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Furious finish helps Nittany Lions avoid upset at home to Fairfield

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men’s basketball team spent the final 3:28 on a 16-2 run, including 11 unanswered points in the final two minutes, to earn a gritty 76-68 season-opening victory over Fairfield Monday night inside the Jordan Center. The back-and-forth battle saw 13 lead ...

PSU Altoona women’s soccer coach celebrates milestone victory

Penn State Altoona women’s head soccer coach Pam Snyder-Etters very recently celebrated her 100th career victory at the helm of the program. This is a stellar achievement as Etters, like most PSU branch campus coaches, is only in a part-time coaching position. She must handle every aspect ...

Lady Lion basketball’s Gracie Merkle makes preseason watch list

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State women’s basketball’s player Gracie Merkle earned a spot on the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Preseason Top 20 Watchlist on Friday. This award honors the best centers in women’s college basketball and is presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. ...

Hat-trick by DiMarsico leads Penn State to win in OT

UNIVERSITY PARK — Junior Matt DiMarsico registered his second hat-trick of the season as No. 6 Penn State erased a two-goal deficit in a come-from-behind, 5-4, overtime victory against Long Island University in non-conference action at Pegula Ice Arena on Friday night. DiMarsico joins classmate Aiden Fink and sophomore JJ Wiebusch as the only Nittany Lions all-time to secure multiple games with three or more goals in a career. The junior also became the only Penn State player all-time to tally multiple hat-tricks in the same season. DiMarsico’s hat-trick is the 17th all-time and ...

Franklin’s buyout could be mitigated

New information has emerged about James Franklin’s buyout from Penn State that reportedly will pay him $49 million. Front Office Sports, which specializes in covering the business end of sports and has more than 225,000 followers on X (@FOS) obtained a copy of his 2021 of Franklin’s ...

Interim coach Terry Smith feels at home at Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK — As a third-generation Penn Stater, you could say that Terry Smith bleeds blue and white. He’s been there since 2014 when James Franklin hired him at the start of his era, he graduated from the school in 1991, and it’s a good bet that he’s not looking to leave State ...