Tennis team makes history
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Behind stellar doubles play, the 39th-ranked Nittany Lion men’s tennis team (16-11, 6-4 Big Ten) marched to a 4-0 sweep of 27th-ranked VCU (19-8, 5-0 CAA) in the first round of the NCAA Championship on Saturday at Snyder Tennis Center.
Penn State moved on to face host and top-ranked Virginia at 11 a.m. today.
The win marked the program’s first victory in the modern-day 64-team NCAA Championship format, which began in 1999. Prior to the victory over VCU on Saturday, Penn State’s only NCAA Championship victory came back in 1998 against Columbia (4-1) in an NCAA Regional match.
Ernst honored
Senior outfielder Brian Ernst, one of three captains and one of two fifth-year seniors on this year’s baseball team, was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team.
The team is chosen by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA), it was announced on Thursday.
Soap opera continues: Scott booted off team
Fewer than two months after qualifying for the NCAA Wrestling Championships as a freshman, Garrett Scott’s Penn State career is finished.
Lions’ Timmons receives probation
BELLEFONTE — Penn State cornerback Knowledge Timmons must serve a year in a probation program for first-time offenders after being charged with two misdemeanors in an encounter with police following a fight last fall.
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IRVINE, Calif. — Top-ranked Penn State won its first NCAA men’s volleyball championship in 14 years, rallying for a 27-30, 33-31, 30-25, 30-23 victory over second-ranked Pepperdine on Saturday night.
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The biggest name so far, from a local standpoint anyway, has surfaced in St. Francis’ search for a new men’s basketball coach.
Garrity will be inducted
UNIVERSITY PARK — A Nittany Lion who made one of the signature plays in the history of Penn State Football is set to be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame’s Western Chapter.
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