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Lady Lions named AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholars

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – Nine members of the Penn State women’s hockey team were named AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholars, the American Hockey Coaches Association announced Monday. The honorees are recent graduates Taylor Lum, Katie DeSa, Tessa Janecke and Leah Stecker; rising juniors Abby Stonehouse, Grace Tullock and Taya MacDonald; and rising sophomores Sophie Morrow and Shelby Shane. To earn the recognition, student-athletes must post at least a 3.75 grade-point average each semester while appearing in at least 40 percent of their team’s games. Taylor Lum Lum is a four-time ...

Nittany Lion hockey adds Avery, Marsh to staff

UNIVERSITY PARK – Head coach Guy Gadowsky and the Penn State men’s ice hockey team announced the support staff additions of Alec Marsh and Derek Avery earlier this week. Marsh, a 2019 graduate and former Nittany Lion forward, will serve as Director of Player Personnel & Video while Avery, a 2024 graduate and former student manager, returns as Director of Operations & analytics. Marsh played four season under Gadowsky helping Penn State to its first ever Big Ten Championship in 2017 and back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2017 and 2018. Marsh skated in 132 games for the Nittany ...

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 ...