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Janecke named captain for second-straight season

UNIVERSITY PARK – Head coach Jeff Kampersal and the Penn State women's ice hockey team named its captains for the 2025-26 season earlier Monday afternoon. Senior forward Tessa Janecke will remain the team captain after becoming the 12th woman to don the ‘C’ in program history last season. Entering her final season at Penn State, Janecke has been one of the most productive forwards in the team's history sitting atop the record books with 153 points. The Orangeville, Ill. native has led the Nittany Lions to three straight NCAA tournament appearances and three straight College Hockey ...

Sisson joins PSU swimming and diving

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State head swimming and diving coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron has added Trevor Sisson to her coaching staff as the assistant diving coach. Sisson joins the Penn State staff after coaching the 2024-25 season as the diving coach at Toledo. Prior to Toledo, he coached two years as diving coach at Georgia Southern (2022-24). He also served as diving coach at Bryant (2021-22), Davenport (2020-21) and Wisconsin-Whitewater (2014-17, 18-19). At Georgia Southern, Sisson mentored Karlee Wells to four Sun Belt Conference finals, two appearances at the NCAA Zone B Diving ...

No. 12 Lions lasso Bison in straight sets

UNIVERSITY PARK — No. 12 Penn State swept Bucknell (25-19, 25-10, 25-20) in non-conference women’s volleyball action Tuesday at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions moved their record to 4-3 overall with their second-straight sweep. The Bison fell to 1-5. Penn State had three players with at least seven kills. Emmi Sellman led the way with 10 kills to go along with her five digs and one ace. Maggie Mendelson and Alexis Ewing were right behind her with nine and eight kills, respectively. Caroline Jurevicius also had eight, marking her sixth match this season with at least seven kills. ...

PSU field hockey squares off with Bucknell

UNIVERSITY PARK -- The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (2-1, 0-0 B1G) continues a string of four straight home games this coming weekend in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions host Bucknell (2-2) on Friday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m. and then welcome Kent State (1-2) on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 12 p.m.. Penn State is coming off a thrilling home weekend that saw the team win two overtime games. The Nittany Lions got two goals from Joji Purdy and the game winner from Ella Jennes to down Delaware 3-2 in double overtime on Friday. Two days later, Olivia Marthins tipped in a goal in extra time ...

Lady Lions set for soccer match with Terrapins

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 8 Penn State women's soccer prepares to kick off its 32nd season of competition in the Big Ten Conference and opens a three-match homestand with a 6 p.m. (ET) kickoff against the Maryland Terrapins on Thursday, September 11 from Jeffrey Field. The match will air live to a national television audience via the Big Ten Network and FOX Sports App. MATCH INFORMATION MARYLAND AT #8 PENN STATE Thursday, September 11, 2025 | 6 p.m. (ET) HEROES APPRECIATION Jeffrey Field | University Park, Pa. Watch Live: Big Ten Network Live Stats: StatBroadcast Parking: ...

Former Lion Parsons making headlines with Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. – After trading for Dallas Cowboys’ star defensive end Micah Parsons on Aug. 28, the Green Bay Packers signed him to a four-year, $186 million extension through the 2029 season. The contract pays Parsons an average salary of $46.5 million a year with $136 million ...