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PSU hoopers hosting Shippensburg

UNIVERSITY PARK – Fans can get an early look at the 2025-26 Penn State men’s basketball team on Sunday, Oct. 26, when the Nittany Lions host Shippensburg in an exhibition game inside the Bryce Jordan Center. Tipoff time for the final tune-up before the regular season begins will be announced at a later date. The Oct. 26 exhibition game will be the second of two exhibition contests for the Nittany Lions, who are also slated to travel to Dayton on Sunday, Oct. 19 for a charity exhibition game in support of adolescent & young adult mental health and suicide prevention. The ...

Lady Lions play at Cougar Classic

HANAHAN, S.C. – The Penn State women's golf team concluded play at the 21st annual Cougar Classic hosted by the College of Charleston at Yeamans Hall Club finishing 16th in the 18-team field at 25-over, 877. Ole Miss secured the championship finishing 18-under, two strokes clear of Tennessee (16-under) in second while Florida (9-under), UCF (4-under) and Clemson (3-under) rounded out the top-five as the only schools under par for the week. Penn State was paced by freshman Lillian Guleserian (Westwood, Mass.) who climbed 18 spots on the leaderboard on Tuesday after firing a final ...

Franklin discusses FIU, Nova games

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Villanova (3:30 p.m., FS1) Records: Penn State (2-0), Villanova (1-0) Odds: No line Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 2 by the Associated Press. Series: Penn State leads, 6-3-1 FIU ...

Sputtering start

This is one of the downsides of playing a Florida International. Dominate as a 41.5-point favorite, and you should. But struggle, as the Nittany Lions did for practically the entire duration of Saturday afternoon’s game at Beaver Stadium, and it raises caution flags. The 34-0 outcome did nothing to justify Penn State’s No. 2 ranking and underscored that the Nittany Lions can’t play like this against Oregon and Ohio State and get away with it. James Franklin didn’t hide from a less-than-desirable performance. “We made it harder than it needed to be at times,” he ...

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Lions top New Hampshire

UNIVERSITY PARK – No. 5 Penn State women’s volleyball hit .430 as it rolled to a 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-20) sweep over New Hampshire in a non-conference match Sunday at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions evened their record at 3-3, while the Wildcats fell to 4-2. Penn State’s Emmi Sellman needed to play just two sets for to reach double-digit kills as she tallied 11 on .647 hitting. Caroline Jurevicius wasn’t far behind her with eight kills, Maggie Mendelson hit .500 with seven kills, and Alexis Ewing hit .455 with six kills. Addie Lyon picked up her second-straight start at setter and ...