Sports

Falcons down Huskies, 4-1

LEWISTOWN — Lower Dauphin tennis beat Mifflin County on Wednesday afternoon, 4-1. In singles play, Easton Eberly topped Husky Aiden Newlen, 6-0, 6-0. Riley Beers defeated Husky Logan Breneman, 6-0, 6-0, and Anthony Bruno swept Husky Mason Kaniecki, 6-1, 6-0. In doubles play, Huskies Max Persing and Max Yoder beat Anthony Bruno and Braden Smith, 6-4, 6-4. Ian Lane and Levi Dickinson beat Huskies Luke Foltz and Morgan Crader, 6-4, 6-4. BASEBALL Mustangs gallop past Black Panthers MIDDLEBURG — Midd-West blanked Milton on Wednesday during baseball action, 12-0. Colton ...

PSU-UCF game axed due to weather

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State baseball’s game, and scheduled Dollar Dog Night, against UCF on Wednesday has been canceled due to anticipated storms. Penn State travels to Lincoln this weekend, April 3-5, for a three-game Big Ten series. The series begins on Friday at 7 p.m. ET at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. It continues on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

PSU tennis adds Wright to staff

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- Thomas Wright has been hired as an assistant coach for the Penn State men’s tennis team under head coach Bruce Lipka. Wright comes to Penn State after most recently working as the Head Professional of Competitive Development at the Orinda Country Club in California. While at OCC, he served as a practice partner for No. 1 ATP Tour and 3-time US Open doubles champion Rajeev Ram and for No. 20 ATP Tour and Australian Open semi-finalist Andre Goransson. Wright’s professional playing career includes winning the Irish National Indoors (doubles), the County ...

Nittany Lions host No. 23 UCF on the diamond

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State baseball team welcomes No. 23 UCF for Dollar Dog Night on Wednesday, April 1 at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. with a stream on B1G+. It is also Little Sluggers Day, encouraging youth baseball players to attend. All games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park this season are free admission for all ages. Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, is 8-18 this season after taking one of three games against Illinois last weekend. UCF, coached by Rich Wallace, is 18-8 on the year and ranked No. 23 in the D1Baseball ...

Track: Mifflin County-Altoona

Panthers nudge Lady Lions, 8-7

PITTSBURGH – The Penn State softball team dropped an 8-7 decision to the Pittsburgh Panthers on Tuesday night in non-conference action from Vartabedian Field. The Nittany Lions tallied seven runs on nine hits, with seven different Nittany Lions booking at least one base knock in the contest. Sophomore center fielder Natalie Lieto led the way in the batter’s box with a career-high-tying trio of hits, finishing the night 3-for-4 with a run scored. The Monroe, Connecticut, native also matched her career high in doubles with two, tying a mark set against James Madison on March 7 of ...