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Nittany Lions take 9 of 10 bouts in getting ‘W’

PHILADELPHIA— The Penn State wrestling team defeated Drexel on Friday night, winning nine of 10 bouts to post a 43-3 victory at a sold-out Daskalaskis Athletic Center. The sellout crowd watched as Penn State (2-0) won all but one but, and each for bonus points. The dual began at 125. Nittany Lion sophomore Luke Lilledahl, ranked No. 2 at 125, tallied five takedowns in a 19-7 major decision victory over Desmond Pleasant. True freshman Marcus Blaze, ranked No. 11 at 133, followed that up by pinning Kyle Waterman at 4:33 to put Penn State up 10-0 early. With No. 8 Aaron Nagao not ...

College wrestling: PSU at Drexel

Wrestling: PSU at Drexel Start: 7:30 p.m., Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, Pa. Records: Penn State (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten); Drexel (2-0, 1-0 EIWA) TV: FloWrestling Notable: This will be Penn State’s first action since before Thanksgiving break when the Lions were at the Army Black ...

Pavlik to step down from PSU men’s volleyball position after 2026

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s volleyball head coach Mark Pavlik, the fourth-winningest coach in the history of collegiate men’s volleyball, has announced that the 2026 season will be the final season of his career. Pavlik, just the third head coach in the history of the Penn State men’s volleyball team, has compiled a career record of 694-241, winning over 74 percent of his matches. He leads all active National Collegiate Division (DI-II) head coaches with his win total and ranks fourth all time among all collegiate men’s volleyball coaches. He led the Nittany Lions to ...

PSU freshman Mingo too much for Fighting Camels

UNIVERSITY PARK — True freshman Kayden Mingo scored six of his 21 points inside the final two minutes to help Penn State pull away and beat Campbell 87-76 on Tuesday night. Freddie Dilione V added 17 points for Penn State, which is 8-1 for the second-straight year. Josh Reed and Ivan ...

Lady Lion recognized by AMCC for her showing

Penn State Altoona senior forward Avana Sayles was chosen as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week in women’s basketball. In the Lions’ 69-49 victory over non-conference opponent Lycoming last week, Sayles notched her third double-double of the season, getting 16 points and 10 rebounds. Sayles also recorded three blocks, two steals, and one assist. Sayles ranks fifth in points per game with 15.5 and fifth in rebounds per game with 8.5. On defense, Sayles ranks fourth in blocks per game with 1.2 and third in defensive ratings with a rating of 6.3. ...

Five starters hit double digits for Lions basketball team

UNIVERSITY PARK — Josh Reed scored, a season-high 17 points for Penn State in a 96-87 win over Boston University on Tuesday night. Reed shot 5 of 6 from the field and was perfect on six attempts from the free-throw line and grabbed eight rebounds. All four starters for the Nittany Lions ...