Athletic Director Sandy Barbour apologized for bashing the hockey team's 409 stickers on a radio show tonight, saying she just wanted Penn State to make sure it "got it right."
It's been a sad time for basketball in Happy Valley. One day after the men's team dropped a crushing overtime loss to Purdue, the Lady Lions followed it up with their eighth straight loss of the season, 69-60, on the road against Ohio State.
Sandy Barbour's first public relations snafu as Penn State's athletic director may have just happened this morning in the form of an innocuous Tweet to a Michigan graduate. Barbour apologized to a Twitter user with fewer than 50 followers who made her displeasure known to Barbour about Penn State hockey's decision to add a 409 decal to its helmets on Friday's game to honor the late coach Joe Paterno.
Many fans were unable to purchase tickets at the Bryce Jordan Center for Saturday's game against Purdue despite an abundance of empty seats inside.
Penn State Hockey unveiled new jerseys and earned a series split with Michigan State on Saturday night after a 5-2 win. Linemates Casey Bailey and David Goodwin led the team to the win with three points each.