Penn State entered the offseason oversigned by one scholarship player. Today, the scholarship situation became clearer when the names of Patrick Ackerman and Akosa Maduegbunam appeared on CBS's Jeff Goodman's annual transfer list. When asked about the CBS report, basketball SID Brian Siegrist told Black Shoe Diaries that there were "no official roster changes to report at this time."
Penn State, meet your 25th-ranked International Quidditch Association (IQA) team, which will be competing in the Quidditch World Cup this coming weekend. No, they may not have flying broomsticks or enchanted Bludgers, but the Muggles of the Penn State Quidditch club play a similar and equally impressive version of the wizarding sport of "Harry Potter."
Penn State has moved up from eighth place to second in the Learfield Director's Cup standings after a successful winter sports season highlighted by a third consecutive national championship for the wrestling team.
The Penn State baseball team finally halted a losing streak that spanned 13 games on Sunday with a 11-3 win over Wright State at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. With five games in the next six days, the Nittany Lions (6-21) will look to build off the Wright State win and garner some momentum as the weather warms up in the month of April. Tonight at 7 p.m. they'll take on Kent State (14-15), who shutout the Nittany Lions 10-0 last week in Ohio. On Wednesday, Bucknell (9-22) will travel to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park for a 6:05 p.m. first pitch.
Overall contributions to the athletic department dropped nearly $8.8 million -- from $34.3 million to $9.7 million -- however, contributions related to football more than quadrupled. In the spirit of #OneTeam, Penn State took in $9.7 million specific to football, up from $2.1 million in 2010-2011.
Although it's not too late into the season, No. 13 Penn State Men's Lacrosse had quite a bit on the line Saturday afternoon in their game versus No. 12 Drexel. Thanks to an offensive surge in the second half, the Nittany Lions finished off the matchup with a 13-6 victory.