🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Theo Johnson is officially a member of the New York Giants!

What else is brewing in today’s Brew?

⚾️ Swing and a drive
👟 Reporting from Lexington
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Big Swings. Michigan baseball scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning on Thursday to take a 5-3 lead against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament.

How did the Nittany Lions respond?

By scoring six runs in the bottom half of the inning, highlighted by Bryce Molinaro’s towering grand slam to take the lead back!

Penn State went on to win, 9-5, and now sits at 2-0 in the Big Ten Tournament, and awaits the winner of a Michigan-Illinois matchup on Saturday.

⚾️ BOX SCORE: Penn State 9, Michigan 5

🎥 HIGHLIGHT: Molinaro with a grand slam to take the lead!

🔺 Faster Than You. Penn State track and field is through two days at the NCAA East Preliminaries, with several standout performances.

As you could imagine, one of those performances came from Cheickna Traore on Day 1, with the sprinter lowering his school record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.17.

Thursday was the women’s turn, highlighted by Hayley Kitching qualifying for the finals in the 800m with a time of 2:04.12 and both Maddie Ullom and Kileigh Kane moving on in the 1500m.

👟 DAY 1: Traore Lowers 200-Meter School Record

👟 DAY 2: Kitching, Ullom And Kane Extend Their Seasons

🔺 Lift For Life. Penn State’s annual “Lift for Life,” the signature of the Penn State Uplifting Athletes chapter, is set for Thursday, June 13 in Holuba Hall!

💪 MORE INFO: Annual “Lift for Life” Slated for June 13

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Not One, Not Two... But FIVE members of the Penn State men’s lacrosse team garnered All-American honors from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association on Thursday — TJ Malone, Grant Haus and Jack Fracyon were all named to the Second Team, while Mac Costin and Alex Ross were named Honorable Mention.

🥍 READ MORE: Men’s Lacrosse Secures Five USILA All-Americans

And on top of the men’s honors, Penn State women’s lacrosse had a pair of players recognized as All-Americans on Thursday — Kristin O’Neill was named a second team member, and Ellie Hollin landed on the third team!

🥍 READ MORE: Hollin, O’Neill Earn IWLCA All-America Honors

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Friday, May 24
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Regionals | Live Results

Saturday, May 25
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Regionals | Live Results

⚾️ Baseball vs. Michigan/Illinois @ 1 p.m.

Sunday, May 26

No scheduled events

🦁 Have a great weekend, y’all!