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Penn State volleyball meets St. Francis

Penn State men's volleyball will battle Saint Francis for a home/away series on Friday and Saturday. SERIES HISTORY • Penn State and Saint Francis will play for the 60th and 61st time in a series that began in 1994. • The Nittany Lions are 56-3 all-time against the Red Flash, with all three losses coming during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. • Penn State has won 17 straight matches in the series. Four of those wins came in five sets. • The Nittany Lions are 30-2 at home and 24-1 on the road against the Red Flash. • Matthew Luoma has hit .458 while averaging 4.50 kills/set and ...

No.14 Lions clash with Spartans

UNIVERSITY PARK – The No. 14 Penn State Nittany Lions (4-0, 3-0 Big Ten) take on the team’s first ranked foes of the 2026 campaign. The Blue & White first travel to Baton Rouge, La. to face the No. 3 LSU Tigers (4-1-1, 2-1 SEC) at the Maravich Center on Friday, February 6 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The Nittany Lions have a quick turnaround as the program then welcomes the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans (2-4, 1-2 Big Ten) to Rec Hall on Sunday, February 8 at 1 p.m. LAST TIME OUT Penn State secured its fourth straight victory with a win over Rutgers, 196.375-194.575. The Nittany Lions won ...

Prosecutors drop most serious assault charge against McKenna

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped the most serious assault charge against Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna, considered a likely top pick in this year's NHL draft, but he remains accused of less serious offenses. The Centre County prosecutor said Friday that aggravated assault would have required proof McKenna acted with the intention of causing serious injury or that he showed an extreme indifference to the value of human life. McKenna was accused of injuring a man during an altercation last weekend. Although the police complaint alleged the victim sustained ...

Lions pummel Wolverines

ANN ARBOR, Mich.– Penn State (13-0, 7-0 B1G) dominated homestanding Michigan (8-4, 4-2 B1G) in Big Ten wrestling action Friday night in Ann Arbor. The Nittany Lions won nine bouts, including five by technical fall, in a 38-3 rout over the Wolverines. The dual began at 125. Luke Lilledahl, ranked No. 1 at 125, opened up the dual meet with a strong 21-5 technical fall over No. 23 Diego Sotelo (5:06). Lilledahl had six takedowns and a reversal in the win. True freshman Marcus Blaze, ranked No. 4 at 133, followed that up with a tech fall of his own. Blaze used four takedowns and a ...

Lady Lions edge Purdue in OT thriller

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. – Penn State women’s basketball secures 85-82 overtime victory over Purdue inside Mackey Arena on Wednesday night. The Lady Lions improve to 8-15, 1-11 Big Ten) while the Boilermakers fall to 11-12, 3-9 Big Ten. In a contest that saw 14 lead changes and 13 tie scores, four double figure scorers lifted Penn State to its first overtime win of the season. Sophomore guard Kiyomi McMiller lead the offensive charge for Penn State with her 22nd double figure scoring outing of the season, posting 30 points in addition to nine assists and five rebounds. Redshirt junior ...

Butze collects AHA Defenseman of the Month

BOSTON – Penn State women’s ice hockey senior Kendall Butze was named Atlantic Hockey America’s Defenseman of the Month by the league on Wednesday afternoon. This is the first monthly award the senior has won this season and second of her career. She has garnered two defenseman of the week awards this season as well. In the month of January, Butze led all Nittany Lion defenders in points while sitting third on the team overall with 10. Her seven assists were second on the team in the month. The senior also added three goals and was second on the team in blocked shots at 13. On ...