Blue & White Brew 8/25: Title Defense Begins!

Women's volleyball has begun its national championship defense with a win!

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Penn State Brew Crew
August 25, 2025


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Monday, August 25
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Kansas (Sioux Falls, S.D.) @ 6:30 p.m. | BTN

Wednesday, August 27
🎶 Live After 5 — Urban Fusion

Thursday, August 28
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Santa Clara @ 7:30 p.m. | B1G+
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Syracuse @ 8 p.m. | ACCNX

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🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

🔺 Always Open. We only have 5 days until Penn State football is back on the field for its season opener at home against Nevada this Saturday!

Jahan Dotson, who wore No. 5 for the Nittany Lions from 2018-21, caught 183 passes for 2,757 yards and 25 touchdowns during his Penn State career, leading Big Ten receivers in yards (884) and touchdowns (8) during the shortened 2020 season!

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 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Off And Running. No. 2 Penn State women’s volleyball kicked off its national championship defense with a win in its season opener over the weekend, sweeping No. 12 Creighton at Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bank Arena!

The Nittany Lions are back on the court today, playing Kansas in Sioux Falls, S.D. as part of AVCA First Serve.

🔺 Balanced Attack. No. 14 Penn State women’s soccer picked up its second win of the season on Sunday, receiving goals from three different Nittany Lions in a 3-1 win over West Virginia.

Hannah Jordan, Amelia White and Julia Raich each found the net for Penn State in the victory.

🔺 Road Test. Penn State men’s soccer fell on the road at Army West Point on Sunday, 2-1.

Freshman Ben Nash scored the lone goal for the Nittany Lions in the 85th minute to prevent a shutout.

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Schedule Set! On Friday afternoon the Big Ten announced its complete 2025-26 men’s hockey schedule, with each team playing each other a total of four times, twice at home and twice on the road!

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