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.
Four games into 2015, Penn State has yet to win a match, dropping to 0-4 on Saturday night with a four-set loss to Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne on the road.
After seemingly having this game in the bag, a corner three pointer from Purdue's Kendall Stephens forced overtime, where the Nittany Lions scored only four points. Despite 37 points from leading scorer D.J. Newbill, the team's issues showed down the stretch, and ultimately sent Penn State to its proverbial grave.
The men's volleyball team is now 0-3 after blowing a two-set lead to Ball State Friday evening, despite a career-high 32 kills from Aaron Russell.