🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Here are some pancakes for your Monday morning!

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

🏈 5-0
🏐 Another ranked win
🦁 And much, much more!

 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 5-0! No. 4 Penn State football is 5-0 for the fourth year in a row after beating UCLA, 27-11, at Beaver Stadium on Saturday! Here’s all your postgame coverage:

🏈 RECAP: Penn State Downs UCLA, 27-11
🎤 POSTGAME QUOTES: Head Coach James Franklin
📝 POSTGAME NOTES: Penn State Football vs. UCLA

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Monday, October 7
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Rutgers @ 6 p.m. | BTN | Live Stats

Tuesday, October 8
🏟 Over The Edge At Beaver Stadium
✍️ Nittany Valley Writers Network Meeting

Wednesday, October 9
🧘‍♀️ Yoga at the Palmer

Thursday, October 10
🖼 Artist Lecture: Holly Wilson
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals — Philadelphia, Pa.
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Maryland @ 7 p.m. | B1G+ | 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.

🔺 Ranked Rout. No. 3 Penn State women’s volleyball won yet another ranked match over the weekend, sweeping No. 11 Oregon at Rec Hall.

Jess Mruzik hit .353 for the Nittany Lions with 16 kills, eight digs and three solo blocks to lead the way.

🏐 RECAP: Mruzik Leads No. 3 Women’s Volleyball To Sweep Over No. 11 Oregon

🔺 Hot Start On The Ice. Penn State men’s hockey came home from its trip to Alaska with a pair of victories over the Nanooks in Fairbanks.

The season opener brought drama, with the Nittany Lions scoring in overtime to earn a 4-3 win. Simon Mack provided the game-winner.

Game 2 wasn’t nearly as close — Penn State scored four times in the second period and won by a 5-0 final score.

🏒 RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2

🔺 Knight Tie. No. 19 Penn State women’s soccer earned a point on Friday night, playing Rutgers to a 1-1 draw at Jeffrey Field.

The split result pushed the Nittany Lions to 10 points in conference play, one of seven Big Ten teams to get to the double-digit mark.

⚽️ RECAP: No. 19 Penn State Plays To 1-1 Draw With Rutgers

🔺 One Up, One Down. No. 12 Penn State women’s hockey split a pair of games over the weekend at No. 9 UConn, dropping a close 3-2 opener before winning 4-2 in Game 2.

Six different Nittany Lions scored the six goals — Stella Retrum and Mya Vaslet scored on Friday night, and Tessa Janecke, Maddy Christian, Katelyn Roberts and Lyndie Lobdell found the net on Saturday.

🏒 RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2

🔺 All Even. Penn State men’s soccer played to a well-earned draw against UCLA on Friday night, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to snag a point in Big Ten action.

The Nittany Lions were held scoreless for most of the contest, until Caden Grabfelder found the net in the 75th minute and Ben Madore followed less than four minutes later.

⚽️ RECAP: Sophomore Duo Grabfelder And Madore Guide Nittany Lions To 2-2 Draw

🔺 Short Run. Penn State men’s cross country had a solid weekend, finishing 13th as a team in the 44-team field at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh.

Five of Penn State’s top seven finishers set 8K PRs, including top finisher Brian DiCola, who finished 41st in 24:14.9.

👟 RECAP: Cross Country Competes Well At Lehigh Paul Short Run

🔺 Off And Swimming. Penn State swimming is back, with both the Nittany Lion men and women beating Navy on Saturday.

The men won by a 172-128 final tally, while the women earned a 158-142 win. The Penn State women have now won 13 consecutive times against the Midshipmen.

🏊‍♀️ RECAP: Penn State Swimming Sweeps Navy

🔺 Road Swing. No. 17 Penn State field hockey had the task of facing a pair of top-10 teams on the road this weekend, dropping games against No. 10 Iowa and No. 2 Northwestern.

The Nittany Lions competed in a close contest against the Hawkeyes, losing 1-0, before falling 7-2 to the Wildcats.

🏑 RECAPS: Penn State at Iowa | Penn State at Northwestern

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🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Happy To Host. Penn State wide receiver Liam Clifford had a career day on Saturday, hauling in three catches for 107 yards.

The seam routes he ran with success against the Bruins were a point of emphasis during the days leading up to the game, which gave him and the rest of the offensive unit plenty of confidence.

🏈 READ MORE: Liam Clifford, Consistency And Preparation Powering His Performance

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