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PSU fencing wraps up Nikki Franke Invite

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s fencing teams had its first day of competition of the season at the Nikki Franke Invitational at Temple University in Philadelphia, on Sunday, October 26. The second day of the Nikki Franke Invitational began at 8 a.m. with men’s epee, which featured senior fencer Vasil Ivakimov. Matthew Gonzales and Alessio Fukuda represented the men’s foil team and Carlos Fernando Chacon and Tyson Deck fenced saber. In the first round of epee pools, Ivakimov advanced past the first round of pool competition, gathering his first three victories of the ...

PSU field hockey falls to Tigers, 6-1

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (7-9, 2-5 B1G) lost a 6-1 game at No. 5 Princeton (12-3) in non-conference field hockey action on Sunday in New Jersey. Princeton broke open a close game with a four-goal third period to post the win in New Jersey. Princeton came out and pushed the ball downfield to force a penalty corner at the 14:15 mark to open the game. The Nittany Lion defense held, and Penn State moved the ball back to midfield. Princeton worked the ball back into the Lion circle and Penn State keeper Aby Deverka picked up her initial save of the ...

Lion hoopers best Ship, 86-67

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s basketball team used a strong first half to fuel an 86-67 exhibition game victory over Shippensburg Sunday afternoon inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Nittany Lions raced out to a 19-0 lead through the first seven minutes of play and never looked back as Penn State owned a 48-19 halftime advantage en route to the 86-67 victory in the final preseason tune-up. Freddie Dilione V led Penn State with 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting, four rebounds, four assists and two steals. Eli Rice followed with 17 points behind a 4-for-8 showing from ...

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 ...