PSU owns a 14-19 overall record in the event since its first appearance in the 1999 campaign, good enough for a. The Nittany Lions prepare for their 16th appearance in the Big Ten Tournament all-time and their second consecutive. Bailey Parshall (1.46) and Kylee Lingenfelter (2.13) rank second and ninth in the league, respectively. ![]() The Nittany Lion pitching staff is the class of the Big Ten Conference, booking a league-leading ERA of 2.15 this season. Her batting average against B1G foes leads all 114 qualified league batters. 456 batting average overall coupled with a. Junior third baseman Emily Maddock leads the offense with an astonishing. PSU went 4-2 on the road in that stretch and 6-0 at home on Beard Field. In their last 12 games, the Nittany Lions have racked up a whopping 10 wins, with nine of those wins coming against Big Ten challengers. The Nittany Lions will participate in the Big Ten Tournament as the league’s seven-seed and will open the tournament in the first round against 10th-seeded Michigan. Penn State enters the postseason following its fourth straight Big Ten series victory over Purdue. * – Denotes that game will be played if necessary B1G Championship* | Saturday, May 13 | 4 p.m. Much like in a 2014 win against Michigan, the Lions seemed to feast on the extra noise in coming away with the win.Īlso - one last thing - the Generations of Greatness uniforms looked wonderful under those Saturday night lights.#7 Penn State vs. It was only the fourth time ever that Penn State entered a full stadium White Out off a loss. It was the exact opposite against the Gophers with a number of presnap penalties by Minnesota that could be attributed to the crowd. Last year, Beaver Stadium was lifeless in the nine overtime loss to Illinois. It was nice to see Penn State answer some criticism heading into that matchup.Ĭredit to Penn State’s White Out crowd for bringing a ton of energy to a team that was still feeling a bit of an early hangover on Saturday night. Stroud and his talented group of wide receivers come to Happy Valley. ![]() The Lions will face their biggest challenge next Saturday when Ohio State Heisman hopeful C.J. That put pressure on a first-time starting quarterback allowing just 2-of-13 third down conversions and Ji’Ayir Brown came up with a critical third-quarter interception. Penn State stuffed the run, making star running back Mo Ibrahim work for all 102 of his yards with a good deal of those coming on a relatively meaningless, and time consuming, fourth-quarter drive. ![]() Starting defensive end Nick Tarburton noted earlier in the week that Penn State’s defense spent a lot of time watching film of their disastrous performance at Michigan together.įacing a Minnesota team with a familiar gameplan and ideology, the Nittany Lions were up to the fight on Saturday night. Penn State’s use of the tight ends allowed Clifford and company to stretch the field and ultimately allowed for some rushing room for Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen.įor the night, Penn State’s offense finished with 479 yards despite a slow start in the first quarter. Mostly, for the first time since the Auburn game, it looked like Yurcich had a plan on how to attack Minnesota’s tendencies and to exploit mismatches. ![]() Meanwhile, Tyler Warren looked healthy and came up with a touchdown to give Penn State the lead in the second quarter. Theo Johnson had more catches in the first half (3) than he had all season up to this point (2), including his first touchdown. Well, that talent was on display on Saturday night. Remember, that’s a room that Franklin has lauded for its talent. The criticism for Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich has been the lack of imaginative use of the tight end room. The middle of the three defining games in Penn State’s 2022 football schedule is now done, a 45-17 win at Beaver Stadium against Minnesota.īefore fully turning the page to next week’s Big Noon matchup against Ohio State, here are three takeaways from the White Out win.
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