🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Introducing Penn State Playmakers of the Week!

What else is steeping in today’s Brew?

🏈 Wildcat week
⚽️ Hosting Howard
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 At The Mic. Penn State football head coach James Franklin was back with the media on Tuesday discussing the Nittany Lions’ upcoming road matchup with Northwestern!

🗣 WEEKLY PRESSER: James Franklin — Northwestern

📰 READ ALSO: Fashanu Named Outland Trophy National Player of the Week

🔺 Hosting Howard. Penn State men’s soccer plays another non-conference match against Howard tonight before getting back to Big Ten play this weekend against Michigan State.

The Bison are 0-5-1 on the season, and are coming off a 4-2 loss at Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday.

📰 READ ALSO: Mangione and Shakes Sweep B1G Men’s Soccer Weekly Awards

🔺 Top Hitter. For the second time this season, Penn State outside hitter Jess Mruzik is the Big Ten Player of the Week!

Mruzik averaged 6.00 kills/set and hit .525 in matches against Rutgers and Northwestern last week to earn the award.

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

Ground And Pound. How many yards did Penn State rush for against Iowa last Saturday?

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

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Leading The Nation. That graphic above tells no lies! Penn State football leads the nation in all of the following:

🏈 Pass Defense

🏈 Total Defense

🏈 First Downs Allowed

🏈 Turnover Margin

🏈 Fewest Turnovers

🏈 Time Of Possession

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Wednesday, September 27

⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Howard @ 7 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 215!

The Nittany Lions only allowed 20 yards on the ground!

🦁 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!