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Blue & White Brew 4/7: Going, Going, Gone
Softball set the program record for home runs in a season on Saturday!
Penn State Brew Crew
April 07, 2025
🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics
Good morning, Nittany Lions! Men’s hockey might need a bigger stick budget!
What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?
🥎 Took all three
🤸♀️ Runners-up
🦁 And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔺 Grabbed Momentum. Penn State softball remained undefeated at home over the weekend and got back to .500 in Big Ten play, sweeping Rutgers in its three-game series at Nittany Lion Softball Park & Beard Field.
After winning Game 1 by a 2-1 final score, the Nittany Lion bats exploded for 23 runs over the final two games of the series, setting the program record for single-season home runs in the final game at 54 round-trippers.
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Monday, April 7
🎶 Los Pirañas with Ghost Music & Mellow Honey
Tuesday, April 8
🤔 Arena Bar & Grill Trivia Night
⚾️ Baseball at West Virginia @ 6:30 p.m. | Listen
Wednesday, April 9
🍹 Crafts & Cocktails — Under The Sea
Thursday, April 10
🌼 Community Seed Swap
👟 Track & Field at Duke Invitational — Durham, N.C.
🏒 Men’s Hockey vs. Boston @ 8:30 p.m. (Frozen Four — St. Louis, Mo.) | ESPN2 | Listen
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🔺 Muscle Flexed. No. 10 Penn State men’s lacrosse earned another ranked win on Sunday, traveling to Michigan and beating the No. 13 Wolverines, 11-8.
Matt Traynor scored two goals in the game, including the 100th of his career. Jack Aimone and Liam Matthews also found the net twice.
🔺 Extra Effort. The first four quarters weren’t enough to name a winner between Penn State women’s lacrosse and Ohio State, but when the overtime dust settled on Sunday, the Nittany Lions earned a 12-11 win over the Buckeyes.
Emma Kelly and Payton Wainman both recorded three goals and an assist in the winning effort.
🔺 Sweep Sweep Sweep. Penn State baseball traveled to Minnesota and swept the Gophers over the weekend, scoring 30 runs over the three-game series, including 15 in Sunday’s finale.
The Nittany Lions hit six home runs on Sunday — two from Bryce Molinaro and one each from Jack Porter, Joe Jaconski, Ryan Weingartner and Nate Voss.
🔺 Silver Finish. Penn State men’s gymnastics secured its best finish at the Big Ten Championships since 2019 over the weekend, scoring 323.850 as a team to place second.
The Nittany Lions also advanced seven athletes to the individual championships on Saturday, with Josh Karnes earning his second-consecutive conference title on parallel bars.
🤸♀️ RECAPS: No. 5 Men’s Gymnastics Finishes Second At B1G Team Championships | Karnes Repeats As B1G Parallel Bars Champion
🔺 Sweet Sweep. Penn State men’s volleyball earned a pair of EIVA wins over the weekend, dropping just one set in its two wins over Sacred Heart in Rec Hall South Gym.
🔺 Got The W. Penn State men’s tennis got back in the win column on Sunday, taking down Mercyhurst, 7-0, in the team’s final non-conference matchup of the regular season.
Sam Bossem, Marcus Schoeman, Shri Murugesan, Nolan Ranger and Denys Forgaci all won in straight sets against the Lakers.
🔺 Up And Down. Penn State men’s golf competed at the Mason Rudolph Championship over the weekend at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., finishing eighth in the 14-team field at 5-over.
Jake Griffin led the Nittany Lions at 6-under, finishing in a tie for 13th individually.
🦁 ONE BIG THING
🔺 Back-To-Back. For the second season in a row, Penn State women’s hockey’s Tessa Janecke has earned an All-USCHO Second Team honor!
Janecke led the Nittany Lions with 53 points on 24 goals and 29 assists, and became the school’s hockey (men’s and women’s) all-time leader in points on January 25.
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🦁 Have a great Monday, everyone!