Blue and White weekend is highlighted by the Blue and White Game, where in the end, essentially everybody wins and the points don't matter. Across campus at Recreation Hall, a very different sort of competition will be held. This competition involves a building full of collegiate athletes with very low body fat percentages and back flips.
As eight-time national champions since the team's founding in 1992, women's rugby is currently in the running for number nine. In the Final Four round, the Nittany Lions will play Navy in hopes to stack up against the winner of the Stanford-Norwich University game for a title.
Senior Lady Lions Alex Bentley and Nikki Greene were drafted to the WNBA on Monday night.
Lady Lions guard Maggie Lucas had already garnered numerous awards and accolades for her outstanding junior campaign, but to win the Premier Players Women's Player of College Basketball Award, Lucas needed help from the fans.
When Penn State athletics released its annual NCAA financial report earlier this week, it showed an uncharacteristic decrease in revenue that most fans attributed to the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Between a $7.9 million dip in overall revenue and an overall contribution drop of $8.8 million, many fans wondered if Penn State would need to cut anything to make up for the loss.
In response, the Penn State athletic department released a statement attempting to clarify why such a dramatic drop occurred.
Lady Lion guard Alex Bentley was one of only 12 players invited to attend the WNBA Draft.