
Following a weekend that featured shutout wins over No. 2 Stanford and Santa Clara, a trio of Penn State women soccer players earned Big Ten weekly honors. Frannie Crouse was named the Offensive Player of the Week, Britt Eckerstrom garnered Co-Defensive Player honors, and Kaleigh Riehl was named the Freshman of the Week in the conference.

The Board of Trustees will meet for its annual September meeting at the Penn Stater on Thursday and Friday. Committee meetings will take place on Thursday and the full board will meet on Friday.

Senior linebacker Ben Kline was selected to the Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team -- the third Penn State player to receive such honors.

The losses of Patrick Koudys, Nate Jensen, and Peter Sweetland will hurt, but the five returning defensemen and three incoming freshmen should ease the pain.

Here are some highlights from James Franklin's weekly press conference before taking on Rutgers on Saturday, in which he talked about rivalries, punting, and the offensive line.