🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics
Good morning, Nittany Lions! Penn State baseball looks good in the three stripes!
What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?
🏒 Women sweep Lindenwood
⚽ Good Knight
🦁 And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔺 Sweet Sweep! No. 4 Penn State women’s hockey improved to 5-1 in AHA play over the weekend, beating Lindenwood twice at Pegula Ice Arena!
The Nittany Lions won by one score, 5-4, on Friday night before Morgan Stickney recorded her first career shutout on Saturday in a 3-0 win.
🔺 Good Knight! Penn State women’s soccer improved to 5-2-2 in Big Ten play on Saturday evening, beating Rutgers at Jeffrey Field, 1-0!
Paige Kalal scored her fifth goal of the season to lead the Nittany Lions, while goalkeeper Mackenzie Gress collected four saves.
⚽ RECAP: Penn State Secures Fifth Big Ten Shutout with 1-0 Triumph Over Rutgers
🔺 Two In One! Penn State field hockey pushed its win streak to seven games over the weekend, beating both Ohio State and Michigan to improve to 10-4 overall and 4-1 in Big Ten action!
🏑 RECAPS: Ohio State | Michigan
🔺 Big House Battle. Penn State football took a three-point lead into halftime on Saturday at Michigan, but ultimately fell to the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, 21-18.
Redshirt senior quarterback Rocco Becht produced his 35th career 200-yard passing game, completing 28-of-44 passes for 267 yards. The captain threw one touchdown pass to his top receiver, redshirt senior Chase Sowell. The veteran wide receiver compiled a career-best 151 yards on 11 catches.
🔺 Speed Skating. Penn State men’s hockey scored the first two goals of its Friday night contest against No. 8 Quinnipiac, but six straight goals for the Bobcats led to a 6-3 defeat at Pegula Ice Arena.
🔺 LA Split. No. 15 Penn State women’s volleyball went 1-1 on its trip to Los Angeles over the weekend, dropping a five-set match at UCLA on Friday night before bounding back with a sweep of USC on Saturday.
Alexis Stucky recorded a double-double in both matches, collecting 31 assists and 14 digs in the win over the Trojans.
🔺 All Square. Penn State men’s soccer grabbed its second straight Big Ten point on Friday night, playing Northwestern to a 1-1 draw in Evanston, Ill.
Joe Sheridan scored the lone goal for the Nittany Lions, his second of the season.
🔺 Fine Tuning. Penn State men’s cross country ran in the Men’s Blue 8K at the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational on Friday morning in Terre Haute, Ind., finishing 20th as a team with 572 points.
Nick Sloff led the way for the Nittany Lions, finishing 33rd individually in 23:49.1.
🔺 Made A Splash. Both Penn State men’s and women’s swimming and diving competed at the Georgia Tech Dual Meet Tournament over the weekend in Atlanta!
🦁 ONE BIG THING
🔺 Tune Up! Penn State men’s basketball won a thriller of an exhibition game against St. Bonaventure over the weekend, erasing a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Bonnies, 68-65!
Josh Reed led the Nittany Lions with a game-high 18 points and eight rebounds, while Roberts Blums provided a spark off the bench with 17 points and four 3-pointers. Thomas Allard added 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc, while Ivan Juric rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points and five rebounds.
📆 UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 20
🏒 Men’s Hockey vs. Robert Morris @ 6 p.m.
⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Rutgers @ 7 p.m. | B1G+
Thursday, October 22
⚽ Women’s Soccer at Michigan State @ 6 p.m. | BTN
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