🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning, Nittany Lions! Mood for football game week!

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

🏐 Came from behind
🏈 Coach Franklin chats
🦁 And much, much more!

🦁 COORDINATOR CONVERSATIONS
with Jim Knowles

Brian Tripp sat down for an extended conversation with Penn State football defensive coordinator Jim Knowles ahead of the Nittany Lions’ season opener against Nevada this Saturday!

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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 wrestling’s Carter Starocci was voted onto the next round over Penn State women’s hockey’s Katie DeSa in the first round of the Final Four.

FINAL FOUR, ROUND 2:

• Penn State women’s hockey’s Tessa Janecke: Janecke became the all-time scoring leader in Penn State women’s hockey history with the then 138th point of her career in a 4-0 win over Syracuse.

• Penn State women’s volleyball team: The Nittany Lions won their eighth national championship on Sunday, earning NCAA Tournament wins over Delaware State, North Carolina, Marquette, Creighton, Nebraska and Louisville.

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

🔺 Locking It Down. We only have 4 days until Penn State football is back on the field for its season opener at home against Nevada this Saturday!

A.J. Harris, who wears No. 4 for the Nittany Lions, made 15 starts at cornerback last season and was voted All-Big Ten Third Team by both the coaches and media, and enters the 2025 season on the Bronko Nagurski watch list.

 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Earned It. No. 2 Penn State women’s volleyball improved to 2-0 on Monday, picking up a come-from-behind victory over No. 14 Kansas in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The Nittany Lions were down two sets to one before taking the final two sets to clip the Jayhawks.

🏐 BOX SCORE: Penn State 3, Kansas 2

🔺 Game Week! Penn State football plays this week, and head coach James Franklin is here to talk about it!

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Back Home. With the return of all 800-plus varsity student-athletes for the fall semester, Penn State Athletics officially opened the Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex Monday!

🦁 READ MORE: Penn State Athletics Debuts Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex

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