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Recap 2026 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP SESSION 3 • RESULTS Round Wt Wrestler Result Qtrs 125lbs (1) Luke Lilledahl, Penn State W | DEC 2–1 (TB1) vs. (8) Dean Peterson, IOWA W | DEC 2–1 (TB1)vs. (8) Dean Peterson, IOWA Qtrs 133lbs (3) Marcus Blaze, Penn State W | DEC 5–3 vs. (6) Drake Ayala, IOWA […]
Penn State advanced to its first ever Frozen Four with a 3-0 win over UConn last Saturday. The Nittany Lions will look to advance to the national championship game when they take on defending champion Wisconsin in the Frozen Four tonight. The Badgers lead the all-time series 3-1, but the series is tied 1-1 at […]
Women’s Lacrosse (9-1) The red-hot start finally came to an end with a 14-11 loss to Princeton on Sunday. The Nittany Lions dug an early 11-4 hole at halftime and could not recover. Kelly Mackinney, Rocquette Allen, Erika Ho, and Payton Wainman all scored two goals for Penn State in defeat. Penn State will begin […]
Session Recap 2026 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP SESSION 2 – THURSDAY EVENING • 7:00 PM EST • RESULTS Round Wt Wrestler Result R16 125lbs (1) Luke Lilledahl, Penn State W, DEC 4–2 vs. (17) Jett Strickenberger, WVU W, DEC 4–2vs. (17) Jett Strickenberger, WVU R16 133lbs (3) Marcus Blaze, Penn State W, TF 17–2 6:10 vs. […]
After a couple weeks of searching, Penn State has found it’s newest women’s basketball coach, and it’s a former player in Tanisha Wright. Wright was a key starter on the early 2000’s Lady Lion squads led by all-time scoring leader Kelly Mazzante, playing in the NCAA Tournament all four years from 2002 through 2005. Tanisha […]
Session Recap Heading into Round 1 with seven (7) number 1-seeds, I predicted the following: Let’s see how we did…. 2026 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP SESSION 1 • RESULTS Round Wt Wrestler Result R32 125 lbs (1) Luke Lilledahl, Penn State W | MD 11-2 vs. (32) Mack Mauger, MIZZ W | MD 11-2 vs. (32) […]
The moment has come. The Nittany Lions are ready to do what they do best: win the big one. Round 1 action is set to kick off at 12 noon today, with an Intermission estimate based on years past set for 3:30p to 7p. Penn State Upcoming Bouts Reminder to use the Bubbapage liberally for […]
In a surprise move, Penn State assistant coach Joe Crispin has taken a head coaching job at the Air Force Academy. What was first reported by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein was later confirmed by Air Force Basketball’s official Twitter account, as seen above. Crispin had been an assistant in Happy Valley for the last three […]
Levi Haines – Penn State Wrestler On the Progression of the Penn State Lineup: It has been a good season. I have seen our team progress pretty well throughout the season. We have a lot of young guys in the lineup, and they have been taking care of business and getting better. It has been […]
Cael Sanderson takes aim at his 13th NCAA team title at Penn State, while the Nittany Lions have legitimate individual title contenders in eight of 10 weights. How will they fair? We’re joined by “Locked On Nittany Lions” host Zach Seyko to get the lowdown. The audio version is on Apple and Spotify as well.
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Head Coach Cael Sanderson, then 125 lb starter Luke Lilledahl and 149 lb starter Shayne Van Ness met with the media ahead of the NCAA Championships, which get underway at noon on Thursday, March 19 in Cleveland, OH. Cael Sanderson – Head Coach Seven top seeds and the strength of the program Yeah, obviously I […]
With the conference tournaments behind us and a week to wait around before NCAAs begin, I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look at the remaining Hodge candidates and place them into tiers ahead of the NCAA Championships. What is the Hodge? The Hodge trophy is “wrestling’s Heisman”, awarded to the […]
With the basketball team’s season over, and with the NCAA wrestling tournament ahead, we sit currently in a semi lull between major sporting events that normally might have been filled with idle football chatter. Instead, the men’s and women’s hockey teams are keeping us all on our toes! First up, the women. The women’s hockey […]
A dominant women’s hockey season for the Nittany Lions continued on Saturday as Penn State defeated UConn in their NCAA Regional Final to secure a spot in the program’s first Frozen Four. Penn State got on the board early with Matilde Fantin scoring just one minute and 40 seconds into the game. That goal actually […]
Happy Selection Sunday, college hoops fans! This month marks 25 years since arguably the greatest win in Penn State basketball history, when the No. 7 seed Nittany Lions, led by the Crispin Brothers, Titus Ivory, and Gyasi Cline-Heard, went on to upset the No. 2 seed North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future NBA champion […]
What do we have here? After weeks of intense action, we’re at a calm before the storm as the Penn State Nittany Lion Wrestlers move into position to claim another bevy of national championships and the records they set along the way. In times like this, I spend too much time listening to wrestling podcasts, […]
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 […]