After a hard-fought tie and a record-breaking victory last weekend, Penn State’s hockey team will be playing in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush this weekend, hosted by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. The Nittany Lions play the University of Alaska-Anchorage (2-0-0) Friday, and UAF (1-0-1) Saturday.
Less than a week after football lost a depressing game against the Michigan Wolverines, the No. 11 women's soccer team played a strong 90 minutes and gutted out a 1-0 win over No. 24 Michigan to take sole possession of first place in the Big Ten last night in Ann Arbor.
D.J. Newbill will slide over to the point guard position to replace Tim Frazier. That leaves a host of Nittany Lions to compete for the starting shooting guard position.
With a team that returns nine of 14 players and four of five starters, not much changes. While, in Penn State basketball's case they lost arguably their biggest piece in Tim Frazier, Pat Chambers, like most coaches, chose not to speak about the people that left, and focused on this year's team during media day.
For the first time in program history, Penn State hockey picked up votes in the USCHO Top 20 poll, with six votes to the Nittany Lions' credit.
The women's volleyball team was unable to control Illinois, and lost its third match of the year, (24-26, 25-16, 23-25, 22-25), Saturday night at Rec Hall.