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Wildcats sink Lions in softball showdown

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona softball team took a pair of losses on the road Saturday, when the Lions were defeated in both ends of a doubleheader with non-conference opponent Penn College at the Lycoming Valley Intermediate School field. Penn College (9-1) blanked the Lions, 2-0, in game one, then powered past Penn State Altoona (10-8) in game two by a score of 9-2. Game One: Penn College 2, Penn State Altoona 0 The Lions came up short in a low-scoring affair, as Penn State Altoona was blanked and limited to just three hits while allowing only two runs for Penn ...

Lions near another national crown

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A record number of semifinalists and an overwhelming accumulation of team points had Penn State pointed toward a fifth consecutive championship at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships on Friday night in Rocket Arena. At press time, Penn State had 112.5 team points, 50 ...

Lions head to Purdue for three-game set

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Penn State baseball team meets Purdue for a three-game Big Ten series this weekend, March 20-22, at Alexander Field. The series begins on Friday at 4 p.m. with a broadcast on Big Ten Network. Saturday’s game is slated for 2 p.m. and Sunday’s game is set for 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday will be streamed on B1G+. Penn State, led by Mike Gambino, is 5-13 this season. The Nittany Lions took one of three games against Iowa last weekend. Purdue, coached by Greg Goff, is 13-6 overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play. The Boilermakers won their series at Maryland ...

Wright named PSU women’s basketball coach

UNIVERSITY PARK --- Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft has named four-year Penn State women’s basketball letterwinner Tanisha Wright as the seventh head coach of the Lady Lion basketball program. She returns to Happy Valley following a five-year stint coaching in the WNBA, including three seasons as a head coach. Wright will be introduced as head coach of the Lady Lions at a press conference on Monday, March 23 at noon ET. One of the most decorated players in program history, Wright led the Lady Lions to back-to-back Big Ten regular season ...

PSU plants seeds towards another title

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Penn State started planting the seeds of its fifth consecutive championship on Day 1 of the 2026 NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships on Thursday at Rocket Arena. Through matches at 165 pounds at press time, Penn State led the team race with 32 points, eight ahead of second-place Oklahoma State, and had advanced five wrestlers into this morning’s quarterfinal round. Luke Lilledahl (125), Marcus Blaze (133), Shayne Van Ness (149), P.J. Duke (157) and Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) all went 2-0 and earned quarterfinal matches. Braeden Davis (141) went 1-1, losing in ...

Lions hunt for 14th national title

By ANDY ELDER Wrestling correspondent UNIVERSITY PARK — As the NCAA cycles through repeat sites for its Div. I Wrestling Championships, Penn State fans have been treated to a trip down memory lane. Last year’s jaunt to Philadelphia evoked memories of where this Penn State dynasty under Cael Sanderson started in 2011 with the first of now 12 championships under his tutelage. This year’s trip to Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Thursday through Saturday, will surely hearken back to arguably the most consequential bout in the history of the tournament – Bo Nickal’s pin of ...