🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! It was Penn State football coach James Franklin’s birthday over the weekend!

What else is brewing in today’s Brew?

🏀 A first since 2014
🤼 Another dual, another win
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Nittany Lions, Assemble! Penn State men’s basketball beat Indiana 85-71 on the road over the weekend, earning its first win in Assembly Hall since 2014.

The Nittany Lions shot nearly 60% for the game, and 55% from 3-point range in the win.

🏀 RECAP: Nittany Lions Earn First Win In Assembly Hall Since 2014

📈 BOX SCORE: Penn State Men’s Basketball at Indiana

🔺 More Dominance. Penn State wrestling did what it does best over the weekend — win. The Nittany Lions took down Ohio State, 28-9, to move to 8-0 on the season and 5-0 in Big Ten action.

🤼 RECAP: Penn State Downs Ohio State 28-9 In Sold Out Rec Hall

🔺 Comeback Kids. Penn State women’s hockey is coming out of the weekend happy after sweeping CHA opponent Mercyhurst to move to 13-3 in conference action.

🏒 RECAPS: No. 15 Women’s Hockey Blanks Mercyhurst 4-0 | No. 15 Women’s Hockey Rallies To Defeat Mercyhurst 3-2 In Overtime

🔺 Season Opened. Penn State men’s lacrosse dropped its season opener to Colgate over the weekend, 13-12.

Kyle Lehman led the Nittany Lions with a hat trick and an assist, while TJ Malone tallied a career-high seven assists.

🥍 RECAP: No. 4 Men’s Lacrosse Falls To Colgate 13-12 In Season Opener

🔺 Two Possessions. Despite shooting 50% from the field and outrebounding Michigan by 10, Penn State women’s basketball fell to the Wolverines over the weekend, 80-75.

Ashley Owusu (18 points), Leilani Kapinus (15), Shay Ciezki (13) and Makenna Marisa (11) all scored in double figures.

🏀 RECAP: Lady Lions Drop 80-75 Decision To Michigan

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

🔺 High Scores. Both Penn State women’s and men’s gymnastics put up some high scores over the weekend, despite losing its respective matches.

🤸‍♀️ RECAP: Women’s Gymnastics Ties Sixth-Best Score In School History With 197.025 Against Minnesota

🤸‍♂️ RECAP: Men’s Gymnastics Earns Season High Score In Loss At Nebraska

🔺 Lapped ‘Em. Penn State men’s and women’s swimming and diving both put an exclamation point on the regular season with dominant wins over Villanova.

🏊‍♂️ RECAPS: Men Dominate Villanova | Women Take Down Villanova

🔺 Give Them Their Flowers. Highlighted by the sixth-fastest 4×400 relay time in the nation this season from the Penn State men’s team, the Nittany Lion track & field program had a successful weekend at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge.

👟 RECAP: Track & Field Performs Wells At Sykes & Sabock Challenge

🔺 Split Trip. Penn State men’s volleyball had a split midweek in Indiana, sweeping Ball State on Friday before losing to Purdue Fort Wayne in five sets on Saturday.

🏐 RECAPS: No. 8 Men’s Volleyball Sweeps No. 15 Ball State | No. 8 Men’s Volleyball Drops Road Match At Purdue Fort Wayne

🔺 Tens Of Tennis. Penn State men’s tennis had a busy weekend with a pair of doubleheaders, grabbing wins against Lehigh and Mount St. Mary’s and falling to Delaware and Georgetown.

🎾 RECAPS: Penn State Men’s Tennis Splits Its Weekend

The Lady Lions picked up their first win of the season this past weekend against Saint Francis, part of a four-dual slate similar to the men’s squad.

🎾 RECAPS: Penn State Women’s Tennis Picks Up Its First Win

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Pink Zone. Penn State Associate AD for Events Jenn James recently joined the Let’s Go State podcast to discuss Penn State women’s basketball’s Pink Zone game, which happened over the weekend against Michigan.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Monday, February 5

⛳️ Women’s Golf at UCF Challenge @ 8 a.m.

🦁 Have a great Monday, y’all!