🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! We’ve got good news and bad news.

The bad news: this week is not Penn State football game week.

The good news: next week is!

What else is steeping in today’s Brew?

🏈 Keeping it simple on defense
⚽️ Setting records
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Keeping It Simple. What do Michael Jordan and Penn State football’s defense have in common?

They keep things simple despite pressure and expectations.

📰 READ MORE: Keeping It Simple — The Formula For Success in the Penn State Defense

🔺 Setting Records. The Penn State women’s soccer team notched its first victory of the season on Sunday against West Chester, winning by a 8-0 final score.

And as if that wasn’t impressive enough, the Nittany Lions set school records for both shots and corner kick attempts!

Julia Raich and Payton Linnehan were stars for the Blue & White, both scoring a pair of goals.

🔺 Nittany Lion Leaders. Introducing your 2023 Penn State football team captains!

🏈 Keaton Ellis

🏈 Dominic DeLuca

🏈 Olu Fashanu

🏈 Malick Meiga

🏈 Adisa Isaac

🏈 Theo Johnson

🔺 On The World Stage. Five Nittany Lions will be in Budapest, Hungary from August 19-27 to compete at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Current Nittany Lions include Handal Roban, who will be running the 800-meters, and Penn State coaches Ryan Foster and Nathan Ott. Penn State alums competing include Joe Kovacs (shot put) and Isaiah Harris (800-meters).

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

Sack Man. Abdul Carter led the Nittany Lions in sacks last season.

How many sacks did he have?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Headed To Milwaukee. Penn State men’s ice hockey alum Kevin Wall has signed a contract with the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League!

The Admirals are the AHL affiliate of the Nashville Predators.

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📅 COMING SOON

Thursday, August 24

⚽ Men’s Soccer at Pittsburgh @ 7 p.m. (Season Opener)

Friday, August 25

🏑 Field Hockey at Virginia @ 6 p.m.

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Florida @ 8 p.m.

Saturday, September 2

🏈 Football vs. West Virginia @ 7:30 p.m. on NBC | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 6.5!

🦁 Have a great Monday, y’all!