🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! There are 16 Penn State Athletics programs — yes, 16! — competing this weekend!

What else is brewing in today’s Brew?

🏀 Winners again
🤼 On the road again
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Let The Good Times Roll. Tay Valladay and Ashley Owusu combined for 41 points for Penn State women’s basketball on Thursday night at home against Purdue, and the Nittany Lions beat the Boilermakers 80-67.

The win brings Penn State, which shot over 50% from the field for the ninth time this season, back to .500 in Big Ten play on the year at 3-3.

📰 RECAP: Lady Lions Paced By Valladay And Owusu In 80-67 Win Over Purdue

📈 BOX SCORE: Penn State Women’s Basketball vs. Purdue

🔺 On The Road Again. Penn State wrestling gets a good test this weekend, traveling to the Great Lake State to take on No. 5 Michigan tonight and Michigan State on Sunday.

The Wolverines are 4-1 on the season, their lone loss coming at No. 15 South Dakota State. The Spartans are 7-1, with a loss to Michigan last weekend.

📰 PREVIEW: Penn State Visits Michigan, Michigan State This Weekend

🔺 Keep The Momentum. Coming off its biggest win of the season at home against No. 11 Wisconsin, Penn State men’s basketball ventures out onto the road this weekend for a Saturday matchup at Ohio State.

The Buckeyes are 12-5 overall and 8-2 at home this season, but carry a three-game conference losing streak into the weekend.

🔺 Great Skate. Get your hockey fix this weekend — both Penn State hockey programs have a two-game series on the schedule!

The Lady Lions host Syracuse at Pegula Ice Arena having already swept the Orange in New York earlier this season, while the men travel to Notre Dame to try to build on a pair of ties with the Irish in early November.

📰 PREVIEW: Men’s Hockey Travels To South Bend For B1G Series Against Notre Dame

📰 PREVIEW: Women’s Hockey Welcomes Syracuse For CHA Series

🔺 Tennis, Anyone? That’s right — it’s finally tennis season!

The Penn State men’s tennis team kicks off its season this Sunday, hosting Cleveland State at 1 p.m., while the women head to the Bluegrass State tomorrow to take on Kentucky at 10 a.m.

🔺 Raise The Bar. A week after traveling to West Point, N.Y. to take on Army, Penn State men’s gymnastics is in Annapolis, Md. this weekend to compete against Navy.

And on the home front, the Lady Lions host another ranked foe tonight, this time No. 16 Michigan State after beating No. 21 Iowa State last week.

📰 PREVIEW: Big Ten Opener Against Michigan State Slated For Women’s Gymnastics

🔺 Turkeys In The Pool. The Penn State men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams are once again on the road this weekend, as they head to Blacksburg, Va. to compete against Virginia Tech.

🔺 Road Race. Penn State track & field is out on the road for the first time since early December this weekend, traveling to Ann Arbor, Mich. for the Simmons-Harvey Invitational tomorrow.

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

Pros From Penn State. How many former Penn State football players are on teams still playing in the NFL playoffs?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Lone Star Showdown. Where does Penn State men’s volleyball travel this weekend to take on Stanford and UCLA? Austin, Texas of course!

The Nittany Lions will be at the First Point Collegiate Challenge taking on the Cardinal (4-0) today at 7:30 p.m., and the defending national champion Bruins (4-0) tomorrow at the same time.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Friday, January 19

🏒 Women’s Hockey vs. Syracuse @ 6 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats

🤼 Wrestling at Michigan @ 6 p.m. | BTN | Listen

🤸‍♀️ Women’s Gymnastics vs. Michigan State @ 6 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Results

🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Stanford @ 7:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats

🏒 Men’s Hockey at Notre Dame @ 7:30 p.m. | Peacock | Listen | Live Stats

Saturday, January 20

👟 Track & Field at Simmons-Harvey Invitational — Ann Arbor, Mich.

🤺 Fencing at St. John’s, Columbia, Harvard, Notre Dame, Ohio State @ 9 a.m.

🏊‍♂️ Swimming & Diving at Virginia Tech @ 10 a.m.

🎾 Women’s Tennis at Kentucky @ 10 a.m.

🥍 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Bucknell (scrimmage) @ noon

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Ohio State @ noon | BTN | Listen | Live Stats

🏒 Women’s Hockey vs. Syracuse @ 2 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats

🤸‍♂️ Men’s Gymnastics at Navy @ 2 p.m.

🏒 Men’s Hockey at Notre Dame @ 6 p.m. | Peacock | Listen | Live Stats

🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. UCLA @ 7:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats

Sunday, January 21

🤺 Fencing at Philadelphia Invitational

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Cleveland State @ 1 p.m. | Live Stats

🤼 Wrestling at Michigan State @ 1 p.m. | B1G+ | Listen

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Nebraska @ 1 p.m. | B1G+ | Listen | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 15!

🦁 Have a great weekend, y’all!