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The Penn State wrestling team holds up the Big Ten Championship banner after winning its fourth consecutive conference title.

Penn State wrestlers claim fourth consecutive Big Ten title

3/9/14

The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team rode a strong and balanced performance to its fourth-straight Big Ten Championship this weekend, sparked by two historic individual champions. Penn State out-distanced second place Iowa by 5.5 points.

Men's gymnast Trevor Howard performs on the parallel bars

Howard collects third Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor

3/7/14

After helping the No. 7 Penn State men's gymnastics team to its sixth consecutive team title of the 2014 season, sophomore Trevor Howard (Columbus, Ohio) has earned his fourth Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor of the 2014 season, as announced by the conference Monday (March 3).

Penn State gymnast Emma Sibson performs on the beam

Sibson selected Big Ten Freshman of the Week

3/7/14

The No. 19 Penn State women's gymnastics team claimed its second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor of the season when freshman Emma Sibson (Allen, Texas) was honored by the conference office on Monday (March 3) for her efforts last Friday night in a quad meet win over Bridgeport, Western Michigan and Yale.

Penn State Hershey undergoing final phase of radiology expansion

3/7/14

Ongoing renovations to the radiology area on the ground floor of the hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will make room for additional equipment and give admitted patients awaiting diagnostic procedures a more accessible, private space.

Penn State tennis player Michael Reilly

Men's tennis reaches program high with No. 31 ranking

3/7/14

The Penn State men's tennis team moved up to No. 31 in the ITA Poll, released on Tuesday. It marks the highest ranking in school history. The Nittany Lions are 10-1 entering this weekend as they travel to face No. 50 Princeton on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Penn State swimmer Shane Ryan

Shane Ryan named Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships

3/7/14

Sophomore Shane Ryan (Havertown, Pa.) could not have scripted a better ending to his storybook 2014 Big Ten Championship, winning the 100 freestyle event on Saturday evening on his way to becoming the first Nittany Lion to ever be named the Swimmer of the Big Ten Championships.

Penn State men's lacrosse midfielder Kyle VanThof during a win against Towson

VanThof shares CAA Player of the Week honor

3/7/14

Redshirt-senior midfielder Kyle VanThof (Penfield, N.Y.) was named Colonial Athletic Association Co-Player of the Week Monday afternoon following a career-high five-point performance at Ohio State.

Junior defender JP Burnside in action against Notre Dame

Men's lacrosse ascends to highest ranking in program history

3/7/14

The ascension of the Nittany Lion men's lacrosse program under fourth-year head coach Jeff Tambroni has continued with a ranking of seventh in Monday's USILA Coaches Poll. Penn State checks in seventh in the latest Warrior Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

Lady Lions fall to Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament

3/7/14

No. 8 seed Ohio State (17-17, 5-11) shot a sizzling 71.9 percent from the field and a 71.4 percent from three-point range in the first half en route to a 99-82 win over the top-seeded Penn State Lady Lions (22-7, 13-3 Big Ten) in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. Senior guard/forward Ariel Edwards (Elmont, N.Y.) continued her string of 20-point games with a personal-best 29 tallies to go along with 10 rebounds for her fifth career double-double to lead Penn State.

Bowman, Gross earn CHA season honors

3/7/14

Penn State women's hockey freshman forward Laura Bowman (Minnetonka, Minn.) and senior captain Taylor Gross (Colorado Springs, Colo.) were bestowed season honors by the coaches of College Hockey America Thursday evening. Bowman was named to the All-CHA Rookie Team, while Gross was garnered the CHA's Sportsmanship Award.

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