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Burgdorf named Freshman of the Week

UNIVERSITY PARK – Haley Burgdorf was named the Big Ten Women’s Volleyball Freshman of the Week on Monday, earning the award after helping Penn State go 3-0 with sweeps over DePaul, No. 4 Stanford, and Ohio last week. Burgdorf was solid all three matches but had her breakout performance in the three-set win over Stanford on Friday night at The Palestra. She hit .450 with 10 kills, nine digs, and two aces, all of which were career highs. She scored the final two points of the sweep with a kill and an ace. For the week, Burgdorf hit .463 with 2.67 kills and 1.67 digs per set. The ...

PSU ice hockey names 2026 captains

UNIVERSITY PARK – Head coach Guy Gadowsky and the Penn State men’s ice hockey team announced their captains for the 2026-27 season earlier this week. Senior forwards Dane Dowiak (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Reese Laubach (San Jose, Calif.) will serve as captains this winter in Hockey Valley. Dowiak was voted captain last season while Laubach was added as an alternate at the halfway point. Dowiak becomes just the third Nittany Lion all-time to don the ‘C’ for multiple seasons joining Tommy Olczyk (2012-14) and Paul DeNaples (2021-23). Laubach becomes the 13th different Nittany Lion to ...

College football: Lions host Buffalo in Week 3 action

UNIVERSITY PARK - No. 14/15 Penn State battles Buffalo for its final non-conference matchup of the 2026 season. Kickoff is set for noon at West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium. The game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network following BTN Tailgate, which will originate from Happy Valley. SERIES HISTORY: Penn State takes on Buffalo for the fifth time in program history. The Nittany Lions have won the last three matchups including a 45-13 win in 2019. The Nittany Lions scored 38 of the game's final 41 points. John Reid returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown to spark Penn ...

Lions knock down Temple, 27-9

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rocco Becht expected to get cheered on by hundreds of fans from the Philadelphia suburbs and other surrounding areas where most of his family and their friends are from. The Penn State quarterback was a bit more amazed at the other 40,000-plus fans in their blue-and-white gear that nearly filled an NFL stadium to root on the Nittany Lions. “When I first walked out into the stadium, there's a lot more people than I thought there was going to be for our side,” Becht said. “We wanted to put on a better show for them.” Becht threw for 268 yards and three ...

No timeout for Lions? No problem

PHILADELPHIA — Penn State was in the midst of a most lackluster performance, tied 3-3, when it drove to the Temple 32 with 24 seconds remaining in the first half. Logic dictated the Nittany Lions use one of their two available timeouts at that moment. The clock kept ticking in part ...

Perception of PSU schedule takes hit

Kickoff: Noon TV: ESPN2 Odds: Penn State is a 23.5-point favorite. Perception of PSU schedule takes hit Some nitpicking as the Nittany Lions attempt to go not 1-0 but 2-0: N Penn State’s already favorable schedule took a negative turn during Week 1 of the season. That’s ...