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Lady Lions add Ava Black

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- Penn State women’s basketball head coach Tanisha Wright announces the addition of Ava Black to her squad. The sophomore transfer arrives in Happy Valley after one season spent at Vanderbilt during her rookie campaign. Black becomes the first portal pickup for Wright ahead of the 2026-27 season. Wright said,” we are so excited for Ava and her family to join the Penn State Community and be a part of helping us rebuild the Lady Lion program. Ava is such a unique talent because she impacts the game in so many essential ways. We know that Ava is going to do amazing ...

Penn State lacrosse moves on to Big Ten title game

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PISCATAWAY, N.J.- Second-seeded Penn State men’s lacrosse downs third-seeded Maryland 8-6 to advance to Big Ten Tournament Championship for the third time in program history. The Nittany Lions improve to 8-5, 3-2 Big Ten while Maryland falls to 7-6, 3-2 Big Ten. Penn State will face top-seeded Johns Hopkins in the championship game on Saturday, May 2. Sophomore phenom Hunter Aquino paced the Nittany Lions offensively with three goals in addition to one caused turnover. Five other Nittany Lions tallied a goal in the defensive battle. Andrew Beard, Will Costin, Liam Matthews, Michael ...

Colts topple Huskies, 10-4

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LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County softball team got off to a bad start in their 10-4 loss Thursday against Cedar Cliff, going down 5-0 in the first inning. Piper Specht started in the circle for the Huskies. She walked the first three batters of the game and later gave up four hits that ...

Lady Lions meet Huskers in finale

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State softball gears up for its final weekend of Big Ten Conference regular season competition this Friday through Sunday, May 1 through 3, as the Nittany Lions play host to the No. 3 Nebraska Cornhuskers in a three-game series from Nittany Lion Softball Park & Beard Field. All three games will air live to a national television audience via the Big Ten Network, with streaming available through the FOX Sports App on connected devices. GAME INFORMATION #3 Nebraska at Penn State | Friday, May 1 | 5 p.m. (ET) | Watch | Live Stats | Parking #3 Nebraska ...

McKenna added to Canada's roster

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Freshman phenom Gavin McKenna (Whitehorse, Yukon) was added to the roster for Team Canada ahead of the 2026 IIHF World Championship set to take place in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland from May 15-31. McKenna, the projected No. 1 overall pick in this summer’s NHL Draft, was named alongside four current NHLers as additions to the Canadian roster earlier this week. The final roster will be revealed in the coming weeks as Canada looks to win its first gold medal at the Men’s World Hockey Championship since 2023. McKenna becomes the first player to represent ...

Curve fall to Richmond, 18-6

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CURVE, Pa.– Altoona battled the Richmond Flying Squirrels into the 11th inning, but dropped an 18-6 decision on Thursday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona held a 4-2 lead after seven innings but couldn’t close out the victory despite scoring the game-tying run in both the ninth and tenth innings. Altoona picked up 13 hits and drew 13 walks, but, despite batting 7-for-24 with runners in scoring position, they left 21 runners stranded; the most in an Eastern League game since May 1, 2015. Five Curve batters notched multi-hit games as Callan Moss, Titus Dumitru, Jesus ...