Following a weekend that featured shutout wins over No. 2 Stanford and Santa Clara, a trio of Penn State women soccer players earned Big Ten weekly honors. Frannie Crouse was named the Offensive Player of the Week, Britt Eckerstrom garnered Co-Defensive Player honors, and Kaleigh Riehl was named the Freshman of the Week in the conference.
The losses of Patrick Koudys, Nate Jensen, and Peter Sweetland will hurt, but the five returning defensemen and three incoming freshmen should ease the pain.
Christian Hackenberg isn't only one of the most talented Penn State players in recent history, he's also one of the most scrutinized.
With all the hype surrounding the renewal of the Penn State-Pitt rivalry game in 2016, it is somewhat shocking that the Penn State Athletic Department is not interested in immediately scheduling a game against Pitt after the completion of the 2016-2019 series.
Penn State was without two key veterans in Nyeem Wartman-White and Brandon Bell against Buffalo, but that didn't stop it from taking ownership of the defense.
Penn State Athletics added another successful weekend to its already impressive start. The Nittany Lions combined for a 7-4 record across three days, and looked fairly impressive throughout. Penn State fans saw another women's volleyball sweep, the first football win of the season, impressive victories from both men's and women's soccer en route to the 7-4 weekend record.. With this past weekend, Penn State is now 21-9-2 on the year and doesn't look like it will be slowing down anytime soon.