Sophomore freestyle/backstroke specialist Shane Ryan became the first Nittany Lion to ever be named Swimmer of the Big Ten Championships after his record-setting performance at the 2014 Big Ten Championships last weekend.
The Lady Lions won their third straight conference championship two days ago; now, the individual Big Ten accolades and honors are following suit. Maggie Lucas, Dara Taylor, and head coach Coquese Washington all earned top conference awards following yet another very strong regular season for Penn State's women's basketball squad.
Penn State was only able to score two runs in a Saturday double-header against Hofstra, but had a ten run power surge in Sunday's final game. They dropped both double-header games, but were able to blow out the Pride in the final game. Penn State is now 3-6.
It was another eventful weekend for Penn State sports as thirteen teams were in action, with seven picking up victories at one point or another this weekend.
Unfortunately for Penn State basketball fans, Pat Chambers and co. weren't able to pull its second-straight upset of a top-25 ranked team, as the team fell to No. 14 Wisconsin, 71-66. With the loss, the Nittany Lions fell to 14-15 (5-11 B1G) on the year.
Head Coach Coquese Washington described the moment like "watching her kids open presents on Christmas morning." However you want to call it, one thing so for sure -- the Lady Lions 77-62 victory over Michigan last night was good enough to clinch the program's third straight Big Ten Championship.