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Crosscutters nudge Spikes, 13-7

WILLIAMSPORT – Camden Ross smashed the 21st grand slam in State College Spikes history and Justin Journette became the second Spike with two homers in the same game to help trim a 9-0 deficit to 9-7, but the Williamsport Crosscutters held on to take a 13-7 slugfest on Monday night at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field. After Josh Willits (1-0) shut out the Spikes (5-5 2nd Half) through the first six innings, Journette walloped his third home run of the season, a 362-foot, two-run shot to left field, to put State College on the board. The Spikes put more of a hurt on a ...

Cousins, Campbell named AFCA nominees

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State head football coach Matt Campbell and junior offensive lineman Cooper Cousins have been named nominees for the 2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association announced Monday. Penn State is one of only two Football Bowl Subdivision programs to place both a student-athlete and a head coach among this year's nominee class, which recognizes college football players and coaches at every level of competition for their impact through community service, academic achievement and leadership. Established in 1992 and ...

McKeon, Roberts earn Big Ten Sportsmanship Award

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Penn State student-athletes Mark McKeon of men's lacrosse and Katelyn Roberts of women's ice hockey were among the 36 honorees named Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2025-26 academic year, as announced by the conference office Thursday. The pair were chosen from a group of 31 Penn State students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship. One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners ...

Spikes bulldoze Black Bears, 13-7

UNIVERSITY PARK – The State College Spikes plated ten runs in the second inning to match the second-most runs in an inning in franchise history and propel them to a 13-7 victory over the West Virginia Black Bears on Thursday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. 14 batters came to the plate for the Spikes (2-0 2nd Half) in the second, with Nyan Hayes smashing his second home run in as many nights as part of the surge. Hayes’s two-run shot to left field, combined with his double later in the second, made him 4-for-9 with four extra-base hits to begin his State College tenure. The ...

Penn State and Pitt to renew rivalry at Palestra

PHILADELPHIA – The Penn State men's basketball team will return to one of college basketball’s most iconic stages when the Nittany Lions take on Pitt on Sunday, Nov. 8, inside Philadelphia's historic Palestra. The matchup will celebrate the Palestra's 100th anniversary while renewing an in-state rivalry for the 150th all-time meeting between Penn State and Pitt. "Games like this are what college basketball is all about: great history, passionate fan bases and high-level competition,” said Peter and Ann Tombros Endowed Head Coach Mike Rhoades. “The Palestra is one of the most ...

Spikes drop Black Bears, 5-4

UNIVERSITY PARK – Nyan Hayes homered to tie the game in the seventh inning, then led off the bottom of the ninth with a triple to set up Trent Turner’s walk-off single to give the State College Spikes a 5-4 win over the West Virginia Black Bears on Wednesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Hayes, who completed his collegiate career at Oregon State this spring after 45 RBI’s over 53 games at Grambling in 2025, took a 1-2 pitch from West Virginia (0-1 2nd Half) reliever Cameron Padgett into the Pepsi Picnic Pavilion for a three-run shot to even the game at 4-4 in the ...