The Penn State women's basketball team could not get its offense going on Thursday and lost to Purdue, 51-49. The Lady Lions will finish the regular season on Sunday in their Pink Zone game with Northwestern.
Last weekend, the Penn State men’s volleyball team won both of their matches and coach Mark Pavlik earned his 400th and 401st victories. After beating Mount Olive on Friday, the Nittany Lions beat Lees McRae on Saturday.
The Nittany Lions now enter the toughest portion of their schedule that features three road matches against conference foes and three matches in California. Next week, Penn State faces off against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Wednesday before playing George Mason on Saturday.
After learning their fate for the national tournament last week, the Penn State Icers traveled to Rhode Island for the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) playoffs last weekend. Penn State fell to Delaware in the semifinals on Saturday. The Icers finish out the regular season against Rutgers before heading to the national tournament to play Rhode Island.
Dr. Andrew Freiberg is a pediatric hematology oncologist at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. In layman’s terms, Dr. Freiberg works with young cancer patients. He has been involved with THON since almost the very beginning of the event. Onward State got a chance to take with Dr. Freiberg on Saturday about his work and involvement with THON.
The Penn State women’s basketball team suffered their seventh loss of the season on Thursday, losing to Ohio State 89-67. With the loss, Penn State drops to 21-7 overall and 10-4 in the Big Ten. The Lady Lions are technically still in the hunt for the regular season Big Ten title, but this would require Michigan State to lose their final three games and Penn State to win their last two. Barring this unlikely circumstance, the Lady Lions will most likely finish the regular season in second place.
Penn State's final two games are both at home. Next up for the Lady Lions is Purdue on Thursday at 7 p.m. In their first meeting of the season, Purdue won on their home court 79-69. Penn State has a strong home record, however, and will hope to finish the season with some momentum heading into the Big Ten Tournament.
The Penn State men's volleyball team was busy last week. After losing to Ohio State on Wednesday, the Nittany Lions grabbed two wins against conference foes last weekend. Next up for Penn State is two matches with small schools from North Carolina.
After being taken down by Ohio State, the Nittany Lions faced off against Rutgers-Newark on Friday night and handed the Scarlet Raiders a 3-1 defeat. Saturday night, the Princeton Tigers rolled into town and were slapped with a 3-0 loss in a game that featured contributions from some unfamiliar players.