🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Saturdays in the fall aren’t quite complete without Penn State football, are they?

Penn State Athletics still had a great weekend, though!

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

🏐 Keep the streak
🏒 How sweep it is
🦁 And much, much more!

 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Same Ol’, Same Ol’. No. 3 Penn State women’s volleyball did the same thing this weekend as it has done the five weekends prior, but it’s still just as exciting as the first — the Nittany Lions won both of their matchups, against Ohio State in Columbus on Friday and at home on Sunday against No. 14 Minnesota!

🏐 RECAPS: Penn State at Ohio State | Penn State vs. Minnesota

The Week Ahead in Happy Valley is brought to you by our friends at Happy Valley Adventure Bureau, the #1 source for information on all there is to see and do in Happy Valley, PA as well as for planning meetings, conventions, group tours and sporting events.

Monday, October 21
📖 State of the Story: Kablooey!

Tuesday, October 22
🎻 Le Consort “From Naples to London”

Wednesday, October 23
🧘‍♀️ Yoga at the Palmer

Thursday, October 24
🍺 Pints Against Polio
🏐 Women’s Volleyball at UCLA @ 9 p.m. ET | BTN | Live Stats

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau (HVAB) announced an exciting new partnership with Penn State wrestling great Carter Starocci as he pursues an unprecedented fifth national championship. The campaign is part of a comprehensive marketing strategy to capitalize on opportunities to work with student athletes in the NIL era.

“Carter’s Drive and dine for Five” is an engaging YouTube/social media series that will chronicle Starocci’s wrestling goals competing at a higher weight class as he and special guests dine at some of Happy Valley’s most popular restaurants.

🔺 Sweet Sweep. No. 12 Penn State women’s hockey enjoyed a nearly-perfect weekend at Pegula Ice Arena, sweeping Dartmouth with 2-0 and 4-1 final scores on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Grace Outwater scored twice in Game 2, the first two goals of her career, and the Nittany Lions’ four other goals on the weekend came from four different skaters — Nicole Hall and Tessa Janecke in Game 1, and Katelyn Roberts and Stella Retrum in Game 2. Goalie Katie DeSa recorded 27 saves over the two games.

🏒 RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2

🔺 LA All Weekend. No. 16 Penn State women’s soccer had the task of traveling to Los Angeles to take on a pair of top-10 foes in No. 10 UCLA and No. 9 USC this weekend, coming away from the weekend with one point.

The Nittany Lions played the Bruins to a 0-0 draw on Friday night thanks to a career-high six saves from Mackenzie Gress, but fell to the Trojans on Sunday, 2-1.

⚽️ RECAPS: Penn State at UCLA | Penn State at USC

🔺 Wash It Off. Penn State men’s soccer fell in its trip to the West Coast on Friday night, 3-1 at Washington.

Aboubacar Camara scored the Nittany Lions’ lone goal, his fifth of the season. Morgan Marshall helped with his second assist of the year.

The Nittany Lions have just two matches remaining in their regular season — home against Wisconsin this Saturday, and Sunday, Nov. 3 at Northwestern.

⚽️ RECAP: Men’s Soccer Falls To Washington On The Road

🔺 Running In Jersey. Led by a third-place finish from Florence Caron, No. 21 Penn State women’s cross country finished fourth as a team over the weekend at the Princeton Fall Classic, the team’s final race before the Big Ten Championships.

The Penn State men finished eighth as a team, with four of its top five runners recording PRs. Nick Sloff led the way in 21st place.

👟 RECAP: No. 21 Women’s Cross Country Finishes Fourth At Princeton Fall Classic, Men Place Eighth

🔺 End On A High Note. After falling 6-0 against No. 7 Michigan on Friday, No. 16 Penn State field hockey bounced back on Sunday with a thrilling 2-1 win in overtime over Michigan State.

The Nittany Lions played from behind for almost 50 minutes against the Spartans until Julienne van Bekkum found the net late in regulation, and Ella Jennes’ goal in overtime was the winner.

🏑 RECAPS: Penn State vs. Michigan | Penn State vs. Michigan State

Happy Valley United is the NIL collective that serves all 31 sports and over 850 student-athletes at Penn State. NIL opportunities allow student-athletes to engage with charitable causes and participate in business engagements, to build their brands while making a positive impact. The collective connects fans, alumni, businesses and charities with student-athletes while harnessing the power of Nittany Nation.

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🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Building Up. In case you missed it late last week — Penn State Athletics received a $5 million gift from Frank and Jennifer Marzano toward the Beaver Stadium Revitalization project. In recognition of the generous commitment, the West sideline’s primary club in the revitalized Beaver Stadium will be named the Marzano Club.

🏟 MORE INFO: Frank and Jennifer Marzano Commit $5 Million Gift to Beaver Stadium Revitalization Project

This season, Abbott and the Big Ten are pitting school against school in the largest blood donation competition of our lifetime to fight the largest blood shortage in a generation.

The Penn State Blood Drive is on Nov. 6 at The Hub from 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. Want Penn State to win? Then don't give up. Give blood. Every donation scores one point for your school on the leaderboard.

The winning school will receive $1 million to advance student or community health. Individual donors will be offered a free one-month subscription to B1G+ and will be entered to win a trip to the 2024 Discover® Big Ten Football Championship Game on December 7, 2024.

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🦁 Have a great Monday, everyone!