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Reed’s blast fuels Spikes’ victory over Aberdeen

UNIVERSITY PARK – Tyree Reed blasted his third home run of the MLB Draft League season, a 428-foot, two-run shot off the batter’s eye in center field, in the seventh inning to give the State College Spikes a come-from-behind 7-5 win on Wednesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Reed, a Jackson State product who rejoined the Spikes (13-12) this past weekend after participating in the MLB Draft Combine in Arizona, drove in the first State College run with a sacrifice fly to left field in the first, then took a 3-2 pitch from Aberdeen (13-13) reliever Elijah Coston (0-1) deep to ...

Lions to compete in 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – The Penn State men’s basketball team will compete in the 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis men’s basketball tournament from November 25-27 at the Imperial Arena on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Celebrating its 15th year of elite collegiate competition, Battle 4 Atlantis returns this November with eight top NCAA programs: Penn State, Marquette, Memphis, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Virginia, Wake Forest, and Xavier. The 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament will feature an adjusted format of two groups of four teams, with Penn State’s group consisting of Memphis, ...

IronBirds edge Spikes, 9-8

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The State College Spikes and Aberdeen IronBirds took it to the limit and then some on Tuesday night before the IronBirds prevailed, 9-8, in the MLB Draft League Overtime Tiebreaker at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Spikes (12-12) took the lead on Evan York’s two-run single and Alex Mendoza Jr.’s RBI single in the fourth, then built it further in the fifth as CJ Richmond produced a two-run double, with an error and a subsequent Trent Turner RBI single plating more runs. However, Aberdeen (13-12) took advantage of four Spikes errors to get within 8-5 ...

PSU trio gets USA camp invitations

MINNETONKA, Minn. – Incoming first-years Kylie Amelkovich, Morgan Stickney and Lorelai Nelson of the Penn State women’s hockey team have been invited to participate in USA Hockey's Girls National Under-19 Training Camp, USA Hockey announced. Amelkovich, Stickney and Nelson are among 38 players from the 2007 and 2008 birth years selected to attend the camp, which will take place July 13-16 at the Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio. Invitees were selected to attend through USA Hockey's national scouting process based on in-season competition. The camp serves as both an evaluation and ...

Spikes best Scrappers, 4-3

UNIVERSITY PARK – Carson Lane led a septet of State College Spikes pitchers in a combined two-hitter, and the Spikes held on at the end for a 4-3 victory over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Sunday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Lane, a 2025 First Team All-Mountain West Conference performer at UNLV, allowed just one walk and no hits over four innings of work. The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced and racked up six strikeouts. Zach Kilby, Keegan O’Hearn, Garrett Shearer (2-0), and Josh Beck then followed with an inning apiece, with only a Josue Malave ...

Foley, Powell collect gold medals at Pan Am Cup

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Two incoming freshmen for the Penn State men’s volleyball team are returning from Guatemala with gold medals. Drake Foley and Isiah Powell played for the United States team that won the title at the 2026 U21 Pan American Cup. USA went a perfect 5-0 in the event. That included wins over Dominican Republic (3-0), Venezuela (3-1), and Mexico (3-0) in pool play, a sweep over Costa Rica in the semifinal round, and a sweep over Canada in the championship match. Powell, a 6-4 libero from Newport Beach, California, and Powell, a 6-8 middle blocker from Silver Spring, ...