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Lions battle Wildcats on Friday

UNIVERSITY PARK -- The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (5-6, 1-3 B1G) heads to Evanston, Ill, to take on Northwestern (10-0, 2-0 B1G) in Big Ten field hockey action this weekend. The Nittany Lions battle the Wildcats on Friday, at 6 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. local). Penn State is coming off a tough B1G road weekend, dropping close games at Michigan (2-1) and Ohio State (2-0). The Nittany Lions are being led by Joji Purdy and Natalie Freeman, who both have nine points. Purdy has four goals and an assist while Freeman has three and three. Keeper Aby Deverka has 37 saves and a 1.96 ...

PSU hockey meets Clarkson to open home slate

UNIVERSITY PARK – Coming off a season opening sweep last weekend, the fourth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions are set to open their 2025-26 home slate with a Thursday-Friday series against Clarkson to begin a six-game homestand. FOLLOW THE ACTION Dates: Friday, October 3 | Saturday, October 4 Place: Pegula Ice Arena | University Park, Pa. Tickets: Thursday | Friday Time: 6:30 p.m. | 7 p.m. TV: THU: B1G Network | FRI: N/A Streaming Video: Thursday | Friday Listen: LionVision Live Statistics: Live Stats Game Notes: Penn State THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP • ...

Nittany Lions host Big Ten showdown with Northwestern

UNIVERSITY PARK - No. RV/22 Penn State hosts Northwestern on Saturday for a Big Ten contest. The PSU homecoming matchup is set for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on FS1. SERIES HISTORY: Penn State meets Northwestern for the 22nd time in program history. PSU leads the all-time series, 16-5, including a ...

No defense for stunning loss

Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Didn’t think so. Penn State’s stunning 42-37 loss to UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl had historians scrambling for perspective. Here’s what they came up with: It was the first time in 40 years that a winless team beat a Top-10 team. Not since UTEP defeated No. 7 BYU in 1985. The Nittany Lions entered the game as 24.5-point favorites, and although they’ve lost before as 20-point favorites — against Maryland in 2020 and the nine-overtime debacle vs. Illinois a year later — this is clearly the low moment of James Franklin’s 12-year ...

Lions meet Rutgers in Jersey

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Penn State women's soccer concludes its three-match Big Ten Conference road trip Saturday, as the Nittany Lions travel to New Jersey to face off against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a 4 p.m. (ET) kick from Yurcak Field. The match will stream live to a worldwide audience of authenticated subscribers via B1G+ and the B1G+ app on connected devices. MATCH INFORMATION PENN STATE AT RUTGERS Sunday, October 4, 2025 | 4 p.m. (ET) Yurcak Field | Piscataway, N.J. Watch Live: B1G+ Live Stats: StatBroadcast FOLLOW THE ACTION For fans of the Nittany Lions unable to ...

Franklin tries clinging to positives

Franklin tries clinging to positives James Franklin urges his players not to immerse themselves on social media in order to stay on an even keel and keep a 1-0 mentality. He would do well to practice the same because it’s not pretty out there. After last week’s ...