🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! What just happened? We blinked and all of a sudden it’s October and Penn State football is one-third of the way through its regular season schedule!

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

⚽️ Midweek trip to Maryland
🏒 Almost there
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Pride Of The Lions. After collecting four tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble against No. 19/21 Illinois this past Saturday night, this seemed to be coming — Penn State’s Abdul Carter is the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week!

🏈 READ MORE: Carter Tabbed Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
🎤 WEEKLY PRESSER: Head Coach James Franklin — Sept. 30

🔺 Let’s Kick It. Mark those calendars, Penn State football fans — The Nittany Lions’ Saturday, Oct. 12 game at USC will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS from LA Memorial Coliseum!

🔺 Turtle Time. Penn State men’s soccer travels to College Park today for a 6 p.m. matchup against No. 19 Maryland on the Big Ten Network.

Both teams carry win streaks into the matchup — the Nittany Lions being winners of two straight and the Terrapins three straight.

⚽️ PREVIEW: Men’s Soccer To Face Maryland On Tuesday

🔺 Bright Lights, B1G Stage. Penn State women’s basketball fans, look for Alli Campbell and Jayla Oden representing the Lady Lions at Big Ten Media Days tomorrow!

🔺 All The Awards. The Big Ten sent a pair of awards to the Penn State women’s volleyball offices on Monday — Jess Mruzik is the Player of the Week and Izzy Starck is the Setter of the Week!

🏐 READ MORE: Mruzik, Starck Earn B1G Weekly Awards

🔺 Scoring Threat. Penn State field hockey’s Sophia Gladieux has earned her first Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week award this season!

Gladieux collected eight points thanks to three goals and two assists in Penn State’s wins over Indiana and Lafayette over the weekend.

🏑 READ MORE: Gladieux Named B1G Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week

🔺 Tough To Score. For the second time in her Penn State career, Katie DeSa has been named the Goaltender of the Week, this time as a member of the Atlantic Hockey America conference!

DeSa allowed just three goals in two games against Northeastern on opening weekend, including a 17-save game to help the Nittany Lions earn their first win of the season in Game 2 of the series.

🏒 READ MORE: DeSa Named AHA Goaltender of the Week

The Performance of the Week brought to you by Thompson Creek Window Company is Penn State cross country’s Florence Caron!

Caron ran a season-best time of 20:03.2 to finish second overall this past weekend at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, in one of the most stacked fields of the season so far.

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Why will Penn State win the Abbott We Give Blood Drive? Let James Franklin explain!

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 The Countdown Is Closing. The wait is almost over, Penn State men’s hockey fans — the Nittany Lions are back on the ice this week against Alaska in Fairbanks!

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, October 1
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational — Farmington, Pa.
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Maryland @ 6 p.m. | BTN | Live Stats

Wednesday, October 2
No scheduled events

Thursday, October 3
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Maryland @ 6 p.m.

🦁 Have a great Tuesday, everyone!