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PSU Altoona celebrating fall sports with awards

Penn State Altoona women’s junior tennis player Lexi Colaianni was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s co-Player of the Year and a total of four Lions picked up all-conference status as well. Colaianni shares the AMCC Player of the Year honors with Penn State Behrend’s Tamanna Sharma and Pitt-Greensburg’s Gabi Moder, following a three-player tie in the vote. The junior was also a first-team all-conference selection for No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles. Additionally, sophomore Daniel Fulton earned spots on the first team of the All-AMCC squad for both No. 6 ...

Lions’ OC searches for positives after change

Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki’s future beyond this season seems to be as up in the air as the rest of the program at the moment. To put it bluntly, the Lions’ offense has been mediocre as it sits in 97th place in total offense in FBS right now. Starting quarterback Drew ...

Nittany Lion wrestlers qualify for world event

Seven Penn State Wrestlers will take part in the United World Wrestling U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, beginning on Friday, Oct. 24, and running through Monday, Oct. 27. The United States U23 World Team features ten wrestlers, seven of whom are current Nittany Lions. The U23 World Championships officially begin on Monday, Oct. 20, with Greco Roman competition, continue midweek with women’s freestyle wrestling and conclude with men’s freestyle starting on Friday, Oct. 24. Two-time All-American and 2025 NCAA Champion Mitchell Mesenbrink and All-American and 2025 ...

Penn State Nittany Lions can’t finish solid effort against Iowa Hawkeyes

IOWA CITY — In his first game as Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith came here not certain if the Nittany Lions would win but certain they would give a maximum effort that was clearly absent during the last three games of James Franklin’s tenure. And Smith was right. Despite a ...

James Franklin ‘grateful’ to Penn State, plans to coach again

IOWA CITY — James Franklin put some closure on his Penn State tenure by appearing as a guest on ESPN Gameday Saturday morning. Franklin said he was “pretty much in shock” after being informed of his dismissal last Sunday afternoon by Athletic Director Pat Kraft, who according to ...

Rudel’s PSU-Iowa Highs & Lows

IOWA CITY — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 25-24 loss to Iowa on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium: Play of the game: Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski broke a 67-yard run to the PSU 8, setting up a touchdown that gave the Hawkeyes a 25-24 lead with 3:54 ...