The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team was simply dominating on Sunday (March 4), crowning three repeat champions in a perfect title match run and rolling to the team's second straight Big Ten Championship. Penn State was nearly perfect throughout the Sunday session and ran away from both Minnesota and Iowa in the team title race. Penn State has also qualified nine wrestlers for NCAAs with a 10th alive for an at-large bid. Three Nittany Lions -- Frank Molinaro, David Taylor and Ruth -- repeated as Big Ten champions with each posting bonus point victorie (more)
With 13,849 fans, including a record 505 survivors, filling the Bryce Jordan Center, the No. 11/15 Penn State Lady Lions (23-5, 13-3) defeated Minnesota (14-16, 6-10), 74-51, Sunday afternoon in the Sixth Annual WBCA Pink Zone game. The Lady Lions clinch the Big Ten regular-season championship outright for the fourth time in school history and sixth regular-season crown overall. The 13,849 fans in attendance account for the fourth-largest crowd in school history and the largest to witness a Pink Zone game. The preliminary fundraising total for this year's Pink Zone is $159,795.93, which does not include donations from single-game ticket sales, t-shirt sales or the CharityBuzz.com online auction. (more)
The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers hammered visiting Michigan 34-7 in their Big Ten dual finale to claim a share of the Big Ten regular season dual meet championship. The Nittany Lions won eight of ten bouts, including seven straight to close out the dual. The Nittany Lions are now 11-1 overall, and 7-1 in the Big Ten. Penn State's 7-1 conference mark sets a new school record for Big Ten wins in a season and helped the team share the conference's regular season dual meet crown with Minnesota. Penn State's dominating performance showed up in the match's stats as well. (more)
For the first time since 1998, the Penn State field hockey team (16-5, 4-2) are the Big Ten Tournament champions, after defeating the Michigan Wolverines on Sunday, 3-2, in the tournament championship game. With the score tied up at two, redshirt senior Hannah Allison (Mifflinburg, Pa.) netted the game-winning goal in the second half to seal the victory. Penn State wins its fifth-ever Big Ten Tournament title. The Nittany Lions' previous title came on Nov. 8, 1998, in a 3-1 victory over Michigan. (more)
Senior Caitlin Lane (Greenwich, N.Y.) took top honors, leading the Nittany Lion women's squad to a third-place finish in the team standings Sunday at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships at the University of Illinois Arboretum. Lane led a trio of Nittany Lions on the women's all-conference team, with senior Kara Millhouse (Boiling Springs, Pa.) earning first team status, and sophomore Emily Giannotti (Coudersport, Pa.) claiming second team honors. Seniors Kyle Dawson (Coatesville, Pa.) and Vince McNally(Paoli, Pa.) paced the Nittany Lions' sixth-place finish on the men's side, placing 12th and 13th, respectively, both capturing all-conference second team accolades. (more)
No. 14 Penn State women's soccer won Big Ten title No. 14 on Sunday in a 4-0 victory at Michigan. The title signaled the most consecutive titles by a Big Ten women's program in any sport, putting PSU one ahead of the current Northwestern women's tennis squad. The Nittany Lions also captured their 10th straight win in the process, the longest winning streak since 2005. For the third straight year, Penn State celebrated a Big Ten title against Michigan including for the second time in three years in Ann Arbor. (more)
The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team was nearly perfect on day two of the 2011 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, going 5-0 in the championship finals and winning the school's first ever Big Ten wrestling championship. Five wins in the finals and key bonus points in consolations helped spark Penn State to a one-point victory over runner-up Iowa. Sophomore Andrew Long (Creston, Iowa), junior Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.), freshman David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio), freshman Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) and sophomore Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.) each claimed Big Ten crowns at their weights. (more)
The seventh-ranked and three-time defending national champion Penn State women's volleyball team (26-5, 16-4 Big Ten) earned the No. 4 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The Nittany Lions host MAAC Champion Niagara (25-8) on Friday, Dec. 3 at Rec Hall in the first round on the tournament. Virginia Tech (19-11) of the ACC, who earned its first ever NCAA Tournament bid, will take on CAA Champion Delaware (26-5) at 5 p.m. in the other first round match. The winners of each of the matches will meet in the NCAA Second Round contest at 7:30 p.m. in Rec Hall on Saturday, Dec. 4. (more)
With just 17 seconds remaining in double overtime, Ali Schaefer (Las Vegas, Nev.) scored the biggest goal in her Penn State career, giving Penn State women's soccer a 1-0 win over Michigan for the program's record-breaking 13th straight Big Ten title on Sunday. "My heart stopped," head coach Erica Walsh said after the victory. "Of course it was Ali Schaefer. When you think of this group, you say we need that extra bit, she's the one that's come through. It couldn't have happened to a better kid. I'm so proud of this group. They just don't give up. We've had our backs against the wall for the past five weeks in must-win situations. Just about when it felt like it wasn't going to come, they gave it an extra push." (more)
Bolstered by a total of six individual, and two relay titles, the Nittany Lion women's track and field team completed its "triple crown" run for the 2009-10 academic year by winning team title at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Sunday on the campus of Indiana University. The victory is the third consecutive outdoor conference win for the Nittany Lions, who have claimed Big Ten titles in cross country, and indoor and outdoor track and field during the 2009-10 seasons. Highlighting the efforts individually, were senior Fawn Dorr (Akron, N.Y.) and junior Shavon Greaves (Lakewood, N.J.), who claimed two individual wins each, and were also important legs on the winning 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays. (more)
