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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 ...

Lions meet Lock Haven, Princeton

UNIVERSITY PARK -- The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (6-8, 2-5 B1G) hits the road for two non-conference games this weekend. The Nittany Lions are at Lock Haven (0-14) on Friday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. and at Princeton (10-3) on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 12 p.m. Penn State is coming off split weekend of Big Ten action. The Nittany Lions used a goal from true freshman Olivia Marthins midway through a second overtime period to upset No. 11 Iowa on Friday night 1-0. Two days later, Penn State dropped a tough 3-1 home game to Indiana on Sunday. Natalie Freeman leads Penn State ...

Lions take part in new NBA season

UNIVERSITY PARK – Three Penn State men’s basketball alumni will represent the Nittany Lions as the 2025-26 NBA season tips off this week. Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Los Angeles Clippers) and Jalen Pickett ‘23 (Denver Nuggets) are both on NBA rosters, while Andrew Jones ’11, M’15 begins his second season as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors’ G League affiliate, Raptors 905. Yanic Konan Niederhauser – Los Angeles Clippers Konan Niederhauser begins his rookie season in the league after becoming the first Nittany Lion in program history to be selected in the first ...

Nittany Lion wrestlers head to U23 World Championships

UNIVERSITY PARK – Seven Penn State Wrestlers will take part in the United World Wrestling U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, beginning on Friday, Oct. 24, and running through Monday, Oct. 27. The United States U23 World Team features ten wrestlers, seven of whom are current Nittany Lions. The U23 World Championships officially begin on Monday, Oct. 20, with Greco Roman competition, continue midweek with women’s freestyle wrestling and conclude with men’s freestyle starting on Friday, Oct. 24. Two-time All-American and 2025 NCAA Champion Mitchell Mesenbrink and ...