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PSU fencing heads to Philly

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s and women’s fencing teams start the new year at the Dake Michanik Invitational at the University of Pennsylvania, from Saturday, January 17 to Sunday, January 18 in Philadelphia, Pa. Fencing foil on the men’s side will be Spencer Burke, Alessio Fukuda, Dusan Zeljkovic, Yaroslav Muruhin, Tit Nam Cheng, Matthew Gonzalez and Julian Chin. Last time out at the Brandeis Invitational, Burke earned eight victories, including going undefeated against Haverford with Fukuda. Fukuda, along with Gonzalez, went undefeated against Wheaton. On the ...

No. 8 Lions clash with Irish in Hockey Valley

UNIVERSITY PARK – The eighth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions close out their five-game homestand as they welcome Notre Dame to Hockey Valley for a crucial conference clash on Friday and Saturday evening. FOLLOW THE ACTION Dates: Friday, January 16 | Saturday, January 17 Place: Pegula Ice Arena | University Park, Pa. Tickets: Friday | Saturday TV: FRI: N/A | SAT: B1G Network Time: 7 p.m. | 8 p.m. Streaming Video: Friday | Saturday Listen: LionVision THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP This week marks the 40th and 41st meetings between the two teams with Notre Dame holding the ...

Bruins swat Nittany Lions, 71-60

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s basketball team dropped a 71-60 result to the UCLA Bruins on Wednesday night in the first-ever meeting of the two programs inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The game marked the second matchup between the teams as Big Ten Conference opponents, and just the third meeting all-time. PSU was anchored by a trio of double-digit point scorers in the midweek matchup, with sophomore guard Dominick Stewart leading the way with 16 points, his highest-scoring performance in a Big Ten Conference matchup this season. Stewart, a native of Ocean Springs, ...

Penn State matmen head to Iowa, Northwestern

UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State (7-0, 1-0 B1G) hit the road for two Big Ten dual meets this weekend. The Nittany Lions are at Iowa (8-2, 1-0 B1G) on Friday, Jan. 16, for a 7 p.m. Eastern dual on the Big Ten Network. Two days later, Penn State visits Northwestern (3-1, 1-0) on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m. Eastern. Northwestern battles Wisconsin while Penn State visits Iowa. All rankings are InterMat/InterMat TPI. The Nittany Lions are coming off a 46-0 shutout win over visiting Rutgers last Saturday. Penn State picked up three pins, two techs and three majors in blanking the Scarlet ...

Harvey, Merk earn volleyball awards

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State men’s volleyball swept the first conference awards of the season as Sean Harvey was named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week and Ryan Merk was selected as the Defensive Player of the Week. The Nittany Lions picked up the honors after opening the season with a four-set win over Mount Olive and a sweep over Manhattan at Rec Hall. Harvey earned a weekly award from the conference for the first time after hitting .426 with 27 kills (3.86/set) over the two wins. He opened the season with 13 kills, three blocks, and five digs in the win over Mount Olive. The ...

Lions make Swedish Olympic team

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Sophomore forward Nicole Hall has been named to Sweden’s Olympic women’s ice hockey roster ahead of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games. Joining her is alum and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympian Jessica Adolfsson ’21 as both were named to Sweden’s roster Monday morning. Hall is the second current Nittany Lion named to the 2026 Winter Olympics, joining Tessa Janecke (USA). Her, Janecke, and Adolfsson make it three current or former Nittany Lions set to play in the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Hall will be rejoining the Three Crowns with 15 ...