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Blue & White Brew 8/12: Certified Gold
Sam Coffey and Alyssa Naeher are gold medalists with the USWNT!
Penn State Brew Crew
August 12, 2024
🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics
What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?
⚽️ World winners
🏐 On the medal stand
🦁 And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔺 Certified Gold. Penn State women’s soccer alums Sam Coffey and Alyssa Naeher are gold medalists!
Both Coffey and Naeher started for Team USA against Brazil in the gold medal match, which the Americans won 1-0 thanks to brilliance in net from Naeher — check out this save to clinch the match!
⚽️ READ MORE: Coffey, Naeher Win Gold With USWNT At 33rd Olympiad
🔺 Shiny Silver. A pair of Penn State women’s volleyball alums — Haleigh Washington and Micha Hancock — helped Team USA to a silver medal at the Paris Olympics!
🔺 Battled For Bronze. Penn State Olympic RTC/NLWC was well-represented at the Paris Olympics, and well-represented on the medal stand — both Kyle Dake and Aaron Brooks won bronze medals at their respective weight classes!
Kyle Snyder fell in a tough bronze medal match, while Zain Retherford was forced to withdraw for medical reasons.
🤼 READ MORE: Penn State Olympic RTC/NLWC Ends Action In Paris
🔺 On The Medal Stand. After losing in five sets to world No. 1 Poland in the semifinal round, Team USA men’s volleyball and Penn State alums Matt Anderson, Max Holt and Aaron Russell took down Italy in three sets to earn bronze in Paris!
🔺 Only One. Only 19 more days until Penn State football is back on the field!
Penn State football has beaten Michigan State 19 times in the history of the series, including a 42-0 win at Ford Field in Detroit last season, the third shutout of the season for the Nittany Lions!
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🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA
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🦁 ONE BIG THING
🔺 Walking Across The Stage. Twenty-three Penn State student-athletes earned degrees over the weekend from 15 different athletic programs, including wrestling’s Aaron Brooks and Carter Starocci and men’s basketball Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Ace Baldwin Jr.!
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Monday, August 12
🍽 Four Ways Plated Dinner Night
Tuesday, August 13
🎤 Tuesdays on the Terrace | Open Mic & Variety Showcase
🎬 Filmmakers and Actors of Centre County — Networking and Film Screenings
Wednesday, August 14
🎵 Live After 5 — Summer Concert Series
Thursday, August 15
⛏ Summer Family Fun Nights
🎵 Live on the Patio — Hublersburg Inn
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Texas Tech @ 7 p.m. | BTN | Live Stats
Friday, August 16
🎡 Grange Fair 2024
🌽 Downtown State College Farmers Market
⚽️ Men’s Soccer @ American (EXH) @ 7 p.m.
🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF — 19 Days
Penn State at West Virginia
📅 August 31, 2024 @ Noon
📺 FOX
🏟 Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium — Morgantown, W.V.
🦁 Have a great Monday, y’all!