFOYLE AND JUNIATA VALLEY WILL PLAY AT 7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT AT MANSION PARK IN ALTOONA.

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A SEASON CAN BE SALVAGED TOMORROW AS THE HIGHLY COVETED LAND GRANT TROPHY WILL BE ON THE LINE WHEN PENN STATE VISITS MICHIGAN STATE. 

BOTH TEAMS ARE 3-6, 0-6 BIG TEN BUT YOU CAN THROW THE RECORDS AWAY WHEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S GREATEST MONTROSITY OF A TROPHY IS AT STAKE. THE NITTANY 

LIONS WILL BE LOOKING TO SNAP A SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK IN THE 3:30 KICKOFF ON CBS.  

 

A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PENN STATE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM THIS WEEKEND. THE FIFTH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS HOST SECOND-RANKED MICHIGAN WITH THE GAMES

AT 7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT AND AT 6 O’CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT AT PEGULA ICE AREAN. PENN STATE IS 9-3 ON THE SEASON,K 2-2 IN THE BIG TEN WHILE THE WOLVERINES

ARE 10-2 OVERALL, 3-1 IN CONFERENCE GAMES. 

PENN STATE TEAMMATES JJ WIEBUSCH AND CHARLIE CERRATO ARE TIED FOR THIRD IN THE NATION WITH 18 POINTS THROUGH THE FIRST 12 GAMES OF THE SEASON. 

AND PENN STATE’S GAVIN MCKENNA IS TIED WITH MAINE’S JUSTIN POIRER FOR MOST POINTS BY A FRESHMAN THIS SEASON WITH 14. 

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THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM IS GEARING UP FOR ITS SEASON OPENER TONIGHT AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE PRESEASON POLLS AND ARE SEEKING A FIFTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE 13TH IN THE LAST 15 CONTESTED NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. OKLAHOMA IS RANKED 22ND IN THE PRESEASON RANKINGS. PENN STATE FRESHMAN PJ DUKE WILL WRESTLE 7TH-RANKED RAFAEL HIPOLITO AT 157 POUNDS AND REDSHRIT FRESHMAN CONNOR MIRASOLA WILL TAKE ON 8TH-RANKED DJ PARKER IN A COUPLE OF MATCHES EXPECTED TO BE COMPETITIVE. THE NITTANY LIONS AND SOONERS WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 6 O’CLOCK AND THE MATCH WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK AND WILL AIR AT GOPSUSPORTS.COM.   

 

THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY LASALLE AT XFINITY MOBILE ARENA IN PHILADELPHIA TOMORROW AT 1PM. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE OFF TO A 3-0 START UNDER 

THIRD-YEAR HEAD COACH MIKE RHOADES. THE EXPLORERS ARE 2-1 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. 

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM IS 3-0 HEADING INTO SUNDAY’S GAME AT SAINT JOSEPH’S. TIPOFF WILL BE AT 2PM SUNDAY IN PHILADELPHIA. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL OPEN UP NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY TOMORROW. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST ARMY WEST POINT IN A FIRST ROUND GAME 

AT JEFFREY FIELD WITH KICKOFF AT 5PM TOMORROW. PENN STATE IS 9-7-3 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE BLACK KNIGHTS COME IN AT 14-5-2.  

 

THE 24TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS ON THE ROAD TO PLAY 20TH-RANKED MINNESOTA TONIGHT IN A 8 O’CLOCK MATCH. PENN STATE IS 14-10 ON 

THE SEASON, 8-6 IN THE BIG TEN. MINNESOTA IS 17-8 OVERALL, 7-7 IN THE CONFERENCE. PENN STATE WILL ALSO HOST OHIO STATE ON SUNDAY AT NOON IN REC HALL.  

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THE 6TH-RANKED UNDEFEATED PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL HOST SYRACUSE TODAY AND TOMORROW AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 

12-0, 8-0 IN THE AHA. SYRACUSE COMES IN AT 6-7 OVERALL, 4-2 IN THE AHA. FACEOFF WILL BE AT TWO O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AND AT 1PM TOMORROW.  

 

THE PENN STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING TODAY IN THE NCAA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL AT LEHIGH.  THE WOMEN’S RACE GETS UNDERWAY AT 12 NOON 

WITH THE MEN’S RACE TO FOLLOW AT 1PM. THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S TEAM IS RANKED 10TH NATIONALLY AND SECOND IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION IN THE LATEST COACHES’ POLL. 

PENN STATE WAS THE RUNNERUP AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE PENN STATE MEN PLACED 8TH AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF EXHIBITION MATCHES AT REC HALL TOMORROW. THE DC DYNASTY AND THE ST. LOUIS STALLIONS WILL BE AT VISIT FOR THE COMPETITION WHICH GETS UNDERWAY AT 9AM TOMORROW. 

 

PENN STATE GOALIE JONATHAN EVANS HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM FOR 2025. AND THE NITTANY LIONS’ VAN DANIELSON EARNED 

THE CONFERENCE’S SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR PENN STATE. 

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM BLEW THE GAME WITH COPPIN STATE OPEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER EN ROUTE TO A 90-62 WIN AT REC HALL YESTERDAY. KIYOMI 

MCMILLER SCORED 21 POINTS AND GRABBED 9 REBOUNDS TO LEAD PENN STATE. GRACIE MERKLE ADDED 15 POINTS AND 8 REBOUNDS. THE LADY LIONS ARE NOW 3-0 AND WILL

VISIT SAINT JOSEPH’S IN PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.  

 

THE LADY LIONS MADE SOME NEWS OFF THE COURT YESTERDAY AS WELL. PENN STATE SIGNED GUARD CHIKAE DESDUNES TO THEIR CLASS OF 2026.  SHE IS RANKED AT THE 51ST BEST PLAYER OVERALL IN THE CLASS OF 2026 BY ESPN. SHE HAILS FROM NEW ORLEANS BUT IS NOW AT DME ACADEMY IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. SHE ALREADY HAS OVER 2,000 POINTS IN HER SCHOLASTIC CAREER WITH ONE SEASON YET TO PLAY.  

 

MARIANO LAZZERINI OF PENN STATE IS THE BIG TEN MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK. THE SENIOR PICKED UP FOUR WINS IN THE VICTORY OVER ARMY WEST POINT INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL VICTORIES IN BOTH THE 100 AND 200 BREAST. PENN STATE WILL COMPETE IN THE OHIO STATE INVITATIONAL NEXT WEEK.  

 

The Penn State track & field team, led by Head Coach John Gondak, announces its complete 2025-26 indoor/outdoor competition schedule, including four total home meets in Happy Valley.

Penn State will open up its indoor season with a split-squad affair the weekend of December 5-6, 2025. Part of the group will travel to Lewisburg, Pa. for the Bucknell Opener, while another group will head to Philadelphia, Pa., for the Penn Opener. The last group will be going to the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, Mass. 

The indoor season continues after the new year when Penn State will host its first of four indoor home meets in the 2026 season. The Nittany Lion Challenge will take place on Jan. 17 at The Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.

Following their first home meet, the Nittany Lions will travel to Philadelphia to race in the Penn 10 Team Elite on Jan. 24 at the Ott Center for Track and Field. Penn State will then host two consecutive home meets in The Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track. The first is the Penn State National Open slated for January 30-31, with the Sykes & Sabock Challenge taking place the following week on Feb. 7. 

The last split-squad weekend of the indoor season will take place February 13-14. Select Nittany Lions will travel to Arkansas to compete in the Tyson Invitational while others will see action in the David Hemery Valentine Invite in Boston. The Tyson Invitational will take place at the Randal Tyson Track Center, host site for 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships. The Nittany Lions’ return home for their last regular regular season meet, the Penn State Tune Up, hosted on February 20 at The Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.

For the second straight season, the Big Ten Indoor Championships are set to be contested in Indianapolis, Indiana from February 27-28. Last season, the Penn State women's team finished seventh while the men finished 12th in the new-look Big Ten. Pending qualification, Penn State will then head to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., hosted by Arkansas. 

Penn State’s outdoor season starts on March 21,

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL LOOK TO SNAP A NOW SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK SATURDAY AT MICHIGAN STATE. THAT GAME WILL KICK OFF AT 3:30 

AND WILL BE TELEVISED BY CBS SATURDAY. BOTH TEAMS ARE 0-6 IN BIG TEN GAMES THIS SEASON.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE A TOUCHDOWN FAVORITE IN THE 

CONTEST.

THE NEXT COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS COME OUT TONIGHT.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY NAVY ON VETERAN’S DAY TODAY IN A 6:30 TIPOFF TONIGHT AT THE JORDAN CENTER.  

THE GAME WILL AIR ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. PENN STATE IS 2-0 WHILE NAVY IS 1-1.  THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS SINCE 1985.  PENN STATE IS A 13-POINT FAVORITE IN THIS ONE.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM DID GET AN AT-LARGE BID TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE IN THE FIELD FOR A 31ST CONSECUTIVE SEASON AND THE 8TH-SEEDED NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST 9TH-SEEDED ARMY WEST POINT IN THE OPENING ROUND THIS WEEKEND. THE GAME WILL KICK OFF SATURDAY AT 5PM AT JEFFREY FIELD. PENN STATE COMES IN AT 9-7-3 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE BLACK KNIGHTS ARE 14-5-2 AND EARNED AN AUTOMATIC BID BY WINNING THE PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.  

 

AND PENN STATE GOALIE MACKENZIE GRESS HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE BIG TEN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM. GRESS ALLOWED TWO GOALS IN THE LOSS TO UCLA BUT POSTED A SEASON-HIGH EIGHT SAVES IN THAT GAME. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS DOWN A COUPLE OF SPOTS IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK AND CHECKS IN AT NUMBER 5 AFTER AN OVERTIME LOSS AND A REGULATION LOSS AT TOP-RANKED MICHIGAN STATE LAST WEEKEND. PENN STATE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKLY RISE BACK UP THE RANKINGS AS ITS HOST SECOND-RANKED MICHIGAN THIS WEEKEND. THE SERIES OPENER IS SET FOR 7PM FRIDAY NIGHT

AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. MICHIGAN STATE AND MICHIGAN ARE FOLLOWED BY MINNESOTA-DULUTH AND DENVER RESPECTIVELY. WISCONSIN IS THE ONLY OTHER BIG TEN TEAM RANKED - CHECKING AT NUMBER SEVEN RIGHT BEHIND NORTH DAKOTA. 

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THE UNDEFEATED PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM REMAINS SIXTH IN THE COACHES’ RANKINGS THIS WEEK. THE NITTANY LIONS HAD A BYE WEEK AND WILL HOST SYRACUSE AT PEGULA ICE ARENA THIS WEEKEND WITH GAMES AT 2 O’CLOCK FRIDAY AND 1 O’CLOCK SATURDAY.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HANGING IN THE TOP 25. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NUMBER 24 IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WENT 1-1 THIS PAST WEEKEND AND ARE NOW 14-10 ON THE SEASON, 8-6 IN BIG TEN MATCHES. PENN STATE WILL VISIT MINNESOTA FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO FACE OHIO STATE AT 2PM SUNDAY IN REC HALL.  

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IT WAS A VALIANT EFFORT BY THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM SATURDAY BUT SECOND-RANKED INDIANA MADE A COUPLE OF SPECTACULAR CATCHES ON THEIR

FINAL DRIVE AND PULLED OUT THE 27-24 WIN AT BEAVER STADIUM TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED THROUGH TEN GAMES. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 3-6 AS THE LOSING

STREAK HAS REACHED SIX GAMES. NICHOLAS SINGLETON HAD TWO TOUCHDOWN RUNS AND A TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION. HE FINISHED WITH 143 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS. 

ETHAN GRUNKEMEYER COMPLETED 22 OF 31 PASSES FOR 219 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. PENN STATE'S DEFENSE RACKED UP THREE SACKS, EIGHT TACKLES FOR LOSS

AND SIX QUARTERBACK HURRIES. BUT INDIANA QUARTERBACK FERNANDO MENDOZA WAS BRILLIANT AND GOT HELP FROM HIS RECEIVERS ON THE GAME-WINNING 

DRIVE INCLUDING AN AMAZING CATCH IN THE BACK OF THE ENDZONE BY OMAR COOPER WITH 1:15 REMAINING AS HE GOT HIS TOES DOWN FOR THE SCORE. CHARLIE BECKER

HAS ANOTHER SPECTACULAR RECEPTION ALONG THE SIDELINE TO SET UP THE WINNING SCORE. 

PENN STATE WILL TRY AGAIN TO SNAP THE LOSING STREAK WHEN IT VISITS MICHIGAN STATE THIS SATURDAY FOR A 3:30 KICKOFF.  

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IT WAS NOT A GOOD DAY SATURDAY FOR THE PENN STATE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM AS THE NITTANY LIONS NEVER FOUND THEIR RHYTHM AGAINST NUMBER ONE RANKED 

MICHIGAN STATE. THE SPARTANS DOMINATED IN A 5-0 VICTORY IN EAST LANSING. JOSH FLEMING MADE 43 SAVES IN THE LOSS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. 

TREY AUGUSTINE WAS BRILLIANT FOR MICHIGAN STATE, POSTING THE SHUTOUT WITH 36 SAVES. CHARLIE STRAMEL HAD TWO GOALS AND AN ASSIST TO LEAD 

THE MICHIGAN STATE ATTACK. 

IT WAS A MUCH BETTER GAME FOR PENN STATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS MICHIGAN STATE PREVAILED 2-1 IN OVERTIME. KEVIN REIDLER HAD 30 SAVES IN THAT ONE FOR PENN STATE. 

GAVIN MCKENNA SCORED THE PENN STATE GOAL FRIDAY NIGHT. TIERNAN SHOUDY SCORED THE GAMEWINNER FOR MICHIGAN STATE IN OVERTIME FRIDAY NIGHT. 

THE SPARTANS ARE NOW 7-1 ON THE SEASON, 2-0 IN THE BIG TEN WHILE THE NITTANY LIONS FALL TO 9-3 ON THE YEAR, 2-2 IN THE BIG TEN. 

PENN STATE WILL HOST SECOND-RANKED MICHIGAN IN GAMES AT PEGULA ICE ARENA FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7 AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 6. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP AN EASY 87-43 WIN AT NEW HAVEN ON SATURDAY. DOMINICK STEWART SCORED 18 POINTS TO LEAD THE 

NITTANY LIONS. THE 44-POINT MARGIN OF VICTORY IS THE LARGEST FOR PENN STATE IN A ROAD GAME IN FIFTY YEARS. 

PENN STATE SHOT 52.5 PERCENT FROM THE FIELD AND SCORED 29 POINTS OFF 19 NEW HAVEN TURNOVERS. KAYDEN MINGO ADDED 16 POINTS, 6 ASSISTS AND 

6 REBOUNDS FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 2-0 AND WILL HOST A REALLY GOOD NAVY TEAM IN A VETERAN'S DAY MATCHUP TOMORROW EVENING

WITH TIPOFF AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER SET FOR 6:30. TOMORROW'S GAME WILL AIR ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WENT 1-1 ON THE WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS YESTERDAY GOT THE WIN AT ILLINOIS IN FOUR SETS 25-23, 

25-27, 25-23 AND 25-22.  KENNEDY MARTIN LED PENN STATE WITH 22 KILLS AND 11 DIGS. ADDIE LYON HAD 52 ASSISTS AND JORDAN HOPP HAD 6 BLOCKS. 

MAGGIE MENDELSON ADDED 16 KILLS WITH A .516 HITTING PERCENTAGE. 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE LOST TO 9TH-RANKED PURDUE IN WEST LAFAYETTE AS THE BOILERMAKERS GOT THE SWEEP 25-20, 25-21 AND 25-22. 

KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 20 KILLS IN THE LOSS FRIDAY NIGHT. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 14-10, 8-6 IN BIG TEN MATCHES THIS SEASON. PENN STATE WILL VISIT MINNESOTA FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO 

TAKE ON OHIO STATE SUNDAY IN A 2 O’CLOCK MATCH AT REC HALL.  

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM IS NOW 2-0 AFTER HOLDING OFF CINCINNATI FRIDAY NIGHT, 82-77.  KIYOMI MCMILLER LED PENN STATE WITH 20 POINTS AND ALSO HAD 7 ASSISTS, 5 REBOUNDS AND 5 STEALS. GRACIE MERKLE ADDED 14 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS FOR THE LADY LIONS. 

PENN STATE WILL HOST COPPIN STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AN 11:30AM TIPOFF AT REC HALL.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN'S SOCCER TEAM FINISHED ITS SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT, BATTLING 10TH-RANKED MICHIGAN TO A SCORELESS DRAW. PENN STATE GOALIE JONATHAN EVANS MADE THREE SAVES TO POST THE FOURTH SHUTOUT OF HIS REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISH THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 5-8-5, 1-6-3 IN THE BIG TEN.  

 

MIXED RESULTS FOR THE PENN STATE SWIMMING TEAMS ON FRIDAY AT ARMY WEST POINT. THE MEN PICKED UP A 169-130 VICTORY WHILE THE WOMEN LOST 170-125. 

MARIO LAZZERINI WON BOTH THE 100 AND 200 BREAST FOR PENN STATE AND EDUARDO CISTERNAS TOOK BOTH THE 500 AND 1,000 FREESTYLE TITLES WHILE TEAMMATE

TYLOR KIM CLAIMED TITLES IN BOTH THE 50 AND 100 FREESTYLE. 

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE, PENN STATE'S MORGAN MORRE WON THE 1-THOUSAND FREE AND CATHERINE MEISNER TOOK THE 200 FREE. 

 

THE PENN STATE FENCING TEAMS WRAPPED UP COMPETITION AT THE ELITE INVITATIONAL AT OHIO STATE YESTERDAY. BOTH THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS LOST TO NOTRE DAME BUT DEFEATED CLEVELAND STATE. THE MEN ALSO PICKED UP A WIN OVER WAYNE STATE WHILE THE WOMEN FELL TO NORTHWESTERN. 

PENN STATE WILL NEXT COMPETE AT THE BRANDEIS INVITATION IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL LEARN THIS AFTERNOON IF IT RECEIVES AN AT-LARGE BID TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS ON THURSDAY. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 9-7-3 ON THE SEASON, 5-4-2 IN THE BIG TEN. THE SELECTION SHOW STARTS AT 4PM TODAY. 

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PENN STATE WRESTLER TYLER KASAK WON THE 70 KILOGRAM DIVISION AT THE BILL FARRELL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT IN NEW YORK CITY SATURDAY. KASAK WON THE 

FREESTYLE EVENT WITH A 10-0 TECHNICAL FALL OVER ZACHARY CLARK IN THE QUARTERFINALS AND THEN A BIG 6-3 DECISION OVER VIRGINIA TECH NATIONAL CHAMPION CALEB HENSON IN THE SEMIFINALS AND A 3-2 BATTLE WITH U-S NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER IAN PARKER IN THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH. 

PENN STATE WRESTLING ALUM BEAU BARTLETT LOST TO BISHOP MCCORT SENIOR BO BASSETT IN THE 65 KILO FINALS, 15-5.   

OTHER WINNERS FOR THE U-S INCLUDED MASON PARRIS AT 125 KILOS, AUSTIN DESANTO AT 61 KILOS, MARCUS COLEMAN WHO WAS TRAILING PARKER KECKEISEN BY A 9-0 SCORE

WHEN HE GOT THE WIN BY FALL AT 86 KILOS IN THE FINALS. WILL LEWAN WON AT 74 KILOS AND DAN BRAUNAGEL WON AT 79 KILOS. JACOB CARDENAS WON AT 92 KILOS AND ALSO TOOK SILVER AT 97 KILOS TO YARASLAU SLAVKOUSKI, THE RUTGERS ALUM FOR BELARUS. NEBRASKA ALUM CALEB SMITH ALSO WON GOLD FOR PUERTO RICO AT 57 KILOS. PENN STATE RECRUIT SAM HERRING ALSO WENT 1-2 AT 61 KILOS. 

AT THE JOURNEYMEN COLLEGIATE CLASSIC YESTERDAY, PENN STATE’S CONNOR PIERCE LOST IN THE FINALS AT 149 POUNDS TO CROSS WASILEWSKI OF PENN 4-2. 

PENN STATE’S JOE SEALEY LOST A 10-9 DECISION IN THE FINALS AT 157. SAM BECKETT LOST IN THE FINALS AT 165, 9-0 TO ALEJANDRO HERRERA-RONDON OF CLARION. 

AND DAWSON BUNDY FINISHED FOURTH AT 285. 

THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING TEAM WILL OPEN ITS SEASON AGAINST OKLAHOMA IN THE JORDAN CENTER ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6PM.  

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM ROLLED TO A 41-7 VICTORY AT MCDOWELL IN A PIAA SIX-A SUBREGIONAL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT. 

D'ANTAE SHEFFEY HAD A TOUCHDOWN RUN AND A TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND FINISHED WITH  OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING AND 63 RECEIVING YARDS. 

CONNOR KULKA THREW FOR OVER 200 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND HANK LUSTIG HAD A TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND AN INTERCEPTION. 

THE LITTLE LIONS FORCED FIVE TURNOVERS IN ALL AND IMPROVE TO 9-2 ON THE SEASON. 

STATE COLLEGE WILL NOW TAKE ON 8-4 WILKES BARRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THAT GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT 1PM AT MILTON HIGH SCHOOL 

WITH THE WINNER ADVANCING TO THE PIAA SIX-A QUARTERFINALS. 

 

QUARTERBACK ALTEN HOWELL RAN FOR 120 YARDS AND A BIG FOURTH QUARTER TOUCHDOWN TO LEAD BELLEFONTE TO A 17-6 VICTORY OVER JUNIATA IN THE 

DISTRICT 6 QUAD-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FRIDAY NIGHT AT MIFFLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. THE RED RAIDERS DEFENSE SMOTHERED JUNIATA ALLOWING JUST 

ONE TOUCHDOWN AND FORCING TWO TURNOVERS. THE RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 6-6 AND WILL NOW HOST UNDEFEATED DISTRICT 4 CHAMPION SHAMOKIN IN THE 

OPENING ROUND OF THE PIAA QUAD-A PLAYOFFS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH KICKOFF AT ROGERS STADIUM SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK.   

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THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SAW ITS SEASON END IN THE PIAA DOUBLE-A STATE QUARTERFINALS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT CLARION. 

CORRY SWEPT THE LADY EAGLES 25-17, 25-14 AND 25-15 TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED ON THE SEASON. LEAH BRYAN LED BALD EAGLE AREA WITH SIX KILLS WHILE 

EMILY SMITH ADDED 5. BALD EAGLE AREA FINISHES THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 21-4.  CORRY ADVANCES TO FACE AVONWORTH IN THE SEMIFINALS TUESDAY NIGHT. 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POSTSEASON RESUMES  TONIGHT. THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO ERIE TO TAKE ON MCDOWELL IN THE PIAA SIX-A SUBREGIONAL TONIGHT. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 8-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE TROJANS ARE 3-7.  KICKOFF IS SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PLAY JUNIATA IN THE DISTRICT 6 QUAD-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT. THE RED RAIDERS ARE 5-6 ON THE SEASON WHILE JUNIATA COMES IN AT 6-4.  KICKOFF AT MIFFLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK.

 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL FACE CORRY TOMORROW IN THE PIAA DOUBLE-A STATE QUARTERFINALS. THAT MATCH WILL BE PLAYED 

AT CLARION HIGH SCHOOL AT 1PM TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE WINNER ADVANCES TO THE SEMIFINALS ON TUESDAY AGAINST THE WINNER OF TOMORROW’S 

MATCH BETWEEN AVONWORTH AND EVERETT.

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

TOMORROW’S PENN STATE/INDIANA GAME AT BEAVER STADIUM WILL BE MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY AND WILL FEATURE THE HELMET STRIPE PROMOTION. 

THE 3-5 NITTANY LIONS AND THE SECOND-RANKED HOOSIERS WILL KICKOFF AT 12 NOON.  INDIANA CAN ALL BUT GUARANTEE A PLAYOFF BERTH WITH A VICTORY OVER THE NITTANY LIONS THAT WOULD GET THE HOOSIERS TO 10-0 ON THE SEASON.

 

ELSEWHERE IN THE BIG TEN… TONIGHT, USC IS HOME WITH NORTHWESTERN AT 9 O’CLOCK. TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE WILL BE AT PURDUE TOMORROW. RUTGERS WILL HOST MARYLAND. THE BIG ONE IN CONFERENCE WILL BE AT 3:30 WHEN 9TH-RANKED OREGON VISITS 20TH-RANKED IOWA. ALSO, WASHINGTON WILL BE AT WISCONSIN AND UCLA WILL HOST NEBRASKA. 

 

A GAME WITH PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS TONIGHT HAS MEMPHIS HOSTING TULANE. 

 

SOME OTHER GAMES OF NOTE ON SATURDAY, GEORGIA IS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE, 7TH-RANKED BYU IS AT 8TH-RANKED TEXAS TECH. TEXAS A&M IS AT MISSOURI, 

SYRACUSE VISITS MIAMI, AUBURN IS AT VANDERBILT, WAKE FOREST IS AT VIRGINIA, LOUISVILLE HOSTS CALIFORNIA, LSU TRAVELS TO ALABAMA AND NOTRE DAME 

IS HOME AGAINST NAVY.  

 

A BIG-TIME BIG TEN HOCKEY SERIES THIS WEEKEND IN EAST LANSING AS THE THIRD-RANKED NITTANY LIONS TAKE ON NUMBER ONE MICHIGAN STATE. 

THE GAMES WILL BE TONIGHT AT 7 AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 4 O’CLOCK.  TONIGHT WILL BE THE BIG TEN OPENER FOR THE 5-1 SPARTANS. 

PENN STATE IS 9-1 AND IS 2-0 IN THE BIG TEN AFTER SWEEPING OHIO STATE IN COLUMBUS LAST WEEKEND. 

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PENN STATE FORWARDS JJ WIEBUSCH AND MATT DIMARSICO ARE TWO OF FIVE PLAYERS YESTERDAY NAMED TO THE U-S COLLEGIATE SELECT TEAM WHICH WILL COMPETE IN THE SPENGLER CUP IN LATE DECEMBER. PENN STATE NOW HAS FIVE PLAYERS ON THE TEAM AS WIEBUSCH AND DIMARSICO JOIN CHARLIE CERRATO, MAC GADOWSKY AND AIDEN FINK.  FINK SUFFERED AN UPPER BODY INJURY AGAINST OHIO STATE LAST WEEK SO ITS NOT CLEAR IF HE’LL BE AVAILABLE. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME AMERICAN COLLEGIATE PLAYER WILL BE COMPETING IN THE SPENGLER CUP.  

WIEBUSCH HAS ALSO NAMED THE NATIONAL CO-FORWARD OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER. AND PENN STATE FRESHMAN GAVIN MCKENNA WAS NAMED THE

NATIONAL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH BY THE HOCKEY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION.  

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THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST CINCINNATI TONIGHT IN A 6 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT REC HALL.  PENN STATE IS 1-0 AFTER A WIN OVER BUCKNELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. 

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM HITS THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON TOMORROW AS PENN STATE VISITS NEW HAVEN. THAT GAME WILL TIP OFF AT 

1 PM. THE YOUNG NITTANY LIONS RALLIED TO BEAT FAIRFIELD IN THE SEASON OPENER EARLIER THIS WEEK. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL CLOSE OUT ITS SEASON TONIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST 10TH-RANKED MICHIGAN IN AN 8 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

PENN STATE IS 5-8-3 ON THE SEASON, 1-6-2 IN THE BIG TEN. THE WOLVERINES ARE 11-2-3 OVERALL, 6-2-1 IN CONFERENCE GAMES.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM CONTINUES TO PLAY THE WAITING GAME AND WILL LEARN ON MONDAY WHETHER OR NOT IT RECEIVES AN AT-LARGE BID TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. 

 

ALSO TONIGHT, THE NOW 25TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL VISIT PURDUE IN A 5:30 START. PENN STATE WILL ALSO PLAY AT ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY AT 4:30. 

PENN STATE’S KENNEDY MARTIN IS ONE OF 14 SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE AVCA DIVISION ONE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR. MARTIN CURRENTLY RANKS THIRD IN THE NATION IN BOTH POINTS PER SET AT 6.05 AND IN KILLS PER SET WITH 5.24.  

 

THE PENN STATE SWIMMING TEAMS ARE COMPETING AT ARMY WEST POINT TODAY. IN THE DIVING COMPETITION YESTERDAY, PENN STATE’S ALEX REESE WON THE MEN’S 

ONE-METER DIVE AND WAS SECOND IN THE THREE-METER DIVE. ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE, PENN STATE’S KAILEY KOVAL WON BOTH THE ONE-METER AND THE THREE-METER

DIVE COMPETITIONS.

 

THE PENN STATE FENCING TEAMS ARE COMPETING THIS WEEKEND AT THE ELITE INVITATION AT OHIO STATE.  THAT COMPETITION WILL BE TOMORROW AND SUNDAY., 

 

PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY SENIOR SOPHIA MANNINO IS A SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SELECTION. MADISON TAMBRONI EARNED THE PENN STATE BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP

AWARD. THE NITTANY LIONS WENT 7-10 THIS PAST SEASON. 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS IN TO THE PIAA DOUBLE-A QUARTERFINALS AFTER SWEEPING HOPEWELL LAST NIGHT 25-11, 27-25 AND 25-21. 

THE LADY EAGLES WILL TAKE ON CORRY IN THE STATE QUARTERFINALS ON SATURDAY.  THE LADY EAGLES ARE NOW 21-3 THIS SEASON WHILE CORRY IS 18-0.   

 

IN THE QUAD-A TOURNAMENT, PINE-RICHLAND SWEPT THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN THE PIAA STATE PLAYOFFS LAST NIGHT 25-22, 25-19 AND 25-22.  

PINE-RICHLAND ADVANCES TO FACE GARNET VALLEY IN THE STATE QUARTERFINALS ON SATURDAY. STATE HIGH ENDS ITS SEASON WITH A 14-2 RECORD. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO ERIE TO TAKE ON MCDOWELL IN THE PIAA SIX-A SUBREGIONAL FRIDAY NIGHT. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 8-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE TROJANS ARE 3-7.  KICKOFF FRIDAY NIGHT IS SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PLAY JUNIATA IN THE DISTRICT 6 QUAD-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FRIDAY NIGHT. 

THE RED RAIDERS ARE 5-6 ON THE SEASON WHILE JUNIATA COMES IN AT 6-4.  KICKOFF AT MIFFLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK FRIDAY NIGHT. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS PREPARING TO TAKE ON SECOND-RANKED INDIANA SATURDAY IN A NOON KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.  

THE NITTANY LIONS NOW KNOW THEIR NEXT GAME AT MICHIGAN STATE ON NOVEMBER 15 WILL KICKOFF AT 3:30PM.  

INDIANA IS SECOND BEHIND OHIO STATE IN THE INAUGURAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS THIS SEASON. TEXAS A&M IS THIRD WITH ALABAMA FOURTH AND GEORGIA FIFTH. OLE MISS IS SIXTH FOLLOWED BY BYU, TEXAS TECH, OREGON, NOTRE DAME, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA RESPECTIVELY. TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA WOULD BE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS AT THE MOMENT, THOUGH, DUE TO 14TH-RANKED VIRGINIA FROM THE ACC

AND MEMPHIS FROM THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE NEEDING TO BE INCLUDED.  THREE OTHER BIG TEN TEAMS ARE IN THE TOP 25 WITH USC AT 19, IOWA 20TH AND MICHIGAN 21ST.   

 

PENN STATE’S KAITLYN MACBEAN HAS EARNED FIRST ALL-BIG TEN HONORS IN WOMEN’S SOCCER FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. PENN STATE ALSO HAS AMELIA WHITE ON THE SECOND TEAM AND THREE THIRD TEAM SELECTIONS IN BELLA AYSCUE, RILEY GLEASON AND AUBREY KULPA. JULIA RAICH IS ALSO PENN STATE’S BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP HONOREE. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL FIND OUT MONDAY IF THEY RECEIVE AN AT-LARGE SELECTION TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. THE SELECTION SHOW WILL BEGIN AT 4PM MONDAY. PENN STATE IS 9-7-3, 5-4-2 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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PENN STATE’S JJ WIEBUSCH HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN MEN’S HOCKEY SECOND STAR OF THE WEEK. WIEBUSCH SCORED A COUPLE OF POWER PLAY GOALS AND ADDED AN ASSIST IN THE SERIES SWEEP AT OHIO STATE LAST WEEK. 

PENN STATE COACH GUY GADOWSKY IS CONFIRMING THAT AIDEN FINK WILL BE OUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AFTER SUSTAINING AN UPPER BODY INJURY AGAINST 

OHIO STATE LAST THURSDAY. FINK HAS NINE POINTS FOR PENN STATE THIS SEASON. 

THE 9-1 NITTANY LIONS ARE UP TO NUMBER THREE IN THE COACHES POLL THIS WEEK AND WILL HAVE A BIG SERIES AT TOP-RANKED MICHIGAN STATE FRIDAY NIGHTAND SATURDAY NIGHT. 

 

AFTER POSTING A PAIR OF SHUTOUTS WITH 31 TOTAL SAVES IN THE SERIES AGAINST ROBERT MORRIS, PENN STATE’S KATIE DESA HAS BEEN NAMED THE AHA’S GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK. DESA NOW HAS 18 CAREER SHUTOUT WINS, TWO SHY OF THE PENN STATE RECORD OF 20. 

THE 12-0 NITTANY LIONS WILL BE OFF THIS WEEKEND BEFORE HOSTING A PAIR OF GAMES AGAINST SYRACUSE ON FRIDAY THE 14TH AND SATURDAY THE 15TH.

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE AGAIN RANKED SIXTH IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK. WISCONSIN IS NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY MINNESOTA, OHIO STATE, CORNELL, MINNESOTA DULUTH AND PENN STATE RESPECTIVELY. PENN STATE AND CORNELL ARE THE ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAMS IN THE TOP 20. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS RANKED 25TH IN THIS WEEK’S COACHES’ POLL. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 13-9 ON THE SEASON. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE AT PURDUE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND AT ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

PENN STATE’S INTERIM HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, TERRY SMITH, TALKED TO THE MEDIA YESTERDAY. SMITH SAYS THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO WORK TO IMPROVE THE PASSING GAME ON OFFENSE AND TO GET MORE PRESSURE ON OPPOSING QUARTERBACKS DEFENSIVELY. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST UNDEFEATED AND SECOND-RANKED INDIANA SATURDAY IN A NOON KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM. PENN STATE IS NOW 3-5 ON THE SEASON.  PENN STATE’S GAME AT MICHIGAN STATE THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ON NOVEMBER 15TH IS NOW SET FOR A 3:30 KICKOFF IN EAST LANSING.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WENT ON A 16-2 RUN OVER THE FINAL THREE  MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS TO PULL OUT A 76-68 WIN OVER FAIRFIELD LAST NIGHT IN THE SEASON OPENER AT THE JORDAN CENTER. PENN STATE’S ZONE DEFENSE GAVE FAIRFIELD PROBLEMS DOWN THE STRETCH. MELIH TUNCA CAME OFF THE BENCH TO LEAD THE NITTANY LIONS IN SCORING WITH 19 POINTS. KYLE MINGO HAD 15 POINTS.  TIBOR 

MIRTIC GRABBED 11 REBOUNDS TO GO WITH SIX POINTS. IVAN JURIC ALSO ADDED 13 POINTS. PENN STATE WILL BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1PM. 

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THE LADY LIONS OPENED UP WITH AN 83-55 WIN OVER BUCKNELL AT REC HALL. KIYOMI MCMILLER HAD 27 POINTS, SIX REBOUNDS, SIX ASSISTS AND FOUR STEALS FOR PENN STATE WHILE GRACIE MERKLE WAS 11 OF 13 FROM THE FIELD TO FINISH WITH 24 POINTS. 

PENN STATE WILL BE BACK IN ACTION AGAINST CINCINNATI FRIDAY NIGHT IN A 6 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT REC HALL.  

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THE ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA’S HONORS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER AND YOUR UNDEFEATED PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HAS SWEPT THE HONORS. 

TESSA JANECKE IS THE FORWARD OF THE MONTH, DANICA MAYNARD IS THE DEFENSEMAN OF THE MONTH AND KATIE DESA IS THE GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH. AND THE NITTANY LIONS’ MATILDE FANTIN IS THE FRESHMAN OF THE MONTH. PENN STATE IS 12-0 AND DOESN’T PLAY AGAIN UNTIL A WEEK FROM FRIDAY WHEN IT WILL HOST 

SYRACUSE AT PEGULA ICE ARENA.  

 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE PIAA STATE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT GETS UNDERWAY TONIGHT. BOTH STATE COLLEGE AND BALD EAGLE AREA WILL OPEN UP AT HOME. 

STATE HIGH WILL HOST PINE RICHLAND ITN THE QUAD-A TOURNAMENT AT 6 O’CLOCK AT THE STATE HIGH NORTH GYM. 

BALD EAGLE AREA ENTERTAINS HOPEWELL IN THE DOUBLE-A TOURNAMENT. THAT MATCH WILL ALSO START AT SIX IN WINGATE. 

THE WINNERS OF TONIGHT’S MATCHES ADVANCE TO THE STATE QUARTERFINALS ON SATURDAY. 

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE LOSING STREAK IS NOW AT FIVE GAMES FOR THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM. THE NITTANY LIONS WERE ABLE TO HANG TOUGH IN THE FIRST OF SATURDAY’S 38-14 LOSS AT TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE. THE BUCKEYES LED JUST 17-14 AT THE BREAK BUT OHIO STATE PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF FOR THE VICTORY TO IMPROVE TO 8-0 ON THE SEASON. NICHOLAS SINGLETON GOT PENN STATE ON THE BOARD WITH A 3-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AND KAYTRON ALLEN HAD A ONE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AFTER C.J. DONALDSON’S FUMBLE WAS RECOVERED BY CHAZ COLEMAN.

BUT OHIO STATE TOOK COMPLETE CONTROL IN THE SECOND HALF AND CRUISED TO THE WIN OUTSCORING PENN STATE 21-0 IN THE HALF. THE OHIO STATE PASSING GAME PROVIDED THE FIREPOWER AS QUARTERBACK JULIAN SAYIN COMPLETED 20 OF 23 PASSES FOR 316 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. JEREMIAH SMITH CAUGHT SIX PASSES FOR 123 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND CARNELL TATE HAD FIVE RECEPTIONS FOR 124 YARDS AND A SCORE. 

THE NITTANY LIONS HAD JUST 200 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE COMPARED TO 480 FOR THE BUCKEYES.

PENN STATE IS NOW 3-5 ON THE SEASON AND WILL NEXT HOST SECOND-RANKED AND UNDEFEATED INDIANA IN WHAT IS NOW SET AS A  NOON KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE PENN STATE’S FIRST GAME AT BEAVER STADIUM SINCE JAMES FRANKLIN’S FIRING.  

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THE PENN STATE  MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM COMPLETED A SWEEP OF OHIO STATE IN COLUMBUS FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS CONVERTED ON THREE POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN TO THE 4-3 VICTORY. JACKSON SMITH, MATT DIMARSICO, JJ WIEBUSCH  AND DANE DOWIAK SCORED THE NITTANY LIONS’ GOALS. JOSH FLEMING MADE 29 SAVES TO IMPROVE TO 4-0 ON THE SEASON. THROUGH TEN GAMES THIS SEASON, JJ WIEBUSCH AND CHARLIE CERRATO ARE TIED FOR THE NATIONAL LEAD IN POINTS WITH 18 APIECE. GAVIN MCKENNA HAD A PAIR OF ASSISTS FRIDAY NIGHT AND NOW HAS POINTS IN FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES. THE FOURTH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS ARE RIDING A SEVEN-GAME WINNING STREAK INTO THE SHOWDOWN AT TOP-RANKED MICHIGAN STATE THIS WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS AND SPARTANS WILL PLAY FRIDAY AT 7PM AND SATURDAY AT 4PM AT MUNN ICE ARENA. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS NOW 12-0 ON THE SEASON AFTER SWEEPING A PAIR OF 4-0 GAMES AT ROBERT MORRIS OVER THE WEEKEND. 

IN SATURDAY’S 4-0 SHUTOUT, MADDY CHRISTIAN SCORED TWO OF THE GOALS AND ADDED AN ASSIST WHILE SOPHIE MORROW AND NICOLE HALL ADDED THE OTHER SCORES.

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE PREVAILED 4-0 BEHIND GOALS FROM GRACE OUTWATER, KATELYN ROBERTS, MIKAH KELLER AND TESSA JANECKE. KATIE DESA MADE 31 SAVES OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO GAMES AND NOW HAS FIVE SHUOUTS ON THE SEASON. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HAVE AN OFF WEEKEND BEFORE HOSTING SYRACUSE ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND 15TH. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM GAVE UP A COUPLE OF SECOND HALF GOALS AND LOST TO 20TH-RANKED UCLA IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT SATURDAY NIGHT AT PURDUE. KAITLYN MACBEAN SCORED A FIRST HALF GOAL TO GIVE THE NITTANY LIONS THE LEAD AT HALFTIME. MACKENZIE GRESS MADE EIGHT SAVES IN GOAL FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL NOW FIND OUT IF THEY GET AN AT-LARGE BID TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT A WEEK FROM TODAY WITH THE SELECTION SHOW ON NOVEMBER 10TH. PENN STATE IS 9-7-3 ON THE SEASON, 5-4-2 IN BIG TEN GAMES. 

 

THE PENN STATE BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL OPEN THIER SEASONS TONIGHT.  THE MEN WILL OPEN UP AGAINST FAIRFIELD IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIP AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. MIKE RHOADES IS STARTING HIS THIRD SEASON AS THE NITTANY LIONS’ HEAD COACH AND A HAS A YOUNG TEAM WITH AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR. THE TEAM WILL BE LED BY HIGHLY TOUTED FRESHMAN KAYDEN MINGO.  

 

THE LADY LIONS OPEN THIER SEASON TONIGHT AGAINST BUCKNELL IN A 5 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT REC HALL.  THE GAME WILL BE THE FIRST OF SEVEN HOME GAMES AT REC HALL FOR THE LADY LIONS THIS SEASON. PENN STATE WILL BE LED BY CENTER GRACIE MERKLE WHO LED THE TEAM IN SCORING AND REBOUNDING LAST SEASON. THIS WILL BE THE SEVENTH SEASON AT PENN STATE FOR HEAD COACH CAROLYN KIEGER.

 

PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST A PAIR OF MATCHES THIS WEEKEND. 

YESTERDAY, THE NITTANY LIONS WERE SWEPT BY INDIANA IN REC HALL, 25-22, 25-15 AND 25-23. THE NITTANY LIONS COMMITTED 12 SERVICE ERRORS. 

KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 14 KILLS TO LEAD PENN STATE. 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE LOST IN FIVE SETS AT MICHIGAN WITH THE WOLVERINES TAKING THE DECISIVE FIFTH SET 15-12. KENNEDY MARTIN AGAIN LED THE NITTANY LIONS WITH 27 KILLS AND 11 DIGS TO GO WITH 7 BLOCKS AND 4 ACES. 

PENN STATE IS NOW 13-9 ON THE SEASON, 7-5 IN THE BIG TEN. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM LOST AT OHIO STATE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, 1-0.  THE NITTANY LIONS MANAGED JUST TWO SHOTS ON NET AND FALL TO 5-8-3 OVERALL THIS SEASON, 1-6-2 IN THE BIG TEN. PENN STATE WILL WRAP UP THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT IN A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AGAINST MICHIGAN AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST ITS SEASON FINALE TO RUTGERS FRIDAY, 4-2. ELLA JENNES AND NATALIE FREEMAN SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISH THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 7-10, 2-6 IN BIG TEN GAMES. 

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AT THE BIG TEN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON FRIDAY IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN,  THE PENN STATE WOMEN FINISHED AS THE RUNNERUP TO OREGON. 

PENN STATE WAS LED BY FLORENCE CARON, WHO FINISHED FOURTH TO EARN FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN ACCOLADES FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. CHARLOTTE

COSTICH PLACED 8TH FOR PENN STATE TO ALSO EARN FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS. AND PENN STATE’S ADA RAND WAS 12TH AND EARNED SECOND TEAM 

ALL-BIG TEN RECOGNITION. 

THE PENN STATE MEN FINISHED IN 8TH PLACE AND WERE LED BY NICK SLOFF’S 23RD PLACE FINISH INDIVIDUALLY. 

THE PENN STATE SQUADS WILL COMPETE AT THE NCAA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BETHLEHEM, PA ON NOVEMBER 14TH. 

 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE BELLEFONTE FOOTBALL TEAM ROLLED TO A 34-0 VICTORY OVER GREATER JOHNSTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE DISTRICT 6 QUAD-A SEMIFINALS. 

RED RAIDERS QUARTERBACK ALTEN HOWELL THREW FOR 180 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS. BELLEFONTE WILL NOW FACE TOP SEEDED JUNIATA 

IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 

IN THE DISTRICT 6 DOUBLE-A QUARTERFINALS, BALD EAGLE AREA LOST TO TOP SEEDED AND UNDEFEATED BISHOP MCCORT, 39-6.  THE EAGLES 

FINISH THEIR SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 5-6.  

ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE DISTRICT 6 TRIPLE-A SEMIFINALS, IT WAS HUNTINGDON OVER TYRONE, 42-7 AND PENN CAMBRIA ROUTING FOREST HILLS, 41-7. 

STATE COLLEGE WILL PLAY AT MCDOWELL THIS COMING WEEKEND IN THE PIAA 6-A SUBREGIONAL. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS SOCCER TEAM LOST TO MCDOWELL IN THE PIAA SUBREGIONAL SATURDAY, 3-0.  THE LITTLE LIONS FINISH THE SEASON WITH 

A RECORD OF 11-8-2.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL HOST PINE RICHLAND IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PIAA QUAD-A STATE PLAYOFFS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6. THAT 

MATCH WILL BE PLAYED AT THE STATE HIGH NORTH GYM.  STATE HIGH IS THE DISTRICT 6 CHAMP AND IS 14-1 ON THE SEASON. PINE-RICHLAND IS 14-6 ON THE 

YEAR AND IS THE DISTRICT 7 RUNNERUP. THE WINNER OF TOMORROW’S MATCH ADVANCES TO THE STATE QUARTERFINALS ON SATURDAY. 

 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL OPEN UP PLAY IN THE PIAA DOUBLE-A STATE PLAYOFFS TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL. THE LADY EAGLES, AS 

DISTRICT 6 CHAMPS, WILL HOST DISTRICT 7 RUNNERUP HOPEWELL AT 6 O’CLOCK TOMORROW IN WINGATE. THE WINNER THERE ALSO ADVANCES TO THE STATE 

QUARTERFINALS ON SATURDAY. 

 

ALSO REPRESENTING DISTRICT 6 WILL BE HOLLIDAYSBURG IN THE TRIPLE-A TOURNAMENT AT HOME AGAINST OAKLAND CATHOLIC AT 6 TOMORROW NIGHT AND 

WEST BRANCH IN THE SINGLE-A TOURNAMENT.

 

AT THE PIAA STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS FINISHED SECOND.IN THE TRIPLE-A RACE.  THE LITTLE LIONS WERE 8 POINTS BEHIND 

TRIPLE-A CHAMPION NORTH PENN AND 8 POINTS AHEAD OF THIRD PLACE LASALLE COLLEGE. THEO OPPERMANN PLACED THIRD FOR STATE HIGH WITH TEAMMATE 

LUKE BRADBURY FOURTH. DEXTER WALKER WAS 26TH, KYLE FRITZSCHE 43RD AND OWEN VIGLIONE 47TH. 

BELLEFONTE SOPHOMORE JONATHAN GASPER FINISHED 14TH IN THE BOYS’ DOUBLE-A RACE. 

SAINT JOSEPH’S SEAN DEPLATO WAS 121ST IN THE SINGLE-A CHAMPIONSHIP. 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS TOOK THIRD PLACE BEHIND CHAMPION NORWIN AND RUNNERUP DOWNINGTOWN WEST IN THE TRIPLE-A CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. 

STATE HIGH WAS LED BY FIVE RUNNERS IN THE TOP 50. EVELYN YOUNKIN WAS 8TH, CAROLYN FRANK 34TH, AUTUMN SWISHER 38TH, SYLVIA HUTCHINSON 42ND AND JULIA BIGGGER 44TH. 

IN THE DOUBLE-A GIRLS RACE, BELLEFONTE SENIOR ADDISON FRY WAS THE TOP-PLACING CENTRE COUNTY ATHLETE, FINISHED 48TH.  

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL HOST CENTRAL CAMBRIA TONIGHT IN THE DISTRICT 6 DOUBLE-A SEMIFINALS. THE LADY EAGLES ARE THE TWO SEED WHILE CENTRAL CAMBRIA IS THE THREE SEED. THE WINNER OF TONIGHT’S MATCH ADVANCES TO SATURDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST THE WINNER OF TONIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN TOP SEED RICHLAND AND FIFTH-SEEDED FOREST HILLS. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS GOING IN AS A 20.5 POINT UNDERDOG TO OHIO STATE FOR SATURDAY’S BIG TEN MATCHUP IN COLUMBUS. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-4 WHILE THE NUMBER ONE-RANKED BUCKEYES ARE 7-0.  KICKOFF SATURDAY IS AT 12 NOON.  

THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY TONIGHT AT OHIO STATE. THE FOURTH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS AND 17TH-RANKED BUCKEY WILL PLAY AT 6:30 BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. PENN STATE IS 7-1 ON THE SEASON WHILE OHIO STATE COMES IN AT 4-2 ON THE SEASON.   

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THE BIG TEN NETWORK HAS RELEASED ITS SCHEDULE FOR TELEVISED WRESTLING MATCHES IN THE UPCOMING SEASON. PENN STATE HAS WON THE LAST 

FOUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WILL BE FEATURED ON THE NETWORK SEVEN TIMES. THE NITTANY LIONS’ SEASON OPENER ON NOVEMBER 14TH AGAINST 

OKLAHOMA WILL AIR AT 6PM FROM THE JORDAN CENTER. THE JANUARY 10TH MEET AGAINST RUTGERS AT REC HALL, THE JANUARY 16TH MEET AT IOWA, THE 

JANUARY 25TH MATCH AT MARYLAND, THE JANUARY 30TH MATCH AT THE JORDAN CENTER AGAINST NEBRASKA AND THE MATCHES AT MICHIGAN ON

FEBRUARY 6TH AND HOME WITH OHIO STATE AT THE JORDAN CENTER ON FEBRUARY 13TH WILL ALL BE TELEVISED BY THE BIG TEN NETWORK. 

PENN STATE WILL ALSO APPEAR ON BIG TEN-PLUS FOR THE LEHIGH, NORTHWESTERN, INDIANA, PRINCETON MEETS.  

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TICKETS FOR THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM’S PALESTRA GAME AT PHILADELPHIA ON JANUARY 3RD AGAINST ILLINOIS ARE ON SALE TODAY FOR 

SEASON TICKET HOLDERS, NITTANY LION CLUB MEMBERS AND PENN STATE STUDENTS. 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

LAST NIGHT, IN THE DISTRICT 6 DOUBLE-A  BOYS SOCCER SEMIFINALS, 

BALD EAGLE AREA BATTLED THE NUMBER ONE SEED TO A SCORELESS TIE AT THE END OF REGULATION. 

JUNIATA GOT THE OVERTIME GOAL, THOUGH, TO PULL OUT THE 1-0 VICTORY AND ADVANCE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 

PENNS VALLEY ALSO LOST IN OVERTIME TO WEST SHAMOKIN, 1-0.  THE EAGLES AND RAMS BOTH SEE THEIR SEASONS END IN HEARTBREAKING FASHION.  

JUNIATA AND WEST SHAMOKIN WILL NOW MEET FOR THE DISTRICT 6 CHAMPIONSHIP ON THURSDAY. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

PENN STATE FOOTBALL’S INTERIM HEAD COACH TERRY SMITH HAD SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS ON THE INJURY FRONT AHEAD OF THIS SATURDAY’S

BIG MATCHUP AT TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE. SMITH SAYS BOTH GUARD VEGA IOANE AND DEFENSIVE END ZURIAH FISHER SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO 

PLAY ON SATURDAY AGAINST THE BUCKEYES. SMITH SAID THERE WAS NO UPDATE ON BACKUP QUARTERBACK JAXON SMOLIK’S STATUS FOR SATURDAY. 

IF SMOLIK CAN’T GO, BEKKEM KRITZA WOULD BE THE BACKUP SATURDAY. SMITH SAYS HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE ENERGY AND PROGRESS MADE DURING 

THE BYE WEEK LAST WEEK. OHIO STATE IS 7-0 AND RANKED NUMBER ONE. KICKOFF SATURDAY IS SET FOR 12 NOON.  

 

WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL THIS WEEKEND - EITHER SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE KICKOFF TIME WILL BE FOR PENN STATE’S FIRST HOME GAME IN THE POST-JAMES FRANKLIN ERA. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST SECOND-RANKED INDIANA A WEEK FROM SATURDAY. 

 

THE 6TH-SEEDED PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL FACE UCLA, THE THREE SEED, IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY. THE QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP WILL BE PLAYED AT 7:30 SATURDAY NIGHT AT FOLK FIELD AT PURDUE.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS BACK UP TO NUMBER FOUR IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIS WEEK. MICHIGAN STATE IS NUMBER ONE, MICHIGAN IS SECOND AND WESTERN MICHIGAN IS THIRD. BOSTON UNIVERSITY IS NOW FIFTH. 

THE 7-1 NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY AT OHIO STATE THIS WEEKEND. 

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THE 10-0 PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS HOLDING STEADY AT NUMBER SIX IN THE COACHES POLL THIS WEEK. AND THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM SLIPPED ONE SPOT TO NUMBER 19 IN THE COACHES POLL THIS WEEK. 

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The Lady Lion basketball team announced their promotional schedule for the 2025-26 season on Monday. The 12-game schedule features a THON game, a Whiteout, and a Senior Day, among others.

The Lady Lions will begin their promotional schedule in their home opener against Bucknell this Monday, November 3. They will have three other events in November: Their Military Appreciation match against Cincinnati on Friday, November 7, a Field Trip Day match against Coppin State on Wednesday, November 12, and their PRIDE Day match against Yale on Sunday, November 30.

Penn State will host its Big Ten home opener against Nebraska on December 6, and close out 2025 with a New Year’s Eve match against UCLA.

To kick off 2026, the Lady Lions will hold the “We Back Pat” game against Illinois on January 11. Closing out January, they will host Rutgers for the annual White Out game on January 18 and celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day against Minnesota on January 26.

The final three promotional games will take place in February. The Lady Lions will host Michigan State for a DEI/Black History Month Awareness game on February 7, followed by the Pink Zone game against Northwestern on February 15. They will close out their promotional schedule on February 25 with Senior Day against USC.

Caroline Kieger’s squad will look to bounce back after finishing 10-19 last season, and only securing one conference win. 

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OTHER SPORTS - 

BISHOP MCCORT WRESTLER JAXON FORREST WON AN UNDER-23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT 61 KILOS YESTERDAY AND THE UNITED STATES TAKES FIRST PLACE IN THE

TEAM COMPETITION. FORREST, AN OKLAHOMA STATE RECRUIT, WON A WILD 17-14 MATCH OVER OMURBEK ASAN UULU OF KYRGYSZSTAN IN THE FINALS. UULU WAS THE 

UNDER-17 WORLD CHAMPION LAST YEAR. FORREST JOINS THREE PENN STATE WRESTLERS, LUKE LILLEDAHL, MITCHELL MESENBRINK AND LEVI HAINES AS GOLD MEDALISTS FOR THE U-S IN THE 2025 UNDER-23 CHAMPIONSHIPS. 

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WENT TO COLUMBUS AND DEFEATED OHIO STATE IN FOUR SETS YESTERDAY, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17 AND 25-18. 

 KENNEDY MARTIN PUT ON A SHOW WITH 26 KILLS, 21 DIGS, FOUR ACES AND A COUPLE OF BLOCKS. 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE SWEPT RUTGERS IN THE DIG PINK MATCH AT REC HALL 25-23, 25-19 AND 25-13. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 13-7 OVERALL, 7-3 IN BIG TEN MATCHES. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATED STONEHILL 4-2 SATURDAY NIGHT TO COMPLETE A TWO-GAME SWEEP AFTER THE NITTANY LIONS RALLIED FOR A 3-2 WIN FRIDAY NIGHT. 

IN SATURDAY’S GAME, THREE FRESHMEN SCORED ALONG WITH SOPHOMORE JJ WIEBUSCH WHO SCORED THE GAMEWINNER. JACKSON SMITH, GAVIN MCKENNA AND SHEA VAN OLM ALL SCORED FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. IN FRIDAY’S WIN., GAVIN MCKENNA SCORED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A GAME AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. HIS GOAL TIED IT BEFORE JJ WIEBUSCH SCORED THE GAMEWINNER ON A POWERPLAY WITH JUST 22.5 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD PERIOD. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 7-1 AND WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY AT OHIO STATE THIS WEEKEND. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM SWEEP A PAIR OF GAMES FROM LINDENWOOD,  5-0 ON SATURDAY AND 6-1 ON FRIDAY, TO IMPROVE TO 10-0 ON THE SEASON. 

MADDY CAMPBELL MADE 18 SAVES TO PRESERVE THE SHUTOUT SATURDAY.  KATELYN ROBERTS SCORED TWO OF THE PENN STATE GOALS. MATILDE FANTIN ADDED A 

GOAL AND TWO ASSISTS AND KENDALL BUTZE AND ABBY STONEHOUSE SCORED AS WELL. 

IN FRIDAY’S GAME, TESSA JANECKE AND NICOLE HALL EACH SCORED A PAIR OF GOALS. KATIE DESA MADE 11 SAVES. 

PENN STATE WILL TRAVEL TO ROBERT MORRIS FOR A PAIR OF GAMES THIS COMING WEEKEND. 

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AT THE UNDER-23 WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SERBIA, THREE PENN STATE WRESTLERS CAPTURED GOLD MEDALS AND FRESHMAN PJ DUKE

EARNED THE BRONZE. PENN STATE SOPHOMORE LUKE LILLEDAHL TOOK THE TITLE YESTERDAY AT 57 KILOS. HE WENT 4-0 AND DEFEATED JAPAN’S YUTA KIKUCHI IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

BOUT, 4-0. PENN STATE SENIOR LEVI HAINES CAPTURED GOLD AT 79 KILOS YESTERDAY.  HAINES WON HIS TITLE BOUT BY TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY, 11-1, OVER 

IBRAHIM YAPRAK OF TURKEY. AND ON SATURDAY, PENN STATE JUNIOR MITCHELL MESENBRINK WON GOLD AT 74 KILOS. IN THE FINALS, 

MESENBRINK GAVE UP THE INITIAL TAKEDOWN TO MUHAMMED OZMUS OF TURKEY AND THEN REELED OFF SIX STRAIGHT OF HIS OWN TO WIN A 12-2 TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY. 

MESENBRINK ALSO KNOCKED OFF THE REIGNING SENIOR WORLD CHAMPION YOSHI AOYAGI OF JAPAN IN THE SEMIFINALS WITH A LATE TAKEDOWN FOR A 7-4 WIN. 

FRESHMAN PJ DUKE BATTLED BACK FROM A SEMIFINALS LOSS TO EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALIST KANAN HEYBATOV OF AZERBAIJAN TO TAKE BRONZE. DUKE DEFEATED 

DAVIT MARGARYAN OF ARMENIA BY FALL TO PLACE THIRD. 

FRESHMAN MARCUS BLAZE LOST A 4-2 DECISION IN THE OPENING ROUND TO BILOL SHARIP UULU OF KHAZAKSTAN. 

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AND TRANSFER ROCCO WELSH WENT 2-1 AT 86 KILOS AND WAS DEFEATED IN THE QUARTERFINALS BY ABOLFAZI RAHMANI OF IRAN. 

JOSH BARR WAS INJURED IN HIS SECOND MATCH, IN THE QUARTERFINALS, AND COULD NOT CONTINUE. IT IS NOT YET KNOWN HOW SIGNIFICANT THE INJURY MAY BE. 

ALSO FOR THE U-S, JAX FORREST WILL WRESTLE FOR GOLD TODAY AT 61 KILOS. GARAVOUS KOUEKABAKILAHO LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS AT 97 KILOS AND 

DANE HERRERA FINISHED FIFTH AT 125 KILOS.  

THE UNITED STATES LEADS THE TEAM STANDINGS AND CAN CLINCH THE TEAM TITLE IF OKLAHOMA STATE FRESHMAN JAX FORREST WINS HIS GOLD MEDAL MATCH AND 

IRAN LOSES ONE OF ITS TWO BRONZE MEDAL MATCHES. 

 

ALSO IN THE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE UNITED STATES’ KYLIE WELKER WON GOLD AT 76 KILOS, AUDREY JIMINEZ AND JASMINE ROBINSON EARNED SILVER AT 

50 KILOS AND 72 KILOS RESPECTIVELY. AND ALEXIS JANIAK TOOK BRONZE AT 59 KILOS. 

THE U-S ALSO HAD TWO BRONZE MEDALISTS IN GRECO ROMAN IN OTTO BLACK AT 67 KILOS AND PAYTON JACOBSON AT 87 KILOS. 

 

ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE, IN THE 2025 WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - FOR THE UNDER-20, THE UNDER-23 AND THE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, PENN STATE AND 

NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB WRESTLERS REPRESENTED THE UNITED STATES IN 15 OF THE 30 WEIGHT CLASSES. AND THOSE 15 WRESTLERS BROUGHT HOME 

11 MEDALS - 6 GOLD, 2 SILVER AND 3 BRONZE.  HISTORIC STUFF FOR THE PROGRAM.  

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REAL AMERICAN FREESTYLE 02 WAS HELD AT THE JORDAN CENTER SATURDAY NIGHT. AUSTIN DESANTO DEFEATED NICO MEGALUDIS 10-0. 

TAJMURAZ SALKAZANOV EARNED A 4-4 DECISION OVER JAMES GREEN. MASON PARRIS ROLLED TO AN 11-0 WIN OVER ALEXANDR ROMANOV. 

CAYDEN HENSCHEL WON A MATCH-UP OF MEDIA INFLUENCERS OF MUGZY JIMISON 11-1. 

NATE JACKSON WON A BATTLE OVER CARTER STAROCCI 7-2, JAKE VARNER EARNED A 5-1 DECISION OVER PAT DOWNEY, DAVID CARR BEAT AMR REDA 18-6. 

NATHAN TOMASELLO HELD OFF MATT RAMOS 5-3. HELEN MAROULIS WAS A 6-0 WINNER OVER SAMANTHA STEWART AND KYLE DAKE KNOCKED OFF 

BORIS MAKEOV, 7-1.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WRAPPED UP THE REGULAR SEASON YESTERDAY WITH A 2-0 VICTORY OVER OHIO STATE AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

BELLA AYSCUE AND KAITLYN MACBEAN SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS AND MACKENZIE GRESS MADE THREE SAVES TO PRESERVE THE SHUTOUT. 

PENN STATE HEADS INTO THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT AT PURDUE WITH A RECORD OF 9-6-3 ON THE SEASON, 5-4-2 IN CONFERENCE GAMES. 

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IN A COLD GAME AT WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT, THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WAS SHUT OUT BY THE BADGERS 2-0.  THE NITTANY LIONS FALL TO 5-7-3 ON THE 

SEASON AND ARE NOW 1-5-2 IN BIG TEN GAMES. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY ITS FINAL ROAD GAME OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT OHIO STATE. 

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST AT PRINCETON YESTERDAY, 6-1. JOJI PURDY SCORED PENN STATE’S ONLY GOAL. 

ON FRIDAY, THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATED LOCK HAVEN 8-0. ELLA JENNES SCORED THE HAT TRICK FOR THE NITTANY LIONS WHILE NATALIE FREEMAN 

ADDED TWO GOALS AND TWO ASSISTS. PENN STATE FALLS BACK UNDER .500 FOR THE SEASON AT 7-8. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE AT HOME AGAINST RUTGERS FRIDAY AT 5PM.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM COMPLETED ITS EXHIBITION SCHEDULE WITH AN 86-67 WIN OVER SHIPPENSBURG YESTERDAY AT THE JORDAN CENTER. 

THE NITTANY LIONS SCORED THE FIRST 19 POINTS OF THE GAME AND HELD A 48-19 LEAD AT THE HALF. FREDDIE DILIONE V LED PENN STATE WITH 21 POINTS ON 

7-OF-11 SHOOTING. HE ALSO HAD FOUR REBOUNDS, FOUR ASSISTS AND TWO STEALS. ELI RICE ADDED 17 POINTS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS WHO OPEN UP THE REGULAR SEASON A WEEK FROM TODAY AGAINST FAIRFIELD IN A 7 O’CLOCK TIPOFF AT THE JORDAN CENTER. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS LOST AT PITT IN A TWO-DAY MEET FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 

ON THE MEN’S SIDE, EDUARDO CISTERNAS WON BOTH THE 500 AND THE 1,000 FREESTYLE RACES. COOPER MORLEY WON BOTH THE 100 AND 200 YARD BACKSTROKE                      AND MARIANO LAZZERINI TOOK BOTH THE 100 AND 200 BREAST STROKE. 

ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE, MORGAN MOORE WON THE 1,000 YARD FREESTYLE AND TOOK SECOND IN THE 500 FREE. CATHERIN MEISNER ALSO HAD A PAIR OF SECOND PLACE

FINISHES IN BOTH THE 200 FREE AND THE 200 IM.  

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THE PENN STATE FENCING TEAMS COMPETED AT THE NIKKI FRANKE INVITATIONAL AT TEMPLE OVER THE WEEKEND. 

ON SATURDAY, LENA GYENES LED THE WOMEN IN EPEE, FINISHING 22ND. IN SABER, EUYNU KIM LED THE WAY FOR PENN STATE WITH A FIFTH PLACE FINISH. 

 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, STATE COLLEGE CAUSED FOUR TURNOVERS BUT CAME UP SHORT AT BISHOP MCDEVITT, 36-20.

CONNOR KULKA THREW TOUCHDOWN PASSES TO AJ FRY AND HANK LUSTIG AND D’ANTAE SHEFFEY HAD A 5-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BUT THE 

LITTLE LIONS FALL TO 8-2 ON THE SEASON. 

THE OTHER FOUR CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS ALL CLOSED OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH VICTORIES. 

BELLEFONTE DEFEATED GREATER JOHNSTOWN 31-19.  THE RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 4-6 AND WILL HEAD IN TO THE DISTRICT 6 QUAD-A PLAYOFFS TO AGAIN PLAY GREATER JOHNSTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT. 

BALD EAGLE AREA ENDS THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A .500 RECORD AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT’S 21-0 SHUTOUT OF CENTRAL CAMBRIA. THE EAGLES GOT THE #8 PLAYOFF SPOT FOR DISTRICT 6 AA AND WILL FACE #1 BISHOP McCORT FRIDAY NIGHT. 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA DEFEATED BEDFORD 28-6 AS THE MOUNTIES FINISH WITH A 5-5 RECORD. 

PENNS VALLEY ENDED ITS SEASON WITH A 28-0 VICTORY OVER WESTMONT HILLTOP. THE RAMS FINISH THE YEAR WITH A 2-8 MARK WHILE THE HILLTOPPERS GO 0-10.  

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FOR CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS IN THE DISTRICT 6 PLAYOFFS… STATE COLLEGE WILL HAVE A BYE WEEK BEFORE FACING THE DISTRICT 10 CHAMPION IN A SUBREGIONAL A WEEK 

FROM FRIDAY. BELLEFONTE WILL HOST JOHNSTOWN IN THE QUAD-A SEMIFINALS FRIDAY AT 7. THE WINNER WILL FACE JUNIATA THE FOLLOWING WEEK FOR THE DISTRICT 6

CHAMPIONSHIP. TYRONE WILL BE AT HUNTINGDON IN A TRIPLE-A SEMIFINAL GAME FRIDAY. 

IN THE DOUBLE-A QUARTERFINALS, BALD EAGLE AREA WILL VISIT BISHOP MCCORT FRIDAY NIGHT. 

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AT THE DISTRICT 6 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SATURDAY, THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS AND GIRLS BOTH WON THE TRIPLE-A CHAMPIONSHIPS. 

BELLEFONTE’S BOYS FINISHED SECOND TO CENTRAL CAMBRIA WHILE PENNS VALLEY PLACED 7TH, BALD EAGLE AREA 8TH AND PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 10TH. 

THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS WERE THIRD BEHIND CHAMPION CENTRAL CAMBRIA AND RUNNERUP MARION CENTER. PENNS VALLEY WAS 5TH, BALD EAGLE AREA 6TH

AND PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 9TH. 

MARION CENTER WON THE SINGLE-A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE THE SINGLE-A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP WAS WON BY RICHLAND. 

INDIVIDUALLY, IN THE BOYS TRIPLE-A RACE, STATE COLLEGE’S THEO OPPERMANN WAS SECOND TO CARTER SMITH OF MIFFLIN COUNTY. 

THE LITTLE LIONS HAD SIX RUNNERS FINISH IN THE TOP ELEVEN. JOINING OPPERMANN WAS LUKE BRADBURY IN THIRD PLACE, THOMAS RUFFING IN 

SEVENTH, DEXTER WALKER IN 9TH, KYLE FRITZSCHE IN 10TH AND OWEN VIGLIONE IN 11TH. 

STATE COLLEGE’S EVELYN YOUNKIN WAS THE CHAMPION IN THE GIRLS TRIPLE-A RACE. TEAMMATES AUTUMN SWISHER , CAROLYN FRANK AND JULIA BIGGER PLACED FIFTH THROUGH SEVENTH RESPECTIVELY. AND STATE HIGH’S SILVIA HUTCHINSON WAS 9TH AND LACEY SHEAFFER 10TH. AINSLEY BARABAS PLACED 13TH FOR STATE HIGH. 

IN THE BOYS DOUBLE-A RACE, BELLEFONTE’S JONATHAN GASPER WAS THE RUNNERUP TO ETHAN HAYCISAK OF CENTRAL CAMBRIA. THE RED RAIDERS’ MAVERICK MUCHMORE WAS SEVENTH AND CARSON FRITCHMAN 13TH. PENNS VALLEY’S TAVEN PRICE WAS 8TH AND BALD EAGLE AREA’S OWEN DECHOW TOOK 10TH. PENNS VALLEY’S WILL MAYER ALSO TOOK 20TH. 

ADDISON FRY OF BELLEFONTE WAS THE RUNNER UP IN THE GIRLS DOUBLE-A RACE BEHIND ONLY LANEE BERKHIMER OF CENTRAL. BELLEFONTE’S 

NATALIE JOLLEY PLACED FOURTH WITH BALD EAGLE AREA’S HEIDI EVELETH 11TH, PENNS VALLEY’S LILLYANNA SMITH 15TH AND PENNS VALLEY’S 

JESSALINE PRICE 17TH. 

NOAH KNOBLOCH OF BISHOP CARROLL WON THE BOYS SINGLE-A RACE WHILE NATALIA MAVRIDIS OF RICHLAND TOOK THE GIRLS SINGLE-A TITLE. 

STATE COLLEGE ALSO WON THE JV BOYS AND GIRLS TITLES WITH STATE COLLEGE’S BENJAMIN ALEXANDER WINNING THE BOYS RACE AND TEAMMATE

ADRIAN DORAN TAKING SECOND. STATE COLLEGE’S ANNE HORGAS WON THE GIRLS RACE WITH TEAMMATE KAITLYN BAYLIS SECOND. 

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ALSO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IN THE DISTRICT 6 DOUBLE-A PLAYOFFS. 

PENNS VALLEY WILL NOW PLAY AT SECOND SEEDED BALD EAGLE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE QUARTERFINALS. 

STATE COLLEGE HAS ALREADY CLINCHED THE DISTRICT 6 QUAD-A TITLE AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS. 

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THE DISTRICT 6 SOCCER PLAYOFFS CONTINUE THIS WEEK.  TONIGHT, IN THE BOYS DOUBLE-A SEMIFINALS, A COUPLE OF CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS WILL BE IN ACTION.

AT SIX O’CLOCK, SECOND SEEDED PENNS VALLEY WILL PLAY 6TH-SEEDED WEST SHAMOKIN.  AND AT SEVEN O’CLOCK, 4TH-SEEDED BALD EAGLE AREA WILL FACE 

TOP SEEDED JUNIATA AT MIFFLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  

IN THE GIRLS DOUBLE-A SEMIFINALS TONIGHT, JUNIATA WILL PLAY AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS AT 6 AND CENTRAL WILL VISIT FOREST HILLS AT 7. 

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STATE COLLEGE WRESTLER JAMES WHITBRED HAS ANNOUNCED HIS COMMITMENT TO PENN STATE WRESTLING. WHITBRED IS A JUNIOR AT STATE COLLEGE AND IS 41-18 SO FAR IN HIS SCHOLASTIC CAREER. HE IS A TWO-TIME DISTRICT SIX CHAMPION AND WAS SIXTH AT THE PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST SEASON. HE CHOSE PENN STATE OVER INDIANA AND NORTH CAROLINA. 

 

THE BELLEFONTE BOYS SOCCER TEAM LOST A HEARTBREAKER IN THE DISTRICT 6 SEMIFINALS LAST NIGHT. A PENALTY KICK GOAL IN THE SECOND OVERTIME LIFTED TYRONE TO THE 3-2 VICTORY. BELLEFONTE HAD LED 2-0 AT ONE POINT. CONNELL STABINGER AND AUSTIN LARSON SCORED THE RED RAIDERS’ GOALS. 

 

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT: 

STATE COLLEGE WRAPS UP THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A BIG ONE. THE 8-1 LITTLE LIONS WILL VISIT 7-2 BISHOP MCDEVITT. 

THE OTHER CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS ARE ALL HOME. 

BELLEFONTE IS 3-6 AND WILL BE AT HOME AGAINST 1-8 GREATER JOHNSTOWN

BALD EAGLE AREA IS 4-5 AND WILL ENTERTAIN CENTRAL CAMBRIA WHO IS ALSO 4-5.  

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA HAS A 4-5 RECORD AND WILL HOST 2-7 BEDFORD

PENNS VALLEY WELCOMES WESTMONT HILLTOP. THE RAMS ARE 1-8 WHILE THE HILLTOPPERS ARE 0-9.  

 

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

BOTH PENN STATE AND OHIO STATE ARE IDLE SATURDAY IN ANTICIPATION OF THEIR MEETING IN COLUMBUS NEXT WEEK IN A NOON KICKOFF ON NOVEMBER FIRST. THE BUCKEYES ARE 7-0 AND ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-4 AND HAVE LOST FOUR STRAIGHT. 

THERE WILL BE SOME INTRIGUING GAMES IN THE BIG TEN THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING UNDFFEATED INDIANA HOSTING A UCLA TEAM THAT HAS REELED OFF THREE STRAIGHT WINS AFTER AN 0-4 START. 

NEBRASKA WILL HOST NORTHWESTERN, RUTGERS VISITS PURDUE, ILLINOIS TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON FOR A BIG TEST, IOWA IS HOME WITH MINNESOTA AND HAPLESS WISCONSIN IS AT OREGON SATURDAY NIGHT. ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT, MICHIGAN VISITS MICHIGAN STATE.  

SOME OTHER BIG GAMES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND INCLUDE A COUPLE OF MATCHUPS BETWEEN 6-1 TEAMS IN SEC AS MISSOURI VISTS VANDERBILT AND  OLE MISS GOES TO OKLAHOMA. UNDEFEATED BYU VISITS IOWA STATE, MEMPHIS HOSTS SOUTH FLORIDA AND SATURDAY NIGHT, LSU WILL HOST TEXAS A&M.  

 

ACTION IS UNDERWAY AT THE UNDER 23 FREESTYLE WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. PENN STATE’S MITCHELL MESENBRINK DEFEATED THE REIGNING SENIOR WORLD CHAMPION, YOSHINOSUKE AOYAGI OF JAPAN WITH A LATE TAKE DOWN IN THE SEMIFINALS, 7-4 AND WILL NOW WRESTLE FOR GOLD ON SATURDAY. MESENBRINK WON HIS FIRST TWO MATCHES BY TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY. PENN STATE TEAMMATE JOSH BARR WON HIS FIRST MATCH BY TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY AND WAS LEADING 3-1 IN THE QUARTERFINALS WHEN AN INJURY OCCURRED AND HE ENDED UP LOSING 13-3. BARR HAS BEEN PULLED BACK INTO REPECHAGE TOMORROW BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER HE’LL BE ABLE TO COMPETE OR NOT. THREE MORE NITTANY LIONS WILL BEGIN COMPETITION IN SERBIA TOMORROW IN LUKE LILLEDAHL, PJ DUKE AND LEVI HAINES. AND ON SUNDAY, THE NITTANY LIONS’ MARCUS BLAZE AND ROCCO WELSH WILL BEGIN COMPETING.  

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THE FIFTH-RANKED PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HAS ITS FINAL TUNEUP BEFORE BIG TEN PLAY BEGINS NEXT WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST STONEHILL IN GAMES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-1 BUT HAVE TRAILED IN ALL BUT ONE OF THEIR FIRST SIX GAMES THIS SEASON. FACEOFF WILL BE AT 7 TONIGHT AND 6 TOMORROW NIGHT. STONEHILL IS IN ITS FOURTH SEASON OF BEING A DIVISION ONE PROGRAM AND THIS MARKS THE FIRST EVER MEETING BETWEEN THE NITTANY LIONS AND THE SKYHAWKS. (EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS)

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS HOSTING LINDENWOOD IN A PAIR OF GAMES AT PEGULA ICE ARENA TODAY AT 2PM AND SATURDAY AT 1PM.  PENN STATE IS RANKED SIXTH IN THE COACHES POLL AT 8-0 ON THE SEASON. 

 

IT’S THE DIG PINK MATCH FOR THE 18TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM TONIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST RUTGERS IN THE 7 O’CLOCK START AT REC HALL.  PENN STATE IS 11-7 ON THE SEASON, 5-3 IN BIG TEN MATCHES. PENN STATE WILL ALSO VISIT OHIO STATE ON SUNDAY. 

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM IS AT LOCK HAVEN THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 AND WILL PLAY AT PRINCETON ON SUNDAY AT NOON. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 6-8 ON THE SEASON.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL PLAY AT WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT. KICKOFF IS SET FOR 8PM. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-6-3 ON THE SEASON, 1-4-2 IN THE BIG TEN. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH THE WHITE OUT GAME AGAINST OHIO STATE IN A 1 O’CLOCK START SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

PENN STATE IS 8-6-3 ON THE SEASON, 4-4-2 IN CONFERENCE GAMES. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY ITS FINAL EXHIBITION GAME OF THE YEAR AGAINST SHIPPENSBURG SUNDAY AT NOON AGAINST SHIPPENSBURG. ADMISSION FOR THE CONTEST IS FREE. 

 

REAL AMERICAN FREESTYLE 02 WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE JORDAN CENTER. THERE WILL BE TEN MATCHES INCLUDING NINE MEN’S MATCHES AND ONE WOMEN’S MATCH. 

FORMER PENN STATE STARS CARTER STAROCCI, NICO MEGALUDIS AND ROMAN BRAVO-YOUNG WILL BE AMONG THOSE COMPETING ALONG WITH JAKE VARNER AND KYLE DAKE FROM THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB. THE ACTION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 7PM TOMORROW NIGHT. 

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PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNAST AKSELI KARSIKAS COMPETED AT THE ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN INDONESIA AND FINISHED 20TH IN THE ALL-AROUND COMPETITION FOR FINLAND. PENN STATE’S SAM ZAKUTNEY ALSO COMPETED IN THE EVENT FOR CANADA. 

 

THE PENN STATE FENCING TEAM OPENS ITS SEASON AT THE NIKKI FRANKE INVIATIONAL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. THE WOMEN WILL COMPETE TOMORROW AND THE MEN WILL COMPETE ON SUNDAY. 

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THE PIAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AT THE PENN STATE GOLF COURSES.  

THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS FINISHED IN A TIE FOR SECOND WITH RADNOR. BOTH TEAMS FINISHED AT ONE-UNDER PAR.  UNIONVILLE WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 2-UNDER PAR SCORE OF 286.  

SCRANTON PREP WON THE DOUBLE-A BOYS TITLE.  ERIE CATHEDRAL PREP WAS SECOND AND DEVON PREP THIRD.  

CONESTOGA WON THE TRIPLE-A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH PETERS TOWNSHIP SECOND AND MOUNT ST. JOSEPH THIRD. 

WEST MIDDLESEX WON THE DOUBLE-A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP. FAIRVIEW FINISHED SECOND AND TRINITY WAS THIRD.  

 

IN THE DISTRICT 6 BOYS DOUBLE-A SOCCER PLAYOFFS LAST NIGHT, BALD EAGLE AREA GOT BY CAMBRIA HEIGHTS 2-1 AND PENNS VALLEY SHUT OUT CENTRAL CAMBRIA 3-0.  

BISHOP CARROLL DEFEATED ST. JOSEPH’S 1-0 LAST NIGHT IN THE SINGLE-A PLAYOFFS. 

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TONIGHT, IN THE TRIPLE-A SEMIFINALS, BELLEFONTE WILL HOST TYRONE AT 8PM.  THE RED RAIDERS ARE THE TWO-SEED WHILE TYRONE IS THE THREE SEED. TOP SEEDED HOLLIDAYSBURG WILL HOST FOURTH SEEDED CENTRAL MOUNTAIN TONIGHT AT 7.  

 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A BYE WEEK AS IT PREPARES FOR TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE. THAT MEETING IN COLUMBUS WILL KICK OFF AT 12 NOON.  THE BUCKEYES ALSO HAVE A BYE WEEK.  

THE BUCKEYES ARE 17.5 POINT FAVORITES.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE WORKING ON A NEW OFFENSIVE SYSTEM AND HEAD COACH TERRY SMITH SAYS THEY ARE PLANNING TO UTILIZE THE FRESHMEN RECEIVERS MORE MOVING FORWARD. 

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Penn State women’s cross country Florence Caron has been named the Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon.

Caron has continued her strong fall, leading the Nittany Lions to a seventh-place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational, their best ever at the event. Individually, Caron finished 15th overall, running the 6K in 20:07.3. She was the first Big Ten competitor to finish at the event as well.

Caron and the Nittany Lions are back in action next Friday, Oct. 31, for Big Ten Championships hosted by Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.

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PENN STATE SENIOR MARIANO LAZZERINI HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK. LAZZERINI WON TWO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AND TWO RELAYS THIS PAST WEEKEND 

IN THE MEET AGAINST YALE. HE WON THE 100 AND 200 BREASTSTROKE AND WAS ALSO PART OF THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM AND THE 400 MEDLEY RELAY TEAM THAT EACH TOOK FIRST AS WELL. 

THE NITTANY LIONS RETURN TO ACTION AT PITT ON SATURDAY.  

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Penn State Women’s Gymnastics has officially announced its 2026 competition schedule, featuring five home meets inside Rec Hall along with a competitive slate of Big Ten and non-conference matchups.

The Nittany Lions will open the season on Jan. 11, hosting Yale at 2 p.m. in Rec Hall, which will be part of a double dual with the men's team, as they face Army. Conference action begins the following week when Penn State travels to Illinois on Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. before returning home to face Maryland on Jan. 25 at 2 p.m.

February brings both Big Ten and nationally ranked competition, highlighted by a road trip to LSU on Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. The Lions then return home for back-to-back meets against Michigan State (Feb. 8, 2 p.m.) and Minnesota (Feb. 14 at 2 p.m.) before traveling to Iowa on Feb. 21 (6 p.m.), a meet that will air live on BTN.

Penn State closes its home schedule on Feb. 28, hosting Michigan, Nebraska and Washington beginning at 6 p.m. on BTN. That will be followed by a quad meet at Ohio State with NC State and EMU on March 8 at 2 p.m. The Lions then wrap regular season action at North Carolina for a tri-meet with the Tar Heels and Cornhuskers on March 13 at 6:45 p.m.

The postseason begins March 19–21 with the Big Ten Championships, which will also be broadcast on BTN. Championship location and session assignments will be announced at a later date.

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The Penn State All-Sports Museum (PSASM) will host its 16th annual Trick-or-Treat night, featuring Penn State Athletes, campus organizations, and community groups on Tuesday, October 28 from 6-8 p.m.

The PSASM, in partnership with the Penn State Student Athlete Advisory Board and the members of the State College Quarterback Club, with support from athletics partners Snickers, Utz, and Musselman’s, invite the local community to celebrate Halloween with a fun-filled evening – held inside Beaver Stadium for the first time. Guests will enjoy photo opportunities, fun activities, giveaways, and lots of candy from Penn State student-athletes, the Penn State Cheerleaders, Nittany Lion Mascot, and various campus, and community groups, including Star Wars cosplayers. The Statesmen acapella singers will also provide entertainment.

Alpha Phi Omega coed service fraternity will sponsor a non-perishable food drive with all donations going to Penn State’s Lion Pantry.

 The event is free to the public. For more information about PSASM's Trick or Treat Night, call 814-865-0044 or email psusportsmuseum@psu.edu.

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THE PIAA STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE LINE TODAY. 

YESTERDAY, ST. JOSEPH’S MADISON KOSHKO WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE GIRLS’ DOUBLE-A TOURNAMENT. SHE SHOT A 68 IN EACH ROUND AND FINISHED WITH A GOLD MEDAL-WINNING 8-UNDER 136, THE BEST SCORE TURNED IN BY ANYONE IN ANY OF THE DIVSIONS. KOSHKO RALLIED FROM A THREE-SHOT DEFICIT OVER THE LAST SIX HOLES TO PULL OUT THE VICTORY.  KOSHKO IS NOW A TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION AS SHE ALSO WON THE TITLE LAST YEAR. THE FOUR-TIME DISTRICT 6 CHAMPION IS HEADING TO PENN STATE NEXT YEAR AND ALSO FINISHED SIXTH AS A FRESHMAN AND FIFTH AS A SOPHOMORE AT THE PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.  

KATE SOWERS OF WEST MIDDLESEX TOOK SECOND AT 6-UNDER AND ALYSSA ZHANG OF SHADY SIDE ACADEMY WAS THIRD AT 5-UNDER. 

ST. JOSEPH’S OLIVIA KOSHKO, A SOPHOMORE AND SISTER OF MADISON,  WAS FIFTH AT 6-OVER. 

 

CARSON KITTSLEY OF CHAPEL HILL WON THE INDIVIDUAL TRIPLE-A BOYS TITLE WITH AN 8-UNDER 136.  JACK SACRIPONTE OF GREATER LATROBE WAS SECOND, ONE SHOT BACK AND CHARLIE BARRICKMAN OF UNIONVILLE WAS THIRD, TWO SHOTS BACK. STATE COLLEGE’S LUKE MCGRAW FINISHED IN A TIE FOR 9TH AT TWO-OVER PAR. STATE HIGH’S CHARLIE LADRIDO FINISHED IN A TIE FOR 41ST WITH A 10-OVER PAR SCORE. 

IN THE DOUBLE-A BOYS TOURNAMENT, COLE POWELL OF SCRANTON PREP WAS THE WINNER WITH A 7-UNDER PAR 137. ANTHONY LABODA OF FAIRVIEW WAS SECOND, 2 STROKES BACK AND LUKE SIKORA OF GREENSBURG SALEM WAS THIRD, THREE SHOTS BACK. CENTRE COUNTY’S BEST FINISHER WAS JAKE LUCAS OF PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WHO WAS 71ST WITH A SCORE OF 29-OVER PAR. 

IN THE GIRLS TRIPLE-A TOURNAMENT, MYA MORGAN OF ELIZABETH FORWARD TOOK THE TITLE WITH A 3-UNDER 141. KAYLEY ROBERTS OF PHOENIXVILLE WAS SECOND, FOUR SHOTS BACK AND PIPER SMITH OF WARWICK TOOK THIRD, SIX STROKES BACK. 

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THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM LOST TO TOP SEEDED CAMBRIA HEIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT SIX DOUBLE-A PLAYOFFS LAST NIGHT, 2-0.  THE LADY HIGHLANDERS DOMINATED PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF AND PENNS VALLEY PUT OUT A VALIANT DEFENSIVE EFFORT IN THE SECOND HALF BUT SEES ITS SEASON COME TO AN END WITH THE PLAYOFF LOSS.  CAMBRIA HEIGHTS WILL MOVE ON TO HOST JUNIATA IN THE SEMIFINALS ON MONDAY. JUNIATA WAS A 2-1 WINNER OVER PENN CAMBRIA YESTERDAY. 

 

IN THE DISTRICT SIX BOYS DOUBLE-A SOCCER QUARTERFINALS TONIGHT, BALD EAGLE AREA WILL HOST CAMBRIA HEIGHTS. THE EAGLES ARE THE FOUR SEED WHILE THE HIGHLANDERS ARE THE FIVE SEED. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 8PM. 

THAT WILL FOLLOW THE SIX O’CLOCK GAME AT BALD EAGLE AREA BETWEEN PENNS VALLEY, THE TWO SEED AND CENTRAL CAMBRIA WHICH IS THE 7 SEED.  

 

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS SOCCER TEAM WILL HAVE A DISTRICT SIX SEMIFINAL GAME TONIGHT. SAINT JOE’S IS THE THIRD SEED AND WILL TAKE ON SECOND SEEDED BISHOP CARROLL IN AN 8 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT MANSION PARK IN ALTOONA TONIGHT. 

THE WINNER WILL FACE (WESTMONT HILLTOP) AFTER THE HILLTOPPERS DEFEATED MOUNT UNION LAST NIGHT, 4-0.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM CLOSED OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A THREE SETS TO ONE VICTORY OVER TRINITY YESTERDAY. 

STATE HIGH WILL HEAD INTO THE PIAA STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE DISTRICT SIX CHAMPION WTIH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 14-3.  

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT: 

STATE COLLEGE WRAPS UP THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A BIG ONE. THE 8-1 LITTLE LIONS WILL VISIT 7-2 BISHOP MCDEVITT. 

THE OTHER CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS ARE ALL HOME. 

BELLEFONTE IS 3-6 AND WILL BE AT HOME AGAINST 1-8 GREATER JOHNSTOWN

BALD EAGLE AREA IS 4-5 AND WILL ENTERTAIN CENTRAL CAMBRIA WHO IS ALSO 4-5.  

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA HAS A 4-5 RECORD AND WILL HOST 2-7 BEDFORD

PENNS VALLEY WELCOMES WESTMONT HILLTOP. THE RAMS ARE 1-8 WHILE THE HILLTOPPERS ARE 0-9.  

 

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PENN STATE FOOTBALL HAS A BYE WEEK. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE WINLESS IN THE BIG TEN AND HAVE LOST FOUR STRAIGHT. PENN STATE WILL VISIT TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE IN A NOON KICKOFF ON NOVEMBER 1ST. THE BUCKEYES ARE UNDEFEATED AND ALSO HAVE A BYE WEEK THIS WEEK.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S TENNIS TEAM WRAPPED UP PLAY AT THE ITA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP YESTERDAY AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. 

PENN STATE SOPHOMORE REIYA HATTORI ADVANCED TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE MAIN DRAW TO LEAD THE PENN STATE CONTINGENT. HATTORI ALSO TEAMED WITH DAVID 

LINDSAY FOR A FIRST ROUND DOUBLES VICTORY AS WELL.  

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PENN STATE JUNIOR MATT DIMARSICO HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN HOCKEY FIRST STAR OF THE WEEK. DIMARSICO SCORED THREE GOALS AND HAD SIX POINTS IN THE SERIES SWEEP OF LIU LAST WEEKEND. THE FIFTH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-1 AND WILL HOST STONEHILL IN GAMES FRIDAY AT 7PM AND SATURDAY AT 6PM AT PEGULA ICE ARENA.  PENN STATE WILL THEN OPEN BIG TEN PLAY AT OHIO STATE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM RECEIVED PLENTY OF ACCOLADES FROM THE AHA. TESSA JANECKE HAS BEEN NAMED THE CONFERENCE’S FORWARD OF THE WEEK WITH DANICA MAYNARD THE DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK AND KATIE DESA THE GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK. THE NITTANY LIONS SWEPT A PAIR OF GAMES FROM MERCYHURST AND NOW STAND AT 8-0 ON THE SEASON AND ARE RANKED SIXTH IN THE COACHES’ POLL. PENN STATE WILL HOST LINDENWOOD FOR AHA GAMES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON THIS WEEKEND. FRIDAY’S GAME WILL BE AT 2 O’CLOCK AND SATURDAY’S AT 1 O’CLOCK.  

The No. 6 Penn State women’s hockey team will be practicing without its captain during parts of November and December.

Senior forward Tessa Janecke has been named to the Team USA Rivalry Series roster.

This isn’t Janecke’s first time representing Team USA. In fact, she has played in three International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championships. She won two gold medals, and in 2025, she scored the golden goal.

This marks the fourth year in a row that Janecke will be a part of the Rivalry Series. Last year, she tallied three points during the series.

The series will open in Cleveland on November 6. Then, there will be a game in Buffalo on November 8, followed by two games on December 10 and 13. Both of the final games will be in Edmonton.

Fortunately for the Nittany Lions, they don’t play any games concurrently with the Rivalry Series, so it is unlikely Janecke will miss any games with the team.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

IT'S PLAYOFF SEASON FOR HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER AND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL. 

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TONIGHT, THE DISTRICT 6 DOUBLE-A GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS GET UNDERWAY. PENNS VALLEY IS THE 8-SEED AND WILL VISIT TOP SEED CAMBRIA HEIGHTS IN A 6 O’CLOCK KICKOFF.  ALSO TONIGHT, HUNTINGDON WILL BE AT FOREST HILLS AT 7PM.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL CLOSE ITS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE THIS AFTERNOON. STATE HIGH IS 13-2 ON THE SEASON WHILE TRINITY IS 8-4.  THAT MATCH WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 4PM. 

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THE PIAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUE TODAY AT THE PENN STATE GOLF COURSES. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY IN THE FOUR CLASSE,  BOYS AND GIRLS TRIPLE-A AND DOUBLE-A, WILL WRAP UP AND THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW.  

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

Penn State Football received its kick time for its November 1 contest at Ohio State. The Nittany Lions and the Buckeyes will kick off in Ohio Stadium at noon ET on November 1. The game will be televised by Fox. 

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Penn State men’s soccer fought for 90 minutes on Monday evening but came up short against No. 21 Washington, 2-1, on Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pennsylvania. Redshirt-freshman Jonathan Evans had eight stops in the contest, while Ben Liscum was the difference for the Nittany Lions on the scoresheet, putting away a penalty kick in the 76th minute.

Penn State falls to 5-6-3 (1-4-2 B1G) with the result, while the Huskies improve to 9-3-2 (6-1-0 B1G).

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The Penn State men’s golf team concluded the fall portion of its 2025-26 schedule at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate hosted by the University of South Florida this week finishing 16th at even par, 864.

Memphis took the team win at 28-under, one stroke clear of Florida Gulf Coast in second while Kansas (26-under), Northwestern (24-under) and Minnesota (20-under) rounded out a closely contested top-five.

As he did all fall, junior Alex Creamean paced the Nittany Lions with an even par, 216, to finish the week tied for 47th after opening with a 3-under 69 in the first round and closing with a 1-under, 71, during Monday’s final round with a 4-over, 76, in between.

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IN THE COACHES’ POLLS THIS WEEK: PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY IS UP ONE SPOT TO NUMBER 5.  PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY IS HOLDING STEADY AT NUMBER SIX. PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL IS DOWN ONE SPOT TO NUMBER 18.  

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS NOW LOST FOUR IN A ROW AFTER A SECOND STRAIGHT ONE-POINT LOSS. SATURDAY NIGHT, THE IOWA HAWKEYES SLIPPED PAST THE NITTANY LIONS 25-24 IN TERRY SMITH’S DEBUT AS INTERIM HEAD COACH.  THE NITTANY LIONS GOT A BLOCKED PUNT AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF TO TAKE A LEAD, 11 POINTS AT ONE POINT.

IOWA HAD 245 RUSHING YARDS INCLUDING 130 FROM QUARTERBACK MARK GRONOWSKI. KAYTRON ALLEN RAN FOR 145 YARDS FOR PENN STATE. XAVIER GILLIAM BLOCKED A 66-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT AND ELLIOT WASHINGTON, JR. RETURNED IT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO GIVE PENN STATE A 14-10 LEAD AT THE HALF. 

ETHAN GRUNKEMEYER STRUGGLED IN HIS FIRST START, COMPLETING 15 OF 28 PASSES FOR JUST 93 YARDS WITH NO TOUCHDOWNS AND TWO INTERCEPTIONS.  

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 3-4 ON THE SEASON AND HAVE A BYE WEEK BEFORE A TRIP TO COLUMBUS TO VISIT NUMBER ONE-RANKED OHIO STATE.  

 

NOW FORMER HEAD COACH JAMES FRANKLIN WAS ON ESPN GAME DAY AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S ACTION. FRANKLIN SAID HIS FIRING STILL FELT SURREAL AND THAT HE NOW PLANS TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SOMEWHERE ELSE. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM HELD OFF OREGON SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A FOUR-SET VICTORY: 25-22, 23-25, 25-23 AND 27-25.  KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 26 KILLS AND ADDIE LYON HAD 47 ASSISTS AND 14 DIGS. THE NITTANY LIONS LOST IN FIVE SETS TO WASHINGTON ON FRIDAY NIGHT. PENN STATE IS NOW 11-7 ON THE SEASON, 5-3 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM COMPLETED A TWO-GAME SWEEP OF LIU WITH A 3-0 WIN SATURDAY NIGHT. CHARLIE CERRATO AND JJ WIEBUSCH EADH HAD A GOAL AND AN ASSIST AND MATT DIMARSICO ADDED THREE ASSISTS AS THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 5-1 ON THE SEASON AFTER ALSO PICKING UP A 5-4 WIN OVER LIU ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS STILL UNBEATEN AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE SWEEP OF MERCHURST BY SCORES OF 6-1 ON SATURDAY AND 3-0 FRIDAY NIGHT. GRACE OUTWATER SCORED TWO OF THE PENN STATE GOALS ON SATURDAY. TESSA JANECKE SCORED THE GAMEWINNER IN FRIDAY’S GAME. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 8-0 ON THE SEASON. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM BATTLED NORTHWESTERN TO A 2-2 DRAW FRIDAY NIGHT. BEN MADORE AND MALICK DAOUDA SCORED THE NITTANY LIONS’ GOALS. PENN STATE IS NOW 5-5-3 ON THE SEASON, 1-3-2 IN THE BIG TEN. 

PENN STATE IS RIGHT BACK AT IT TONIGHT, HOSTING 21ST-RANKED WASHINGTON IN A 6 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM FELL AT INDIANA YESTERDAY, 2-1. JULIA RAICH SCORED THE PENN STATE GOAL. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 8-6-3 ON THE SEASON, 4-4-2 IN THE BIG TEN. PENN STATE WILL WRAP UP THE REGULAR SEASON ON SUNDAY AT HOME AGAINST OHIO STATE IN A ONE O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

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THE NITTANY LION BASKETBALL TEAM LOST A 78-62 EXHIBITION GAME AT DAYTON ON SUNDAY. KAYDEN MINGO AND FREDDIE DILIONE V LED THE NITTANY LIONS WITH 16 POINTS APIECE. PENN STATE WILL HAVE ONE MORE EXHIBITION GAME COMING UP ON SUNDAY AGAINST SHIPPENSBURG AT THE JORDAN CENTER AT 2PM.  

 

THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED CALIFORNIA (PA) IN AN EXHIBITION GAME YESTERDAY AT THE JORDAN CENTER, 114-52. 

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST A 3-1 DECISION TO INDIANA YESTERDAY. NATALIE FREEMAN SCORED THE NITTANY LIONS’ GOAL. PENN STATE IS NOW 6-8 ON THE YEAR, 2-5 IN THE BIG TEN. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHED FOURTH AT THE PRINCETON FALL CLASSIC OVER THE WEEKEND. NICK SLOFF LED THE NITTANY LIONS WITH AN 18TH PLACE FINISH INDIVIDUALLY. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM PLACED SEVENTH AT THE NUTTYCOMBE WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL. FLORENCE CARON TOOK 15TH INDIVIDUALLY TO LEAD PENN STATE. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM HAD THE LOWEST FINAL ROUND WITH A 2-UNDER 278 AND FORGED CO-CHAMPIONSHIP WITH MARYLAND AT THE EVIE ODOM INVITATIONAL AT VIRGINIA BEACH OVER THE WEEKEND. MARA KING WAS THE TOP INDIVIDUAL FINISHER FOR PENN STATE, PLACING SIXTH WITH A ONE-OVER 211. THE EVENT CONCLUDES PENN STATE’S FALL SCHEDULE. 

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The Penn State swimming and diving teams hosted the Yale Bulldogs on Saturday, October 18 at the McCoy Natatorium.

The second home meet of the season served as Senior Day, presented by the Penn State Alumni Association, which recognized the graduating senior class. 15 seniors and one graduate student were honored.

The following seniors were honored: Charlize Beniquez, Matthew Bittner, Erik Bolang, Delaney Burns, Andrew Christensen, Eduardo Cisternas, Hayden Elliott, Mariano Lazzerini, Margaret Markvardt, Ryan McNutt, Catherine Meisner, Julia Meisner, Morgan Moore, Cooper Morley, Mackenzie Pagett and Nya Robinson.

Men:

Top Swims:

Senior Eduardo Cisternas grabbed second in the 1000-yard Freestyle, swimming a 9:15.84.

Senior Matthew Bittner grabbed first in the 100-yard Back, swimming a 45.72. Following him was senior Mariano Lazzerini, claiming victory in the 100-yard Breast with a 52.60.

Jake Kennedy took home first in the 50-yard Free with a time of 20.40. The sophomore followed with a win in the 100-yard Free, posting a 45.15.

Lazzerini grabbed his second event title of the day, winning the 200-yard Breast with a 1:54.65.

Relays:

The 400-yard Medley Relay team of Cooper Morley, Mariano Lazzerini, Matthew Bittner, and Rylan Anselm took home first with a time of 3:06.82.

The Nittany Lions fought hard for a win in the 200-yard Free Relay. Lazzerini, Kennedy, Morley and Tylor Kim grabbed first with a 1:19.37.

Diving:

Hayden Elliott led the field in the 3-meter dive, winning the event with a score of 321.15. Elliott also placed third in the 1-meter dive, posting a score of 312.83, while Alex Wodehouse placed fifth with a score of 269.78.

Winners:

100 Back: Matthew Bittner, 45.72

100 Breast: Mariano Lazzerini, 52.60

50 Free: Jake Kennedy, 20.40

100 Free: Jake Kennedy, 45.15

200 Breast: Mariano Lazzerini, 1:54.65

3-Meter Dive:  Hayden Elliott, 321.15

Women:

Top Swims:

Senior Morgan Moore swam a strong 9:57.68 in the 1000-yard Free, good for second place. Senior Catherine Meisner followed, touching second in the 200-yard Free with a 1:47.47.

Senior Margaret Markvardt won a hard-fought battle in the 100-yard Back with a time of 54.69, winning by just one one-hundredth of a second.

The Nittany Lions followed, touching first place in 50-yard Free, with Katie Ketter swimming a 23.34. This served as a new personal best for the sophomore.

Moore gave her all in the 500-yard Free, fighting for a win with a 4:52.90.

The Nittany Lions swept the podium in the 100-yard Fly, with Markvardt coming out on top with a 55.20. Freshman Cyrah Robinson followed with a 55.22, followed by freshman Millie Evans with a 56.04

Sophomore Julia Barto took first in the 400-yard IM, swimming a 4:18.85. Senior Julia Meisner trailed, boasting second with a time of 4:21.21.

 

Relays:

Margaret Markvardt, Audrey Cohen, Cyrah Robinson and Catherine Meisner swam a 3:41.83 in the 400-yard Medley relay, good for second.

The team of Markvardt, Robinson, Ketter and Julia Shaffer took home second in the 200-yard Free relay, posting a 1:31.58.

 

Diving:

Penn State swept the podium in the women’s 3-meter dive. Grace Brammer led the way with a score of 298.13, followed by Elizabeth Pucci-Schaefer (268.20) and Kailey Koval (254.03). Abby Ekstrom also placed fourth in the event with a score of 239.18.

Brammer also claimed victory in the one-meter dive, posting a score of 271.43. Elizabeth Pucci-Schaefer placed third in the event, tallying a score of 248.93.

Winners:

100 Back: Margaret Markvardt, 54.69

50 Free: Katie Ketter, 23.34

500 Free: Morgan Moore, 4:52.90

100 Fly: Margaret Markvardt, 55.20

400 IM: Julia Barto, 4:18.85

1-Meter Dive: Grace Brammer, 271.43

3-Meter Dive: Grace Brammer, 298.13

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, STATE COLLEGE ROUTED CARLISLE 58-8. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 8-1.  

BELLEFONTE WAS SHUT OUT BY BELLWOOD-ANTIS 22-0.  

CENTRAL EDGED BALD EAGLE AREA 26-25 WITH THE WINNING SCORE ON THE LAST PLAY. 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA LOST TO TYRONE, 28-7. 

PENNS VALLEY FELL AT HUNTINGDON, 35-23. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON ON SATURDAY, GETTING SEPT BY CANON-MCMILLAN 3-0.  THE LOSS SNAPPED A SIX-MATCH WIN STREAK FOR STATE HIGH. 

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THE PIAA STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS START TODAY AND RUN THROUGH WEDNESDAY AT THE PENN STATE GOLF COURSES. HIGH WINDS DELAYED THE START OF THE ACTION MONDAY.

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IT IS WEEK NINE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON ALREADY.  

TONIGHT, STATE COLLEGE WILL TAKE ITS 7-1 RECORD TO 0-8 CARLISLE. 

BELLEFONTE WILL BE AT BELLWOOD-ANTIS.  THE RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 3-5 WHILE THE BLUE DEVILS ARE 4-4.  

BALD EAGLE AREA IS 4-4 ON THE SEASON GOING INTO TONIGHT’S GAME AT CENTRAL. THE DRAGONS ARE 2-6.  

IT WILL BE A BATTLE OF 4-4 TEAMS TONIGHT WHEN PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA VISITS TYRONE. 

AND PENNS VALLEY WILL LOOK FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT WIN WHEN THE 1-7 RAMS VISIT 6-2 HUNTINGDON. 

ALL OF TONIGHT’S ACTION IS SCHEDULE TO KICK OFF AT 7PM.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM CLINCHED THE REGULAR SEASON MID-PENN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WEDNESDAY WITH A THREE-GAME SWEEP OF CEDAR CLIFF. STATE HIGH WAS LED BY KENZIE KURZINGER’S 19 ASSISTS AND 6 ACES. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 13-1 ON THE SEASON AND 9-0 IN MID PENN MATCHES. STATE HIGH WILL VISIT CANON-MCMILLAN TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  

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HOW DIFFERENT WILL PENN STATE FOOTBALL LOOK TOMORROW NIGHT?  THE NITTANY LIONS FIRED HEAD COACH JAMES FRANIKLIN AFTER A THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS SATURDAY AND WILL HAVE INTERIM COACH TERRY SMITH LEADING THE TEAM INTO TOMORROW NIGHT’S MATCHUP WITH IOWA. PENN STATE IS NOW 3-3 ON THE YEAR WHILE THE HAWKEYES ARE 4-2, 2-1 IN THE BIG TEN. 

PENN STATE WILL HAVE ETHAN GRUNKEMEYER AT QUARTERBACK AFTER STARTER DREW ALLAR SUFFERED A SEASON-ENDING INJURY IN THE LOSS TO NORTHWESTERN LAST WEEK.  

IOWA IS A THREE-POINT FAVORITE AND THE HAWKEYES ARE COMING OFF A 37-0 WIN AT WISCONSIN LAST WEEK.  

KICKOFF IN KINNICK STADIUM TOMORROW NIGHT IS SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK AND THE GAME WILL STREAM ON PEACOCK.  

 

THE BIG TEN WEEKEND KICKS OFF TONIGHT WITH NEBRASKA AT MINNESOTA.  

ON SATURDAY, TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE WILL VISIT WISCONSIN, WASHINGTON IS AT MICHIGAN, INDIANA IS HOME WITH MICHIGAN STATE, OREGON TRAVELS TO RUTGERS, NORTHWESTERN WILL HOST PURDUE, UCLA ENTERTAINS MARYLAND AND USC WILL BE AT NOTRE DAME SATURDAY NIGHT.  

ALSO TONIGHT, NORTH CAROLINA WILL VISIT CALIFORNIA AND 2ND-RANKED MIAMI IS HOME WITH LOUISVILLE. 

SOME OTHER GAMES OF NOTE THIS WEEKEND: LSU AT VANDERBILT, OKLAHOMA AT SOUTH CAROLINA, OLE MISS AT GEORGIA, SMU AT CLEMSON, TEXAS TECH AT ARIZONA STATE, MISSOURI AT AUBURN, UTAH AT BYU AND TENNESSEE AT ALABAMA

 

INDIANA HAS SIGNED HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI TO A NEW EIGHT-YEAR CONTRACT THAT WILL PAY HIM A WHOPPING AVERAGE OF 11.6 MILLION DOLLARS PER SEASON.  ONLY OHIO STATE’S RYAN DAY AND GEORGIA’S KIRBY SMART NOW HAVE HIGHER AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARIES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM GOT A GOAL FROM INDIANA NATIVE AMELIA WHITE AND PICKED UP A 1-0 VICTORY AT PURDUE LAST NIGHT.  THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 8-5-3 ON THE SEASON, 4-3-2 IN BIG TEN GAMES. PENN STATE WILL PLAY ITS FINAL ROAD GAME OF THE SEASON ON SUNDAY IN A 1 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT INDIANA. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL BE HOME WITH NORTHWESTERN TONIGHT. KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD IS SET FOR 7 O’CLOCK. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-5-2 ON THE SEASON, 1-3-1 IN THE BIG TEN. TONIGHT IS THE ANNUAL WHITE OUT GAME FOR PENN STATE. 

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THE SIXTH-RANKED PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL HOST LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-1 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE SHARKS COME IN AT 1-2. PENN STATE SOPHOMORE CHARLIE CERRATO IS LEADING THE NATION WITH 11 POINTS THROUGH THE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS OF THE SEASON. FACE-OFF AT PEGULA ICE ARENA IS SET FOR 7:30 TONIGHT AND 6PM TOMORROW.  

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Penn State sophomore Charlie Cerrato was announced as part of five players added to the United States Collegiate Select Team ahead of the 2025 Spengler Cup as announced by College Hockey Inc. earlier Thursday afternoon.

Cerrato joins junior classmates Aiden Fink and Mac Gadowsky who were both named as part of the First Five last week as returning All-Americans. All returning First and Second Team AHCA/CCM All-Americans received an automatic invitation to the team. The remainder of the roster, which will include representation from all six conferences, will be constructed by the USCS coaching staff and organizing committee, with guidance from select NHL scouts.

Along with Cerrato, Michigan forward TJ Hughes, Notre Dame forwards Danny Nelson and Cole Knuble and Denver defenseman Eric Pohlkamp were also selected bringing the current roster to 10 players with more being invited and announced in the coming weeks.

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THE SIXTH-RANKED UNDEFEATED PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS READY FOR A BIG TWO-GAME SERIES AGAINST MERCYHURST AT PEGULA ICE ARENA THIS WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST 15TH-RANKED MERCYHURST THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 O’CLOCK AND AGAIN TOMORROW AT 1PM. 

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM IS HOSTING IOWA TODAY AT 5 O’CLOCK. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-7 ON THE SEASON, 1-4 IN THE BIG TEN.  PENN STATE WILL ALSO HOST INDIANA AT 11AM SUNDAY. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS WILL HOST YALE FOR ITS SENIOR DAY MEET TOMORROW STARTING AT 12 NOON AT MCCOY NATATORIUM.  

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THE 17TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL VISIT WASHINGTON TONIGHT AT 10PM AND OREGON TOMORROW AT 10:30PM. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON THREE STRAIGHT AND SIT AT 10-6 ON THE SEASON, 4-2 IN THE BIG TEN. 

 

The Penn State cross country teams are both in action this Friday, Oct. 17, as the men are competing at the Princeton Fall Classic, while the women will be running at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational.

Due to inclement weather in Missouri, the men’s team had to change course for this weekend as they were scheduled to attend the NCAA Pre-Nationals hosted by Mizzou. They will now run in the Princeton Fall Classic on Friday morning at 11:15 a.m. in the men’s 8K race. 

The women’s team will run in the Nuttycombe Wisconsin for the third year in a row on Friday afternoon at 12:50 p.m. EST. They finished in 10th last season with Florence Caron finishing second overall.

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA IN AN EXHIBITION GAME SUNDAY AT 1PM AT REC HALL.  

THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME AT DAYTON UNIVERSITY ON SUNDAY AT 2PM.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S GOLF CLUB IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA.  MEN’S

 COMPETING AT THE EVIE ODOM INVITATIONAL AT OLD DOMINION THROUGH TOMORROW. 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S TENNIS TEAM IS COMPETING AT THE ITA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PRINCETON TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM IS AT THE QUAIL VALLEY INTERCOLLEGIATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AT QUAIL VALLEY.

 

THE PENN STATE BASEBALL TEAM HAS A FALL GAME VERSUS BUCKNELL AT 5PM TODAY AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF FALL GAMES TOMORROW AT SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. THE GAME  AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF PENN WILL START AT NOON.  THEN AT 2PM, PENN STATE WILL PLAY BUCKNELL.  

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

IN BOYS SOCCER, BALD EAGLE AREA AND PENNS VALLEY BATTLED TO A SCORELESS OT TIE YESTERDAY.  IT'S THE SECOND SCORELESS DRAW BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS THIS SEASON, BOTH RANKED HIGHLY IN THE DISTRICT 6 AA RANKINGS. 

 

ALSO YESTERDAY, THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST TO CUMBERLAND VALLEY IN MECHANICSBURG, 7-0.  

MARISSA MUZA HAD FOUR GOALS TO LEAD CUMBERLAND VALLEY. STATE COLLEGE SEES ITS SEASON END WITH A RECORD OF 7-10, 5-9 IN MID-PENN CONFERENCE PLAY.  

 

IN JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL YESTERDAY, BELLEFONTE SHUT OUT WEST BRANCH 12-0.  AND IN MONDAY’S JV GAME, IT WAS BELLEFONTE OVER CENTRAL 14-6.  

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Penn State football offensive lineman and team captain Nick Dawkins was named a Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year semifinalist, the award announced on Wednesday.

The award recognizes college football’s most well-rounded leader who exhibits extraordinary courage, integrity, and sportsmanship on and off the field.

Dawkins is in his sixth season with the Nittany Lions. In 2024, he was awarded the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, given to the most impactful leaders in community service.

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL VISIT PURDUE TONIGHT.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 7-5-3 ON THE SEASON, 3-3-2 IN THE BIG TEN.  PURDUE COMES IN AT 5-8-3, 2-5-1 IN THE CONFERENCE. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HAVE THEIR FINAL ROAD GAME OF THE SEASON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN A ONE O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT INDIANA. 

 

PENN STATE SENIOR MAIKO UCHIJIMA HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK. SHE FINISHED THIRD AT THE ITA NORTHEAST REGIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS. SHE ALSO TEAMED WITH OLIVIA DORNER AND FINISHED AS THE RUNNNERUP ON THE DOUBLES SIDE.  

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The Penn State men’s tennis team heads to Princeton, N.J., to compete in its second tournament of the fall season when the Nittany Lions travel to ITA Northeast Regionals from Oct. 16-21 on Princeton’s campus. Matches will be played in the Lenz Tennis Center and the Si Qin Family Indoor Tennis Center. 

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Due to inclement weather in Missouri, forcing a change in the schedule at the NCAA Pre-National meet this weekend, the Penn State men’s cross country team will not attend.  

The men will now compete at the Princeton Fall Classic this weekend in Princeton, N.J. on Friday at 11:15 a.m. while the women will still run at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on Friday afternoon at 12:50 p.m.

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The Penn State women's golf team is back in action as they hit the road for the Evie Odom Invitational hosted by Old Dominion University at the Princess Anne Country Club this week.

The tournament will feature three single round days beginning Friday morning with split tee times starting at 9 a.m.

The Nittany Lions will be part of the first six groups off the opening hole from 9 a.m. through 9:50 a.m. and be paired with Furman and North Florida during Thursday’s opening round.

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OTHER SPORTS - 

Former Penn State football tight end and current Cincinnati Bengal, Mike Gesicki, was placed on injured reserve, Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday.

Gesicki injured his pectoral in the Bengals’ game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. The timetable for the injury has not been released, but head coach Zac Taylor spoke about the severity at practice on Monday.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

CHECKING THE SOCCER SCOREBOARD FROM YESTERDAY, THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS LOST TO CHAMBERSBURG 3-0. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 10-7-2 ON THE SEASON. THE STATE HIGH GIRLS ALSO FELL TO CHAMBERSBURG 4-2 AS STATE COLLEGE DROPS TO 3-14 ON THE SEASON. 

AN IN AN INTRACOUNTY BATTLE IN SPRING MILLS, THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS SHUT OUT PENNS VALLEY 3-0. BELLEFONTE GOT TWO GOALS FROM BROOKE WHITMAN AND ONE FROM TRINITI JACKSON IN THE VICTORY. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

The Penn State women’s tennis team concluded another productive fall tournament at the ITA Northeast Regional on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The Nittany Lions left their mark at the event with three doubles teams and three singles competitors reaching the quarterfinals at the tournament.  

Olivia Dorner and Maiko Uchijima made the doubles championship for the second straight year, but the defending champions ultimately fell to Fordham’s Nevena Kolarevic and Julianne Nguyen in the title match. 

Uchijima, a native of Tokyo, Japan reached the singles semifinals, ultimately taking third place with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Columbia’s No. 108 Gayathri Krishnan. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM FELL INTO A TIE FOR SEVENTH AT THE 14-TEAM MORAINE INTERCOLLEGIATE IN KETTERING, OHIO. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WERE LED BY A SENSATIONAL EFFORT FROM JUNIOR ALEX CREMEAN WHO FINISHED IN A TIE FOR SECOND INDIVIDUALLY WITH A 7-UNDER 206 FOR THE THREE ROUNDS.  

Creamean was one of five individuals that finished two shots back of Xavier’s Cayse Morgan for the individual championship while Xavier topped the field for the week at 20-under, three shots clear of Illinois. Missouri (16-under), Rhode Island (11-under) and VCU (10-under) rounded out the top five.

Penn State concludes its fall schedule next Sunday and Monday with a trip to the Quail Valley Intercollegiate in Vero Beach, Florida.

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In men's hockey. sophomore JJ Wiebusch was named the Big Ten Hockey First Star of the Week following a five-goal, six-point outburst in a series split against Clarkson as announced by the league office on Tuesday morning.

This marks the first career weekly accolade for Wiebusch and the second-straight B1G First Star of the Week for the Nittany Lions to open the season after Charlie Cerrato was honored last week.

Wiebusch led the nation with five goals and six points over the weekend and became the first Nittany Lion all-time to score four goals in a game during a 6-4 loss on Thursday. He then collected another goal while adding an assist in a 5-2 win on Friday.

Wiebusch currently leads the nation with six goals on the year and has scored at least one goal in three-straight games with points in all four games so far this season, including three multi-point efforts. His 10 points are good for second nationally behind Cerrato's 11.

Wiebusch now has 15 goals in his last 13 games dating back to last season including a hat-trick and a four-goal game.

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Penn State women’s ice hockey improved to 6-0-0 over the weekend, sweeping Division I newcomer Delaware in dominant fashion. Despite this, the Nittany Lions held serve at No. 6 in the latest USCHO poll.    Penn State is one of two teams in the AHA to be ranked, with No. 15 Mercyhurst. The women’s hockey team is back in action against Mercyhurst at Pegula Ice Arena on Friday at 3PM

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Atlantic Hockey America named Penn State women’s ice hockey freshman Matilde Fantin Forward of the Week and freshman Danica Maynard Defenseman of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.

Fantin paced all skaters for the Nittany Lions this weekend, scoring five points in two wins over Delaware. She tallied an assist in Friday’s 5-0 win over the Blue Hens to begin conference play before posting a career-high four points on Saturday afternoon. She had her first multiple goal and multiple assist game of her career with two of each. Fantin also led all Nittany Lions in shots on goal with 14 in the series.

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Penn State’s Kennedy Martin was named the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball National Player of the Week on Tuesday. The award came one day after she was selected as the Big Ten Player of the Week for the third time this season.

The Nittany Lions went 2-0 last week, highlighted by a sweep of No. 7 Wisconsin at Rec Hall before taking down Northwestern in four sets the following night. Martin hit .438 while averaging 7.36 points, 6.71 kills, 2.14 digs, and 0.71 blocks per set over the two Big Ten wins. She now leads the conference and ranks second nationally in points/set (5.97) and leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally in kills/set (5.24).

Penn State started the weekend with a sweep over the seventh-ranked Badgers on Friday at Rec Hall. Martin led the way, hitting .474 with 23 kills, eight digs, three blocks, and two aces. She started fast with 10 kills on .692 hitting and two aces in the first set alone.

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

PENN STATE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY WITH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PAT KRAFT AND INTERIM HEAD FOOTBALL COACH TERRY SMITH. SMITH SAID HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND KRAFT SAID THEY WILL CONDUCT A NATIONAL SEARCH AND FIND SOMEONE THAT GET THE PROGRAM TO A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL. 

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FOR THE 33RD TIME, PENN STATE AND IOWA WILL MEET ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. THE NITTANY LIONS LEAD THE OVERALL SERIES 18-14 HEADING INTO SATURDAY’S 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT KINNICK STADIUM.  PENN STATE IS 3-3, 0-3 IN THE BIG TEN WHILE THE HAWKEYES COME IN AT 4-2 OVERALL, 2-1 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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The Philadelphia Eagles announced Monday afternoon that they have signed former Nittany Lion cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields to their practice squad.

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Penn State women’s volleyball moved up to No. 17 in the latest AVCA Poll released Monday afternoon. After starting the season as the No. 2 team in the country, the Nittany Lions had fallen in every single released poll, going down all the way to No. 19. However, they rose two spots in this week’s rankings for the first time this season.

Penn State women’s volleyball’s right-side hitter Kennedy Martin earned Big Ten Player of the Week accolades for the third time this season, the conference announced on Monday.

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Penn State men’s hockey split a two-game series over the weekend with unranked Clarkson, and despite several other highly ranked teams suffering similar fates, they took the biggest tumble of the bunch.

In the latest USCHO poll released on Monday afternoon, the men’s hockey team dropped two spots to No. 6, with Michigan (No. 4) and Denver (No. 5) leaping them following sweeps over the weekend, with Michigan making a big statement by sweeping then-No. 7 Providence. The Nittany Lions still received a singular first-place vote.

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

The State College Field Hockey team went on the road to Hazleton and defeated the Cougars 6-1 on Monday night.

The Little Lions endured a long bus ride and cold rainy weather but completely controlled Monday night’s field hockey game from start to finish. It was arguably the most well-rounded victory for the Lions as there were four goal scorers and six players with assists.

In the first period, sophomore midfielder Reagan Dare scored twice on penalty corners with both assists coming from senior Delaney Shaha. In the second period, freshman forward Brynn Pezalski made it 3-0 with an assist coming from sophomore Sofie Skillings. The Lions took this three-score lead into halftime.

Early in the third period, senior forward Heidi Egerer scored her first of two goals of the game (assist by junior Sadie Kocher). This was followed by a goal by State College junior Ella Gourley to make the score 5-0 entering the final period.

Egerer notched her second goal of the game with an assist from freshman forward Annie Starinchak to give the Lions a commanding 6-0 lead. A late corner goal by Hazleton’s Alanna Filler (assist by Bella Boyle) spoiled the shutout for the Lions. The defense for State College was again stellar as they kept Hazleton’s goal leader Bella Boyle (37 on the year) without a score in the game. The Lion’s goalkeeper Cora Bierly tallied 8 saves on the evening, bringing her season total to an impressive 122 shots blocked.

The Little Lions will finish up regular season play on Wednesday night when they travel to Cumberland Valley to take on the Eagles. This game has potential major playoff implications as State College likely needs a win to advance into postseason play. Action will begin with JV at 4:30PM, followed by Varsity at 6:00PM.

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THE HOLLIDAYSBURG GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED BALD EAGLE AREA THREE GAMES TO ONE MONDAY.  

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

A SEASON THAT BEGAN WITH THE HIGHEST OF ASPIRATIONS HAS HIT THE MIDWAY POINT WITH UNTHINKABLE RESULTS. 

FOLLOWING A 22-21 HOMECOMING LOSS TO NORTHWESTERN ON SATURDAY, IT WAS RELEASED THAT QUARTERBACK DREW ALLAR 

WOULD MISS THE REST OF THE SEASON. THAT WAS THE BIG NEWS UNTIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE UNIVERSITY CONFIRMED THAT 

HEAD COACH JAMES FRANKLIN HAD BEEN FIRED FOLLOWING THE 3-3 START AND THAT TERRY SMITH WOULD TAKE OVER ON AN INTERIM BASIS. 

A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PAT KRAFT AND SMITH WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE SUFFERED THREE STRAIGHT LOSSES INCLUDING BACK TO BACK GAMES IN WHICH IT WAS MORE THAN A 20-POINT FAVORITE IN EACH. 

FRANKLIN ENDS HIS 11-PLUS YEAR TENURE TIED WITH RIP ENGLE FOR THE SECOND MOST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH A RECORD OF 104-45. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM SETTLED FOR A 2-2 TIE WITH OREGON YESTERDAY AT JEFFREY FIELD. JULIA RAICH AND BELLA AYSCUE SCORED THE 

PENN STATE GOALS. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 7-5-3 ON THE SEASON, 3-3-2 IN BIG TEN GAMES. PENN STATE WILL VISIT PURDUE ON THURSDAY.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WAS SHUT OUT BY UCLA FRIDAY NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES, 2-0.  THE NITTANY LIONS FALL TO 5-5-2 ON THE SEASON, NOW 1-3-1 IN THE BIG TEN. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST NORTHWESTERN AT JEFFREY FIELD FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7 O’CLOCK.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED NORTHWESTERN IN FOUR SETS SATURDAY NIGHT, 25-18, 25-20, 20-25 AND 25-16. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 24 KILLS, 7 DIGS AND 2 BLOCKS TO LEAD PENN STATE. ADDIE LYON HAD 51 ASSISTS. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE SWEPT 7TH-RANKED WISCONSIN 25-20, 25-21 AND 25-16. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 23 KILLS IN THAT VICTORY WHICH SNAPPED A 10-MATCH WINNING STREAK FOR THE BADGERS. 

PENN STATE IS NOW 10-6 ON THE SEASON, 4-2 IN THE BIG TEN. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL TAKE A 3-GAME WIN STREAK OUT WEST THIS COMING WEEKEND FOR MATCHES AT WASHINGTON AND OREGON. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BOUNCED BACK FRIDAY NIGHT TO DEFEAT CLARKSON 5-2.  THE NITANY LIONS SCORED THE FINAL FIVE GOALS OF THE GAME WITH BEN SCHOEN SCORING A PIAR OF GOALS TO LEAD THE OFFENSE. THE NITTANY LIONS ALSO GOT GOALS FROM JJ WIEBUSCH, DANE DOWIAK AND CHARLIE CERRATO.  PENN STATE IMPROVES TO 3-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL HOST LIU IN GAMES AT PEGULA FRIDAY AT 7:30 AND SATURDAY AT 6.   

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM SWEPT A PAIR OF GAMES AT DELAWARE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE SIXTH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 6-0.  THE NITTANY LIONS HELD DELAWARE TO ONE SHOT ON GOAL IN THE 7-0 WIN OVER THE BLUE HENS ON SATURDAY. MADDIE CHRISTIAN AND DANICA MAYNARD HAD TWO GOALS APIECE WITH MAYNARD ADDING A COUPLE OF ASSISTS IN SATURDAY’S WIN. CHRISTIAN NOTCHED HER THIRD GAME-WINNING GOAL OF THE SEASON. PENN STATE ALSO WON 5-0 ON FRIDAY WITH GRACE OUTWATER SCORING THE HAT TRICK IN THAT ONE FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST MERCYHURST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3.  

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST TO TOP-RANKED NORTHWESTERN FRIDAY, 4-0. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 5-7 OVERALL, 1-4 IN BIG TEN GAMES. 

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THE PENN STATE BASEBALL TEAM SWEPT A DOUBLEHEADER FROM TEAM ONTARIO AS PART OF THEIR FALL SCHEDULE FRIDAY EVENING. THE NITTANY LIONS WON 18-0 AND 14-0 IN THE GAMES AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK.   

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THE PENN STATE MEN'S GOLF TEAM IS ONE OF 14 COMPETING AT THE MORAINE INTERCOLLEGIATE AT MIAMI OF OHIO TODAY AND TOMORROW. PENN STATE IS LOOKING FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT TOP EIGHT FINISH.  

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The Penn State men’s basketball team will host a game at Rec Hall for the third-straight season in 2025-26. The Nittany Lions will welcome Wisconsin in their Return to Rec game on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.

The Return to Rec game will be included in the 2025-26 men’s basketball season ticket package, with a very limited number of single-game tickets made available at a later date.

 

Penn State women’s basketball announced a more permanent return to its former home, Rec Hall. The Lady Lions will play multiple games in Rec Hall throughout the 2025-26 with specific designations to be announced at a later date.

After making a 'Return to Rec Hall' once a year for the previous two seasons, Penn State will add more games to its schedule to be played inside its former home throughout the 2025-26 season.

 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM CLOSED OUT ITS HOME SCHEDULE WITH A 39-14 WIN OVER CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST.  D’ANTAE SHEFFEY RAN FOR 184 YARDS AND FOUR  TOUCHDOWNS TO LEAD THE LITTLE LIONS OFFENSE.  AJ FRY HAD TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND A FORCED FUMBLE FOR THE STATE HIGH DEFEMSE. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 7-1. 

BELLEFONTE LOST A TOUGH BATTLE TO RICHLAND, 33-29.  ASHTEN HOWELL HAD A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWN CATCHES AND OVER 100 YARDS RECEIVING FOR THE RED RAIDERS. 

BALD EAGLE AREA GOT THE RUNNING GAME ROLLING AND SHUT OUT WESTMONT HILLTOP FRIDAY NIGHT, 28-0.  

BISHOP MCCORT FLEXED ITS CONSIDERABLE MUSCLE IN A 42-0 WIN OVER PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WON THE MID PENN CHAMPIONSHIP, OUTDISTANCING SECOND PLACE MIFFLIN COUNTY, 36-80. 

THEO OPPERMANN OF STATE COLLEGE WAS SECOND BEHIND MIFFLIN COUNTY’S CARTER SMITH INDIVIDUALLY. IN ADDITION TO OPPERMANN’S SECOND PLACE FINISH, STATE HIGH HAD 

THREE OTHER RUNNERS IN THE TOP SEVEN WITH THIRD PLACE LUKE BRADBURY, SIXTH PLACE KYLE FRITZSCHE AND SEVENTH PLACE DEXTER WALKER.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ALSO WON THE MID PENN CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, TOPPING RUNNER UP HERSHEY 70-122.  EVELYN YOUNKIN WAS SECOND INDIVIDUALLY FOR STATE COLLEGE, FINISHING BEHIND ONLY CHAMPION ANA BONDY OF CARLISLE.  ALSO FINISHING IN THE TOP 20 FOR STATE HIGH WERE 14TH-PLACE AUTUMN SWISHER, 16TH-PLACE CAROLYN FRANK AND 17TH-PLACE JULIA BIGGER. 

 

THE DISTRICT 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE UP NEXT IN TWO WEEKS AT REEDSVILLE. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM LOST TO MONTOURSVILLE SATURDAY, 3-1. THE GAME WAS TIED 1-1 AT THE HALF BEFORE MONTOURSVILLE PULLED AWAY. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 3-12 ON THE SEASON.  STATE HIGH WILL VISIT CHAMBERSBURG TOMORROW. 

 

OTHER SPORTS - 

THE U-S MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON THE NORCECA FINAL SIX, SWEEPING PUERTO RICO IN THE FINALS LAST NIGHT, 27-25, 25-20 AND 25-21. . PENN STATE PLAYERS RYAN MERK AND OWEN ROSE BOTH PLAYED FOR THE GOLD MEDAL-WINNING TEAM USA. ROSE HAD FIVE KILLS AND A BLOCK FOR THE AMERICANS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. HIS KILL ENDED THE FIRST SET. THE U-S WENT 6-1 IN THE EVENT.

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On Friday evening, Real American Freestyle (RAF) announced the tenth and presumably final bout to their upcoming RAF 02 card at the BJC on October 25. Five-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci will take on two-time NCAA All-American Nate Jackson in a cruiserweight collision (190 lbs). 

With the addition of the Starocci/Jackson match, this is what the RAF 02 card looks like:

 Cruiserweight (190 lbs) - Carter Starocci vs. Nate Jackson

Bantamweight (135 lbs) - Nico Megaludis vs. Andriy Yatsenko

Welterweight (165 lbs) - James Green vs. Tajmuraz Salkazanov

Welterweight (165 lbs) - David Carr vs. Amr Reda - championship bout

Cruiserweight (190 lbs) - Kyle Dake (champ) vs. Boris Makoev

Women’s Flyweight (120 lbs) - Helen Maroulis vs. Samantha Stewart - championship bout

Open - Keelon Jimison vs. Cayden Henschel

Heavyweight (Unlimited) - Patrick Downey III vs. Jake Varner

Bantamweight (135 lbs) - Nathan Tomasello (champ) vs. Roman Bravo-Young

Heavyweight (Unlimited) - Mason Parris vs. Aleksandr Romanov

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE PENNS VALLEY FOOTBALL TEAM PICKED UP ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, KNOCKING OFF GREATER JOHNSTOWN LAST NIGHT, 27-24 IN JOHNSTOWN.  CARTER IRONSHIDE THREW FOR 240 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND SPENCER ALTHOUSE HAD 78 RECEIVING YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND ALSO HAD A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN. BOTH TEAMS ARE NOW 1-7 ON THE SEASON. 

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HIGH SCHOOL GAMES TONIGHT:  

STATE COLLEGE (6-1) VS CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST (2-5)

BELLEFONTE (3-4). AT RICHLAND  (6-1) 

BALD EAGLE AREA (3-4) AT WESTMONT HILLTOP (0-7) 

P-O (4-3) AT BISHOP MCCORT  (7-0)

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ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM LOST TO MECHANICSBURG 6-1. SIX DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORED FOR MECHANICSBURG. STATE COLLEGE IS 3-12 ON THE SEASON AND WILL TRAVEL TO MONTOURSVILLE FOR A NOON GAME TOMORROW.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM PICKED UP A 1-0 VICTORY OVER CEDAR CLIFF LAST NIGHT. STATE COLLEGE OUTSHOT CEDAR CLIFF 11-2 IN THE GAME. REAGAN DARE SCORED THE GAME’S ONLY GOAL WITH 3:45 REMAINING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER ON A PASS FROM SADIE KOCHER. THE LITTLE LIONS IMPROVE TO 6-9 ON THE SEASON, 5-8 IN MID PENN PLAY. STATE HIGH WILL VISIT HAZLETON ON MONDAY. 

 

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

IT’S HOMECOMING FOOTBALL WEEKEND AND THE STRIPEOUT GAME WHEN PENN STATE HOSTS NORTHWESTERN TOMORROW IN A 3:30 KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW LOOKING TO SNAP A TWO-GAME LOSING SKID AS THEY SIT AT 3-2 ON THE SEASON.  

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THE FOURTH-RANKED PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WAS UPSET IN ITS HOME OPENER BY CLARKSON LAST NIGHT, 6-4. JJ WEIBUSCH MADE SOME HISTORY IN THE LOSING EFFORT BECOMING THE FIRST NITTANY LION PLAYER TO RECORD FOUR GOALS IN A GAME. PENN STATE HAD A 4-2 LEAD BEFORE THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS SCORED THE FINAL FOUR GOALS OF THE GAME. PENN STATE IS NOW 2-1 WHILE CLARKSON IS 1-1 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. THE TEAMS WILL MEET AGAIN TONIGHT IN PEGULA IN A 7 O’CLOCK FACEOFF.  

 

PENN STATE JUNIORS AND RETURNING ALL-AMERICAN AIDEN FINK AND MAC GADOWSKY ARE TWO OF THE FIRST FIVE PLAYERS SELECTED FOR THE U-S COLLEGIATE HOCKEY SELECT TEAM.  

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A GREAT BATTLE LAST NIGHT AT JEFFREY FIELD. THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM ULTIMATELY FALLING TO BIG TEN-LEADING WASHINGTON, 1-0. 

THE NITTANY LIONS OUTSHOT THE HUSKIES BUT. A PENALTY KICK CONVERSION IN THE FIRST HALF GAVE WASHINGTON THE GAME’S ONLY GOAL. 

PENN STATE IS NOW 7-5-2 ON THE SEASON, 3-3-1 IN THE BIG TEN. WASHINGTON IMPROVES TO 8-1-5 ON THE YEAR, 5-0-2 IN THE CONFERENCE. 

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PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS RANKED 19TH. 

Friday, Oct. 10 | 7 p.m.

TONIGHT IS THE WHITE OUT MATCH.
No. 7 Wisconsin (11-1, 4-0 B1G) at No. 19 Penn State (8-6, 2-2 B1G) | Live Stats | B1G Network

Saturday, Oct. 11 | 8 p.m.
Northwestern (11-5, 1-3 B1G) at No. 19 Penn State (8-6, 2-2 B1G) | Live Stats | B1G+

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SWIMMING AND DIVING DOMINATES ST. BONAVENTURE IN SEASON OPENER

The Nittany Lions defeated the Bonnies 228-72 (mens) and 211-81 (womens) at the McCoy Natatorium

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Penn State men's soccer is in the conference stretch now, hitting a road to Los Angeles, California to take on UCLA on Friday, October 10 at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Kickoff is set for 10 p.m.

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-4-2, 1-2-1 IN THE BIG TEN. THE BRUINS ARE 2-5-3 ON THE YEAR, 2-2-1 IN THE CONFERENCE. 

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The No. 6/7 Penn State women’s ice hockey team is preparing for their first Atlantic Hockey America game of the season, traveling to face Delaware for the first time in program history. Game one is set to begin at 6 p.m. and puck drop for game two is 2 p.m. Both games will be streamed on FloHockey.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

Junior High Football Scores

A Team

Bellefonte   18

P-O    6

 

B Team

Bellefonte   14

P-O   14

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The State College Field Hockey team lost to the conference-leading Mechanicsburg Wildcats 6-1 on Wednesday night.  

The Little Lions traveled to Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park on Wednesday and faced off against an incredibly strong Wildcat team. Mechanicsburg tallied the first goal of the night when Kenzie Musselman (assisted by Libby Olivetti) scored off a penalty corner. The Lion’s defense was tested often during the first half but kept their composure and kept the score 1-0 going into the half.  

In the third period, Mechanicsburg’s offense started to wear down the SC defense as Kayla Weldon (assisted by Olivetti) notched her first goal of the evening to make it 2-0. The Wildcats would score four more unanswered goals in the half, three of which came from their star player, Syracuse-bound Libby Olivetti. The fourth goal in this stretch was from Mechanicsburg’s Avery Rutter, assisted by Kayla Weldon.  

State College refused to go quietly, however, and with a few minutes remaining in the game the Lions finally broke the drought as Reagan Dare scored on a penalty corner with a nice behind-the-back pass from Tegan White.  

Mechanicsburg outshot the Lions 34-5. State College’s goalkeeper Cora Bierly had a staggering 26 saves on the night. This brings her season total to an impressive 112! 

The loss drops the Lions to 5-9 on the year. They look to bounce back tomorrow night in a makeup game against Cedar Cliff that will take place at Memorial Field. SC looks to avenge an earlier 2-1 OT loss against the Colts as this will be the Lions' final home game of the 2025 season.  

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Former Penn State football player Julian Fleming has been charged with homicide by vehicle while intoxicated after a May 23 ATV accident, according to The Daily Item.

Fleming’s girlfriend Alyssa Boyd, 23, was killed in the crash, while Fleming was left seriously injured.

The accident was caused by a collision with a deer while Fleming was behind the wheel. Neither Fleming nor Boyd were wearing safety equipment.

The 24-year-old spent four years at Ohio State before spending the 2024 season with the Nittany Lions.

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THE FOURTH-RANKED PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL PLAY ITS HOME OPENER AGAINST CLARKSON TONIGHT IN A 6:30 FACEOFF AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE OFF TO A 2-0 START WHILE CLARKSON IS 0-1.  

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The Penn State women's soccer team will  host the Big Ten-leading Washington Huskies tonight at 7 at Jeffrey Field. The Nittany Lions are 7-4-2 on the season, 3-2-1 in the Big Ten. Washington comes in with a 7-1-5 record, 4-0-2 in conference games. 

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The Penn State swimming and diving team is set to open the 2025-26 season at McCoy Natatorium, facing St. Bonaventure. Competition is set to begin at 3 PM this afternoon. 

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The Penn State women's tennis team will travel east to Philadelphia for the ITA Northeast Regional from Thursday, Oct. 9 to Tuesday, Oct. 14. Every member of the team will compete on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania with an NCAA Individual Championships bid at stake. 

The Nittany Lions were ranked as the best team in the ITA Northeast region at the conclusion of last season. In singles, Olivia Dorner was ranked No. 6, Patricia Grigoras placed No. 8 and Maiko Uchijima finished at No. 15. In doubles, Dorner and Uchijima were ranked No. 2 while Grigoras and Jordina Cegarra came in at No. 8. 

At last year’s tournament, Dorner and Uchijima won six straight doubles matches en route to winning the doubles championship, becoming the first Nittany Lions to win an ITA Regional and qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships since 2012. They owned a 12-7 record in the spring. 

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Penn State men’s volleyball seniors Ryan Merk and Owen Rose have helped Team USA start 2-1 at the NORCECA Men’s Final Six in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The pair started two of the three matches, a 3-2 loss to Mexico and a 3-1 win over Dominican Republic.

Merk and Rose both picked up starting nods in the opening match against Mexico. Rose tallied two kills, four blocks, and one ace, while Merk led the team with 12 digs. Following a 3-1 win over Canada in which the two Nittany Lions didn’t play, they were back in the starting lineup in the win over Dominican Republic. Merk reached double-digits again with 11 digs, while Rose contributed four kills and one block.

USA has two more matches in round-robin play – Suriname on Thursday and Puerto Rico on Saturday. The top four teams in the six-team event move on to the semifinals on Saturday. The medal matches are scheduled for Sunday.

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Penn State men’s soccer picked up its first weekly award this season with goalkeeper Jonathan Evans named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. In two games last week, Evans allowed only one goal and racked up eight saves. He secured Penn State’s important Big Ten win over Michigan State, putting them back into the tournament race.

Evans ranks fourth in the Big Ten for save percentage at 73.5% on the season.

The Nittany Lions return to play for a cross-country trip to California to take on UCLA on Friday, October 10. The game will kick off at 10 p.m. 

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Penn State men’s cross country runner Jaxon Schoedel has been named the Big Ten Cross Country Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon.

The rookie helped push the Nittany Lions to a top 10 finish at the Paul Short Run this past weekend hosted by Lehigh. The rookie ran a 23:57.8 in his first collegiate 8K race, finishing 41st overall and third for the Nittany Lions.

Schoedel and the Nittany Lions are back in action next weekend on October 18 at the NCAA Pre-National Invitation hosted by Missouri. 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS -

JV FOOTBALL FROM MONDAY NIGHT: 

BELLEFONTE  21. PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA  0. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HOST NORTHWESTERN IN ITS HOMECOMING GAME SATURDAY. KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM IS SET FOR 3:30.  

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PENN STATE SOPHOMORE CHARLIE CERRATO HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN HOCKEY FIRST STAR OF THE WEEK AFTER HE SCORED TWO GOALS AND FOUR ASSISTS IN THE TWO WINS AT ARIZONA STATE LAST WEEKEND. CERRATO WAS A PLUS-4 ON THE ICE OVER THE SEASON-OPENING SERIES. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY THEIR HOME OPENER TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST CLARKSON AT 6:30PM.  

 

PENN STATE WRESTLING ALUM NICO MEGALUDIS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE REAL AMERICAN FREESTYLE 02 CARD AT THE JORDAN CENTER ON OCTOBER 25TH. MEGALUDIS WILL SQUARE OFF WITH ANDRILY YATSENKO IN A BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT. ROMAN BRAVO-YOUNG WILL ALSO BE COMPETING IN THE EVENT ALONG WITH NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB COACH JAKE VARNER AND NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB ATHLETE KYLE DAKE. THERE ARE NOW NINE MATCHES ON THE CARD FOR THAT EVENT. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM TIED FOR 8TH IN THE 15-TEAM FIELD AT THE CULLAN BROWN COLLEGIATE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. THE TOURNAMENT WAS SHORTENED TO TWO ROUNDS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. MISSISSIPPI STATE WON THE EVENT WITH AN 11-UNDER PAR. PENN STATE FINISHED AT 5-OVER. JUNIOR ALEX CREAMEAN LED PENN STATE WITH A TIE FOR 12TH AT 2-UNDER. FRESHMAN JACKSON SARONEY AND SENIOR ANDRES BARRAZA TIED FOR 14TH INDIVIDUALLY WITH 1-UNDER SCORES. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM FINISHED IN A THREE-WAY TIE FOR THIRD IN THE 15-TEAM FIELD AT THE MERCEDES-BENZ INTERCOLLEGIATE AT TENNESSEE. THE HOST VOLUNTEERS WON THE EVENT, SHOOTING 13-UNDER PAR. OREGON STATE WAS 4-UNDER. PENN STATE TIED CHATTANOOGA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AT 6-OVER PAR. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISHED STRONG, SHOOTING 2-UNDER OVER THE FINAL EIGHT HOLES. FRESHMAN AUDREY LAM LED PENN STATE GOING 1-UNDER IN THE TOURNAMENT FOR A TIE FOR 13TH INDIVIDUALLY. SOPHOMORE HANNAH RABB TIED FOR 17TH WITH A 1-OVER SCORE FOR THE TOURNAMENT.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HAVE 15 OF ITS GAMES IN THE UPCOMING SEASON TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. SIX GAMES WILL BE ON PEACOCK, SIX GAMES WILL BE ON FS1 AND TRU-TV WILL TELEVISE THE NOVEMBER 22ND GAME AGAINST PROVIDENCE.  

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST TO LOWER DAUPHIN 5-0 LAST NIGHT. CORA BIERLY HAD 20 SAVES IN GOAL FOR STATE HIGH. 

THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 5-8 ON THE SEAOSN, 4-7 IN MID-PENN PLAY.  

 

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS SOCCER TEAM PICKED UP A 2-0 SHUTOUT VICTORY OVER TYRONE YESTERDAY. THE RAMS GOT GOALS FROM LEO MARTIN VILLANUEVA AND DEON DECKER. THE RAMS ARE NOW 8-1-2 WITH SEVEN SHUTOUTS IN THEIR LAST 11 GAMES. 

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PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HOST NORTHWESTERN IN ITS ANNAUAL HOMECOMING GAME SATURDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 3-2 ON THE SEASON, 0-2 IN THE BIG TEN. NORTHWESTERN COMES IN AT 3-2 ON THE SEASON, 1-1 IN CONFERENCE PLAY. KICKOFF SATURDAY IS SET FOR 3:30.  

A WEEK FROM SATURDAY, THE NITTANY LIONS WILL TRAVEL TO IOWA. THAT GAME IS NOW SET FOR A 7PM KICKOFF AT KINNICK STADIUM.  THAT GAME WILL BE STREAMED ON PEACOCK. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM'S MATCH WITH NORTHWESTERN SATURDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO AN 8 O'CLOCK START IN REC HALL. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL ALSO HOST WISCONSIN FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE WHITEOUT MATCH AT 7PM.  PENN STATE IS DOWN ONE SPOT TO #17 IN THE COACHES POLL THIS WEEK AND IS 8-6 ON THE SEASON, 2-2 IN THE BIG TEN. 

 

THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM HAS PICKED UP A SECOND VERBAL COMMITMENT FOR THE INCOMING CLASS OF 2027.  LANDON SIDUN IS RATED AS THE FOURTH OVERALL RECRUIT FOR 2027 BY MATSCOUTS. SIDUN IS THE TOP-RANKED 120-POUNDER IN THE COUNTRY. THROUGH HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS AT NORWIN HIGH SCHOOL, SIDUN IS 72-2 WITH A STATE TITLE. HE WAS UNDEFEATED LAST SEASON BUT MISSED THE POSTSEASON WITH AN INJURY. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM IS UP ONE SPOT TO NUMBER FOUR IN THE COACHES POLL AFTER A SEASON-OPENING SWEEP AT ARIZONA STATE LAST WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST CLARKSON IN THE HOME OPENER THURSDAY NIGHT AT 6:30.  

PENN STATE SPORTS - 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM SUFFERED ONE OF THE WORST LOSSES IN PROGRAM HISTORY SATURDAY AS THE NITTANY LIONS FELL TO PREVIOUSLY WINLESS UCLA, 42-37.  

PENN STATE GAVE UP A LONG TOUCHDOWN DRIVE TO START THE GAME AND UCLA CAPITALIZED ON AN ONSIDE KICK AND TOOK A 10-0 LEAD AND EXTENDED THE LEAD TO 27-7 AT HALFTIME. PENN STATE TRIED TO CLAW BACK BUT NEVER DID CATCH UP AND LOST ITS SECOND STRAIGHT CONTEST.  

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE DESERVEDLY UNRANKED IN THIS WEEK’S AP AND IS INEXPLICABLY RANKED 22ND IN THE COACHES’ POLL.  OHIO STATE REMAINS NUMBER ONE IN BOTH POLLS. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM SWEPT ARIZONA STATE IN THE SEASON-OPENING SERIES IN TEMPE OVER THE WEEKEND. IN THE SECOND GAME SATURDAY NIGHT, THE NITTANY LIONS GOT THE WINNING GOAL FROM FRESHMAN GAVIN MCKENNA. THE PROJECTED NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK IN NEXT YEAR’S NHL DRAFT SCORED HIS FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL WITH 1:53 LEFT IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO PUT PENN STATE UP 3-2 BEFORE DANE DOWIAK SCORED AN EMPTY-NETTER TO SET YOUR FINAL AT 4-2. THE NITTANY LIONS WERE DOWN 2-0 GOING INTO THE THIRD PERIOD. NIC CHIN-DEGRAVES AND JJ WIEBUSCH SCORED GOALS TO TIE THE GAME BEFORE THE ONE-TIMER FROM MCKENNA PUT THE NITTANY LIONS UP FOR GOOD. 

PENN STATE WON FRIDAY’S GAME 6-3. IN FRIDAY’S WIN, THE NITTANY LIONS OUTSCORED THE SUNDEVILS 4-0 IN THE THIRD PERIOD WITH MATT DIMARSICO SCORING THE HAT TRICK IN THE PERIOD. CHARLIE CERRATO ADDED FIVE POINTS AND AIDEN FINK ADDED A GOAL AND TWO ASSISTS. 

SO, IF YOU’RE KEEPING TRACK, PENN STATE OUTSCORED ARIZONA STATE 8-0 IN THE THIRD PERIODS OF THE TWO GAMES TO PULL OFF BACK-TO-BACK COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS TO START THE SEASON. 

PENN STATE’S HOME OPENER IS SET FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST CLARKSON IN A 6:30 FACEOFF.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM GOT BY MARYLAND IN A FIVE-SET VICTORY IN COLLEGE PARK YESTERDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS WON 25-16, 25-20, 19-25, 23-25 AND 15-5. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 21 KILLS AND 11 DIGS AND ALSO HAD FOUR ACES. GILLIAN GRIMES HAD 14 DIGS AND THREE ACES. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 8-6 ON THE SEASON, 2-2 IN BIG TEN MATCHES. 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS SWEPT BY NUMBER-ONE RANKED NEBRASKA 25-6, 25-15 AND 25-13. THE TOP-RANKED CORNHUSKERS REMAIN UNDEFEATED ON THE SEASON. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 11 KILLS TO LEAD PENN STATE. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM COMPLETED A TWO-GAME SWEEP AT VERMONT WITH A 5-3 WIN SATURDAY. IN THE SECOND WIN, FIVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORED FOR THE NITTANY LIONS: TAYLOR LUM, MIKAH KELLER, TESSA JANECKE, MADDY CHRISTIAN AND LEAH STECKER. 

PENN STATE DEFEATED VERMONT FRIDAY NIGHT, 3-1. GRACE OUTWATER, MADDY CHRISTIAN AND TESSA JANECKE SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS. KATIE DESA MADE 10 SAVES IN GOAL FOR THE NITTANY LIONS.  

PENN STATE IS NOW 4-0 ON THE SEASON.  

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM DETHRONED KING’S COLLEGE 7-1 YESTERDAY EVENING AT JEFFREY FIELD. BEN MADORE SCORED THE HAT TRICK TO LEAD THE NITTANY LIONS WITH VAN DANIELSON ADDED A PAIR OF GOALS. CHRISTIAN DIONNE AND NZIZA SIIBO ALSO SCORED FOR PNN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 5-4-2 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM GOT GOALS FROM AMELIA WHITE AND KAITLYN MACBEAN AND BEAT RUTGERS IN PISCATAWAY SATURDAY, 2-1.  

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 7-4-2 AND 3-2-1 IN THE BIG TEN NOW.  

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM WAS SHUT OUT BY OHIO STATE YESTERDAY, 2-0.  IT WAS SCORELESS AT HALFTIME BUT THE BUCKEYES TALLIED GOALS IN EACH THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS. PENN STATE ALSO LOST AT MICHIGAN ON FRIDAY, 2-1. AUBREY SEMLER SCORED THE PENN STATE GOAL. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 5-6 ON THE SEASON, 1-3 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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ALSO FRIDAY, THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHED AS THE RUNNERUP AND THE MEN PLACED 6TH AT THE PAUL SHORT RUN HOSTED BY LEHIGH. THERE WERE 40 TEAMS IN EACH RACE. VILLANOVA EDGED THE PENN STATE WOMEN BY FIVE POINTS FOR THE TITLE. ADA RAND WAS 15TH TO LEAD PENN STATE INDIVIDUALLY WITH CLAIRE DANIELS 17TH AND CHARLOTTE COSTICH 18TH. 

GEORGETOWN WON THE MEN’S RACE. THE NITTANY LIONS WERRE LED BY NICK SLOFF’S 14TH PLACE FINISH AND BRIAN DICOLA’S 19TH PLACE FINISH. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM WRAPPED UP PLAY AT THE MARTHA THORN INVITATIONAL YESTERDAY. MAIKO UCHIJIMA, MARIA DACIANA CIUBOTARU  AND JORDINA CEGARRA PICKED UP SINGLES WINS AND FRESHMAN ANSLEY COX PICKED UP HER FIRST COLLEGIATE VICTORY. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S TENNIS TEAM WRAPPED UP PLAY AT THE HOLMES CATHRALL MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL YESTERDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS HOSTED THE EVENT AT THE SARNI TENNIS CENTER WITH DAVID LINDSAY HIGHLIGHTING PENN STATE’S PLAY WITH DAVID LINDSAY WINNING BOTH OF HIS SINGLES MATCHES AND TEAMING WITH REIYA HATTORI TO WIN BOTH DOUBLES MATCHES AS WELL. PENN STATE WILL COMPETE IN THE ITA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 21ST IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY. 

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A COUPLE OF PENN STATE PLAYERS ARE ON THE TEAM USA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL ROSTER FOR THE TEAM COMPETING TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY IN PUERTO RICO AT THE NORCECA MEN’S FINAL SIX. SENIORS RYAN MERK AND OWEN ROSE ARE THE NITTANY LIONS THAT WILL PLAY FOR TEAM USA. THE U-S HAS WON THE EVENT THE LAST TWO TIMES. THE EVENT FEATURES ROUND ROBIN PLAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH THE SEMIFINALS ON SATURDAY AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH ON SUNDAY. THE UNITED STATES WILL PLAY MEXICO TODAY AT 6PM.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM IS COMPETING IN THE CULLAN BROWN COLLEGIATE AT KENTUCKY TODAY AND TOMORROW. PLAY GETS UNDERWAY AT 9 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. 

 

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ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM IMPROVED TO 6-1 ON THE SEASON WITH A 36-21 WIN AT CEDAR CLIFF. D’ANTAE SHEFFEY RAN FOR 148 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS FOR STATE HIGH. 

 

BELLEFONTE GOT A BIG WIN AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA, 24-15. KA’VEN SMITH-KIRK RUSHED 22 TIMES FOR 99 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN TO LEAD THE RED RAIDERS. 

 

CLEARFIELD FOUGHT PAST BALD EAGLE AREA 12-6. 

 

PENNS VALLEY LOST A HEARTBREAKER TO CENTRAL, 26-25.  THE DRAGONS RALLIED FROM AN 11-POINT DEFICIT TO PULL OUT THE VICTORY. 

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ON THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE TONIGHT, 

STATE COLLEGE IS AT CEDAR CLIFF TONIGHT. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 5-1 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE COLTS COME IN AT 3-3.  

A BIG INTRACOUNTY MATCHUP TONIGHT AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WITH THE MOUNTIES HOSTING BELLEFONTE. PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IS 

OFF TO A 4-2 START WHILE THE RED RAIDERS ARE 2-4. 

ALSO TONIGHT, BALD EAGLE AREA WILL HOST CLEARFIELD. THE EAGLES ARE 3-3 WHILE THE BISON COME IN AT 4-2.  

AND PENNS VALLEY WILL TRY AGAIN TO FIND THAT ELUSIVE FIRST VICTORY AS THE RAMS HOST 1-5 CENTRAL. 

ALL OF TONIGHT’S ACTION GETS UNDERWAY AT 7PM. 

 

IN JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL ACTION LAST NIGHT, IT WAS BELLEFONTE SHUTTING OUT BALD EAGLE AREA, 30-0.  

 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM LOST A TOUGH BATTLE TO CENTRAL YESTERDAY, 1-0.  THE DRAGONS SCORED THE GAME’S ONLY GOAL IN THE FIRST HALF. 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS ITS FIRST ROAD GAME OF THE SEASON AS THE NITTANY LIONS VISIT UCLA IN A 3:30 KICKOFF TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AFTER THE 30-24 DOUBLE OVERTIME LOSS TO OREGON IN THE WHITEOUT GAME, PENN STATE IS 3-1 ON THE YEAR. THE BRUINS ARE WINLESS.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 24 1/2 POINT FAVORITES AND WILL BE WITHOUT LINEBACKER TONY ROJAS WHO IS OUT WITH A LONG-TERM INJURY. UCLA IS NOW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF INTERIM COACH TIM SKIPPER AND IS THE ONLY WINLESS TEAM IN THE BIG TEN. 

SOME OTHER GAMES OF NOTE THIS WEEKEND: 9TH-RANKED TEXAS VISITS FLORIDA, 16TH-RANKED AND UNDEFEATED VANDERBILT WILL BE AT ALABAMA, BOISE STATE IS AT NOTRE DAME, TEXAS TECH TRAVELS TO HOUSTON , TEXAS A&M WILL HOST MISSISSIPPI STATE AND MIAMI OF FLORIDA WILL BE AT FLORIDA STATE. 

 

THE FIFTH-RANKED PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WILL VISIT 14TH-RANKED ARIZONA STATE TONIGHT IN THE SEASON OPENER. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 10PM AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE NHL NETWORK. PENN STATE IS COMING OFF ITS FIRST-EVER FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCE LAST YEAR AND HAS A STRONG GROUP OF NEWCOMERS INCLUDING THE PROJECTED NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK IN THE NEXT YEAR’S NHL DRAFT, GAVIN MCKENNA AND HOBY BAKER AWARD FINALIST AND JUNIOR DEFENSEMAN MAC GADOWSKY, WHO TRANSFERRED IN FROM ARMY WEST POINT TO PLAY FOR HIS DAD, GUY GADOWSKY. PENN STATE AND ARIZONA STATE  WILL PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS NOW RANKED 16TH AND WILL HOST TOP-RANKED NEBRASKA TONIGHT IN AN 8 O’CLOCK MATCH AT REC HALL.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 7-5 ON THE SEASON, 1-1 IN THE BIG TEN WHILE THE CORNHUSKERS ARE 12-0, 2-0 IN THE CONFERENCE.  TONIGHT’S MATCH WILL BE TELEVISED ON FOX. PENN STATE WILL ALSO VISIT MARYLAND SUNDAY AT 4 AND THAT MATCH WILL BE ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS SIXTH IN THE COACHES POLL AND HITS THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE AT VERMONT FOR GAMES TODAY AT 6PM AND TOMORROW AT 2PM. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 2-0 WHILE THIS WILL BE VERMONT’S SEASON OPENER. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM IS AT MICHIGAN STATE TODAY FOR A 5 O’CLOCK CONTEST. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN AS THEY ARE 3-4-2 ON THE YEAR, 0-2-1 IN THE BIG TEN. THE SPARTANS ARE 5-4 OVERALL, 2-2 IN THE CONFERENCE. 

PENN STATE RETURNS HOME ON SUNDAY TO TAKE ON KING’S COLLEGE IN A 3 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM IS ON THE ROAD THIS WEEKEND. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL VISIT MICHIGAN TONIGHT FOR A 6 O’CLOCK GAME AND THEN WILL FACE OHIO STATE IN COLUMBUS SUNDAY AT NOON. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5-4 ON THE SEAOSN, 1-1 IN THE BIG TEN. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM PLAYS ITS THIRD STRAIGHT ROAD GAME TOMORROW AS THE NITTANY LIONS FACE RUTGERS IN PISCATAWAY AT 4 O’CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PENN STATE IS 6-4-2 ON THE SEASON, 2-2-1 IN BIG TEN GAMES. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S TENNIS TEAM IS HOSTING THE HOLMES CATHRALL MEMORIAL INVITATION TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE SARNI TENNIS CENTER. SIX TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN THIS YEAR’S EVENT AS PENN STATE WILL BE JOINED BY BUFFALO, COLUMBIA, CORNELL, FLORIDA AND NAVY. THE ACTION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 12 NOON. 

The invitational honors Cathrall, who coached the Penn State men’s tennis team for 26 seasons from 1965-1990. Cathrall compiled a career record of 280-197-2 throughout his time with the Nittany Lions. Cathrall served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was awarded with a Purple Heart medal. He attended Colgate University where he played tennis and earned four varsity letters.

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THE PENN STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS ARE COMPETING IN THE PAUL SHORT RUN AT LEHIGH TODAY. THE MEN’S RACE BEGINS AT 11AM AND THE WOMEN’S RACE AT 11:45. 40 TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING IN EACH OF THE COLLEGE GOLD RACES WITH 297 TOTAL TEAMS COMPETING IN THIS YEAR’S EVENT.  THE WOMEN’S TEAM IS RANKED 15TH IN THE COUNTRY AND PENN STATE WILL BE RETURNING TO ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM WILL HAVE FOUR ATHLETES COMPETING AT THE MARTHA THORN INVITATIONAL TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA. THE ACTION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 11 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. 

 

ALSO, THE PENN STATE SOFTBALL TEAM HAS A FALL GAME AGAINST EAST STROUDSBURG AT 5:30 AT NITTANY LION SOFTBALL PARK AND BEARD FIELD. PENN STATE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE GIRLS WITH GAME EXPERIENCE TOMORROW IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT. PENN STATE WILL PLAY VIRGINIA AT 4:30 AS PART OF THE FESTIVITIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 

 

AND THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM WILL BEGIN COMPETING AT THE MERCEDES BENZ COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE SUNDAY MORNING. 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM WILL START PLAY AT THE CULLAN BROWN INTERCOLLEGIATE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY ON MONDAY. 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE WITHOUT LINEBACKER TONY ROJAS FOR QUITE AWHILE. HEAD COACH JAMES FRANKLIN SAYS IS A LONG-TERM INJURY. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE COMING OFF A 30-24 DOUBLE OVERTIME LOSS TO OREGON THIS PAST SATURDAY AND WILL LEAVE TODAY FOR LOS ANGELES AHEAD OF THE 3:30 KICKOFF SATURDAY AT THE ROSE BOWL IN PASADENA.  PENN STATE IS 3-1 WHILE THE BRUINS ARE 0-4 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM IS NO LONGER RANKED. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 6-4-2 OVERALL, 2-2-1 IN THE BIG TEN AND WILL TRAVEL TO RUTGERS FOR A 4 O’CLOCK KICKOFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  

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Tickets for the much anticipated Big Ten Hockey contest between Penn State and Michigan State at West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, January 31, 2026, will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, October 15. 

Ticket prices will start as low as $28 and a full pricing map can be viewed HERE. 

MEN’S HOCKEY SEASON TICKET HOLDERS

If you are already a men’s hockey season ticket holder there will be no additional cost to you as this game was included in your season ticket package earlier this year. You will, however, need to select your seats in Beaver Stadium beginning Tuesday, October 7 through Sunday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. (ET).

All men’s hockey season ticket holders will be eligible to purchase additional tickets during the presale on Tuesday, October 14.

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IN THE 409TH GAME PLAYED IN BEAVER STADIUM, THE NITTANY LIONS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LOST TO OREGON IN DOUBLE OVERTIME 30-24. YOU KNOW THE STORY… JAMES FRANKLIN IS NOW 4-21 AGAINST TOP TEN TEAMS IN HIS TENURE AT PENN STATE. DREW ALLAR THREW AN INTERCEPTION ON THE FIRST PLAY OF PENN STATE OFFENSIVE TURN IN THE SECOND OVERTIME TO SEAL THE WIN FOR THE DUCKS ON PENN STATE’S WHITEOUT NIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS RALLIED FROM A 17-3 DEFICIT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO FORCE OVERTIME. DREW ALLAR CONNECTED WITH DEVONTE ROSS ON A 35-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS AND THEN ON A 7-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO FORCE THE EXTRA TIME. 

PENN STATE WENT AHEAD ON A 4-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM KAYTRON ALLEN IN THE FIRST OVERTIME BEFORE THE DUCKS ANSWERED , SCORING ON A FOURTH DOWN PLAY WITH DANTE MOORE COMPLETING A PASS TO JAMARI JOHNSON FOR THE SCORE. MOORE THEN THREW A 25 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO GARY BRYANT IN THE SECOND OVERTIME BEFORE ALLAR’S INTERCEPTION. PENN STATE IS NOW 3-1 ON THE SEASON, 0-1 IN BIG TEN PLAY AND THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HIT THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON WHEN IT VISITS UCLA FOR A 3:30 EASTERN TIME KICKOFF ON SATURDAY. THE BRUINS ARE 0-4 AFTER LOSING TO NORTHWESTERN SATURDAY, 17-14. SATURDAY’S GAME WILL BE ON CBS.  

 

IN THE NEW AP POLL THIS WEEK, OHIO STATE REMAINS NUMBER ONE WITH OREGON VAULTING UP TO NUMBER TWO FOLLOWED BY MIAMI, OLE MISS AND OKLAHOMA RESPECTIVELY. TEXAS A&M IS SIXTH WITH PENN STATE FALLING TO NUMBER SEVEN. INDIANA IS 8TH, TEXAS 9TH AND ALABAMA 10TH. MICHIGAN IS 20TH AND ILLINOIS IS 22ND. 

IN THIS WEEK’S COACHES’ POLL, PENN STATE HAS SLIPPED TO NUMBER SIX. THE TOP FIVE, IN ORDER, ARE OHIO STATE, OREGON, MIAMI, OLE MISS AND TEXAS A&M. TEXAS IS SEVENTH WITH OKLAHOMA 8TH, INDIANA 9TH AND GEORGIA 10TH. ALABAMA IS 11TH IN THE COACHES’ POLL.  MICHIGAN IS 20TH AND ILLINOIS IS 22ND. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST IN FOUR SETS TO UCLA AT REC HALL YESTERDAY. THE BRUINS WON 25-22, 19-25, 25-23 AND 25-23. THE NITTANY LIONS’ KENNEDY MARTIN HAD A GREAT MATCH IN DEFEAT POSTING 34 KILLS ON A .403 HITTING PERCENTAGE. SHE ALSO HAD 9 DIGS AND 3 BLOCKS. SHE ALSO HAD 29 KILLS IN THE FIVE-SET VICTORY OVER USC FRIDAY NIGHT AT REC HALL.  IN YESTERDAY’S MATCH EMMI SELLMAN ADDED 11 KILLS AND 12 DIGS. IN FRIDAY’S WIN OVER THE TROJANS, PENN STATE TOOK THE DECISIVE FIFTH SET, 15-13.  PENN STATE IS NOW 7-5, 1-1 IN THE BIG TEN.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM EARNED A 2-1 VICTORY AT NORTHWESTERN YESTERDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS’ GOALS CAME FROM AMELIA WHITE AND MOLLY MARTIN. IN GOAL, MACKENZIE GRESS MADE SIX SAVES. 

PENN STATE IS 6-4-2 ON THE SEASON, 2-2-1 IN BIG TEN ACTION. 

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM GAVE UP A COUPLE OF GOALS IN THE FINAL MINUTE AND A HALF AND FELL AT SYRACUSE YESTERDAY, 3-2. MORGAN MCMENAMIN AND JOJI PURDY SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 5-4 ON THE SEASON.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS OFF TO A 2-0 START AFTER FRIDAY’S 5-2 WIN OVER ST. LAWRENCE AS THE 8TH-RANKED NITTANY LION TOOK BOTH GAMES IN THE SEASON-OPENING SERIES FROM THE 9TH-RANKED SAINTS. TESSA JANECKE HAD A GOAL AND AN ASSIST FOR PENN STATE. ALSO SCORING FOR THE NITTANY LIONS WERE TAYA MACDONALD, MATLDE FANTIN, GRACE OUTWATER AND NICOLE HALL. PENN STATE SCORED THE FINAL THREE GOALS OF THE GAME IN THE THIRD PERIO TO PULL AWAY FOR THE WIN. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HIT THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME SEASON WITH A PAIR OF GAMES AT VERMONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HAS SOME HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON BUT SOME DISAPPOINTING NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND. ON FRIDAY, SOPHOMORE FORWARD KEATON PETERS ANNOUNCED HE WILL MISS THE UPCOMING SEASON DUE TO KNEE SURGERY. HE SAID HE SUFFERED THE INJURY A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THAT THE SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL. PETERS WILL NOW REDSHIRT THIS SEASON. AS A TRUE FRESHMAN LAST YEAR, HE SCORED A COUPLE OF GOALS AND FOUR ASSISTS. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN UP THEIR SEASON ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT ARIZONA STATE. 

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THE PENN STATE BASEBALL TEAM WON A PAIR OF GAMES OVER VILLANOVA IN FALL ACTION FRIDAY EVENING. THE NITTANY LIONS WON 7-5 AND 5-4. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM IS COMPETING TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE NEMACOLIN COLLEGIATE INVITATION IN FARMINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA. THAT TOURNAMENT IS GETTING UNDERWAY THIS MORNING WITH TWO ROUNDS TODAY AND A FINAL ROUND TOMORROW. 

 

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IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, STATE COLLEGE OVERCAME AN EARLY 7-0 DEFICIT AFTER A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS TO POST A 41-13 VICTORY AT CENTRAL DAUPHIN. CONNOR KULKA THREW FOR 238 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS AFTER GIVING UP A PICK SIX EARLY. D’ANTAE SHEFFEY RAN FOR OVER 100 YARDS AND A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN AND ALSO HAD A TOUCHDOWN CATCH. HANK LUSTIG HAD 5 RECEPTIONS FOR 75 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 5-1 ON THE SEASON. 

THE BALD EAGLE AREA FOOTBALL TEAM KNOCKED OFF BELLEFONTE IN THE CURTIN BOWL FRIDAY NIGHT, 19-14. LUKE HOSBAND HAD 103 RECEIVING YARDS AND A PAIR OF TOUCHDOWNS. THE EAGLES ARE NOW 3-3 WHILE THE RED RAIDERS ARE 2-4. 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GOT A BIG WIN OVER BELLWOOD-ANTIS FRIDAY NIGHT, 31-28.  ROBERT MCCLENHAN PRESERVED THE VICTORY WITH AN INTERCEPTION AT THE END OF THE GAME. COLTON CHAPMAN HAD A COUPLE OF RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE MOUNTIES WHO ALSO USED FOUR TURNOVERS TO HELP IMPROVE TO 4-2 ON THE SEASON.  

PENNS VALLEY FELL TO CLEARFIELD 47-7.  THE RAMS ARE NOW 0-6 ON THE SEASON. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATED CENTRAL DAUPHIN 2-0 ON FRIDAY.

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THE WHITE OUT GAME IS ON TAP TOMORROW NIGHT AT BEAVER STADIUM.  THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY AGAINST OREGON. KICKOFF IS SET FOR 7:30 AND THE GAME WILL BE ON NBC.  PENN STATE IS NOW A 3 1/2 POINT FAVORITE OVER THE DUCKS. 

PART OF THE BIG BUILDUP FOR THE GAME WILL BE ESPN GAME DAY ORIGINATING FROM THE OLD MAIN LAWN. AND WE NOW KNOW THAT LAVAR ARRINGTON WILL BE THE GUEST PICKER ON TOMORROW MORNING’S SHOW.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM SHUT OUT ST. LAWRENCE 3-0 IN THE SEASON OPENER. ALL THREE GOALS CAME IN THE FIRST PERIOD FOR THE 8TH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS. KATELYN ROBERTS, NICOLE HALL AND GRACE OUTWATER SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS. KATIE DESA EARNED HER 14TH CAREER SHUTOUT IN GOAL.  IT WAS PENN STATE’S FIRST-EVER VICTORY OVER 9TH-RANKED ST. LAWRENCE IN 11 GAMES. PENN STATE WILL GO FOR THE SEASON-OPENING SWEEP THIS AFTERNOON IN A THREE O’CLOCK FACEOFF.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND WITH A COUPLE OF HOME MATCHES TO OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY AT REC HALL. TONIGHT, THE NOW 15TH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS WILL TAKE ON 17TH-RANKED USC AT 8PM.  AND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IT WILL BE UCLA IN TO TAKE ON THE NITTANY LIONS AT 12 NOON.  PENN STATE IS 6-4 HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. USC IS 9-1 AND UCLA IS 6-4.  

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM WILL HOST MICHIGAN STATE THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 O’CLOCK. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 4-3 ON THE SEASON, 0-1 IN THE BIG TEN. PENN STATE WILL ALSO PLAY AT SYRACUSE ON SUNDAY. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM IS 5-4-2 ON THE SEASON AND WILL BE AT NORTHWESTERN ON SUNDAY. 

 

The Penn State baseball team welcomes Villanova on Friday, September 26 for a Fall game at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. with free admission for all ages.

The Nittany Lions host Villanova for their first of three Fall Ball games. Penn State welcomes Team Ontario on Friday, Oct. 10 and Bucknell on Friday, Oct. 17.

 

The Penn State swim and dive teams are set to kick off their 2025-26 season with the annual Blue and White Meet in McCoy Natatorium this Friday, Sept. 26, at 3:30 p.m. 

Fans are encouraged to park at the East Deck.

The scrimmage will mark the beginning of Head Coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron’s second season leading the Nittany Lions, coming off a successful 2024-25 campaign. The meet offers fans a glimpse of returners and new faces before the official season start.

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S RUGBY TEAM WILL HOST LIFE UNIVERSITY TOMORROW AT 1PM. 

 

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TONIGHT: 

STATE COLLEGE AT CENTRAL DAUPHIN

BELLEFONTE VS BALD EAGLE AREA

PENNS VALLEY AT CLEARFIELD 

BELLWOOD-ANTIS AT P-O

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ON SENIOR NIGHT FOR THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM, THE RAMS BREEZED TO A 12-0 VICTORY OVER GREATER JOHNSTOWN YESTERDAY. EILLIE ROMIG SCORED FOUR GOALS AND ELLE DINGES ADDED THREE GOALS. OLIVIA HOMAN ADDED A COUPLE OF GOALS AND KIERSTEN FETTEROLF, CALYNN FETTEROLF AND MILEY HUBLER ALL SCORED AS WELL.  

IN BOYS SOCCER, PENNS VALLEY JUMPED ON TOP EARLY AND WENT ON TO A 6-1 WIN OVER GREATER JOHNSTOWN. LUKE RUOFF SCORED TWO GOALS TO LEAD THE RAMS. PENNS VALLEY ALSO GOT GOALS FROM DEON DECKER, ETHAN ROLAND, LIAM MERRITT AND KYUS KIMLER.   PENNS VALLEY IS NOW 6-1-1 OVER THEIR LAST 8 GAMES. 

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The State College Field Hockey team picked up their second win in a row as they defeated Central Dauphin 2-0 on a beautiful evening at Landis Field.

The Little Lions continued their winning ways tonight as they shut down a powerful Central Dauphin team under the lights. The teams traded possessions in the first period but neither team was able to tally a score. It was State College’s Brynn Pezalski who was able to punch in a goal after a scrum in front of the net. The goal was Pezalski’s 10th of the season and the game entered halftime with the Lions up 1-0.

Early in the third period, State College would score the second and final goal of the game as sophomore midfielder Reagan Dare emphatically put the Lions up 2-0. The goal came at the 11:07 mark and was assisted by Brynn Pezalski.

State College outshot CD 8-5, despite CD’s 9-7 advantage in penalty corners. The Lions continued to get some exceptional play from their goalie Cora Bierly. Bierly had 5 saves, the most impressive stop coming as time expired in the fourth period to keep the game a shutout. The State College defense, anchored by Avery Fuller, Harper Dare, Emme Antunez and Tegan White, also deserve recognition as they thwarted the CD offense, led by Penn State recruit Alessi Salvaggio, for much of the night.

“Tonight’s wins were a result of a TEAM effort. For both JV and Varsity to go into Ram territory and hold them to 0 goals, speaks volumes about our team defense anchored by our goalies. I am so proud of this team. We will savor these wins and use them to keep growing.” Sharon Herlocher, State College Field Hockey Head Coach

State College looks to keep their winning streak alive as they travel to Lewistown on Monday to face the Huskies of Mifflin County.

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THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT PENNS VALLEY LAST NIGHT 25-22, 25-14, 25-13. THE LADY MOUNTIES IMPROVE TO 10-6-1 ON THE SEASON, 6-1 IN CONFERENCE ACTION WHILE THE LADY RAMS FALL TO 9-7 ON THE YEAR, 5-3 IN THE CONFERENCE. 

 

ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED ALTOONA IN STRAIGHT SETS, 25-14, 25-12 AND 25-23. STATE HIGH IS NOW 7-1 AND WILL VISIT CUMBERLAND VALLEY TONIGHT. 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM CONTINUES TO GEAR UP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT’S SHOWDOWN AGAINST OREGON IN THE BIG TEN OPENER AND THE WHITEOUT GAME. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-0 WHILE THE DUCKS ARE OFF TO A 4-0 START. THIS WILL BE OREGON’S FIRST VISIT TO PENN STATE SINCE 1964.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 11-6 ALL-TIME IN WHITEOUT GAMES. SATURDAY’S GAME IS SET FOR A 7:30 KICKOFF AND WILL BE TELEVISED ON NBC. 

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LAST NIGHT’S PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER GAME AGAINST MARYLAND WAS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. ULTIMATELY, THE TEAMS TIED 2-2 AT JEFFREY FIELD. CHRISTIAN DIONNE AND BEN MADORE SCORED SECOND HALF GOALS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. A VIDEO REVIEW LED TO A RED CARD FOR MARYLAND WITH THE GAME TIED AT ONE AND ABOUT 17 MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY. PENN STATE TOOK THE LEAD ON THE DIONNE GOAL BUT THE TERRAPINS DISPUTED THE GOAL ON WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FOUL AGAINST PENN STATE. MARYLAND TIED THE GAME JUST A MINUTE AND 18 SECONDS LATER AND JONATHAN EVANS MADE A SAVE ON A FREE KICK IN THE FINAL SECONDS TO PRESERVE THE TIE FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 2-4-2 ON THE SEASON, 0-2-1 IN BIG TEN GAMES. PENN STATE IS OFF UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY WHEN ROBERT MORRIS WILL VISIT JEFFREY FIELD.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM HAS DROPPED TO NUMBER 18 IN THE LATEST COACHES POLL. VIRGINIA IS NUMBER ONE WITH NOTRE DAME SECOND, STANFORD THIRD AND THE BIG TEN’S UCLA FOURTH WITH TENNESSEE FIFTH. THREE OTHER BIG TEN TEAMS ARE RANKED WITH IOWA 8TH, WISCONSIN 20TH AND OHIO STATE 23RD. PENN STATE IS 5-3-2 ON THE SEASON AND WILL PLAY AT ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN THIS WEEKEND. 

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DANE DOWIAK HAS BEEN NAMED THE CAPTAIN FOR THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. JAROD CRESPO IS THE ALTERNATE. DOWIAK IS A JUNIOR FORWARD AND BECOMES THE 12TH CAPTAIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN THEIR SEASON AT ARIZONA STATE ON OCTOBER 3RD.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 5TH IN THE PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS 8TH IN THE PRESEASON COACHES POLL AND WILL OPEN UP THE SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST 9TH-RANKED ST. LAWRENCE AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. FACE-OFF WILL BE AT 6PM. THE TEAMS WILL ALSO PLAY FRIDAY AT 3PM. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM HAS ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF ASSISTANT COACH KERRIGAN MILLER. HEAD COACH KAYLA TREANOR IS ROUNDING OUT HER STAFF AHEAD OF HER FIRST SEASON WITH PENN STATE. MILLER PLAYED COLLEGIATELY AT USC AND NORTH CAROLINA.  

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LET THE HYPE AND THE FUN BEGIN. IT’S GAME WEEK FOR THE WHITE OUT GAME. THE 3-0 PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HOST OREGON IN THE BIG TEN OPENER SATURDAY NIGHT AT BEAVER STADIUM. THE DUCKS ARE 4-0. ESPN GAMEDAY WILL BE HERE SATURDAY MORNING AND IT IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR PENN STATE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE EXPECTATIONS IN A SEASON THAT BEGAN WITH THE HIGHEST OF HOPES. 

OREGON IS COMING OFF A 41-7 WIN OVER OREGON STATE ON SATURDAY. 

THE NITTANY LIONS SLIPPED ONE SPOT TO NUMBER THREE IN THE A-P RANKING THIS WEEK WHILE THE DUCKS HOLD STEADY AT NUMBER SIX. 

IN THE COACHES’ POLL, PENN STATE REMAINS NUMBER TWO WITH OREGON FIFTH. 

OHIO STATE IS NUMBER ONE IN BOTH POLLS. IN THE AP RANKINGS, INDIANA IS 11TH, MICHIGAN 19TH, USC 21ST AND ILLINOIS 23RD. 

IN THE COACHES POLL, INDIANA IS 12TH, MICHIGAN IS 18TH, USC IS 22ND AND ILLINOIS IS 23RD. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM YESTERDAY SWEPT CENTRAL MICHIGAN 25-21, 25-20 AND 25-22 TO IMPROVE TO 6-4 ON THE SEASON HEADING INTO BIG TEN PLAY.  KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 16 KILLS AND CAROLINE JUREVICIUS ADDED 10 KILLS AND ADDIE LYON HAD 32 ASSISTS. PENN STATE ALSO RALLIED FROM A 2-1 DEFICIT TO BEAT PRINCETON IN FIVE SETS FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS TOOK THE DECISIVE FIFTH SET 15-8.  KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 29 KILLS AND ADDIE LYON HAD 51 ASSISTS IN THAT MATCH. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT, HOSTING USC IN AN 8 O’CLOCK START AT REC HALL.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM GOT KNOCKED OFF AT HOME BY WISCONSIN YESTERDAY, 2-1. KAITLYN MACBEAN GAVE PENN STATE THE EARLY 1-0 LEAD BUT THE BADGERS BOUNCED BACK TO TAKE THE VICTORY. 

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM DROPPED A 3-2 SHOOTOUT TO LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS FALL TO 4-3 ON THE SEASON. PENN STATE WILL TRY TO BOUNCE BACK FRIDAY WHEN IT HOSTS MICHIGAN STATE IN A 4 O’CLOCK GAME THAT 

 

INDIANA PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF TO BEAT THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM 4-1 FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GAME WAS KNOTTED AT ONE AFTER THE FIRST HALF BUT THE FIFTH-RANKED HOOSIERS WERE ABLE TO OPEN THINGS UP IN THE SECOND HALF. KAI PHILLIP SCORED THE OPENING GOAL OF THE GAME FOR THE NITTANY LIONS BEFORE THE HOOSIERS SCORED FOUR STRAIGHT. 

JONATHAN EVANS MADE FIVE SAVES FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 2-4-1 ON THE SEASON.   

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FIVE PENN STATE PLAYERS EARNED VICTORIES AT THE WOMEN’S TENNIS ITA ALL-AMERICANS IN CARY, NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE WEEKEND. PATRICIA GIRGORAS LED PENN STATE WITH A PAIR OF SINGLES VICTORIES. 

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM EASILY DEFEATED CHAMBERSBURG 40-0 IN ITS HOMECOMING GAME FRIDAY NIGHT. 

CONNOR KULKA THREW FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES INCLUDING THREE TO HANK LUSTIG , TWO OF WHICH CAME ON CONSECUTIVE PLAYS FROM SCRIMMAGE FOR THE LITTLE LIONS’ OFFENSE. STATE HIGH ALSO GOT INTERCEPTIONS FROM ROWAN WALKER, AJ FRY AND MICHAEL YOUREY TO HELP PRESERVE THE SHUTOUT. STATE HIGH IS NOW 4-1.  

KA’VEN SMITH-KIRK HAD AN 81-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO PUT BELLEFONTE AHEAD FOR GOOD AS THE RED RAIDERS TOPPED PENNS VALLEY ON THE RAMS’ HOMECOMING NIGHT, 27-20. BELLEFONTE ALSO GOT THE FIRST SCORE ON AN 80-YARD KICKOFF RETURN. CARTER IRONSIDE CONNECTED WITH SETH FETTEROLF IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO GIVE PENNS VALLEY A 20-14 LEAD AT HALFTIME. THE RED RAIDERS IMPROVE TO 2-3 WHILE THE RAMS ARE NOW 0-5.  

BALD EAGLE AREA QUARTERBACK GRADY FISHER RAN FOR 98 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS TO LEAD THE EAGLES TO A 21-14 WIN OVER PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA. THE EAGLES ARE NOW 2-3 WHILE THE MOUNTIES FALL TO 3-2.  

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Great area high school football tonight, 7 PM kickoffs...

CHAMBERSBURG (2-2) AT STATE COLLEGE (3-1) 

BELLEFONTE (1-3) AT PENNS VALLEY (0-4) 

BALD EAGLE AREA (1-3) VS P-O (3-1) 

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IN HIGH SCHOOL GOLF THURSDAY, BELLEFONTE GOT A 7-2 WIN AT MIFFLIN COUNTY IN A MATCH PLAY FORMAT CONTEST. 

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KAITLYN MACBEAN SCORED THE PENN STATE GOAL AS THE NITTANY LION WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM TIED NEBRASKA 1-1. THE CORNHUSKERS GOT A LATE GOAL WITH LESS THAN 35 SECONDS LEFT IN REGULATION, FROM LAURYN ANGLIM TO FORCE THE DRAW. PENN STATE IS NOW 5-2-2 OVERALL THIS SEASON, 1-0-1 IN THE BIG TEN. NEBRASKA IS NOW 5-0-4, 0-0-2.

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No. 13 Penn State Women’s Volleyball welcomes Princeton and Central Michigan to Rec Hall for the Penn State Classic this weekend. The Nittany Lions open play at the event with a match against Princeton on Friday at 7 p.m., and then play Central Michigan on Sunday at 2 p.m. Both matches will stream on B1G+.

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Penn State men's soccer gets its first home conference action when the team hosts Indiana on Friday, September 19 for the Mack Brady Match on Alumni Weekend at Jeffrey Field. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on B1G+.

Friday's contest marks the 13th annual Mack Brady Match in honor of youth goalkeeper Mack Brady whose dream was to play for Penn State and the U.S. Men's National Team. The Nittany Lions have played valiently in honor of Brady, holding an 8-2-2 record in the memorial matches, including a undefeated stretch from 2018 to 2023. In addition to the annual memorial match, Penn State will also host over 30 alumni this weekend who will be commemorated at the contest.

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The Penn State softball team has a full slate of games this weekend with more fall softball action. On Saturday at Beard Field the Nittany Lions will face Frostburg State and Clarion, with more action Sunday vs. Bloomsburg and St. Francis. Game times both days are 11 AM, 1:30 PM and 4 PM. 

 

Penn State men’s basketball completed its 2025-26 schedule on Thursday, as the Big Ten Conference released the full 20-game slate for all 18 member institutions. The Nittany Lion B1G schedule features nine conference matchups inside the Bryce Jordan Center, in addition to a home date inside The Palestra in Philadelphia on January 3 against Illinois.

Highlights of the 2025-26 Nittany Lion men’s basketball Big Ten schedule include a quartet of weekend home games inside the Bryce Jordan Center, including Michigan State on Saturday, December 13, Minnesota on Sunday, February 1, USC on Sunday, February 8, and Iowa on Saturday, February 28. Penn State will also play host to the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins for the first time as Big Ten Conference rivals this season, with both teams set to play in Happy Valley for the first time following the turn of the new year.

Conference action begins when PSU opens its 2025-26 league ledger with a pair of matchups in the Big Ten’s December window. Action begins on Tuesday, December 9, as the Blue & White travel to Bloomington, Indiana, for a test against the Indiana Hoosiers. The Nittany Lions return to University Park later in the week to host the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, December 13.

Following a brief hiatus for the holiday season and the conclusion of non-conference competition, PSU returns to B1G play with a trip to the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday, January 3, as the Nittany Lions return to the historic Palestra for a matchup against the Illinois Fighting Illini. Penn State has hosted five Big Ten games inside the "Cathedral of College Basketball", defeating Michigan State in 2017, Iowa in 2020, and Michigan in 2024. Penn State has played 63 total games in The Palestra dating back to 1927.

Further information and tickets for the matchup between Penn State and Illinois at The Palestra will follow at a later date. All 2025-26 men's basketball season ticket holders and Nittany Lion Club members will have priority to secure tickets for the game in Philadelphia.

Penn State returns to Happy Valley on Tuesday, January 6, welcoming the Michigan Wolverines to the BJC before setting out on the first road trip of the new year on Saturday, January 10, taking on Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Nittany Lions welcome UCLA to the Bryce Jordan Center for the first time ever on Wednesday, January 14, and hit the road once more to face off against the Maryland Terrapins from College Park on Sunday, January 18. PSU’s final home game in the month of January comes against Wisconsin on Thursday, January 22, just before the Blue & White set out on a two-game road trek against Ohio State on Monday, January 26 and Northwestern on Thursday, January 29.

The Nittany Lions kick off February by returning to home action against Minnesota on Sunday, February 1, just before traveling to the Crisler Center for the second game of the year against Michigan on Thursday, February 5. USC makes its first transcontinental trip to Central Pennsylvania on Sunday, February 8, before Penn State sets out on its first Pacific Northwest road trip in B1G competition. The Blue & White will face off against the Washington Huskies in Seattle on Wednesday, February 11, and head south to challenge the Oregon Ducks in Eugene on Saturday, February 14. PSU enters the final quarter of the 2025-26 campaign at home against Rutgers on Wednesday, February 18, travels to Nebraska on Saturday, February 21, returns to the Jordan Center for back-to-back home contests against Iowa on Saturday, February 28 and Ohio State on Wednesday, March 4, and concludes the regular season on the road in Piscataway, New Jersey, against Rutgers on Sunday, March 8.

The 2026 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off on Tuesday, March 10, and runs through Sunday, March 15, from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the National Basketball Association’s Chicago Bulls. Information regarding tickets to the league’s postseason event, as well as other fan information related to the Big Ten Tournament, will be released at a later date.

Tipoff times and television broadcast designations for all Penn State men’s basketball games will be announced at a later date.

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The Big Ten Conference released the conference matchup schedule for the 2025-26 season on Thursday afternoon with 18 B1G regular season contests slated for the upcoming year.

Home Matchups: Nebraska (Dec. 6); UCLA (Dec. 31); Michigan (Jan. 8); Illinois (Jan. 11); Rutgers (Jan. 18); Minnesota (Jan. 28); Michigan State (Feb. 4); Northwestern (Feb. 15); USC (Feb. 25)

The Lady Lions open Big Ten play at home for the second consecutive year when they take on Nebraska on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Penn State will play host to UCLA to welcome the New Year for a Dec. 31 contest, marking the first-ever home game against the Bruins in program history. The Blue & White will remain home for the week between Jan. 8-11 while they host Michigan and Illinois respectively. After a quick road trip, the Lady Lions will return home to face Rutgers for the first of two times in the 2025-26 campaign on Jan. 18. Minnesota will be the final opponent of the January slate on Jan. 28.

Penn State will play three conference games at home in the month of February, beginning with Michigan State on Feb. 4, followed by Northwestern on Feb. 15. The Lady Lions will round out their regular season home slate with a contest against USC on Feb. 25.  

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Former Penn State Football star and current Indianapolis Colts tight end Tyler Warren was named the Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week for week two, the Colts announced on Thursday.  Warren reeled in four of his seven targets for 79 yards in the Colts’ 29-28 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

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THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM ROLLED TO A 9-0 VICTORY OVER PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA YESTERDAY. 

SENIOR ELLIE ROMIG SCORED THE HAT TRICK IN THE OPENING 22 MINUTES AND FINISHED WITH FOUR GOALS. ELLE DINGES, TAYLOR HOMAN, OLIVIA HOMAN , MILEY HUBLER AND CALYNN FETTEROLF ALL SCORED FOR PENNS VALLEY. THE RAMS ARE NOW 2-1-1 IN THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES. 

 

THE BELLEFONTE JV FOOTBALL TEAM LOST TO BISHOP GUILFOYLE YESTERDAY, 41-10. 

IN JUNIOR HIGH ACTION, THE BELLEFONTE A TEAM BEAT HUNTINGDON 62-14 WHILE THE BELLEFONTE B TEAM SHUT OUT HUNTINGDON 40-0.  

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THE 13TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST A FOUR-SET MATCH TO 5TH-RANKED PITT LAST NIGHT AT REC HALL. THE PANTHERS PREVAILED 25-23, 25-17, 23-25 AND 25-17.  PITT HAS NOW WON 8 STRAIGHT AFTER OPENING WITH TWO LOSSES. PENN STATE FALLS TO 4-4 ON THE SEASON. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 16 KILLS AND 5 DIGS TO LEAD PENN STATE. EMMI SELLMAN ADDED 11 KILLS AND 8 DIGS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST THE PENN STATE CLASSIC THIS WEEKEND. PENN STATE WILL OPEN UP AGAINST PRINCETON ON FRIDAY AT 7PM IN REC HALL.  

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THE 8TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL HOST NEBRASKA TONIGHT AT JEFFREY FIELD. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE PLAYING THE SECOND OF THEIR THREE-GAME HOMESTAND TO OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY THIS SEASON. KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD IS SET FOR 6PM AND THE GAME WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.  

PENN STATE IS 5-2-1, 1-0 IN THE BIG TEN.  NEBRASKA IS 5-0-3, 0-0-1 IN THE BIG TEN. 

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PENN STATE’S FLORENCE CARON HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK. CARON WON THE HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL AT THE PENN STATE GOLF COURSES LAST WEEK WITH A TIME OF 19:54.7

PENN STATE WILL BE BACK IN ACTION ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD AT LEHIGH’S PAUL SHORT RUN.  

 

PENN STATE’S BRIANNA BALDI HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG TEN WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK.  SHE WENT 3-0 IN SINGLES PLAY AND 2-1 IN DOUBLES PLAY AT THE DEBBIE SOUTHERN FALL CLASSIC IN SOUTH CAROLINA OVER THE WEEKEND. 

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The Penn State Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams, led by head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron, have announced their schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season.

The schedule features four home meets at the McCoy Natatorium. The season kicks off with the annual Blue and White meet on Friday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. PSU will face St. Bonaventure on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. and Yale on Saturday, Oct. 18. The Yale meet will also be Senior Day.

The team will then travel to face in-state rival Pitt on Oct. 24-25, including the diving portion on the 24th and the swimming portion on the 25th. Penn State also makes visits to Army (Nov. 7), Princeton, with Virginia Tech (Jan. 24) and West Virginia (Jan. 30).

The Nittany Lions will then conclude their home slate with a matchup against George Washington on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.

The schedule also features the Ohio State Invitational (Nov. 18-21), the Toyota U.S. Open (Dec. 3-6), the Ohio State First Chance meet (Feb. 13-14) and the Fort Lauderdale Open (April 29-May 3).

The Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships will be held from Feb. 18-21 in Minneapolis, Minn, while the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships will be held from Feb. 25-28 in Madison, Wis.

The women’s team will compete at the Bulldog Last Chance Meet, hosted by Georgia, on Feb. 28-March 1. The men’s team will compete at a Last Chance Meet on March 7-8.

 

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REAL AMERICAN FREESTYLE WRESTLING WILL HOLD ITS SECOND EVENT ON OCTOBER 25TH AT REC HALL. THE SECOND BOUT FOR THAT EVENT HAS BEEN RELEASED AND IT WILL BE TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION ROMAN BRAVO-YOUNG, THE PENN STATE ALUM FACING BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION NATHAN TOMASELLO WHO WON AN NCAA TITLE AT OHIO STATE. BOTH WRESTLERS WERE FOUR-TIME NCAA ALL-AMERICANS. THE OTHER CONFIRMED BOUT ON THE OCTOBER 25TH CARD WILL HAVE THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB’S KYLE SNYDER TAKING ON MASON PARRIS.  ​

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL DEFEATED CHAMBERSBURG IN FOUR SETS YESTERDAY, 25-15, 26-24, 23-25 AND 25-17 TO IMPROVE TO 6-0 ON THE SEASON. STELLA CAWLEY HAD 21 KILLS 6 DIGS AND 2 ACES FOR STATE HIGH.  MILEY MCLAUGHLIN HAD 8 ACES IN THE MATCH AND ADDED 6 KILLS AND 2 DIGS. THE LITTLE LIONS WILL BE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THEY HOST SPRING-FORD AT 11:30AM AT THE NORTH GYM.  

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Penn State football punter Gabriel Nwosu was named to the Ray Guy Award watchlist, it was announced on Tuesday.

The redshirt senior makes the list after averaging 48.6 yards per punt in the Nittany Lions’ first three games of the season. All five of his punts have landed within the 20-yard line, including one that went for 67 yards.

At the start of the season, Riley Thompson, Penn State’s punter from 2024, was named to the list, but after a fabulous spring and fall camp from Nwosu, he lost his starting job.

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A BIG-TIME MATCH TONIGHT AT REC HALL. THE 13TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL HOST 5TH-RANKED PITT AT 7 O’CLOCK. 

THIS WILL THE SIXTH TIME IN THE FIRST EIGHT MATCHES OF THE SEASON THAT THE NITTANY LIONS ARE FACING A RANKED OPPONENT. PENN STATE IS 50-6 AT REC HALL UNDER HEAD COACH KATIE SCHUMACHER-CAWLEY.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 4-3 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE PANTHERS ARE 7-2. TONIGHT’S MATCH WILL BE TELEVISED ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM WRAPPED UP PLAY AT THE CANADIAN COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL IN MACTIER, ONTARIO YESTERDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISHED 10TH IN THE 11-TEAM FIELD. JUNIOR ALEX CREAMEAN PACED PENN STATE AS HE FINISHED TIED FOR FIFTH IN THE 62-PLAYER FIELD. HE FINISHED WITH AN 8-UNDER 208 FOR THE THREE ROUNDS AND RECORDED 14 BIRDIES AND AN EAGLE. NOTRE DAME WON THE TOURNAMENT. 

 

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Penn State football’s all-time passing leader finds a new home-his hometown.

After being released by the Green Bay Packers following the preseason, Sean Clifford has found another home, signing onto the Cincinnati Bengals’ practice squad, along with former Jets’ QB Mike White, following the long-term injury to Cincinnati’s starter, Pro Bowler Joe Burrow.

Clifford, a fifth-round pick in 2023 by the Packers, spent one season backing up Jordan Love and another season on Green Bay’s practice squad before parting ways at the end of August. He’s played two games in his NFL career, completing his lone pass attempt for 37 yards. He also appeared in the 2024 Wild Card Round, his last NFL action to this point.

 

Former Penn State football linebacker Curtis Jacobs signed with the New York Giants’ practice squad, the team announced on Tuesday afternoon. The move comes after the Tennessee Titans waived Jacobs in late August.

He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent after the 2024 NFL Draft, but didn’t make the 53-man roster. The New England Patriots picked him up off of waivers, where he appeared in nine games in his rookie season before battling a concussion injury that sidelined him in November and December.

The Patriots released Jacobs in March. He signed with Tennessee the same month and spend all of the 2025 preseason with the Titans. He now makes his first NFL stop in the NFC as he looks to get a starting job.

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THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB’S KYLE SNYDER WON GOLD YESTERDAY AT 97 KILOGRAMS TO CLOSE OUT THE WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. SNYDER  DEFEATED IRAN’S AMIRALI AZARPIRA 3-2 IN THE FINALS. SNYDER GOT A LATE STEP OUT TO PULL OUT THE ONE-POINT VICTORY. THE WIN GIVES SNYDER HIS FOURTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO GO WITH AN OLYMPIC GOLD.  

ALSO YESTERDAY, REAL WOODS EARNED BRONZE FOR THE U-S AT 65 KILOS. 

THE UNITED STATES FINISHED SECOND BEHIND IRAN IN THE TEAM RACE. THE AMERICANS EARNED THREE GOLD MEDALS, A SILVER AND A BRONZE. 

THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB HAS TWO MEDALS - KYLE SNYDER’S GOLD AND LEVI HAINES’ SILVER.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT WILLIAMSPORT LAST NIGHT ON THE ROAD, 25-15, 25-20, 25-21.  

THE LITTLE LIONS IMPROVE TO 5-0 AND WILL BE RIGHT BACK AT IT TONIGHT AT CHAMBERSBURG.  

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SADIE KOCHER SCORED HER FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON ON AN ASSIST FROM REAGAN DARE BUT THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST TO A STRONG MECHANICSBURG SQUAD YESTERDAY, 5-1.  CORA BIERLY HAD THREE SAVES AND CHARLEY GOODSTEIN HAD SIX IN GOAL FOR STATE HIGH. LIBERTY OLIVETTI HAD THE HAT TRICK FOR MECHANICSBURG. STATE COLLEGE IS NOW 2-6 ON THE SEASON. 

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PENN STATE SENIOR LEVI HAINES WILL BRING HOME SILVER FROM CROATIA. HAINES LOST A 3-2 DECISION IN THE 79 KILOGRAM FINALS TO GREECE’S GEORGIOS KOUGIOUMTSIDIS  AT THE WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS YESTERDAY. HAINES GAVE UP COUNTER TAKEDOWN AND A PUSHOUT BEFORE GETTING A TAKEDOWN OF HIS OWN IN THE WANING SECONDS.  SO LEVI HAINES TAKES SILVER IN HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE. 

LEWISTOWN NATIVE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE GRAD TRENT HIDLAY WON GOLD FOR THE UNITED STATES AT 92 KILOS AS HE RALLIED FROM AN 8-POINT DEFICIT TO WIN 13-10 IN THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH. HE DEFEATED HIS RUSSIAN OPPONENT WITH A FURIOUS COMEBACK AFTER FALLING BEHIND 10-2.  

PENN STATE ALUM ROMAN BRAVO-YOUNG, WRESTLING FOR MEXICO, LOST HIS BRONZE MEDAL MATCH TO HIS ARMENIAN OPPONENT, 7-4. 

AND IN THE BRONZE MEDAL MATCH AT 74 KILOS, ZAURBEK SIDAKOV OF RUSSIA GOT A PUSHOUT WITH FIVE SECONDS LEFT TO DEFEAT DAVID CARR OF THE UNITED STATES ON CRITERIA 2-2.  

THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB’S KYLE SNYDER WILL WRESTLE TODAY FOR GOLD AT 97 KILOS.  SNYDER WENT 3-0 YESTERDAY, OUTSCORING HIS THREE OPPONENTS BY A COMBINED 24-1.  SNYDER WILL WRESTLE IRAN'S AMIRALI HAMID AZARPIRA FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS AFTERNOON. 

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THE UNITED STATES IS BATTLING JAPAN FOR SECOND IN THE TEAM RACE WITH IRAN CLINCHING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP YESTERDAY.  

FOR THE U-S, JAX FORREST AND DAVID CARR TOOK FIFTH, LEVI HAINES TOOK SILVER AND BOTH TRENT HIDLAY AND ZAHID VALENCIA WON GOLD. SPENCER LEE, PJ DUKE AND WYATT HENDRICKSON DID NOT PLACE AND REAL WOODS IS STILL ALIVE FOR BRONZE AND WILL FACE CANADA’S PEIMAN BIABANI FOR THE MEDAL THIS AFTERNOON ALONG  WITH KYLE SNYDER’S GOLD MEDAL MATCH THIS AFTERNOON. 

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Class of 2026 three-star small forward Dionycius Bakare has decommitted from Penn State basketball, according to Joe Moussa. Bakare had been committed to the Nittany Lions since July 7.   Bakare, a 6’5″ wing, hasn’t formally announced his decision on social media but has already picked up new offers from USC, Illinois, and Cal. Despite reopening his recruitment, Bakare told Moussa he is close to making a decision.

The Canadian forward previously chose Penn State over several Power Six programs and had been seen as one of Mike Rhoades’ early pieces in the Class of 2026.

With Bakare’s decommitment, the Nittany Lions’ 2026 recruiting class only holds one committed player in Jamison White, as Rhoades and his coaching staff regroup ahead of the next recruiting cycle.

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Penn State women’s volleyball fell one spot to No. 13 in the AVCA Poll on Monday. The Nittany Lions swept Bucknell with ease last week in their only match since being ranked No. 12 in the country.   Katie Schumacher-Cawley’s squad is joined in the top-25 by fellow Big Ten schools, No. 1 Nebraska, No.7 Wisconsin, No. 11 Purdue, No. 12 Minnesota, and No. 19 USC.  Pitt is up to number 5 in the rankings and the Nittany Lions will host the Panthers tomorrow night in Rec Hall at 7pm.  

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Coming off an AHA Championship and No. 1 ranking in the Preseason AHA Coaches Poll, the Nittany Lions open the year holding the eighth spot in the USCHO Preseason Division I Women’s Poll, the highest USCHO preseason ranking in program history.  Penn State is the only AHA team ranked in the preseason poll. However, the team will face multiple ranked opponents in St. Lawrence (No. 9), Northeastern (No. 15), Cornell (No. 4), and Ohio State (No. 2).

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Penn State softball is set to compete at the 2025 Little League Girls With Game Experience on October 4, along with Army West Point, the University of Maryland, and the University of Virginia.

The Little League Baseball World Series will host this event for its fourth consecutive year in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, at Lamade Stadium. Penn State is scheduled to play the University of Virginia at approximately 4:30 p.m., following the game between Army West Point and the University of Maryland at 2 p.m.

Prior to the doubleheader, the Little League Baseball World Series will host a softball clinic for players aged 9-12. After these events, participants of the clinic will have the opportunity to watch the collegiate games and have an exclusive autograph session with the players.

The doubleheader is open to the public and is free of charge. The World of Little League Museum will also be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Flagship Store will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for visitors.

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THE SECOND-RANKED PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM DEFEATED VILLANOVA 52-6 SATURDAY AT BEAVER STADIUM TO IMPROVE TO 3-0 ON THE SEASON. 

KAYTRON ALLEN HAD 10 CARRIES FOR 86 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND NICHOLAS SINGLETON ADDED 84 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS ON 20 CARRIES. DREW ALLAR FINISHED THE DAY COMPLETING 16 OF 29 PASS ATTEMPTS FOR 209 YARDS WITH ONE TOUCHDOWN AND ONE INTERCEPTION. 

LUKE REYNOLDS HAD FOUR CATCHES FOR 73 YARDS AND TREBOR PENA ALSO HAD FOUR RECEPTIONS FOR 60 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND PENA ALSO HAD FOUR CARRIES FOR 33 YARDS. RYAN BARKER ALSO CONNECTED ON ALL THREE OF HIS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS INCLUDING TWO FROM OVER 40 YARDS. 

JAHMIR JOSEPH HAD A PICK SIX AND ELLIOT WASHINGTON ALSO HAD AN INTERCEPTION FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. 

VILLANOVA’S TOUCHDOWN CAME ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME AS TENNER MADDOCKS CONNECTED WITH BRANDON BINKOWSKI.  

THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE A BYE WEEK BEFORE HOSTING FOURTH-RANKED OREGON A WEEK FROM SATURDAY IN THE WHITEOUT GAME AT BEAVER STADIUM.   

 

OREGON OPENED UP BIG TEN PLAY WITH A 34-14 WIN OVER NORTHWESTERN SATURDAY AND THE DUCKS WILL HOST OREGON STATE THIS SATURDAY AT 3PM.  

SOME OTHER SCORES FROM SATURDAY: TEXAS A&M SCORED LATE AND MADE THE EXTRA POINT TO KNOCK OFF NOTRE DAME 41-40.  GEORGIA GOT BY TENNESSEE IN OVERTIME 44-41. GEORGIA TECH CONNECTED ON A 55-YARD FIELD GOAL ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME TO DEFEAT CLEMSON 24-21.  LSU BEAT FLORIDA 20-10. MIAMI CRUISED TO A 49-12 WIN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF FOR A 37-9 WIN OVER OHIO.  

 

PENN STATE REMAINS SECOND IN BOTH THE AP AND COACHES’ POLLS WITH OHIO STATE STILL NUMBER ONE IN BOTH. IN THE AP RANKINGS, THE NITTANY LIONS ARE FOLLOWED BY LSU, MIAMI, AND GEORGIA RESPECTIVELY WITH OREGON SIXTH AND THE TOP TEN ROUNDED OUT BY FLORIDA STATE, TEXAS, ILLINOIS AND TEXAS A&M RESPECTIVELY.  INDIANA IS 19TH,  MICHIGAN 21ST AND USC 25TH. 

IN THE COACHES’ POLL THIRD THROUGH TENTH IN ORDER ARE GEORGIA, LSU, OREGON, MIAMI, TEXAS, ILLINOIS, FLORIDA STATE AND TEXAS A&M. 

INDIANA IS 17TH AND MICHIGAN IS 20TH.

FORMER NITTANY LION BEAU PRIBULA HAS HELPED MISSOURI GET OFF TO A 3-0 START. IN SATURDAY’S 52-10 WIN OVER LOUISIANA, PRIBULA COMPLETED 15 OF 22 PASSES FOR 174 YARDS AND TOUCHDOWNS. HE ALSO RAN FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND HAD ONE INTERCEPTION. 

 

NOT IN THE TOP 25 IS UCLA. THE BRUINS ARE 0-3 AFTER A 35-10 LOSS TO NEW MEXICO FRIDAY NIGHT AND DESHAUN FOSTER IS NO LONGER THE HEAD COACH OF THE PROGRAM.  TIM SKIPPER WILL SERVE AS THE INTERIM COACH. MARTIN HAD BEEN THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH. UCLA GAVE UP 298 YARDS ON THE GROUND FRIDAY NIGHT AN DESHAUN FOSTER ENDS HIS SHORT TENURE AS HEAD COACH WITH A RECORD OF 5-10, 3-6 IN BIG TEN GAMES. UCLA IS IDLE THIS WEEK BEFORE OPENING BIG TEN PLAY AT NORTHWESTERN ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.  

ALSO FIRED THIS WEEKEND WAS FORMER PENN STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRENT PRY AS HEAD COACH AT VIRGINIA TECH. THE HOKIES ARE ALSO 0-3 ON THE SEASON. PRY WAS IN HIS FOURTH SEASON AT VIRGINIA TECH AND LEAVES WITH A RECORD OF 16-24.   OLD DOMINION UPSET VIRGINIA TECH SATURDAY 45-26.  PHILIP MONTGOMERY, WHO HAD BEEN THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, WILL SERVE AS THE HOKIES’ INTERIM COACH. 

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PENN STATE SENIOR LEVI HAINES WILL WRESTLE FOR GOLD TODAY IN CROATIA.  HAINES IS REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES AT 79 KILOS AT THE WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CROATIA. HAINES WILL WRESTLE GEORGIOS KOUGIOUMTSIDIS OF GREECE THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES DEFEATED A MONGOLIAN OPPONENT 4-1 IN THE SEMIFINALS AND KNOCKED OFF RUSSIAN 2023 WORLD CHAMPION AKHMED USMANOV IN THE QUARTERFINALS WITH A LAST-SECOND TAKEDOWN.  HAINES ALSO POSTED WINS OF 5-2 AND 10-0 IN HIS FIRST TWO MATCHES. 

PENN STATE FRESHMAN PJ DUKE WENT 1-1 IN HIS FIRST SENIOR LEVEL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCE DEFEATING A CHINESE OPPONENT 11-0 BEFORE LOSING A HARD-FOUGHT 11-7 BATTLE TO 2024 WORLD CHAMPION NURKOZHA KAIPANOV OF KAZAKHSTAN IN THE ROUND OF 16.  

ZAHID VALENCIA WON GOLD FOR THE UNITED STATES AT 86 KILOS, OUTSCORING HIS OPPONENTS 49-0.  

LEWISTOWN NATIVE TRENT HIDLAY WILL ALSO WRESTLE FOR GOLD TODAY AT 92 KILOS. HIDLAY WILL FACE AMANULA GADZHIMAGOMEDOV OF RUSSIA IN THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH.  HIDLAY HAS OUTSCORED HIS OPPONENTS 42-5 THROUGH HIS FIRST FOUR MATCHES. 

THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB’S KYLE SNYDER STARTED COMPETING THIS MORNING.

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FRIDAY NIGHT, THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM GAVE UP A LATE GOAL AND LOST AT RUTGERS IN THE BIG TEN OPENER, 1-0.  

JONATHAN EVANS HAD SIX SAVES IN GOAL FOR THE NITTANY LIONS WHO FALL TO 2-3-1 OVERALL THIS SEASON. PENN STATE WILL HOST NUMBER ONE-RANKED INDIANA THIS COMING FRIDAY IN A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WON THE HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL AT THE PENN STATE GOLF COURSES ON FRIDAY.  SIX NITTANY LIONS PLACED IN THE TOP TEN LED BY FLORENCE CARON WHO WON THE RACE, COMPLETING THE COURSE 24 SECONDS AHEAD OF THE CLOSEST COMPETITOR. PENN STATE’S CLAIRE ZUBEY, ADA RAND, CLAIRE DANIELS AND CHARLOTTE COSTICH PLACED THIRD THROUGH SIXTH RESPECTIVELY WITH LEA HATCHER FINISHING NINTH. PENN STATE HAD 19 POINTS TO EASILY OUTDISTANCE SECOND PLACE SYRACUSE BY 31 POINTS. 

THE PENN STATE MEN FINISHED SECOND. THE NITTANY LIONS WERE LED BY FRESHMAN ISAAC OPPERMANN, THE STATE COLLEGE ALUM, WHO FINISHED 14TH WITH A TIME OF 25:27.3.  NICK SLOFF WAS 18TH AND JAXON SCHOEDEL 20TH FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. SYRACUSE WON THE MEN’S RACE, TOPPING PENN STATE 15 TO 62.  PITT WAS THIRD WITH 97 POINTS. 

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM PICKED UP A 5-2 VICTORY OVER KENT STATE YESTERDAY.  FIVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORED GOALS FOR PENN STATE: MORGAN SNYDER, AUBREY SEMLER, JOJI PURDY, ELLA JENNES AND NATALIE FREEMAN. SNYDER, FREEMAN, PURDY AND KATELYN STRAWSER HADD ASISTS FOR PENN STATE AS WELL.  

THE NITTANY LIONS ALSO DEFEATED BUCKNELL FRIDAY, 2-1.  KATELYN STRAWSER AND COOPER CUTCHINS SCORED FIRST HALF GOALS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. PENN STATE IS NOW 4-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY ON FRIDAY EVENING AT MARYLAND.  

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BRIANNA BALDI WENT 3-0 IN SINGLES MATCHES AND 2-1 IN DOUBLES MATCHES TO LEAD THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM AT THE DEBBIE SOUTHERN FALL CLASSIC IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA OVER THE WEEKEND. MAELIE MONFILS WENT 2-1 IN SINGLES PLAY FOR PENN STATE.  

 

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ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM IMPROVED TO 3-1 WITH A 24-14 WIN OVER CUMBERLAND VALLEY. ROWAN WALKER RAN FOR 173 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND CONNOR KULKA THREW FOR 145 YARDS AND A COUPLE OF SECOND HALF TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE LITTLE LIONS . 

 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA SHUT OUT PENNS VALLEY 39-0 AS THE MOUNTIES IMPROVE TO 3-1. PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA’S ARCHER BAUGHMAN THREW FOR A TOUCHDOWN, RAN FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND HAD AN INTERCEPTION IN THE VICTORY. THE RAMS ARE NOW 0-4.  

 BELLEFONTE FELL IN OVERTIME TO CLEARFIELD 22-18.  THE RED RAIDERS BATTLED BACK FROM A 15-0 HALFTIME DEFICIT TO FORCE OVERTIME BEFORE ULTIMATELY FALLING TO 1-3 ON THE SEASON. 

BALD EAGLE AREA LOST A TOUGH BATTLE TO TYRONE 21-14.  THE EAGLES FALL TO 1-3 ON THE SEASON. 

A FEW OTHER SCORES FROM FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ACTION: MOUNT UNION DOWNED WEST BRANCH 48-6.  

MOSHANNON VALLEY EDGED GLENDALE 14-12. 

CURWENSVILLE OUTSCORED SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON 29-26.  

MIFFLIN COUNTY LOST TO HERSHEY 27-7.  

SELINSGROVE KNOCKED OFF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 27-3.  

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LEWISBURG BEAT THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS SOCCER TEAM SATURDAY TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED ON THE SEASON. THE LITTLE LIONS FALL TO 5-2-2. 

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS SOCCER TEAM EDGED ST. JOSEPH’S IN OVERTIME SATURDAY, 2-1. COLLIN FOHRINGER SCORED THE GAME-WINNER WITH A HEADER IN OVERTIME. JEREMIAH MANNO GAVE ST. JOE’S THE EARLY LEAD BEFORE PENNS VALLEY’S ETHAN ROLAND TIED IT. THE RAMS ARE NOW 4-3-1 ON THE SEASON WHILE THE WOLVES FALL TO 2-4.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS A BIG MATCH AT WILLIAMSPORT TONIGHT. STATE HIGH IS 4-0 WHILE WILLIAMSPORT IS OFF TO A 5-1 START THIS SEASON. 

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IT IS ALREADY WEEK FOUR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON TONIGHT. STATE COLLEGE IS LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE HEARTBREAKER AGAINST HARRISBURG AS THE LITTLE LIONS PLAY THE SECOND OF THEIR THREE STRAIGHT HOME GAMES AGAINST CUMBERLAND VALLEY TONIGHT. THE EAGLES COME IN AT 1-2 AFTER A LOSS TO ALTOONA LAST WEEK. 

BELLEFONTE HAS A BIG HOME GAME AGAINST CLEARFIELD. THE RED RAIDERS ARE 1-2 AND WERE SHUTOUT IN EACH OF THE LAST TWO GAMES WHILE THE BISON COME IN AT 2-1.  

BALD EAGLE AREA WILL HOST TYRONE TONIGHT. BALD EAGLE AREA IS 1-2 VS A 2-1 TYRONE SIDE. 

AND IT WILL BE AN INTRACOUNTY MATCHUP AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA TONIGHT AS THE 2-1 MOUNTIES HOST 0-3 PENNS VALLEY.

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THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS SOCCER TEAM PICKED UP ITS THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY YESTERDAY, SHUTTING OUT DUBOIS 2-0.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE BOYS GOLF TEAM DEFEATED FIVE OTHER TEAMS IN A LAUREL HIGHLANDS CROSS SECTION MATCH YESTERDAY AT THE NITTANY COUNTRY CLUB. THE RED RAIDERS SHOT A 337 TO BEST SECOND PLACE PENN CAMBRIA BY 15 SHOTS. JOSEPH SWENTOSKY SHOT AN 81, KOREY LUTZ AND 82 AND GAVIN CHALFA AN 84 TO LEAD THE RED RAIDERS. 

 

ON WEDNESDAY, THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST TO LOWER DAUPHIN, 7-1.  FRESHMAN BRYNN PEZALSKI PUT STATE COLLEGE UP EARLY BEFORE LOWER DAUPHIN SCORED SEVEN STRAIGHT INCLUDING THREE FROM LILY ROST. STATE HIGH IS NOW 2-5.  THE LITTLE LIONS RETURN TO ACTION ON MONDAY, HOSTING MECHANICSBURG. (JV AT 5PM, VARSITY AT 6:30).  

ALSO WEDNESDAY, THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED MECHANICSBURG IN FOUR SETS TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED ON THE SEASON. 

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THE SECOND-RANKED PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE HOME AGAINST VILLANOVA TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM SET FOR 3:30. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 2-0 HEADING INTO THEIR FINAL GAME BEFORE THE BIG TEN OPENER AGAINST OREGON IN THE WHITEOUT GAME 15 DAYS FROM NOW. 

SOME OTHER GAMES OF NOTE TOMORROW, 4TH-RANKED OREGON IS AT NORTHWESTERN, CLEMSON VISITS GEORGIA TECH, YOU CAN LISTEN FOR THE WISCONSIN AT ALABAMA GAME HERE ON SPORTSRADIO 98-7, THE FOX AT NOON TOMORROW. 

GEORGIA WILL BE AT TENNESSEE, USC TRAVELS TO PURDUE, PITT IS AT WEST VIRGINIA, MIAMI ENTERTAINS SOUTH FLORIDA AND TOMORROW NIGHT, LSU WILL HOST FLORIDA WHILE TEXAS A&M VISITS NOTRE DAME. 

 

TWO BIG TEN TEAMS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT WITH INDIANA HOSTING INDIANA STATE AND UCLA AT HOME AGAINST NEW MEXICO. ALSO TONIGHT, COLGATE VISITS SYRACUSE, COLORADO IS AT HOUSTON AND KANSAS STATE VISITS ARIZONA.    

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LAST NIGHT, THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM DEFEATED MARYLAND IN THE BIG TEN OPENER AT JEFFREY FIELD, 4-0.  

THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 5-2-1 ON THE SEASON. 

AMELIA WHITE AND AUBREY KULPA SCORED FIRST HALF GOALS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS AND KATLYN MACBEAN SCORED A COUPLE OF SECOND HALF GOALS.  MACKENZIE GRESS AND AMANDA POORBAUGH COMBINED IN GOAL TO RECORD THE SHUTOUT. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE OFF UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY WHEN NEBRASKA VISITS. 

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TONIGHT, THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL OPEN UP BIG TEN PLAY AT RUTGERS. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 2-2-1 ON THE SEASON WHILE RUTGERS IS OFF TO A 3-1-1 START. TONIGHT’S GAME WILL KICK OFF AT 7PM.  

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THE PENN STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS WILL HOST THE HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL IN THEIR ONLY HOME MEET OF THE SEASON. THE TEN-TEAM FIELD WOMEN’S RACE WILL GET UNDERWAY HERE AT 10 THIS MORNING AND THE MEN’S RACE WILL FOLLOW AT 10:45 WITH NINE TEAMS COMPETING AT THE PENN STATE GOLF COURSES. THE PENN STATE WOMEN ARE RANKED 15TH NATIONALLY HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. 

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM WILL HOST BUCKNELL THIS EVENING IN A 6 O’CLOCK START. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE OFF TO A 2-1 START THIS SEASON.  PENN STATE WILL ALSO HOST KENT STATE SUNDAY AT 12 NOON.  

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S GOLF TEAM WILL BE COMPETING AT THE CANADIAN INTERCOLLEGIATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN MACTIER, ONTARIO. 

 

THE PENN STATE SOFTBALL TEAM WILL HAVE FALL SCHEDULE GAMES AT HOME SUNDAY AGAINST BUCKNELL AT 11AM AND IUP AT 4PM. 

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM WILL OPEN ITS FALL SEASON THIS WEEKEND AT THE DEBBIE SOUTHERN FALL CLASSIC AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY. THE ACTION GETS UNDERWAY AT 9 THIS MORNING AND RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH TEN OTHER TEAMS ALSO COMPETING IN THE EVENT IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM PICKED UP ANOTHER BIG RECRUIT EARLIER THIS WEEK: FORWARD NOLAN SNYDER. THE PITTSBURGH NATIVE SCORED 34 GOALS AND 62 ASSISTS IN 62 GAMES WITH THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE 15U TEAM THIS PAST SEASON. SNYDER IS PART OF 2027 RECRUITING CLASS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS.  

 

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THE SENIOR WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL GET UNDERWAY TOMORROW AND RUN THROUGH TUESDAY IN CROATIA. 

PENN STATE FRESHMAN P.J. DUKE WILL REPRESENT THE UNITED STATE AT 70 KILOS AND PENN STATE SENIOR LEVI HAINES WILL REPRESENT TEAM USA AT 79 KILOS.  KYLE SNYDER OF THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB IS AT 97 KILOS.  PENN STATE ALUM ROMAN BRAVO YOUNG IS REPRESENTING MEXICO AT 57 KILOS.  ALSO COMPETING FOR THE UNITED STATES: JAX FORREST AT 61 KILOS, REAL WOODS AT 65 KILOS, DAVID CARR AT 74 KILOS, ZAHID VALENCIA AT 86 KILOS, TRENT HIDLAY, THE LEWISTOWN NATIVE, AT 92 KILOS AND WYATT HENDRICKSON AT 125 KILOS. 

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The Penn State football team will close out its non conference schedule Saturday against Villanova in a 3:30 kickoff at Beaver Stadium.  The Nittany Lions are 2-0 while the Wildcats come in at 1-0.  Saturday’s game will be televised by FS1.   

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No. 8 Penn State women's soccer prepares to kick off its 32nd season of competition in the Big Ten Conference and opens a three-match homestand with a 6 p.m. (ET) kickoff against the Maryland Terrapins on Thursday, September 11 from Jeffrey Field. The match will air live to a national television audience via the Big Ten Network and FOX Sports App. Penn State is 4-2-1 on the season while Maryland comes in at 4-3.  

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Penn State men’s cross country rookie Isaac Oppermann has been named the Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon.

Oppermann made an impressive collegiate debut in Penn State’s season-opening sweep at the Dolan Duals. The Port Matilda, Pa. native finished third overall in the men’s 6K race, crossing the finish line in a time of 17:51.5. Oppermann’s strong finish helped the men’s team sweep the dual meet against Lock Haven.

Oppermann and the Nittany Lions return to action Friday when Penn State hosts the annual Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational at the Penn State Blue & White Courses. The women’s 6K will begin at 10 a.m., while the men’s 5.2-mile race is slated for a 10:45 a.m. start.

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Head coach Jeff Kampersal and the Penn State women's ice hockey team named its captains for the 2025-26 season earlier Monday afternoon. Senior forward Tessa Janecke will remain the team captain after becoming the 12th woman to don the ‘C’ in program history last season.

Entering her final season at Penn State, Janecke has been one of the most productive forwards in the team's history sitting atop the record books with 153 points. 

A quintet of seniors will serve as alternates with only one holdover from last season in Mya Vaslet while Katelyn Roberts, Kendall Butze, Maddy Christian and Leah Stecker will all don the ‘A’ for the first time in their careers.

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Penn State head swimming and diving coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron has added Trevor Sisson to her coaching staff as the assistant diving coach.

Sisson joins the Penn State staff after coaching the 2024-25 season as the diving coach at Toledo. Prior to Toledo, he coached two years as diving coach at Georgia Southern (2022-24). He also served as diving coach at Bryant (2021-22), Davenport (2020-21) and Wisconsin-Whitewater (2014-17, 18-19).

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IT WILL BE A BATTLE OF THE UNBEATEN WHEN VILLANOVA VISITS PENN STATE SATURDAY. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 2-0 WHILE THE WILDCATS ARE 1-0 AFTER OPENING WITH A 24-17 WIN OVER COLGATE LAST WEEK. VILLANOVA IS LED BY QUARTERBACK PAT MCQUAIDE WHO THREW FOR 299 YARDS  AND A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS IN THE SEASON-OPENING VICTORY.  KICKOFF SATURDAY IS SET FOR 3:30 IN BEAVER STADIUM.  

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THE 12TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SWEPT BUCKNELL IN REC HALL LAST NIGHT, 25-19, 25-10, AND 25-20. 

EMMI SELLMAN LED PENN STATE WITH 10 KILLS, 5 DIGS AND AN ACE. ALEXIS EWING AND MAGGIE MENDELSON ADDED 9 KILLS APIECE. EWING ADDED A TEAM-HIGH 5 BLOCKS AND GILLIAN GRIMES HAD 14 DIGS. ADDIE LYON HAD 35 ASSISTS, 4 DIGS AND 3 ACES. THE NITTANY LIONS WON THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT MATCH BY SWEEP AND IMPROVE TO 4-3 ON THE SEASON.  THE NITTANY LIONS WON’T RETURN TO ACTION UNTIL ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT WHEN THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HOST 7TH-RANKED PITT AT REC HALL.  THAT MATCH WILL BE AT 7PM AND WILL AIR ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.  

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The Penn State women's golf team concluded play at the 21st annual Cougar Classic hosted by the College of Charleston at Yeamans Hall Club finishing 16th in the 18-team field at 25-over, 877.

Ole Miss secured the championship finishing 18-under, two strokes clear of Tennessee (16-under) in second while Florida (9-under), UCF (4-under) and Clemson (3-under) rounded out the top-five as the only schools under par for the week.

Penn State was paced by freshman Lillian Guleserian (Westwood, Mass.) who climbed 18 spots on the leaderboard on Tuesday after firing a final round 1-under, 70, to finish tied for 34th in the 96-player field at 2-over, 215. The rookie rattled off nine birdies for the week.

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY SHIPPENSBURG IN AN EXHIBITION GAME AT THE JORDAN CENTER ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH.  THE TIP OFF TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE. THE EXHIBITION GAME WITH SHIPPENSBURG WILL BE THE FINAL TUNEUP FOR THE NITTANY LIONS BEFORE THEY OPEN THE REGULAR SEASON AGAINST FAIRFIELD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD.  

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A GOOD BATTLE IN CENTRE COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER YESTERDAY AS PENNS VALLEY EDGED BALD EAGLE AREA, 5-4. ELLE ROMIG AND ELLE DINGES SCORED TWO GOALS EACH WITH ROMIG KNOCKING IN THE GAMEWINNER. KIERSTEN FETTEROLF ALSO SCORED A GOAL. BALD EAGLE AREA WAS LED BY ADDISON TICE’S TWO GOALS WITH MADISON DONLEY AND SAVANNAH ALBRIGHT ADDED A GOAL EACH FOR BALD EAGLE AREA. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST A TOUGH BATTLE TO CUMBERLAND VALLEY YESTERDAY, 3-1.  MARISSA MUZA SCORED THE HAT TRICK FOR CUMBERLAND VALLEY WHILE FRESHMAN BRYNN PEZALSKI SCORED THE STATE HIGH GOAL ON AN ASSIST FROM REAGAN DARE. CARA BIERLY HAD A GREAT GAME WITH 18 SAVES IN GOAL TO KEEP THE GAME CLOSE. 

 

THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST TO CLEARFIELD THREE SETS TO ONE. BELLEFONTE TOOK THE FIRST SET BEFORE CLEARFIELD WON THREE STRAIGHT. CLEARFIELD WON 23-25, 25-23, 25-19 AND 25-23. COLBIE FRAILEY LED BELLEFONTE WITH 16 KILLS, 10 DIGS AND 42 ASSISTS. DELANEY GRAY ADDED 12 DIGS. 

 

IN JV FOOTBALL ACTION YESTERDAY, BISHOP GUILFOYLE TOPPED BELLEFONTE 41-10.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS GEARING UP FOR ITS THIRD GAME OF THE SEASON AS VILLANOVA VISITS SATURDAY IN A 3:30 KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.  HEAD COACH JAMES FRANKLIN SAYS HE BELIEVES QUARTERBACK DREW ALLAR AND RIUNNING BACK NICHOLAS SINGLETON MAY BE OVERTHINKING SOME THINGS AND THAT BOTH WILL GET BETTER THIS WEEK. HE SAYS HE WANTS THE TEAM TO FOCUS ON THE NEXT PLAY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PLAY, GOOD OR BAD. SATURDAY’S MATCHUP WITH VILLANOVA WILL AIR ON FS1.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL PLAY THE THIRD OF NINE STRAIGHT HOME MATCHES TONIGHT. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-3 ON THE SEASON WHILE BUCKNELL COMES IN AT 1-4.  TONIGHT’S MATCH GETS UNDERWAY AT 7PM IN REC HALL.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM IS IN 13TH PLACE IN THE 18-TEAM FIELD AT THE COUGAR CLASSIC IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SECOND AND FINAL DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT IS UNDERWAY.  PENN STATE SHOT 11-OVER THROUGH THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS.  TENNESSEE AND OLE MISS ARE ATOP THE LEADERBOARD. 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS 2-0 AFTER SATURDAY’S 34-0 WIN OVER FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL. 

DREW ALLAR COULD NOT GET IN RHYTHM BUT STILL FINISHED 19-OF-33 FOR 200 YARD WITH TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND NO INTERCEPTIONS.

KAYTRON ALLEN AND NICHOLAS SINGLETON HAD A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN EACH AND BECOME THE FIRST PENN STATE CLASSMATES TO EACH SURPASS  THREE-THOUSAND CARRER RUSHING YARRDS. DEFENSIVE TACKLE ALONZO FORD HAD AN INTERCEPTION AND FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE END CHAZ COLEMAN HAD A FORCED FUMBLE. LINEBACKER TONY ROJAS LED THE DEFENSE WITH TEN TACKLES. DOM DELUCA BLOCKED A PUNT, RYAN BARKER WAS 2-OF-3 IN FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS AND GABE NWOSU HAD A 67-YARD PUNT EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. 

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL CLOSE OUT THE NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE VERSUS VILLANOVA SATURDAY IN A 3:30 KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.   

THE NITTANY LIONS REMAIN SECOND, BEHIND OHIO STATE, IN BOTH THE A-P AND COACHES’ POLLS. 

IN THE A-P POLL, LSU IS THIRD WITH ORGON FOURTH AND MIAMI FIFTH. ILLINOIS IS UP TO NINTH WITH INDIANA 22ND AND MICHIGAN FALLING TO 23RD. A RECORD 11 SEC TEAMS ARE IN THE A-P TOP 25.

IN THE COACHES’ POLL, GEORGIA IS THIRD WITH LSU FOURTH AND OREGON FIFTH.  ILLINOIS IS NINTH, INDIANA 19TH AND MICHIGAN 22ND. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT NEW HAMPSHIRE YESTERDAY IN REC HALL TO SNAP A THREE-MATCH LOSING STREAK.

EMMI SELLMAN LED PENN STATE WITH 11 KILLS IN THE 25-11, 25-15, 25-20 VICTORY. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 7 KILLS AND 3 ACES. THE NITTANY LIONS FINISHED WITH 11 ACES. 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE WAS SWEPT BY KENTUCKY 25-21, 25-16 AND 25-23. KENNEDY MARTIN HAD 18 KILLS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS IN THAT ONE WHILE ADDIE LYON HAD 36 ASSISTS AND GILLIAN GRIMES HAD 12 DIGS. 

ALSO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PENN STATE’S SOPHOMORE STAR SETTER, IZZY STARCK, ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM THAT SHE IS STEPPING AWAY FROM VOLLEYBALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SEASON. STARCK SAID SHE NEEDED TO PRIORITIZE HER MENTAL HEALTH AND WROTE "OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I’VE BEEN FACING CHALLENGES THAT HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON ME MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. THIS IS NOT GOODBYE FOREVER, IT’S SIMPLY A PAUSE TO FOCUS ON HEALING AND GROWTH."  SHE ALSO ASKED THAT HER PRIVACY BE RESPECTED. 

PENN STATE IS NOW 3-3 AND WILL HOST BUCKNELL TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 IN REC HALL. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM SCORED ALL OF ITS GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF AS IT PULLED AWAY FROM LIBERTY FOR A 3-0 WIN SUNDAY IN LYNCHBURG. AUBREY KULPA, JULIA RAICH AND LILLY BURGER SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS. RILEY GLEASON HAD A COUPLE OF ASSISTS. THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 4-2-1 ON THE SEASON. 

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM UPSET 9TH-RANKED ST. JOSEPH’S IN OVERTIME, 2-1. ANOUK KNUVERS HAD PENN STATE’S GOAL IN REGULATION AND OLIVIA MARTHINS SCORED THE GAME-WINNER ON AN ASSIST FROM KATELYN STRAWSER. THE NITTANY LIONS GOT BY DELAWARE IN DOUBLE OVERTIME ON FRIDAY, 3-2. ELLE JENNES SCORED THE GAME-WINNER IN THAT ONE FOR THE NITTANY LIONS WHO ARE NOW 2-1 ON THE SEASON. 

 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM CRUISED TO A 5-0 VICTORY OVER MERCYHURST AT JEFFREY FIELD. VAN DANIELSON, MATIWOS RUMLEY, CHRISTIAN DIONNE, SAMUEL OVESEN AND MORGAN MARSHALL ALL SCORED FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. JONATHAN EVANS HAD THREE SAVES IN GOAL FOR PENN STATE. THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 2-2-1 ON THE SEASON.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM IS IN ACTION TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE 21ST ANNUAL COUGAR CLASSIC AT THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 17 TEAMS ARE COMPETING IN THE TWO-DAY EVENT WITH PENN STATE AND MARYLAND AS THE ONLY BIG TEN TEAMS IN THE FIELD.  

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A THRILLER IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT AS HARRISBURG NEEDED DOUBLE OVERTIME TO FINALLY GET BY STATE COLLEGE IN A MID-PENN SHOWDOWN, 48-45.  PRINCETON DENT RAN FOR 171 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND JAIYON LEWIS SCORED THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN FOR THE COUGARS. 

STATE HIGH JUMPED OUT TO A 13-0 LEAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER BEFORE HARRISBURG REELED OFF 34 UNANSWERED POINTS BEFORE THE LITTLE LIONS RALLIED WITH 21 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. MATT GAUL BLOCKED A PUNT AND RETURNED IT 40-YARDS FOR ONE OF THE LITTLE LIONS’ TOUCHDOWNS WHILE D’ANTAE SHEFFEY ADDED A 10-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AND CONNOR KULKA THREW HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE NIGHT TO MAX VENDEMIA BEFORE THE TWO CONNECTED AGAIN ON THE TWO-POINT COVERSION ALTHOUGH VENDEMIA FUMBLED BUT THE BALL WAS RECOVERED BY THE LITTLE LIONS HANK LUSTIG. CONNOR KULKA ALSO THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO KEEN FURMANEK IN THE FIRST OVERTIME AND SCORED THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION TO FORCE THE SECOND. THE LITTLE LIONS TOOK THE LEAD IN THE SECOND OT ON A SHANE MARKOWSKI 27-YARD FIELD GOAL BEFORE HARRISBURG RESPONDED WITH THE TOUCHDOWN TO WIN IT. THE LITTLE LIONS ARE NOW 2-1 WHILE THE COUGARS ARE 3-0.  

BALD EAGLE AREA USED A POWERFUL GROUND GAME TO GRIND OUT A 21-0 WIN OVER PENNS VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. NATE MCCULLEY RUSHED FOR 175 YARDS FOR THE EAGLES AND TEAMMATE GRADY FISHER RAN FOR A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS AND A TWO-POINT CONVERSION. 

BELLEFONTE LOST A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE TO BISHOP GUILFOYLE 7-0.  JAKE KISSELL HAD THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME FOR THE MARAUDERS. 

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA LOST FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, FALLING TO CLEARFIELD, 27-15. DAMARCUS LAW SCORED A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE MOUNTIES IN THE SECOND QUARTER. 

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THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS SOCCER TEAM DEFEATED CENTRAL MOUNTAIN SATURDAY 4-1.  

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE TONIGHT, 7 PM KICKOFFS: 

STATE COLLEGE VS HARRISBURG

BELLEFONTE VS BISHOP GUILFOYLE

BALD EAGLE AREA AT PENNS VALLEY

P-O AT CLEARFIELD 

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Firing off 30 shots, State College offense came alive in the road win at Trojan Stadium.  Little Lions’ sophomore Reagan Dare led the way earnjng her first career hat-trick. Freshmen Brynn Pezalski had her third multi-goal game of the season.  While Harper Dare and Ella Gourley each picked up their first goals on the season. 

“We prioritized readiness and shooting on goal in practice this week. This young team is growing everyday, and I’m super pleased that we put 27 shots on goal.” says State College Head Coach Sharon Herlocher 

State College’s next game is Monday, September 8, at 6:30 PM when they host Cumberland Valley, on Memorial Field, State College.

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THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT WESTMONT HILLTOP LAST NIGHT, 3-0.  THE RAMS WON THE SETS 25-20, 27-25 AND 26-24. PAYTON WASSON HAD 12 KILLS TO LEAD PENNS VALLEY WHICH IMPROVES TO 3-3 ON THE SEASON.  

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IN A LAUREL HIGHLANDS GOLF MATCH YESTERDAY, HOST PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA WON OVER FOUR OTHER SCHOOLS WITH A 329. 

THE MOUNTIES’ JAKE LUCAS SCORED A 68 FOR THE TOP SCORE INDIVIDUALLY. BELLEFONTE WAS SECOND WITH A 344, CLEARFIELD SHOT A 365, BALD EAGLE AREA HAD A 361 AND PENNS VALLEY SHOT A 391.  

 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PLAY ITS SECOND GAME OF THE SEASON TOMORROW, HOSTING FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL IN A NOON KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.   

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM LOST A TOUGH 1-0 BATTLE AT 8TH-RANKED VIRGINIA LAST NIGHT. THE CAVALIERS SCORED THE GAME’S ONLY GOAL JUST TWO MINUTES INTO THE CONTEST.  MACKENZIE GRESS HAD FOUR SAVES IN GOAL FOR PENN STATE WHICH FALLS TO 3-2-1 ON THE SEASON. PENN STATE WILL PLAY AT LIBERTY SUNDAY AT 1PM. 

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL HOST KENTUCKY IN A TOP-FIVE SHOWDOWN TONIGHT AT REC HALL. PENN STATE HAS LOST ITS LAST TWO MATCHES AND IS 2-2 ON THE SEASON. THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER FROM LAST SEASON WILL BE RAISED TO THE REC HALL RAFTERS BEFORE THE 8 O’CLOCK MATCH. IT WILL BE TELEVISED BY FOX. PENN STATE WILL ALSO FACE NEW HAMPSHIRE IN REC HALL SUNDAY AT 2PM.   

 

THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM IS 0-1 AND WILL HOST DELAWARE TONIGHT AT 5PM IN THE HOME OPENER. PENN STATE WILL HOST SAINT JOSEPH’S SUNDAY AT NOON. 

 

THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM WILL HOST MERCYHURST TONIGHT IN A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 1-2-1 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE PENN STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS WILL COMPETE THIS EVENING AT THE DOLAN RELAYS IN LOCK HAVEN.  

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THE SECOND REAL AMERICAN FREESTYLE WRESTLING EVENT WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH.  AND THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT REC HALL. BO NICKAL AND KYLE DAKE ARE AMONG THOSE EXPECTED TO COMPETE IN THE EVENT. IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT BEAU BARTLETT AND AARON BROOKS WILL BE ON THE CARD AS WELL BUT WE’LL LEARN THE MATCHUPS ALONG WITH TICKET INFORMATION FOR THE EVENT SOON.  

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The State College Spikes took an early lead in the winner-take-all 2025 MLB Draft League Championship Game before the West Virginia Black Bears took control with a 20-hit barrage, giving the Black Bears their third MLB Draft League crown with a 12-5 victory on Thursday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

The Spikes took a 4-2 lead after three innings as T.J. Salvaggio doubled in a run in the first, Adam Paniagua knocked in a run in the second with a sacrifice fly, and Adonis Forte’s RBI double and Trotter Boston’s RBI single scored a total of two runs in the third.

However, West Virginia turned up the intensity as Jace Rinehart, the MLB Draft League’s second-half batting leader, collected four hits to go with three apiece from Jordan Peyton, Judah Morris and Landon Frei. The Black Bears kept putting up crooked number, plating two runs in the second, two in the fifth, four in the sixth and three more in the eighth.

Cole Caruso completed the scoring in the ninth with a 403-foot solo home run to the Pepsi Picnic Pavilion. Caruso’s blast was the ninth in postseason history for the Spikes, who were hosting their first home playoff game since 2016.

 

A total of 45 Penn State Football alums are populating the rosters of 24 National Football League organizations. The Nittany Lions annually rank among the top 20 programs nationally in producing players in the NFL.

 

Penn State is one of three schools to produce at least five picks in each of the last eight NFL drafts and has 59 selections since 2016. Eight members of the 2024 squad are present on NFL rosters: Abdul Carter (New York Giants), Jalen Kimber (Buffalo Bills), Coziah Izzard (New Orleans Saints), Kobe King (Minnesota Vikings), Jaylen Reed (Houston Texans), Tyler Warren (Indianapolis Colts), Kevin Winston Jr. (Tennessee Titans) and Sal Wormley (Jacksonville Jaguars).

 The Jacksonville Jaguars have the most former Nittany Lions on their roster with four. The Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers each have three.

 In addition, four Penn State alums are serving on NFL coaching staffs: NaVorro Bowman (Los Angeles Chargers, linebackers coach), Jeff Carpenter (Los Angeles Chargers, Offensive Quality Control/tight ends coach), Bobby Engram (Washington Commanders, wide receivers coach) and Al Golden (Cincinnati Bengals, defensive coordinator).

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The No. 9 Penn State women's soccer prepares for its second top-10 road challenge against an ACC competitor in the 2025 campaign this Thursday, September 4, as the Nittany Lions travel south to face the Virginia Cavaliers in a 6 p.m. (ET) matchup from Klockner Stadium. The contest will air live to a national television audience via the ACC Network, with streaming available through the ESPN app. PENN STATE IS 3-1-1 WHILE THE CAVALIERS ARE OFF TO A 4-0-1 START. 

 

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Jaden Collura tied Danny Diekroeger’s Spikes record with a hit in his 21stconsecutive game, Chenar Brown became the sixth Spike to produce five hits in a game, and Skyler Riedinger pitched five scoreless innings of relief to give the Spikes a 6-4 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Wednesday night at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field to finish the regular season.

With the win, the MLB Draft League First Half Champion Spikes built momentum toward Thursday’s MLB Draft League Championship Game at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, where they will face

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THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT CUMBERLAND VALLEY YESTERDAY 25-15, 25-16 AND 25-21.  STATE HIGH IS 3-0 ON THE SEASON AND HAS YET TO LOSE A SET. 

SOMERSET SWEPT THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM YESTERDAY, 25-19, 25-23 AND 25-20.  COLBIE FRAILEY HAD 9 KILLS, 22 ASSISTS AND 7 DIGS FOR BELLEFONTE. 

 

THE BELLEFONTE BOYS SOCCER TEAM BEAT PENN CAMBRIA 8-1.  CONNELLE STABINGER SCORED THREE GOALS TO LEAD BELLEFONTE. ALSO SCORING FOR THE RED RAIDERS WERE JOHN SERVANT, WESLEY COOKE, JAMIN ONDRASIK, GAGE RANKIN AND OLIVER THORBURG. BELLEFONTE IS NOW 3-0. 

THE PENNS VALLEY BOYS SOCCER TEAM LOST TO BEDFORD 2-1 YESTERDAY.  KYUS KIMLER SCORED THE RAMS’ ONLY GOAL. 

BALD EAGLE AREA LOST TO WESTMONT HILLTOP 1-0.  THE EAGLES ARE NOW 2-1. 

SOMERSET SHUTOUT PHILILPSBURG-OSCEOLA YESTERDAY 3-0. THE MOUNTIES ARE NOW 0-3.  

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THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM SHUT OUT PENN CAMBRIA 4-0 TO IMPROVE TO 3-0 ON THE SEASON. 

WESTMONT HILLTOP EDGED THE BALD EAGLE AREA GIRLS SOCCER TEAM 1-0. THE EAGLES ARE 0-4 

THE PENNS VALLEY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM LOST 8-0 TO BEDFORD YESTERDAY. PENNS VALLEY IS NOW 0-3.  

THE PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GIRLS SOCCER TEAM SLIPS TO 0-3 WITH A 6-0 LOSS TO SOMERSET YESTERDAY.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM LOST A 2-1 BATTLE TO CENTRAL DAUPHIN YESTERDAY. 

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THE PENNSYLVANIA FOOTBALL NEWS STATE RANKINGS HAVE HARRISBURG NOW SECOND BEHIND ONLY LASALLE COLLEGE IN SIX-A AND STATE COLLEGE CHECKING IN AT NUMBER TEN. THE LITTLE LIONS WILL HOST HARRISBURG IN A BATTLE OF THE 2-0 MID-PENN CONFERENCE POWERS FRIDAY AT 7 O’CLOCK AT MEMORIAL FIELD.  

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS NOW SECOND IN BOTH THE A-P AND THE COACHES POLL WITH RETURNING NATIONAL CHAMPION OHIO STATE NOW ATOP BOTH POLLS. IN THE A-P POLL, IT’S LSU THIRD, GEORGIA FOURTH AND MIAMI FIFTH WITH OREGON, TEXAS, CLEMSON, NOTRE DAME AND SOUTH CAROLINA RESPECTIVELY ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN. 

OTHER BIG TEN TEAMS RANKED INCLUDE ILLINOIS 11TH,  MICHIGAN 15TH AND INDIANA 23RD.  

IN THE COACHES’ POLL, GEORGIA IS THIRD WITH LSU FOURTH AND OREGON FIFTH. THEN, IT’S TEXAS, MIAMI, CLEMSON, NOTRE DAME AND ARIZONA STATE RESPECTIVELY ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN. ILLINOIS IS 12TH WITH MICHIGAN 13TH AND INDIANA 21ST.  

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 1-0 AFTER THE 46-11 WIN OVER NEVADA AND WILL HOST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL IN A NOON KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM ON SATURDAY.  THE PANTHERS ARE 1-0 AFTER OPENING WITH A 42-9 WIN OVER BETHUNE-COOKMAN.  

 

THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM IS NOW NINTH IN THE UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 3-1-1 ON THE SEASON. PENN STATE HAS A BIG GAME AT 8TH-RANKED VIRGINIA TOMORROW NIGHT. STANFORD IS NUMBER ONE WITH TENNESSEE SECOND, DUKE THIRD, TCU FOURTH AND NOTRE DAME FIFTH. USC IS THE HIGHEST-RANKED BIG TEN TEAM AT NUMBER SIX.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IS THE TOP TEAM IN THE PRESEASON ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA COACHES’ POLL. PENN STATE’S TESSA JANECKE IS THE PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR THE AHA AFTER WINNING THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONOR EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. JANECKE IS JOINED BY TEAMMATES KATELYN ROBERTS, KENDALL BUTZE AND KATIE DESA ON THE PRESEASON ALL-AHA TEAM.  THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON THE AHA TITLE IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE SEASONS.  PENN STATE WILL OPEN UP ITS SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 25TH AGAINST ST. LAWRENCE AT PEGULA ICE ARENA. AND, OF COURSE, THE NITTANY LIONS WILL TAKE ON ROBERT MORRIS AT BEAVER STADIUM ON JANUARY 31ST BEFORE THE MEN GO UP AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE.  

 

THE PENN STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS HAVE A NEW ASSISTANT SWIM COACH. HEAD COACH HOLLIE BONEWIT-CRON HAS ADDED TOMMY JOHNSON TO HER STAFF. HE COMES TO PENN STATE AFTER COACHING VARIOUS LEVELS OF SWIMMING AFTER COMPETING AT ASBURY UNIVERSITY. 

 

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JADEN COLLURA NOW HAS A 20-GAME HITTING STREAK FOR THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES AS HE HAD AN RBI SINGLE IN THE 9TH INNING AND ANTHONY STEELE LED A THREE-HIT SHUTOUT WITH SEVEN STRONG INNINGS AS THE SPIKES SHUT OUT THE CROSSCUTTERS IN WILLIAMSPORT LAST NIGHT 4-0.  

THE TWO TEAMS WILL MEET AGAIN TONIGHT IN WILLIAMSPORT IN THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE AT 6:35. 

STATE COLLEGE WILL THEN HOST WEST VIRGINIA TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE MLB DRAFT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK. THAT GAME WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 6:35 TOMORROW EVENING.   

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

ITS WEEK TWO OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON TONIGHT. 

ALL FIVE CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS WILL BE ON THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.  

STATE COLLEGE IS 1-0 AND WILL VISIT 0-1 ALTOONA.  

BELLEFONTE, COMING OFF ITS DRAMATIC WIN OVER TYRONE IN THE OPENER WILL VISIT 1-0 FOREST HILLS TONIGHT. 

0-1 BALD EAGLE AREA WILL BE ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AGAINST 1-0 PENN CAMBRIA 

PENNS VALLEY WILL BE AT CENTRAL CAMBRIA IN A BATTLE OF 0-1 TEAMS.  

AND PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA IS AT  CHESTNUT RIDGE WITH BOTH TEAMS OFF TO 1-0 STARTS THIS SEASON.  

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER SCORES: 

BELLEFONTE 1  PENNS VALLEY 0 

—WESLEY COOKE SCORED THE GAME’S ONLY GOAL 

—RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 2-0 WHILE THE RAMS FALL TO 1-1

 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: 

PENNS VALLEY RALLIED FROM A TWO SETS TO ONE DEFICIT TO BEAT BELLEFONTE IN FIVE SETS LAST NIGHT. PENNS VALLEY PREVAILED 25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 25-17 AND 15-11. 

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM OPENS UP THE 2025 CAMPAIGN TOMORROW IN A 3:30 KICKOFF VS NEVADA AT BEAVER STADIUM.   

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM HAS REELED OFF THREE STRAIGHT WINS AFTER THE SEASON OPENING LOSS AT DUKE. AUBREY KULPA SCORED TWO MORE GOALS IN THE NITTANY LIONS’ 2-0 VICTORY OVER SANTA CLARA AT JEFFREY FIELD LAST NIGHT. KULPA NOW HAS FIVE GOALS IN FOUR GAMES FOR THE 3-1 NITTAN LIONS. KULPA BROKE THROUGH IN THE SECOND HALF AFTER THE FIRST HALF ENDED IN A SCORELESS TIE. PENN STATE WILL CLOSE OUT ITS HOME NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE SUNDAY AT 6PM AGAINST JAMES MADISON. 

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THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM BATTLED SYRACUSE TO A 1-1 TIE LAST NIGHT. FREDDIE BELL SCORED THE NITTANY LIONS’ GOAL. JONATHAN  EVANS HAD A BRILLIANT DIVING SAVE ON A FREE KICK TO HELP PENN STATE FORGE THE TIE. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 0-1-1 AND WILL RETURN HOME TO FACE 24TH-RANKED MISSOURI STATE ON LABOR DAY IN A 4 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

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THE PENN STATE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM WILL OPEN UP ITS SEASON TONIGHT. THE 18TH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS WILL VISIT 3RD-RANKED VIRGINIA IN A 5 O’CLOCK START.   PENN STATE IS COMING OFF AN 8-9 SEASON, 2-6 IN THE BIG TEN. THE CAVALIERS WERE AN NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM LAST SEASON, GOING 14-5.  

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THE SECOND-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS 2-0 AND RETURNS TO ACTION THIS WEEKEND AT PPG PAINTS ARENA IN PITTSBURGH. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL PLAY ARIZONA STATE AT 5PM SUNDAY AND TCU MONDAY AT 5PM. BOTH MATCHES WILL BE ON FOX.  

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES WON THEIR FINAL HOME GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON LAST NIGHT, DEFEATING WILLIAMSPORT 3-2.  

COLE CARUSO AND CHENAR BROWN EACH HAD AN RBI DOUBLE. 

THE SPIKES WILL PLAY THEIR FINAL SIX GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON ON THE ROAD AND THEN WILL HOST THE WEST VIRGINIA BLACK BEARS IN THE MLB DRAFT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEXT THURSDAY AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK. 

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MICAH PARSONS IS NO LONGER A DALLAS COWBOY.  THE COWBOYS TRADED PARSON TO GREEN BAY YESTERDAY WITH THE PACKERS GETTING THREE-TIME PRO BOWL DEFENSIVE TACKLE KENNY CLARK AND TWO FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS - IN 2026 AND 2027 - IN RETURN. PARSONS AGREED TO A FOUR-YEAR DEAL WITH THE PACKERS WORTH 188 MILLION DOLLARS - 120 MILLION OF WHICH IS FULLY GUARANTEED. PARSONS IN NOW THE HIGHEST-PAID PLAYER WHO ISN’T A QUARTERBACK IN LEAGUE HISTORY.  

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS - 

CEDAR CLIFF DEFEATED THE STATE COLLEGE BOYS SOCCER TEAM 1-0 YESTERDAY.   THE LITTLE LIONS ARE 0-1-1.  

 

THE CEDAR CLIFF GIRLS ALSO BEAT STATE COLLEGE BY THAT SAME 1-0 SCORE YESTERDAY. STATE HIGH IS NOW 0-2 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. 

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM SWEPT CEDAR CLIFF YESTERDAY 25-21, 25-11 AND 25-23.  

 

THE STATE COLLEGE GIRLS TENNIS TEAM SWEPT LOWER DAUPHIN, 5-0.  

 

THE BELLEFONTE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM SHUT OUT PENNS VALLEY YESTERDAY 2-0.   THE RED RAIDERS ARE NOW 2-0 WHILE THE RAMS FALL TO 0-2.

 

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Fresh off back-to-back home-opening wins, the No. 9 Penn State women's soccer team returns to action this Thursday, August 28, with a 7:30 p.m. (ET) kickoff scheduled against the Santa Clara Broncos from Jeffrey Field. The match will serve as PSU's Military Appreciation Night, with recognitions for veterans and active servicemembers scheduled throughout the contest.

 

Penn State men's soccer remains on the road this week for a Thursday night matchup on August 28, as the Nittany Lions take the pitch against Syracuse for the 42nd meeting all-time. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on ACCNX. BOTH TEAMS ARE 1-1 ON THE SEASON. 

 

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM OPENS UP ITS SEASON SATURDAY IN A 3:30 KICKOFF AGAINST NEVADA IN BEAVER STADIUM.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE SECOND IN THE AP RANKINGS AND THIRD IN THE COACHES’ POLL.  ETHAN GRUNKEMEYER HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK TO DREW ALLAR AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S OPENER.  THE NITTANY LIONS ARE COMING OFF OF A FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE LAST SEASON. 

 

OTHER SPORTS - 

THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES WILL PLAY THEIR FINAL HOME GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON THIS EVENING AS THEY WELCOME THE WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS TO MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK.  THE SPIKES WERE IDLE YESTERDAY. FIRST PITCH TONIGHT IS AT 6:35. IT'S GUY GADOWSKY BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT FOR THE FIRST 1,000 FANS IN THE BALLPARK TONIGHT. THE SPIKES THEN CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH SIX ROAD GAMES. BUT THE SPIKES WILL THEN HOST THE MLB DRAFT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST THE WEST VIRGINIA BLACK BEARS A WEEK FROM TONIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 4TH.  

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Penn State head coach James Franklin met with the media yesterday ahead of Saturday’s season opener. Franklin did not name the back up quarterback to Drew Allar but said the coaches would talk with both Ethan Grunkemeyer and Jaxon Smolik and while he indicated the decision on the backup for this week has been made, he also said it is still a close competition and that competition will continue. 

Franklin also unveiled that redshirt freshman safety Antoine Belgrave-Shorter will start alongside Zakee Wheatley in the secondary, beating out Dejuan Lane and King Mack. All three, though, will see playing time according to Franklin.  

The Nittany Lions will open up against Nevada in a 3:30 kickoff Saturday at Beaver Stadium.  

 

THE SECOND RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL HAD TO RALLY TO PULL OUT A FIVE-SET VICTORY OVER 14TH-RANKED KANSAS YESTERDAY. PENN STATE TOOK THE FIRST SET 25-22 BUT KANSAS WON THE SECOND SET 26-24 AND THE THIRD 25-16.  THE NITTANY LIONS TOOK THE FOURTH SET 30-28 AND THEN TOOK THE FIFTH AND DECISIVE SET 15-12 FOR THE VICTORY.  

THE NITTANY LIONS’ CAROLINE JUREVICIUS WAS NAMED THE MVP OF THE MATCH. SHE HIT .393 WITH 14 KILLS.  MAGGIE MENDELSON ADDED 13 KILLS ON .650 HITTING.  KENNEDY MARTIN LED THE TEAM WITH 18 KILLS, 5 DIGS AND 3 BLOCKS AND EMMI SELLMAN ALSO HAD 16 KILLS. IZZY STARCK HAD 53 ASSISTS AND 16 DIGS. PENN STATE WON BOTH MATCHES IN THE SEASON-OPENING AVCA FIRST SERVE SHOWCASE AND WILL HEAD TO PITTSBURGH FOR THE STATE FARM VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE AT PPG PAINTS ARENA AGAINST ARIZONA STATE ON SUNDAY AND T-C-U ON MONDAY.  

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Former Penn State basketball guard Nick Kern Jr. has signed an overseas contract with the Sheffield Sharks, the team announced on X on Friday. The Sheffield Sharks play a part in the Super League Basketball.  Kern spent two years in Happy Valley after transferring from VCU when Mike Rhoades took the head coaching job at Penn State. The St. Louis, Missouri, native averaged 10.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for the blue and white.

 

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Conor Higgs smashed his third home run of the season and drove in four runs total to help the State College Spikes take a game tied at 1-1 in the seventh and make it into a 10-1 rout on Monday afternoon at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Higgs sent a 1-2 pitch from Anderson Cuello-Batista 407 feet over the center-field wall for a three-run shot to finish a six-run frame for the Spikes (17-20 2nd Half) in the eighth. All three home runs for the Louisiana product have traveled over 400 feet, and Monday’s homer marked his second straight game with a long ball.

Tuesday, the Spikes take on the Keys in a rubber match of their three-game series that also serves as the penultimate game of the regular season home schedule at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Right-hander Luke House (4-1) is set to get the ball for State College against Frederick right-hander Esteban Rodriguez (0-0).

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IT IS GAME WEEK FOR THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM. THE NITTANY LIONS START THE SEASON SECOND IN THE AP RANKINGS AND THIRD IN THE COACHES POLL. PENN STATE RETURNS NINE OFFENSIVE STARTERS, FIVE DEFENSIVE STARTERS AND BOTH ITS KICKER AND PUNTER FROM THE PROGRAM’S FIRST FINAL FOUR TEAM LAST SEASON.  THE WOLFPACK COME INTO THE SEASON TRYING TO TURN THINGS AROUND AFTER A 3-10 RECORD LAST SEASON AND A 7-30 MARK OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. SIXTH-YEAR QUARTERBACK CHUBBA PURDY, BROTHER OF 49’ERS QUARTERBACK BROCK PURDY, WILL BE THE QUARTERBACK FOR NEVADA UNDER SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH JEFF CHOATE. 

THE NITTANY LIONS ARE 44.5 POINT FAVORITES.  KICKOFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON IS SET FOR 3:30PM.  THE GAME WILL BE TELEVISED BY CBS.  

WEEK ZERO GAMES THIS PAST WEEKEND SAW IOWA STATE HOLD OFF KANSAS STATE IN DUBLIN, IRELAND SATURDAY 24-21.  KANSAS TROUNCED FRESON STATE 31-7. IT WAS WESTERN KENTUCKY TOPPING SAM HOUSTON 41-24. UNLV DEFEATED IDAHO STATE 38-31.  AND HAWAII KNOCKED OFF STANFORD 23-20.  

SOME OTHER BIG GAMES COMING UP ON WEEK ONE INCLUDE A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME WITH NEBRASKA AT CINCINNATI, A FRIDAY NIGHT MATCHUP WITH COLORADO HOSTING GEORGIA TECH, A BIG SHOWDOWN IN COLUMBUS SATURDAY WITH TOP-RANKED TEXAS VISITING SECOND-RANKED OHIO STATE AT NOON. SYRACUSE WILL BE AT TENNESSEE ( A LOT OF ORANGE IN THAT ONE), ALABAMA WILL VISIT FLORIDA STATE AND CLEMSON WILL HOST LSU SATURDAY NIGHT.

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THE 14TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM DEFEATED WEST VIRGINIA YESTERDAY AT JEFFREY FIELD, 3-1. JULIA RAICH HAD A GOAL AND ASSIST TO LEAD THE NITTANY LIONS’ ATTACK. AMELIA WHITE AND HANNAH JORDAN ALSO SCORED PENN STATE GOALS AS THE NITTANY LIONS IMPROVE TO 2-1 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. PENN STATE WILL HOST SANTA CLARA THURSDAY NIGHT IN A 7:30 KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

 

A BAD LOSS FOR THE PENN STATE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM AT ARMY WEST POINT LAST NIGHT. THE NITTANY LOST 2-1 IN A PENALTY-FILLED CONTEST. THE WIN FOR ARMY WEST OINT WAS ITS FIRST OVER A CURRENT POWER FOUR OPPONENT SINCE 1988.  BEN NASH SCORED IN THE 86TH MINUTE FOR PENN STATE TO PREVENT THE SHUT OUT. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE NOW 1-1 AND WILL VISIT SYRACUSE THURSDAY NIGHT.  

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ON SATURDAY EVENING, THE SECOND-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM OPENED ITS SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 3-0 SWEEP OF CREIGHTON IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. THE NITTANY LIONS WON THE GAMES 25-18, 25-22 AND 27-25.  NEBRASKA NATIVE AND SENIOR MIDDLE BLOCKER JORDAN HOPP HAD 10 KILLS, THREE BLOCKS AND AN ACE FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. KENNEDY MARTIN MADE HER PENN STATE DEBUT WITH 14 KILLS, 9 DIGS, 2 BLOCKS AND AN ACE. IZZY STARCK HAD 38 ASSISTS.  

PENN STATE WILL WRAP UP AVCA FIRST SERVE EVENT TONIGHT AGAINST 14TH-RANKED KANSAS IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MATCH WILL BE ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK AT 6:30PM.   

 

The inaugural Real American Freestyle wrestling event will be held this Saturday, August 30th in Cleveland, Ohio. Penn State wrestling alums Jason Nolf and Bo Nickal will be competing. Nolf will wrestle Evan Wick at 175 pounds and Nickal will go against Jacob Cardenas at 205 pounds. 

The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club’s Kyle Dake will compete against Dean Hamiti at 190 pounds.  There will be eight men’s bouts and two women’s matches and will get underway at 7pm Saturday at Holstein Center and will be broadcast on the Fox Nation streaming service. 

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THE HIGH SCHOOL SEASON GOT UNDERWAY FRIDAY NIGHT AS STATE COLLEGE ROLLED TO A 41-14 WIN OVER GATEWAY. THE LITTLE LIONS’ D’ANTAE SHEFFEY RUSHED FOR OVER 160 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS. 

BELLEFONTE PULLED OFF A DRAMATIC COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER TYRONE, 21-20.  THE RED RAIDERS SCORED 14 POINTS IN THE FINAL TWO MINUTES FOR THE VICTORY. JACKSON LONG HAD A KEY INTERCEPTION AND CAUGHT THE TYING TOUCHDOWN FOR BELLEFONTE. 

BALD EAGLE AREA LOST A HARD-FOUGHT 14-6 BATTLE TO HUNTINGDON. 

BISHOP GUILFOYLE GOT ITS GROUND GAME GOING IN A BIG WAY AND DEFEATED PENNS VALLEY, 42-18.  THE RAMS GOT A TOUCHDOWN ON A 95-YARD KICKOFF RETURN FROM SPENCER ALTHOUSE.  

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA GOT A BIG OPENING NIGHT WIN OVER CENTRAL, 48-24.  

DAMARCUS LAW RAN FOR 121 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE MOUNTIES. 

SOME OTHER SCORES FROM AROUND THE AREA - EVERETT BEAT WEST BRANCH 34-12. HOLLIDAYSBURG TOPPED ALTOONA 34-7. BELLWOOD-ANTIS GOT BY CLEARFIELD 28-21. MIFFLIN COUNTY SHUT OUT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 42-0.  M0UNT UNION KNOCKED OFF TUSSEY MOUNTAIN 29-18.  NEWPORT EDGED JUNIATA VALLEY 24-19.  AND MOSHANNON VALLEY LOST TO NORTH STAR, 35-19.  

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AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES YESTERDAY IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, CHINESE TAIPEI WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 7-0 SHUTOUT OF LAS VEGAS NEVADA IN THE FINALS. THE WIN GIVES TAIWAN 18 CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT THIS WAS ITS FIRST SINCE 1996.  PITCHER LIN CHIN-TSE THREW FIVE SCORELESS INNINGS AND ALLOWED JUST ONE HIT WHILE RECORDING FOUR STRIKEOUTS. CONNECTICUT DEFEATED ARUBA 4-2 IN THE THIRD PLACE GAME YESTERDAY. 

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Conor Higgs blasted his second home run of the season 413 feet to center field to open the scoring in the second inning, but the State College Spikes took a 5-3 loss at the hands of the Frederick Keys on Sunday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

The game was halted by inclement weather in the middle of the seventh inning, with the result declared official at that point and all records from the game counting.

The Spikes had lost to Mahoning Valley Saturday night 10-5 on E-L-G-S-E-S but the Spikes defeated Mahoning Valley 8-3 Friday night. 

Monday, the Spikes and Keys continue their three-game series with a special 11:11 a.m. start on Sylly Day at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. State College will send left-hander Carston Herman (0-2) to the mound to face Frederick right-hander Jake Hunter (4-0).

The Spikes will wrap up the series with the Keys tomorrow night, will be off Wednesday, then host Williamsport Thursday before wrapping up the regular season with a six-game road trip. The Spikes will then host the MLB Draft League Championship game on Thursday, September 4th at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.  

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THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON KICKS OFF TONIGHT WITH ALL FIVE CENTRE COUNTY TEAMS OPENING UP AT HOME IN 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFFS. 

 GATEWAY AT STATE COLLEGE

 TYRONE AT BELLEFONTE

 HUNTINGDON AT BALD EAGLE AREA

 BISHOP GUILFOYLE AT PENNS VALLEY

 CENTRAL AT PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA

 

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IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR SOCCER AT JEFFREY FIELD LAST NIGHT AS BOTH THE PENN STATE MEN AND WOMEN OPENED UP THEIR HOME SCHEDULES WITH VICTORIES. 

THE MEN PLAYED THEIR SEASON OPENER AGAINST STETSON AND PICKED UP A 2-NIL WIN. CADEN GRABFELDER SCORED THE GAME’S ONLY GOALS - ONE IN THE FIRST HALF AND ONE IN THE SECOND WHILE PENN STATE GOALIE JONATHAN EVANS EARNED THE SHUTOUT.  

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL HIT THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SUNDAY, VISITING ARMY WEST POINT IN A 6 O’CLOCK GAME. 

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THE 14TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S TEAM EARNED AN IMPRESSIVE 4-1 WIN OVER ST. LOUIS TO EVEN ITS RECORD AT 1-1. AUBREY KULPA SCORED A COUPLE OF GOALS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS AND KAITLYN MACBEAN AND JULIA RAICH EACH ADDED A GOAL IN THE VICTORY. MACKENZIE GRESS GOT THE WIN IN GOAL WITH FOUR SAVES. PENN STATE WILL HOST WEST VIRGINIA ON SUNDAY IN A 3 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD. 

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THE RETURNING NATIONAL CHAMPION PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL OPEN UP ITS SEASON TOMORROW. THE SECOND-RANKED NITTANY LIONS WILL TAKE ON 12TH-RANKED CREIGHTON IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA AS PART OF THE AVCA FIRST SERVE EVENT. THE MATCH IS SET FOR A 5 O’CLOCK START TOMORROW AND IT WILL BE TELEVISED ON FS1.  

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The Penn State men’s basketball team makes its return to the City of Brotherly Love on Nov. 15 to take part in the Basketball on Broad Autumn Invitational doubleheader inside Xfinity Mobile Arena. Penn State will face La Salle, while Syracuse and Drexel will also compete in the college basketball doubleheader inside the home of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Tipoff time and television broadcast designation will be announced at a later date.

Penn State will enter its third season under head coach Mike Rhoades in 2025-26. 

the Nittany Lions set a single-season program record with 79.1 points per game during his second season at the helm.

 

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AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES YESTERDAY IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, ARUBA DEFEATED VENEZUELA 3-1 AND LAS VEGAS, NEVADA RALLIED BEHIND A THREE-RUN HOMER FROM GARRETT GALLEGOS IN THE SIXTH INNING TO BEAT IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA, 5-3.  

SO, TOMORROW’S INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL HAVE TAIWAN PLAYING ARUBA AND THE UNITED STATE TITLE GAME WILL PIT FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT AGAINST LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.  THE WINNERS OF THOSE GAMES WILL MEET FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP ON SUNDAY AT 3PM.   

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Jaden Collura hit his first home run of the MLB Draft League season and T.J. Salvaggio homered for the second straight night to provide some much-needed insurance as the State College Spikes clinched a series sweep with a 6-5 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Thursday night at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

The win was the Spikes’ (15-18 2nd Half) third straight one-run victory over the Crosscutters (15-17 2nd Half), and dampened Williamsport’s hopes of mounting a comeback in the MLB Draft League Second Half standings. The Crosscutters are now eight games back of first-place West Virginia with 12 games remaining in the season.

Spikes starter Carter Holjes (2-2) tossed five innings of one-run ball to earn the win. 

Friday, the Spikes come back home to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park to start a two-game mini-series against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers with a 6:35 p.m. matchup. Right-hander Alec Sparks (1-1) is scheduled to start on the mound for State College.

The game starts a stretch of six straight home contests to conclude the Spikes’ regular season home schedule,

The Elgses night (honoring the Philadelphia Eagles, not so much the Philadelphia mayor) will be tomorrow night.  

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THE PENN STATE SOCCER TEAMS BOTH HAVE THEIR HOME OPENERS AT JEFFREY FIELD TONIGHT. 

THE MEN’S TEAM WILL FACE STETSON IN ITS SEASON OPENER AT 5PM. THE NITTANY LIONS ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A DISAPPOINTING SEASON LAST YEAR AND HAVE WON TWO OF THE PREVIOUS THREE MEETINGS WITH STETSON. 

THE WOMEN’S TEAM IS NOW RANKED 14TH IN THE COUNTRY AND WILL PLAY ITS FIRST HOME GAME AFTER A TOUGH 3-2 LOSS AT FOURTH-RANKED DUKE A WEEK AGO. 23RD-RANKED SAINT LOUIS WILL BE THE OPPONENT IN TONIGHT’S CONTEST. THE BILLIKENS ARE 1-0 ON THE YOUNG SEASON. PENN STATE IS 23-3-5 ALL-TIME IN HOME OPENERS. KICKOFF TONIGHT IS SET FOR 8PM.  

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INCOMING PENN STATE FRESHMAN MARCUS BLAZE BLAZED HIS WAY TO GOLD AT THE 20U WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BULGARIA YESTERDAY. BLAZE WON THE 61 KILO FINALS WITH A 10-0 TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY OVER IRAN AHORA KHATERI. BLAZE FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT WITH FOUR WINS BY TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY AND ONE BY DIQUALIFICATION ON CAUTIONS. BLAZE JOINS FELLOW INCOMING NITTANY LIONS PJ DUKE AS A GOLD MEDALIST AND ALL FIVE NITTANY LIONS THAT REPRESENTED THE U-S ARE BRINGING HOME MEDALS WITH INCOMING FRESHMAN WILLIAM HENCKEL EARNING SILVER AND TWIN BROTHERS CONNOR AND COLE MIRASOLA EACH WINNING BRONZE. THE UNITED STATES EASILY OUTDISTANCED RUSSIA, 185-157,  TO TOP THE TEAM STANDINGS.  KAZAKHSTAN WAS THIRD AND IRAN FOURTH. THE PENN STATE CONTINGENT SCORED 100 POINTS AND WOULD HAVE FINISHED FOURTH WITH THEIR POINTS ALONE. THE UNITED STATES EARNED FIVE GOLD MEDALS, ONE SILVER AND TWO BRONZE AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. OTHER GOLD MEDALISTS FROM THE U-S WERE LUKE STANICH, MAX MCENELLY AND JASON RADEMACHER. 

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THE PENN STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS WILL OPEN THEIR SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 5TH. FLORENCE CARON AND BRIAN DICOLA HAVE BEEN NAMED AS BIG TEN RUNNERS TO WATCH IN THE UPCOMING SEASON. CARON BECAME PENN STATE’S FIRST CROSS COUNTRY ALL-AMERICAN SINCE 2016 LAST SEASON. DICOLA WAS THE FIRST PENN STATE MAN TO EARN A BID TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET SINCE 2017.  

 

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AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES YESTERDAY….

ARUBA ELIMINATED JAPAN WITH A 3-0 VICTORY AND IROM, SOUTH CAROLINA DEFEATED

SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 7-6 TO STAY ALIVE. CHINESE TAIPEI BEAT VENEZUELA 7-3 TO ADVANCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT IS INTO THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 7-3 WIN OVER LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.  

SO, TODAY, IT WILL BE VENEZUELA VERSUS ARUBA AT 3 O’CLOCK AND SOUTH CAROLINA AGAINST NEVADA AT 7 O’CLOCK WITH THE WINNERS ADVANCING TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES SEMIFINALS. 

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T.J. Salvaggio opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the first inning, then capped it with a tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth to give the State College Spikes at 7-6 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Wednesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Salvaggio continued his surge in the month of August with a 360-foot shot just inside the left field foul pole to put the Spikes (14-18 2nd Half) in front in the opening frame. The Southeastern Louisiana product is now hitting .388 since the calendar turned from July.

With a series victory in hand, the Spikes and Crosscutters now switch locations for the third and final game of their mid-week series on Thursday. First pitch will fly at 6:35 p.m. at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, with right-hander Carter Holjes (1-2) set to go on the mound for State College against Williamsport right-hander Reilly Shafer (1-4).

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Penn State senior quarterback Drew Allar was tabbed to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list on Tuesday. Now in its 39th year, the Golden Arm Award continues to honor excellence both on and off the field. The award is presented in December by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation in partnership with A.O. Smith Corporation, whose mission aligns with the Foundation’s commitment to advancing the game of football while promoting character, leadership and academic achievement among young athletes.

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ALL FIVE WRESTLERS WITH PENN STATE TIES HAVE EARNED MEDALS AT THE 20U WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. P.J. DUKE WON GOLD, WILLIAM HENCKEL WON SILVER AND BOTH CONNOR MIRASOLA AND COLE MIRASOLA TOOK BRONZE. THE MIRASOLAS BECOME THE FIRST BROTHERS TO BOTH MEDAL FOR THE U-S IN THE SAME U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1973 WHEN JIMMY CARR WON GOLD AND JOE CARR TOOK SILVER. 

DUKE WON HIS TITLE BY DEFEATING ALEKSANDR GAIDARLI OF MOLDOVA 7-5 IN THE FINALS. 

HENCKEL RALLIED FROM AN 8-2 DEFICIT BUT LOST IN THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH TO MAHDI YOUSEFI HAJIVAR OF IRAN 8-6 AT 79 KILOS. CONNOR MIRASOLA WON BRONZE WITH A 10-0 TECH FALL OVER ANAR JAFARLI OF AZERBAIJAN AT 92 KILOS  AND COLE MIRASOLA TOOK BRONZE AT 125 KILOS WITH A 12-0 TECH FALL OVER NARANTULGA DARMAABAZER OF MONGOLIA.  

INCOMING FRESHMAN MARCUS BLAZE WILL WRESTLE FOR GOLD TODAY.  BLAZE DEFEATED A RUSSIAN OPPONENT IN THE SEMIFINALS 15-4.  HE WILL FACE IRAN’S AHORA KHATERI IN THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH AT 61 KILOS AT 11 THIS MORNING.  

THE UNITED STATES WILL BRING BACK EIGHT MEDALS, TYING FOR SECOND MOST FOR OUR COUNTRY AT THE 20U WORLDS. IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE PENN STATE MEDAL WINNERS, LEHIGH SOPHOMORE TO BE LUKE STANICH WON GOLD AT 65 KILOS, JUSTIN RADEMACHER, A SOPHOMORE TO BE AT OREGON STATE, WON GOLD AT 97 KILOS AND MAX MCENELLY, THE SOPHOMORE TO BE FOR MINNESOTA WILL WRESTLE FOR GOLD TODAY AT 86 KILOS.  

THE UNITED STATES WILL WIN THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, EASILY OUTDISTANCING KAZAKHSTAN AND IRAN WHICH ARE SECOND AND THIRD RESPECTIVELY.  

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Former Penn State women’s soccer midfielder Olivia Smith has been named the Women’s Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year on Tuesday night.

The 21-year-old joined London club Arsenal in a women’s soccer world-record transfer of 1 million pounds on a four-year deal.

Smith spent her freshman season at Penn State, notching one goal and an assist. She departed from the program after 2022 to sign her first professional contract with the North Toronto Nitros.

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Former Penn State men’s hockey forward Danny Dzhaniyev has signed with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL the team announced yesterday.  Dzhaniyev spent four seasons at Penn State, consistently being a key player. He recorded 93 points through 34 goals and 59 assists across 146 games for the blue and white. He helped lead the Nittany Lions to two NCAA Tournaments in his time, including the first-ever trip to the Frozen Four last year.

The Nittany Lions will kick off their season at Arizona State on Friday, October 3, at 9 p.m.

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Penn State men’s basketball’s non-conference schedule is nearly completed.

The Nittany Lions will play NC Central on December 29 inside the Bryce Jordan Center. NC Central coach LeVelle Moton announced this on Monday when he released the nonconference schedule for his team on X.

This will be the first matchup in program history between the two schools. NC Central, which plays in the MEAC Conference, finished 14-19 last season, including 6-8 in conference play. The MEAC Conference consists of eight teams, including Norfolk State, which made the NCAA Tournament last season.

This is the seventh confirmed game of Penn State’s non-conference schedule, with four more still to be announced. Penn State hoops will square off against Pitt on Sunday, December 21, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Along with Pitt, it is set to have its home opener against Fairfield on Wednesday, November 3.

The blue and white will visit New Haven on November 8 before hosting Boston University and Harvard as part of a multi-team event with dates still to be determined. The Nittany Lions will also play a neutral-site game at the Hall of Fame Showcase on Monday, November 22, against Providence.

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Penn State baseball has released its Fall 2025 schedule. The Nittany Lions will host three opponents at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Penn State opens its Fall slate on Friday, September 26 against Villanova. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.

The Blue and White hosts Team Ontario on Friday, October 10. The contest begins at 5 p.m.

The Nittany Lions welcome Bucknell on Friday, October 17. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.

Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, finished the 2025 season with a 33-23 record, posting its second-most wins in a season. PSU reached the 30-win mark for the first time since 2011.

 

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AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT YESTERDAY, FOUR TEAMS WERE ELMINATED FROM THE FIELD. JAPAN SHUT OUT MEXICO 6-0 AND ARUBA DEFEATED CANADA 6-1 IN INTERNATION GAMES. ON THE AMERICAN SIDE OF THE BRACKET, SOUTH CAROLINA TOOK DOWN HAWAII 3-0 AND SOUTH DAKOTA PULLED AWAY LATE FOR A 9-0 WIN OVER WASHINGTON. 

TODAY’S SCHEDULE HAS CHINESE TAIPEI TAKING ON VENEZUELA AT ONE O’CLOCK WITH THE WINNER ADVANCING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. AND THEN CONNECTICUT AND NEVADA PLAY AT THREE WITH THE WINNER GOING TO THE U-S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 

TWO MORE ELIMINATION GAMES FOLLOW WITH JAPAN AND ARUBA PLAYING AT 5 O’CLOCK AND THEN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MEET AT 7.  

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THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES HELD OFF THE WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS FOR AN 8-7 WIN LAST NIGHT. THE SPIKES SCORED FOUR RUNS IN THE SEVENTH - THREE COMING ON A JADEN COLLURA DOUBLE.  AND THE SPIKES ADDED TWO MORE IN THE 8TH. WILLIAMSPORT RALLIED IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH WITH FOUR RUNS BUT THE SPIKES HELD ON FOR THE WIN. COLLURA FINISHED THE NIGHT GOING 3-FOR-3 WITH THREE RBI.  SKLYER RIEDLINGER THREW ONE AND 2/3 SCORELESS INNINGS TO GET THE WIN FOR STATE COLLEGE. THE SPIKES WILL AGAIN HOST THE CROSSCUTTERS THIS EVENING AT 6:35 AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK.  

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THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON KICKS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. STATE COLLEGE BEGINS THE SEASON RANKED SEVENTH IN PENNLIVE’S 6-A STATE RANKINGS.  HARRISBURG IS THIRD.  STATE HIGH WILL HOST HARRISBURG IN WEEK THREE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH AT MEMORIAL FIELD. 

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Penn State senior defensive tackle Zane Durant, redshirt junior offensive lineman Olaivavega Ioane and senior running back Nicholas Singleton were named Preseason Associated Press All-America first team, while senior running back Kaytron Allen was tabbed to the second team. Penn State is tied with Texas for the most first-team selections among FBS teams.

Durant also has been tabbed as a Preseason All-American by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Athletic (first team) and CBS (first team).

Ioane has picked up Preseason All-American honors from the Associated Press, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Athletic (first team), CBS (first team) and ESPN (first team).

Singleton has earned Preseason All-American accolades from the Associated Press, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Athletic (first team), CBS (first team) and ESPN (first team). Allen is on Preseason All-American teams for the Associated Press and ESPN (second team)

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THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS PICKED UP A COMMITMENT FOR THE CLASS OF 2027. CORNERBACK GABE JENKINS ANNOUNCED HIS COMMITMENT YESTERDAY. HE IS A PITTSBURGH NATIVE AND IS RATED AS THE 8TH BEST PLAYER IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE 19TH BEST CORNERBACK IN THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO 247’S COMPOSITE RANKINGS. JENKINS IS THE FOURTH COMMITMENT FOR THE 2027 RECRUITING CLASS JOINING FOUR-STAR RECEIVER KHALIL TAYLOR, FIVE-STAR RUNNING BACK KEMON SPELL AND FIVE-STAR OFFENSIVE TACKLE LAYTON VON BRANDT.  

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THE PENN STATE HOCKEY TEAM HAS ITS FIRST COMMITMENT FOR THE CLASS OF 2027. FOUR-STAR PROSPECT BRADEN HORTON HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL JOIN THE NITTANY LIONS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. HE IS A 6-FOOT, 2-INCH , 176-POUND FORWARD FROM ST. MARY’S PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL HEAD TO THE NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. 

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Former Penn State football and current Baltimore Ravens defensive end Adisa Isaac is out multiple weeks with a dislocated elbow he sustained in the Ravens’ 31-13 preseason win over the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh confirmed the injury in his post-game press conference, but Isaac’s timeline for return remains unclear.

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES HAD YESTERDAY OFF. THE SPIKES WILL WELCOME THE WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS TO MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK THIS EVENING FOR A 6:35 START. THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW IN STATE COLLEGE AND THEN CLOSE OUT THE SERIES THURSDAY IN WILLIAMSPORT. THE SPIKES ARE 29-30 ON THE SEASON. 

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AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, WHAT A GAME BETWEEN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEVADA YESTERDAY.  JOE GIULIETTI THREW A NO-HITTER FOR THE TEAM FROM IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA. GARRETT GALLEGOS HAD 12 STRIKEOUTS IN HIS START FOR THE TEAM FROM LAS VEGAS. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS CUTTER RICAFORT HITTING A WALK-OFF SINGLE IN EXTRA INNINGS TO GIVE THE NEVADA TEAM THE VICTORY.  

VENEZUELA HAD SOME OUTSTANDING DEFENSE EN ROUTE TO A 4-0 VICTORY OVER JAPAN.  CHINESE TAPEI DEFEATED ARUBA 4-0 AND LAST NIGHT, IT WAS CONNECTICUT BLASTING SOUTH DAKOTA 13-1.  

TODAY, IT’S ELIMINATION GAMES ON THE SCHEDULE. JAPAN PLAYS MEXICO AT 1, THEN SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYS HAWAII  AT 3, CANADA FACES ARUBA AT 5 AND SOUTH DAKOTA GOES UP AGAINST WASHINGTON AT 7.  

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IT IS GAME WEEK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS IN THE AREA. ALL FIVE CENTRE COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL OPEN UP AT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT IN 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFFS. 

STATE COLLEGE WILL HOST GATEWAY, BELLEFONTE WILL WELCOME TYRONE, BALD EAGLE AREA ENTERTAINS HUNTINGDON, PENNS VALLEY WILL HOST BISHOP GUILFOYLE AND PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA ENTERTAINS CENTRAL. 

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THE CAPTAINS FOR THE 2025 PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. LINEBACKER DOM DELUCA BECOMES A THREE-TIME CAPTAIN FOR THE PROGRAM WHILE CENTER NICK DAWKINS AND QUARTERBACK DREW ALLAR EACH BECOME TWO-TIME CAPTAINS. DEFENSIVE TACKLE ZANE DURANT AND LONG SNAPPER TYLER DUZANSKY ARE THE FIRST-TIME CAPTAINS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. PENN STATE WILL OPEN THE SEASON RANKED SECOND IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL AND THIRD IN THE COACHES POLL.  THE OPENING GAME AGAINST NEVADA IS SET FOR A 3:30 KICKOFF ON AUGUST 30TH.  

 

THE PENN STATE WRESTLING TEAM WILL HOST OKLAHOMA IN A DUAL MEET AT REC HALL ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.  THE SOONERS WILL VISIT BUCKNELL THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE SEEKING A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL TITLE IN THE UPCOMING SEASON.  

AT THE 20 AND UNDER WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BULGARIA, INCOMING PENN STATE FRESHMAN  PJ DUKE WILL WRESTLE FOR GOLD TODAY AT 70 KILOS.  

PENN STATE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN-TO-BE COLE MIRASOLA WILL WRESTLING FOR BRONZE AT 125 KILOS.  TWIN BROTHER CONNOR MIRASOLA IS WAITING TO SEE OTHER RESULTS TO SEE IF HE GETS PULLED BACK INTO CONTENTION FOR BRONZE AT 92 KILOS.  INCOMING PENN STATE FRESHMAN WILLIAM HENCKEL IS IN THE SEMIFINALS AT 79 KILOS.  

INCOMING PENN STATE FRESHMAN MARCUS BLAZE  WILL BEGIN HIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMETITION TOMORROW MORNING AT 61 KILOS.  

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WE LEARNED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THE LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE TRAVEL TO PERENNIAL POWER SOUTH CAROLINA FOR A NON-CONFERENCE GAME ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.  DAWN STALEY HAS GUIDED THE PROGRAM TO THREE NATIONAL TITLES WITH THE MOST RECENT COMING IN 2022.  SOUTH CAROLINA IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHLY RANKED AGAIN WHILE PENN STATE IS LOOKING TO REBOUND FROM A DISAPPOINTING SEASON THAT SAW THEM GO 1-17 IN BIG TEN ACTION.   

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Trotter Boston put the State College Spikes ahead with a 422-foot, two-run homer in the seventh, and the Spikes added five runs in the ninth to put away a 7-1 victory over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the finale of their weekend series at Eastwood Field on Sunday afternoon.

After an off day on Monday, the Spikes will begin a three-game series against the Williamsport Crosscutters on Tuesday with a 6:35 p.m. matchup in the first of two games of the set at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

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A TERRIFIC BATTLE LAST NIGHT IN THE SEASON OPENER FOR THE 11TH-RANKED PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER BUT THE NITTANY LIONS ULTIMATELY FELL AT 4TH-RANKED DUKE, 3-2.  SOPHOMORE AUBREY KULPA AND FRESHMAN DEFENDER HANNAH JORDAN SCORED THE PENN STATE GOALS. MACKENZIE GRESS HAD FOUR SAVES IN GOAL. THE GAME WAS TIED AT TWO AT HALFTIME BUT MIA MINESTRELLA SCORED ON A HEADER FROM A CORNER KICK IN THE 57TH MINUTE TO GIVE DUKE THE FINAL MARGIN.  PENN STATE WILL PLAY ITS HOME OPENER AGAINST ST. LOUIS NEXT WEDNESDAY IN AN 8 O’CLOCK KICKOFF AT JEFFREY FIELD.  

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Penn State women’s soccer graduate forward Kaitlyn MacBean was named to the 2025 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List on Thursday afternoon, accentuating her status as one of the premier players to watch in the women’s college game following a release from United Soccer Coaches and the Missouri Athletic Club.

The Excelsior, Minnesota, native MacBean joins a long line of Nittany Lions to garner preseason recognition to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and becomes the first Penn Stater since current NWSL professionals in Chicago Stars FC forward Ally Schlegel and Bay FC forward Penelope Hocking each earned spots ahead of the 2022 campaign. Penn State enters the 2025 campaign in the hunt for its first MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist since Schlegel in 2022, as well as the program’s first winner of the award since National Championship-winning goal scorer Raquel Rodriguez took home the sport’s highest honor in 2015. Penn State boasts a pair of MAC Hermann Trophy winners in the program’s 31 prior seasons, with Rodriguez joining 2001 National Player of the Year Christie Welsh.

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Penn State senior quarterback Drew Allar was named to the Manning Award watch list on Thursday. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ postseason performances in its balloting. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the postseason.

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Cole Caruso smashed his second home run of the season to help the State College Spikes to the lead, but the West Virginia Black Bears stole a victory from the Spikes in the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker after a 3-3 tie in regulation on Thursday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

Caruso’s 372-foot, two-run shot to right field with two outs in the top of the third extended the Spikes’ (11-16 2nd Half) lead to 3-0. The long ball followed Adonis Forte’s RBI groundout that scored Adam Paniagua after his triple to right field started the third.

However, West Virginia (20-6 2nd Half) got on the board thanks to Jace Rinehart’s two-run single, his fourth of five hits on the night, in the seventh. In the ninth, Drew Collins tripled to start the inning and scored on a third-strike passed ball with Judah Morris at the plate to tie the game.

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No. 11 Penn State women's soccer kicks off its 32nd varsity campaign and the 19th season of the Erica Dambach era on Thursday, August 14, as the Nittany Lions travel to Koskinen Stadium to face off against the fourth-ranked and defending Women's College Cup participant Duke Blue Devils in a 7 p.m. (ET) fixture. The contest will stream live to a worldwide audience of authenticated subscribers via ACCNX and the ESPN app on connected devices.

The Blue & White return to the pitch following their second consecutive run to the NCAA Tournament's National Quarterfinals in 2024, publishing a 15-7-3 overall record paired with a 5-4-2 mark in the Big Ten Conference. A season ago, Penn State extended the nation’s longest active streak of consecutive Sweet 16 appearances to eight-straight. The Blue & White also secured the program’s 30th consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and booked the team's 31st consecutive season with at least 10 victories, with both of those accomplishments marking the second-longest active stretches of that nature in women's college soccer.

In a clash of two of the sport's biggest brands, Penn State and Duke will square off in the marquee matchup of opening night to mark the seventh all-time fixture between the two sides in history. PSU leads the all-time series through the prior six fixtures by a 4-1-1 differential, going unbeaten against Duke since falling in the inaugural meeting in 1999. The Nittany Lions and Blue Devils will face off in the regular season for just the fifth time ever on Thursday, with PSU leading the regular season series by a 2-1-1 margin. Penn State will mark its second-ever trip to Koskinen Stadium this week, with the last matchup of the two teams in Durham coming on September 7, 2014, a gritty 4-3 Penn State road victory. Notably, Thursday's fixture will mark the first meeting of the two sides since clashing in the 2015 NCAA Women's College Cup final, a match in which Penn State published a 1-0 victory to secure the program's first and only national title. Eventual MAC Hermann Trophy winner Raquel Rodriguez found the back of the net on a helper from Mallory Weber in the 72nd minute.

 

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Dan Tauken’s double and early opportunities kept the State College Spikes in Wednesday’s game, but the West Virginia Black Bears went wire-to-wire to claim an 8-0 win at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

Tauken, who entered the night in the MLB Draft League’s top ten for hard-hit rate, laced his two-base hit down the right-field line in the second at 104.4 miles per hour to put the Spikes (11-15 2nd Half) in the hit column. However, he was stranded there as the inning ended.

State College had another chance in the third, down 3-0, after loading the bases with one out. 

Thursday, the Spikes complete their three-game series in West Virginia with a 6:00 p.m. matchup against the Black Bears at Kendrick Family Ballpark. Right-hander Luke House (4-1) is slated to start on the mound for State College.

After the trio of games in West Virginia, the Spikes will finish their six-game road trip with a three-game set at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers Friday through Sunday.

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Penn State senior defensive tackle Zane Durant and redshirt junior offensive lineman Olaivavega Ioane were tabbed to the Lombardi Award watch list on Tuesday.

The Lombardi Award, established in 1970, was presented to an outstanding lineman who best epitomizes the values of leadership, courage, performance and discipline on and off the field.

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The Penn State women’s soccer program garnered a wide array of national attention from TopDrawerSoccer.com in its preseason releases, with the Nittany Lions landing the No. 6 overall team ranking while securing one Best XI Team selection and a pair of preseason top-100 players in the organization’s releases Tuesday.

Penn State picked up the No. 6 national ranking according to TopDrawerSoccer’s preseason release, the highest rated program in the Big Ten Conference and the highest ranked team in the nation outside of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Nittany Lions are one of eight Big Ten programs in the national preseason top 25, with PSU joining UCLA (No. 8), Ohio State (No. 9), Michigan State (No. 11), Wisconsin (No. 13), Minnesota (No. 14), Iowa (No. 17) and USC (No. 21). In total PSU, will challenge a trio of teams who are ranked in the national preseason top 25 by the organization, including Duke (No. 5), Ohio State and Wisconsin.

On an individual basis, graduate forward Kaitlyn MacBean secured a pair of preseason accolades, earning an appearance on the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Second Team, the only forward from the Big Ten Conference recognized by the TDS Best XI teams. MacBean also secured the second-highest ranking of any B1G athlete in the organization’s Preseason Top 100 Player Rankings, landing the No. 18 position nationally. On the back line, redshirt junior defender Kayleigh Herr picked up the No. 80 individual ranking to round out PSU’s list of preseason accolades from TopDrawerSoccer.

MacBean also secured United Soccer Coaches Forward to Watch accolades in a preseason release by the organization on Tuesday morning.

The Excelsior, Minnesota, native MacBean joins a pair of additional Nittany Lions who had their names selected as United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch earlier this summer, with the veteran forward joining a pair of defenders in sophomore Bella Ayscue and junior Kaelyn Wolfe as preseason honorees from the organization.

With MacBean and Herr leading the charge, the United Soccer Coaches 11th-ranked Nittany Lions will open their 2025 season in two days’ time, with a 7 p.m. (ET) kickoff scheduled against the fourth-ranked Duke Blue Devils on Thursday, August 14, from Koskinen Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

 

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Jakobi Davis went deep in the eighth inning to tie the game with his first State College Spikes home run, but Drew Collins won it for the West Virginia Black Bears with a walk-off double to take a 4-3 decision on Tuesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

In a potential MLB Draft League Championship Game preview, West Virginia (18-6 2nd Half) staked a further claim to first place in the league’s Second Half standings to open the three-game set against the Spikes (11-14 2nd Half), the league’s First Half Champions and title game hosts.

Wednesday, the Spikes and Black Bears meet for another 6:00 p.m. matchup at Kendrick Family Ballpark in the middle game of their three-game set.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RELEASED ITS PRESEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL YESTERDAY AND PENN STATE CHECKS IN AT NUMBER TWO.  TEXAS IS NUMBER ONE WITH OHIO STATE THIRD, CLEMSON FOURTH AND GEORGIA FIFTH. THE LONGHORNS JUST EDGED OUT PENN STATE FOR THE TOP SPOT IN THE CLOSEST PRESEASON VOTE SINCE 1998.  TEXAS RECEIVED 25 FIRST-PLACE VOTES AND 1,552 POINTS. PENN STATE RECEIVED 23 FIRST-PLACE VOTES AND 1,547 POINTS. 

ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN… IT’S NOTRE DAME, OREGON, ALABAMA, LSU AND MIAMI OF FLORIDA RESPECTIVELY. SIX BIG TEN TEAMS ARE RANKED - JOINING OHIO STATE, PENN STATE AND OREGON ARE 12TH-RANKED ILLINOIS, 14TH-RANKED MICHIGAN AND 20TH-RANKED INDIANA. TEN S-E-C TEAMS ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 25 WITH FOUR FROM THE BIG 12 AND THREE FROM THE ACC. 

THE NITTANY LIONS OPEN THEIR SEASON IN 18 DAYS, HOSTING NEVADA IN A 3:30 KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM ON AUGUST 30TH.  

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THREE PENN STATE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN NAMED TO THE CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST. THAT AWARD GOES TO THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE DEFENSIVE END DANI DENNIS-SUTTON, DEFENSIVE TACKLE ZANE DURANT AND CORNERBACK A.J. HARRIS ON THE WATCH LIST. DENNIS-SUTTON HAD 13 TACKLES FOR A LOSS LAST SEASON AND RACKED UP 8 AND A HALF SACKS. HE RANKED FIFTH AND SIXTH IN THE CONFERENCE IN THOSE CATEGORIES RESPECTIVELY. DURANT HAD 11 TACKLES FOR A LOSS LAST SEASON AND THREE SACKS. AND HARRIS HAD AN INTERCEPTION, FIVE PASS BREAK-UPS AND 48 TACKLES LAST YEAR AS HE WAS NAMED A THIRD TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SELECTION. 

THE BEDNARIK AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED ON DECEMBER 11TH.  

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THE PRESEASON BIG TEN WOMEN’S SOCCER COACHES’ POLL HAS PENN STATE PROJECTED TO FINISH THIRD IN THE CONFERENCE. USC IS THE COACHES’ PICK TO WIN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP WITH UCLA SECOND AND PENN STATE THIRD. MICHIGAN STATE IS FOURTH AND OHIO STATE FIFTH IN THE PRESEASON CONFERENCE RANKING.

PENN STATE’S THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH IN THE CONFERENCE ARE FORWARD KAITLYN MACBEAN, MIDFIELDER MOLLY MARTIN AND FORWARD AMELIA WHITE. 

THE 11TH-RANKED NITTANY LIONS ARE SET TO OPEN THE SEASON ON THURSDAY AT FOURTH-RANKED DUKE IN A 7 O’CLOCK KICKOFF.  

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THERE IS A CHANGE TO THE CARD FOR THE FIRST REAL AMERICAN FREESTYLE EVENT COMING UP ON AUGUST 30TH IN CLEVELAND. THE NITTANY LION WRESTLING CLUB’S KYLE DAKE WILL NOW FACE DEAN HAMITI INSTEAD OF AEODEN SINCLAIR AT 190 POUNDS. HAMITI WON THE NATIONAL TITLE FOR OKLAHOMA STATE THIS PAST SEASON AT 174 POUNDS. PENN STATE ALUMS JASON NOLF AND BO NICKAL WILL ALSO BE COMPETING. NOLF WILL FACE EVAN WICK AT 175 POUNDS AND NICKAL WILL WRESTLE JACOB CARDENAS AT 205 POUNDS. 

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES HAD YESTERDAY OFF AND OPEN A SIX-GAME ROAD TRIP WITH THE FIRST OF THREE AT WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT. THE SPIKES ARE NOW 11-13 IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MLB DRAFT LEAGUE SEASON. STATE COLLEGE WILL HOST THE MLB DRAFT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH THANKS TO THEIR WINNING THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.  

 

THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES WILL GET UNDERWAY TOMORROW IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT. PUERTO RICO AND LATIN AMERICA WILL SQUARE OFF AT 1PM TOMORROW IN THE FIRST OF FOUR GAMES ON THE OPENING DAY.  THE MID-ATLANTIC REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE GLENMOORE EAGLE LITTLE LEAGUE FROM UPPER UWCHLAN (YOO-KLIN) TOWNSHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY ARE A LITTLE NORTH OF DOWNINGTOWN AND WILL OPEN UP THEIR PLAY THURSDAY AT 7PM AGAINST A TEAM FROM SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE TOURNAMENT WILL RUN THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH.  

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PENN STATE’S KHALIL DINKINS IS ON THE MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST. THE HONOR GOES TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S TOP TIGHT END EACH SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS’ TYLER WARREN WON THE AWARD LAST SEASON. WE ARE 19 DAYS AWAY FROM THE PENN STATE OPENER AGAINST NEVADA ON AUGUST 30TH IN A 3:30 KICKOFF AT BEAVER STADIUM.   

 

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WEST SUBURBAN LITTLE LEAGUE, FROM THE JOHNSTOWN AREA, WON THE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. WEST SUBURBAN DEFEATED FLOYDS KNOBS, INDIANA IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME YESTERDAY, 1-0.  

REAGAN BILLS WAS THE UNQUESTIONED HERO FOR WEST SUBURBAN. SHE THREW A COMPLETE GAME ONE-HIT SHUTOUT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND DROVE IN THE ONLY RUN WITH AN RBI SINGLE IN THE FOURTH. SHE WENT 2-FOR-2 AT THE PLATE. 

THE PENN STATE SOFTBALL TEAM SENT A VIDEO MESSAGE TO THE WEST SUBURBAN TEAM BEFORE YESTERDAY’S TITLE-CLINCHING VICTORY TO WISH THE TEAM GOOD LUCK.  

IT IS THE FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR A PENNSYLVANIA TEAM SINCE 1978.  WEST SUBURBAN ACTUALLY LOST ITS FIRST GAME IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PLAYOFFS BEFORE REELING OFF 16 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES.   

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Penn State senior quarterback Drew Allar was selected for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award watch list on Thursday.

The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award.

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The Penn State men’s basketball team will travel to Dayton on Sunday, Oct. 19 for a charity exhibition game in support of adolescent and young adult mental health and suicide prevention.

The charity exhibition game, in partnership with CareSource, will tip off at 2 p.m. All net proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Jay's Light, the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, and mental health initiatives for University of Dayton students. Further events and programming leading up to the game will be announced in the fall.

Dayton Coach Anthony Grant and his wife Chris strive to "bring purpose to the pain" from their family's tragedy by helping mothers, fathers, teens, and young adults find the resources to help. Their daughter, Jay, died in 2022 at the age of 20 as a result of mental illness.

 

Fans can purchase their tickets to see the defending national champion Penn State women’s volleyball team as single-match tickets are now on sale.

Some of the big matches on the Penn State schedule, including Kentucky (Sept. 5), Pitt (Sept. 17), USC (Sept. 26), Nebraska (Oct. 3), and Wisconsin (Oct. 10) have limited tickets remaining but are selling fast.

Other matches at Rec Hall this season include non-conference matchups against New Hampshire (9/7), Bucknell (9/9), Princeton (9/19), and Central Michigan (9/21), as well as Big Ten contests against UCLA (9/28), Northwestern (10/11), Rutgers (10/24), Indiana (11/2), Ohio State (11/16), Michigan State (11/21), and Maryland (11/23).

The Nittany Lions went 35-2 last season on their way to winning the eighth national title in program history. They also clinched a share of the Big Ten title with a 3-1 win over Nebraska in front of a sold-out crowd at Rec Hall during the regular season.

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IT WAS A 4-4 GAME LAST NIGHT GOING TO THE NINTH INNING BETWEEN THE MAHONING VALLEY SCRAPPERS AND THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES. AND WHILE STATE COLLEGE PLAYED WELL, MAHONING VALLEY WAS ABLE TO PUSH TWO RUNS ACROSS IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH WITH THE HELP OF TWO SPIKES ERRORS AND THEY WENT ON TO….

LOSE THE GAME!  THAT’S BECAUSE THE SPIKES RALLIED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH! 

WITH ONE OUT AND THE BASES LOADED, ADONIS FORTE HIT A GROUNDER TO THE PITCHER WHO THREW HOME TO GET THE OUT BUT THE THROW TO FIRST FROM THE CATCHER SAILED INTO RIGHT FIELD ALLOWING TWO RUNS TO SCORE AS THE SPIKES TIED THE GAME. JADEN COLLURA WOULD LATER HIT A WALK-OFF RBI SINGLE TO GIVE THE SPIKES THE 7-6 WIN AND EXTEND THE STATE COLLEGE WINNING STREAK TO FOUR GAMES. 

CENTRL MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCT ZANE PROBST GOT THE WIN IN RELIEF FOR STATE COLLEGE 

THE SPIKES WILL LOOK TO COMPLETE THE SWEEP OF THE SERIES WITH MAHONING VALLEY TONIGHT IN A 6:35 START AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK. THE SPIKES WILL ALSO HOST THE TRENTON THUNDER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN 6:35 STARTS. SUNDAY’S GAME WILL BE THE KATIE SCHUMACHER-CAWLEY BOBBLEHEAD GIVE-AWAY.  

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Penn State football redshirt senior wide receiver Trebor Peña and senior receiver Devonte Ross were named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list on Wednesday.

The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position, who catches a pass is eligible for the award.

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL.  NEBRASKA IS NUMBER ONE WITH THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION NITTANY LIONS SECOND FOLLOWED BY PITT, LOUISVILLE AND TEXAS RESPECTIVELY. 

OTHER BIG TEN TEAMS RANKED INCLUDE 8TH-RANKED WISCONSIN, 11TH-RANKED MINNESOTA, 

15TH-RANKED PURDUE, 18TH-RANKED UCLA AND 21ST-RANKED USC.  

Penn State will go up against No. 7 Kentucky, No. 12 Creighton, No. 13 Arizona State, No. 14 Kansas, No. 15 Purdue, and No. 25 TCU in non-conference play.

The Nittany Lions open their season at the AVCA First Serve event, taking on Creighton on Saturday, August 23. They will host their home opener at Rec Hall against Kentucky on Tuesday, September 5.

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THE BIG TEN OFFICIALLY IS RELEASING THE SITES FOR THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.  PENN STATE WILL HOST THE BIG TEN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS MARCH 7TH AND 8TH AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER. THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE LOOKING TO WIN A FOURTH STRAIGHT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRONT OF THE HOME TOWN CROWD. 

 

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Facing bases loaded and no outs in the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker, Jason Shockley struck out the next three Mahoning Valley Scrappers in order, giving the State College Spikes a win in the extra frame after a 2-2 regulation tie at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Wednesday night.

The Spikes (10-10 2nd Half) made the pregame choice to play defense in the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker, and put Shockley on the mound for his first action of the night.

The Spikes had come back to tie the game in the fifth as Chenar Brown delivered a two-out, two-run single to left field.

Thursday, the Spikes and Scrappers meet in the middle game of their three-game series at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, first pitch at 6:35.  

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PENN STATE RUNNING BACKS NICHOLAS SINGLETON AND KAYTRON ALLEN HAVE BEEN NAMED TO THE DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST.  THE AWARD GOES TO THE OUTSTANDING RUNNING BACK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL EACH SEASON. 

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Penn State women’s soccer players Bella Ayscue and Kaelyn Wolfe were named on the United Soccer Coaches Defenders to Watch list on Tuesday.  The defenders most recently represented the U.S. Women’s Youth National teams at the U19 and U20 levels in the offseason.

The Nittany Lions will open their season at 7 p.m. on August 14 at Duke.

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THE JERSEY NUMBERS FOR PENN STATE MEN’S HOCKEY HAVE BEEN RELEASED FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. THE TOP COLLEGE PROSPECT, GAVIN MCKENNA, WILL BECOME THE FIRST PENN STATE HOCKEY PLAYER TO WEAR NUMBER 72 .  ARMY WEST POINT TRANSFER AND DEFENSEMAN MAC GADOWSKY WILL WEAR NUMBER 4. AND FRESHMAN DEFENSEMAN JACKSON SMITH WILL WEAR NUMBER 7.  

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Head coach Kristen Simpson and the Penn State women's golf team announced its 2025 fall schedule earlier this week. The Nittany Lions will compete in four tournaments this coming fall.

Penn State has a very familiar scheduled lined up for the fall season once again beginning the year at Yeaman’s Hall in Hanahan, South Carolina for the 21st annual Cougar Classic on September 8-9.

Following a week off the Nittany Lions return to Happy Valley for the 49th annual Nittany Lion Invitational on September 21-22, switching from a Saturday-Sunday Tournament to a Sunday-Monday event this year.

Penn State takes another week off before challenging itself at a new event, the Mercedes Benz Collegiate hosted by the University of Tennessee on October 5-7.

The Nittany Lions then close out their fall schedule two weeks later at the seventh annual Evie Odom Invitational in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on October 16-18.

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Michael Quevedo became the third pitcher in State College Spikes history to record 12 strikeouts in a single game as he led the Spikes to a two-game series sweep over the Frederick Keys with a 5-1 victory on Tuesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

The 12 strikeouts were also the most for any pitcher in a single outing in the MLB Draft League this year.

The left-hander racked up six whiffs over the first four innings while retiring the first 11 batters in order, then struck out the side in the fifth. After notching his 10th strikeout to finish the sixth, Quevedo got Taj Bates looking and Trey Lipsey swinging in the seventh to complete his historic outing.

Wednesday night, the Spikes change dance partners as the Mahoning Valley Scrappers come into Medlar Field at Lubrano Park for a 6:35 p.m. matchup to start a three-game set. State College is set to send left-hander Carston Herman (0-1) to the mound. 

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THE PRESEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES POLL IS OUT AND PENN STATE CHECKS IN AT NUMBER THREE. TEXAS IS THE PRESEASON NUMBER ONE WITH OHIO STATE SECOND, PENN STATE THIRD, GEORGIA FOURTH AND NOTRE DAME FIFTH. CLEMSON, OREGON, ALABAMA, LSU AND MIAMI OF FLORIDA RESPECTIVELY ROUND OUT THE TOP TEN.  

SIX BIG TEN TEAMS ARE IN THE TOP 25. ALONG WITH OHIO STATE, PENN STATE AND OREGON, ILLINOIS CHECKS IN AT NUMBER 12, MICHIGAN IS 14TH AND INDIANA IS 19TH.  THE S-E-C HAS NINE TEAMS IN THE PRESEASON TOP 25.  THE BIG 12 HAS FIVE TEAMS AND THE ACC HAS THREE.  

TEXAS AND OHIO STATE WILL MEET IN THE SEASON OPENER AT NOON ON AUGUST 30TH IN COLUMBUS.  PENN STATE HAS JUST THREE GAMES AGAINST PRESEASON TOP 25 TEAMS IN THE WHITE OUT GAME AGAINST OREGON ON SEPTEMBER 27TH AT BEAVER STADIUM, THE TRIP TO OHIO STATE ON NOVEMBER FIRST AND THE HOME GAME WITH INDIANA THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 

 

PENN STATE QUARTERBACK DREW ALLAR AND RUNNING BACK NICHOLAS SINGLETON HAVE BEEN NAMED TO THE WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST.  AND TYLER DUZANSKY IS ON THE MANNELLY AWARD WATCH LIST. THAT HONOR GOES TO THE NATIONS BEST LONG SNAPPER EACH SEASON.  

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THE PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM HAS ADDED DANISH MIDFIELDER DIKTE BANG TO ITS ROSTER AS IT PREPARES FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.  DITKE PLAYED IN THE TOP-FLIGHT LEAGUE FOR WOMEN’S SOCCER IN DENMARK LAST SEASON. THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE SIX STARTERS RETURNING FROM LAST YEAR’S ELITE EIGHT SQUAD.  PENN STATE ALSO HAS THE FIFTH RANKED RECRUITING CLASS JOINING THE SQUAD. PENN STATE WILL OPEN ITS SEASON AT DUKE ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH.  

 

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THE STATE COLLEGE SPIKES SHUTOUT THE FREDERICK KEYS, 4-0, TO OPEN THEIR SEVEN-GAME HOMESTAND LAST NIGHT. ALEC SPARKS GOT THE WIN, THROWING SIX INNINGS OF SHUT OUT BALL ALLOWING FOUR HITS AND STRIKING OUT FIVE. ADONIS FORTE HAD A PAIR OF HITS, AN RBI AND A RUN SCORED TO LEAD THE OFFENSE. COLE CARUSO ALSO HAD AN RBI DOUBLE. 

THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY THE SECOND OF THEIR TWO-GAME SERIES TONIGHT AT 6:35 AT MEDLAR FIELD AT LUBRANO PARK.   

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The Penn State football team held its media day on Saturday.

Wide receiver Kaden Saunders suffered a season-ending injury. The redshirt junior made an appearance in four games last season for the Nittany Lions, mainly as a punt returner, before suffering an injury that sidelined him for the rest of 2024. Saunders was only cleared for running routes during Spring Camp, and before the receiver could get back to full strength, he was sidelined once again.

Saunders talked in February about finding his place again in the depth chart and reminding the coaches about what he is capable of. Unfortunately, in a year where the wide receiver four spot is wide open, he will have to wait once more to prove his skills.

First came Kyron Hudson, who transferred in mid-December out of the University of Southern California. In his redshirt junior season, Hudson had 462 receiving yards and three touchdowns for the Trojans. He had four catches for 36 yards and a touchdown against Penn State on October 12 in Los Angeles.

About a week later, Devonte Ross transferred into the program from Troy. The rising senior had 76 catches, 1,043 yards, and 11 touchdowns during the 2024 season. In his latest press conference, Franklin mentioned Ross’ stat line against Iowa last season where he went for an impressive five receptions for 142 yards and two touchdowns while also adding a 77-yard punt return score in the matchup.

Lastly, sixth year wide receiver Trebor Peña joined the squad out of Syracuse before the Blue-White Spring Game in April. The talented slot player, dominated last season with 84 receptions, 941 yards and, nine touchdowns. He earned second-team All-ACC honors before transferring.

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Rising sophomore Nicole Hall (Stockholm, Sweden) has been selected to participate in Team Sweden’s 2026 Olympic Training Camp on July 21-30 as announced by manager Ulf Lundberg last week.

Lundberg announced the names of 16 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders who are invited to the 10-day camp at the end of July in the hopes of making the final roster to compete for Team Sweden in Milan, Italy in February. Hall is one of seven collegiate skaters of the 27 players invited to camp.

Hall skated in all 38 games during her rookie campaign in Hockey Valley registering 11 points on seven goals and four assists.

 

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Carter Holjes allowed just one run over five innings in his first start of the season for the State College Spikes, but the West Virginia Black Bears snared a 3-2 decision with a late flurry on Sunday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

Holjes, who was a key part of the bullpen for the Spikes (7-10 2nd Half) as they captured the MLB Draft League First Half Championship, made his initial start after going 4 2/3 innings of relief on Tuesday in Frederick. The right-hander yielded just one run on five hits and two walks over his five frames, striking out three batters along the way.

The Spikes now return home to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park to begin a season-long seven-game homestand with a 6:35 p.m. matchup against the Frederick Keys. Right-hander Alec Sparks (0-0) is scheduled to get the ball for State College in the opener of a two-game series, while Frederick will send right-hander Paul Panduro (2-2) to the hill.