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Nits pummel Haven, 8-0

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (7-8, 2-5 B1G) rolled to an 8-0 shutout win at Lock Haven (0-16) in non-conference field hockey action on Friday afternoon. Nittany Lion Ella Jennes scored three times to lead Penn State to its first road win of the season. Penn State picked up a penalty corner just :36 seconds into the contest. Jennes scored right off the play, putting Penn State on top less than a minute into the contest. Penn State scored less than a minute later when Natalie Freeman found the back of the cage to put Penn State up 2-0 less than ...

Penn State spikes Rutgers in Dig Pink match

UNIVERSITY PARK - No. 18 Penn State hit .413 on its way to a 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-13) sweep over visiting Rutgers in a Big Ten women’s volleyball match Friday night at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions improved to 12-7 overall and 6-3 in the conference while winning their annual Dig Pink match for the second-straight year. The Scarlet Knights fell to 10-11, 1-8. Kennedy Martin continued her impressive season in the win, hitting .517 with 16 kills. She also collected six digs, three blocks, and two aces. Addie Lyon engineered the attack with her 31 assists while adding four digs and one ...

Lions defeat Stonehill, 3-2

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Sophomore JJ Wiebusch (Verona, Wis.) scored the game-winning goal on the powerplay with just 22.5 seconds remaining to cap off a third period comeback as No. 5 Penn State defeated Stonehill, 3-2, in non-conference action at Pegula Ice Arena on Friday night. HOW IT HAPPENED Penn State (6-1-0) opened the scoring for the second-straight game as freshman Nolan Collins (Whitby, Ontario) jumped the play in the neutral zone causing a turnover and junior Matt DiMarsico (Wexford, Pa.) picked the far corner from the slot over the glove of Skyhawk net-minder Connor ...

Lions begin season at Nikki Franke Invite

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s and women’s fencing teams will open their season on the road at the Nikki Franke Invitational at Temple University in Philadelphia, running from Saturday, October 25-26. The season opening competition will feature individual competition, with Saturday reserved for women’s competition and Sunday for the men’s team. The first day of competition on Saturday features epee fencer Sophia Abashidze. Freshmen Lena Gyenes and Yuna Tamura will make their collegiate fencing debuts for the women’s epee team. For the women’s saber team, Mia ...

No. 6 Lions host Lindenwood

UNIVERSITY PARK – The No. 6 Penn State women’s ice hockey team continues its homestand, hosting Lindenwood this weekend at Pegula Ice Arena. Puck drop for Friday's game is slated for 2 p.m. while Saturday's game will begin at 1 p.m. HISTORY This is the 56th meeting of the two programs with Penn State leading the series 38-11-6. Lindenwood has faced PSU the fourth-most of any program in PSU’s history and their 38 wins over the Lions are the second most for PSU against a single program. Penn State has gone unbeaten in the last 30 meetings, tying three times and winning 27 ...

Kotelnicki’s future up in the air

By Andy Stine For the Sentinel Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki’s future beyond this season seems to be as up in the air as the rest of the program at the moment. To put it bluntly, the Lions’ offense has been mediocre as it sits in 97th place in total offense in FBS ...