Blue & White Brew 8/21: Double It!

Men's and women's soccer play a home doubleheader today!

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Penn State Brew Crew
August 21, 2025


🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?

🤼‍♂️ World dominance
⚽️ Home doubleheader
🦁 And much, much more!

🦁 Introducing: THE VAULT

Take a trip down memory lane with some of the most iconic moments in Penn State history!

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 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Let’s Get It Started! Penn State men’s soccer begins its 2025 campaign today, hosting Stetson at 5 p.m. at Jeffrey Field!

🔺 Back Home. No. 14 Penn State women’s soccer plays its home opener today with another ranked matchup, welcoming No. 23 Saint Louis to Jeffrey Field at 8 p.m.

The Billikens entered the Top 25 this week after winning their season opener against Kansas City, 4-0.

🔺 On The Mat. Five members of the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team competed at the United World Wrestling U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria this week.

All five wrestlers came away with world medals in an exceptional week for the Nittany Lions. True freshmen PJ Duke and Marcus Blaze won U20 Gold, true freshman William Henckel brought home Silver and Cole and Connor Mirasola earned World Bronze Medals.

🔺 Record Setter. We have 9 days until Penn State football is back on the field for its season opener at home against Nevada on August 30!

Trace McSorley, who wore No. 9 for the Nittany Lions from 2015-18, passed for 9,899 yards and 77 touchdowns during his time at Penn State, both school records at the time. McSorley added 30 rushing touchdowns in his career, the seventh-most in program history.

We’re looking back on this year’s Top Performances in Performance of the Year brought to you by Thompson Creek Window Company! For the next 12 weeks, you’ll decide who wins the Performance of the Year by voting for your favorite performance in our 16 best performances bracket!

Last week, the Penn State women’s volleyball team was voted onto the next round over Penn State football’s Tyler Warren in the fourth Elite Eight Matchup.

FINAL FOUR, ROUND 1:

  • Penn State wrestling’s Carter Starocci: Starocci became a five-time NCAA champion this year in Philadelphia, and was named the 2025 NCAA Most Outstanding Wrester.

  • Penn State women’s hockey’s Katie DeSa: DeSa collected 44 saves in a pair of shutout wins against Robert Morris in November, her second and third shutouts of the season at that time.

Final Four, Round 1

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🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Legendary Lions. Two legends of Happy Valley sat down this week for an in-depth interview, as Good in the Game host LaVar Arrington welcomed 2026 College Football Hall of Fame Nominee Ki-Jana Carter.

The guys discuss how Ki-Jana got to Penn State growing up in Ohio, almost leaving Happy Valley during his freshman year, the 1994 undefeated Penn State team and what the game has done for him in his life.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Thursday, August 21
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Stetson @ 5 p.m. | B1G+
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Saint Louis @ 8 p.m. | B1G+

🦁 Have a great Thursday, everyone!