Blue & White Brew 1/26: Hockey Stays Hot!

Women's hockey claimed the AHA crown, and the men took down No. 5 Wisconsin!

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Penn State Brew Crew
January 26, 2026


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What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?

🤼 Two shutouts
🏒 Hockey stays hot
🦁 And much, much more!

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Monday, January 26
🎤 Stand Up 101: Writing and Performing
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Ohio State @ 7 p.m. | FS1

Tuesday, January 27
🎭 10 Things I Hate About You

Wednesday, January 28
🩸 Blood Drive — State College
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Minnesota @ 6 p.m. | B1G+

Thursday, January 29
🌶 Chili Cook-Off
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Northwestern @ 8 p.m. | Peacock

This week's featured Nittany Lion In The Pros, brought to you by AmeriGas, is Chris Stoll. Stoll, a long-snapper for Seattle, helped the Seahawks advance to the Super Bowl on Sunday.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 No Points Allowed. No. 1 Penn State wrestling improved to 11-0 overall and 5-0 in Big Ten duals over the weekend, dominating Indiana and Maryland by a combined score of 99-0!

🤼 RECAPS: Indiana | Maryland

🔺 Top-5 Takedown. No. 8 Penn State men’s hockey just put together one of its best weekends of the season, sweeping No. 5 Wisconsin in Madison while outscoring the Badgers 10-3 over the course of two games!

Dane Dowiak and Gavin McKenna combined for the first-ever multiple hat-trick game in Penn State history in Game 1 against Wisconsin.

🏒 RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2

🔺 We Are The Champs! No. 4 Penn State women’s hockey claimed its fourth consecutive AHA regular season title over the weekend, sweeping Delaware and outscoring the Blue Hens, 12-0, to improve to 17-1 in conference play!

🔺 Broken Record! Penn State track and field hit the road on Saturday for the Penn 10 Team Elite in Philadelphia, with Nick Sloff making history in the men’s 3,000 meters.

Sloff’s time of 7:48.55 on the event and set a new Penn State school record, a mark that had stood for a decade.

🔺 Flipping Out. Both No. 4 Penn State men’s gymnastics and No. 17 Penn State women’s gymnastics had successful weekends, with the men’s team tying for second at the Sam Mikulak Invitational and the women posting the third-highest score in team history in a win over Big Ten foe Maryland!

🤸‍♀️ RECAPS: Men’s Gymnastics | Women’s Gymnastics

🔺 Still Streaking. Penn State men’s tennis pushed its season-opening win streak to four matches over the weekend, beating Temple, 4-1, and Saint Francis, 7-0, on Saturday at the Indoor Tennis Center!

🔺 On The Road. No. 10 Penn State men’s volleyball dropped its first two road matches of the season over the weekend at No. 15 McKendree. The Nittany Lions, who had won their first four matches of the season, are now 4-2.

🏐 RECAPS: Match 1 | Match 2

🔺 Out West. Penn State women’s basketball fell on the road at Oregon on Saturday, 89-59.

Both Nyla McFadden and Kiyomi McMiller scored 15 points to lead the Lady Lions.

Penn State fans! Want to watch Penn State men’s hockey take on Michigan State in the first-ever games at Beaver Stadium on January 31? Today is the last day to enter for a chance to win the following:

  • Four (4) Tickets to the Beaver Stadium Outdoor Game

  • Four (4) Hospitality Passes (prior to the game – food/drinks)

  • Pre-Game Stadium Tour 

  • 2nd Intermission Tunnel walkout viewing

  • Post-game Press Conference attendance in the Beaver Stadium Media Room

  • Parking Pass

We Are!

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