🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Former Penn State star Carl Nassib just announced his retirement from football.

How awesome was Nassib in 2015 for the Nittany Lions?

What else is steeping in today’s Brew?

🏈 Off to a great start
⚽️ Undefeated matchup
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Shining Under Center. Penn State quarterback Drew Allar made his first career start last Saturday against West Virginia.

It sure didn’t look like it, though.

📰 READ MORE: Allar Dazzles In Season Opener

🔺 No Loss To Be Found. A pair of undefeated teams match up this evening as Penn State women’s soccer (5-0-1) hosts Princeton (3-0-1) at 7:30 p.m.

After playing No. 2 North Carolina to a 0-0 draw in its season opener, Penn State has reeled off a five-match win streak in which it has outscored its opponents 16-2.

🔺 Crossing The Delaware. “I want to thank our fans. The environment was phenomenal.”

Penn State head football coach James Franklin looked back on his team’s season-opening win over West Virginia and looked ahead to the matchup against Delaware this weekend at his weekly press conference.

📰 TRANSCRIPT: James Franklin Weekly Press Conference (Delaware)

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

Access Denied. Penn State men’s soccer goalkeeper Kris Shakes earned his second consecutive Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award this week.

How many combined saves did Shakes have in matches against Syracuse and St. John’s last week?

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

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Teammates For Life. Penn State Athletics has announced the introduction of Teammates For Life, a women’s athletics initiative created to celebrate, elevate and engage past, present and future women athletes at Penn State!

The initiative is the first of its kind, and will be led by recently retired field hockey coach Char Morett Curtiss.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Thursday, September 7

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Princeton @ 7:30 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Nine saves!

Shakes collected five against No. 1 Syracuse and four against St. John’s.

🦁 Have a great Thursday, y’all!