Blue & White Brew 4/6: Softball Sweeps Maryland!

The Nittany Lions are back above .500 in B1G play!

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Penn State Brew Crew
April 06, 2026


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🥍 Dominant day
🤸‍♀️ B1G Championship
🦁 And much, much more!

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Monday, April 6
🥁 Percussion at Penn State

Tuesday, April 7
🎶 The Music Man — Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
⚾️ Baseball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson @ 5:30 p.m. | B1G+

Thursday, April 9
🎶 Live Music Presents: Biennial Community Concert
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Oregon @ 8 p.m. | BTN

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Sunday Fun Day! Led by Kelly MacKinney’s career-high seven goals and two assists, No. 20 Penn State women’s lacrosse dominated No. 25 Ohio State on Sunday, 18-9!

The last time a Penn State player netted seven goals was when Gretchen Gilmore did so against James Madison in the NCAA Tournament in 2024. Her seven goals are tied for the third-most by any Big Ten player this season and her nine points tied Delaney Radin for the most by any Nittany Lion this season and tied for the fifth-most by any Big Ten player this year.

🔺 Championship Performance! No. 6 Penn State men’s gymnastics competed at the Big Ten Championships over the weekend, with three Nittany Lions earning All-Conference status.

Kellen Ryan and Landon Simpson each earned First Team honors with their all-around performances.

🔺 Get The Brooms Out! Penn State softball improved to 26-12 overall and got back above .500 in Big Ten play over the weekend, sweeping a three-game series against Maryland!

The Nittany Lions outscored the Terrapins, 31-9, over three games.

🥎 RECAPS: Game 1 | Games 2 & 3

🔺 Two More! No. 15 Penn State men’s volleyball remained perfect in EIVA play over the weekend, pushing its conference record to 8-0 with a pair of wins over Charleston!

The Nittany Lions have a two-match lead over George Mason with four EIVA matches left on the schedule. The two teams are scheduled to square off against each other at Rec Hall in the final weekend of the regular season.

🏐 RECAPS: Match 1 | Match 2

🔺 B1G Battle. No. 6 Penn State men’s lacrosse lost for the first time during conference play on Saturday, falling to No. 11 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, 11-10.

Chase Robertson led the Nittany Lion attack, scoring two goals and adding a pair of assists for four points. Michael Faraone was the only other Nittany Lion with multiple scores, tallying two goals.

🔺 Run In The Sun! Penn State track and field competed at the Florida Relays over the weekend, with a pair of top-five program performances on Friday and Ajani Dwyer shattering the program record in the men’s 100 meters on Saturday!

👟 RECAPS: Day 1 | Day 2

🔺 Ranked Road Matchup. Penn State baseball traveled to Nebraska over the weekend for a Big Ten series with the No. 19 Cornhuskers, losing three games to the home team at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

Michael Anderson homered twice in Sunday’s 8-6 loss.

⚾️ RECAPS: Games 1 & 2 | Game 3

🔺 Western Weekend. Penn State men’s tennis dropped a pair of Big Ten matches in Los Angeles over the weekend, falling to No. 26 USC on Friday and No. 22 UCLA on Saturday.

🎾 RECAPS: USC | UCLA

🔺 Road Trip. Penn State women’s tennis played a pair of Big Ten road matchups over the weekend, dropping matches to Iowa on Friday and Nebraska on Sunday.

🎾 RECAPS: Iowa | Nebraska

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