DOMINATE THE STATE
Penn State’s Big Ten Tournament run came to an end with a 5-2 loss to Michigan on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions made a bevy of mistakes that directly led to Michigan goals, and it was too much to overcome against the top team in the country on the road. Penn State will now wait […]
One year after the Penn State men’s team beat UConn to make their first Frozen Four, the women’s team followed suit with a 3-0 win over UConn on Saturday afternoon: Matilde Fantin scored the opening goal of the game less than two minutes in when she deflected Nicole Hall’s shot past Tia Chan: Penn State […]
After easily dispatching Minnesota 6-2 on Wednesday, Penn State will hit the road to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan in the Big Ten semifinal today. The Wolverines are No. 1 in the NPI and won the regular season series 2-1-1. Penn State beat Michigan on the road twice last March in the first round […]
Women’s Hockey (32-5) The women’s hockey team defeated Mercyhurst 3-2 to win their 4th straight AHA tournament title. The Nittany Lions withstood a furious rally from Mercyhurst in the conference title game after leading 3-0 going into the third period. Mya Vaslet, Nicole Hall, and Katelyn Roberts scored Penn State’s three goals, and Katie DeSa […]
As of this morning, the NCAA hockey tournament picture looks like this, with projected conference tournament winners in italics: Locks (12): Michigan, North Dakota, Michigan State, Western Michigan, Providence, Denver, Quinnipiac, Minnesota-Duluth, Cornell, Penn State, Dartmouth, WisconsinBubble In (3): Augustana, UMass, UConnAutomatic Qualifiers (1): Bentley My projected bracket looks like this: Worcester Regional Loveland Regional […]
Penn State needed a win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to extinguish any doubt about the team making the NCAA Tournament. They delivered with a dominant 6-2 win over Minnesota on Wednesday night. The Nittany Lions never had a power play chance in the game but controlled the game strongly at […]
The Penn State Nittany Lions were crowned the 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament Champions to compliment their regular season championship. The Nittany Lion squad crowned 7 tournament champions, setting a new school record of 184 points, with all 10 wrestlers finishing in an auto-qualifying position to make the NCAA tournament. At this level, success is […]
We’re traveling back to 1994 for the latest edition of our bi-weekly offseason series over on our YouTube channel (please subscribe, you haven’t already done so), as we cover arguably the greatest comeback in program history where Penn State rallied from a 21-0 deficit at Illinois to clinch a Rose Bowl berth and preserve their […]
After a four-game winless drought to end the regular season, Penn State will host Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament tonight. The Nittany Lions suddenly need a win to remain secure for the NCAA Tournament. With the tournament format shifting to single elimination in all three rounds, the winner of tonight’s […]
Unlike the first meeting with Northwestern, where they gave up over 90 points in a 21-point loss in Evanston, Penn State was more competitive against the Wildcats in their opening round game of the Big Ten Tournament, leading at moments during the first half and keeping the game within five points through most of the […]
Penn State hockey picked up a commitment from 2026 forward Will Yared. The Big Ten men’s hockey tournament bracket. The NCAA women’s hockey tournament bracket. Kendall Butze was named AHA Defenseman of the Month for the second straight month. An early list of candidates to replace Carolyn Kieger as Penn State’s women’s basketball coach. Matt […]
Draft sites used: ESPN, NFL Network, CBS Sports, Yahoo, PFF Previous mock draft projections in italics Drew Allar: PFF: 93rd to Rams (Chadwick’s March 9th mock) Dani Dennis-Sutton: PFF: 84th to Packers (Wasserman’s February 23rd mock) Olaivavega Ioane: ESPN: 14th to Ravens* (Jordan Reid’s March 5th mock), 22nd to Chargers (Kiper’s February 24th mock. He […]
Penn State men’s basketball is likely headed for an early end to their season, though honestly, not much earlier than in previous years. The team is last place in the conference, having gone just 3-17 in the B1G, and are 12-19 overall. A decent 9-2 start to the year in the non-conference quickly turned into […]
Session III Results Consolation Semifinals 285 – (4) Cole Mirasola, Penn State vs (10) Ben Kueter, Iowa The wrestlers tied up for most of the first period, with each wrestler making a few attempts. Cole was able to get in on a single, switching to a double and dropping Kueter to his hips. Kueter fought […]
A week ago, Penn State showed some life in a home victory against likely NCAA tournament selection Iowa. There seemed to be some life around the program and maybe a bit of a late season rally of entertaining play for the conference’s youngest team. Well, last Wednesday, Penn State was flattened at home by Ohio […]
Unlike last season, Penn State does get to play in the Big Ten Tournament this year. So technically this isn’t their last game. But, with the way things have worked out for them, it’ll likely be one of two. Can the Lions put something together and split the series with Rutgers? We’ll find out in […]
Session II Results Consolation Rd. of 12 141 (6) Braeden Davis, Penn State vs (12) Danny Pucino, Illinois Davis came out aggressive, looking to work an Russian tie that he transitioned into a single. Pucino attempted to hit an elevator but Davis was able to keep Pucino planted on his back. Pucino tried turning off […]
Session I Recap Rankings/Seed Note: For the wrestler headings below, I’m showing Intermat Rankings denoted with the “#”, and then for the individual bouts, I show the tournament seeds in parentheses. 125 lbs – #1 Luke Lilledahl Quarterfinals (1) Luke Lilledahl, Penn State vs (8) Dean Peterson, Iowa Luke stepped laterally to start, peppering quick […]
Schedule Upcoming Penn State Bouts Helpful Resources Bubbaland.net aka the “BubbaPage” BSDWrestle’s play-by-play maestro Bubba graciously provide timely and play-by-play updates. There’s a ton of great stuff on his site; some features: Penn State Wrestling Club Running Team Score Homepage BSDWrestle’s Big Ten Tourney Hub Housekeeping Here’s the rough BSDWrestle posting schedule we’ve mapped out […]
The 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament is scheduled for this weekend in State College, Pennsylvania. This past Monday, the Big Ten released a laugher of a data set, rolled out as “pre-seeds.” As BSDWrestle’s JiC put it to us afterward: The B1G threw us a twist this year and parted with the old “coaches vote” […]
Penn State lost its third straight game, an embarrassing 5-2 loss to Wisconsin at Pegula Ice Arena. Charlie Cerrato finally returned to the lineup, but his presence was not enough to wake up the team. The Nittany Lions fell behind 4-0 under siege from the Badgers’ attack early in the second period, and outside of […]
Women’s Hockey (31-5) The women’s hockey team swept Syracuse with 7-0 and 2-1 wins to advance to their fourth straight AHA title game. Tessa Janecke recorded a hat trick in Game 1 to pace the Lions to an easy 7-0 win. Katie DeSa held the line with 15 saves in Game 2 to gain the […]
Wisconsin turned in a dominant effort in the third period to cruise to a 7-3 win over Penn State on Thursday night. The Nittany Lions have suddenly gone cold with the postseason approaching. The game was tied entering the third period, but an ugly meltdown by Penn State allowed the game to spiral out of […]
At least one of the basketball programs will be searching for a new head coach this offseason, as Penn State announced a “change in leadership” regarding its women’s team. The announcement comes on the heels of the Lady Lions finishing 16th out of 18 Big Ten teams at 11-18 overall, and 4-14 in conference play, […]
No. 5 Penn State closes out its regular season with a home series against No. 12 Wisconsin. The Nittany Lions are locked into the three seed in the Big Ten Tournament and are a lock to make the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers are looking to secure their spot in the dance with at least a […]