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Penn State is fifth in Learfield Directors’ Cup standings

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics is ranked No. 5 in the Learfield Directors’ Cup Division I standings following the 2026 Winter season, announced on Thursday. Ten Penn State teams earned points after their winter campaigns. The Nittany Lions collected 516.5 points in the winter, highlighted by Wrestling’s 100 points. Women’s Hockey earned 83 points. Men’s fencing tallied 57 points, while women’s fencing recorded 54 points. Women’s gymnastics collected 53.5 points and men’s indoor track & field both earned 53 points. Women’s indoor ...

Lions hit the road for Oregon series

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State baseball team travels to No. 19 Oregon this weekend, April 24-26. The three-game Big Ten series begins on Friday at 9:05 p.m. ET. Saturday’s game is set for 7:05 p.m. ET and Sunday’s contest begins at 3:05 p.m. ET. All games will be streamed on B1G+. Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, owns 12 wins this season (five in Big Ten play) after earning a 9-7 win over Bucknell. Michael Anderson launched two homers after Jayden Davis led off the first with a homer. Oregon, coached by Mark Wasikowski, is 29-11 overall (12-6 Big Ten) and ...

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Trojans thwart Huskies in lacrosse action

By Reiss Miller Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County boys lacrosse team battled Chambersburg on Thursday but fell 18-5. In the first quarter, Chambersburg fought through the Huskies, scoring four points. Easton Zook and Raul Rodriguez were the lone scorers in the first ...

Delgado, Curve tame Senators, 11-2

HARRISBURG, Pa.– Keiner Delgado hit his second career Grand Slam and totaled five runs batted in in an 11-2 win for the Curve over the Harrisburg Senators. Delgado’s Grand Slam in the seventh inning broke a 3-2 game wide open and into Altoona’s favor. After Delgado slammed a ball off the right field video board, Javier Rivas hammered his second home run of the season to push the lead to 8-2 lead. It was the first set of back-to-back homers hit by Altoona. The Curve put the game away with a two-run homer from Will Taylor in the eighth inning. Altoona set season-highs in runs (11), ...

Lady Lions battle Fighting Illini

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Penn State softball gets set for its penultimate weekend of Big Ten Conference regular season competition this Friday through Sunday, April 24 through 26, as the Nittany Lions travel to Eichelberger Field for a three-game series against the Illinois Fighting Illini. The first and third games of the weekend will stream live to a worldwide audience of authenticated subscribers via B1G+ and the B1G+ app at 6 and 1 p.m. (ET), respectively, while Saturday’s matchup will begin at 2 p.m. (ET) and air to a national television audience via the Big Ten Network and FOX Sports ...