The Nittany Lion wrestling team left no doubt to its dominance, rolling to a perfect 5-0 record in the 2017 NCAA Championship finals. The stunning run capped off Penn State's team title performance in St. Louis' Scottrade Center. Penn State, under the guidance of head coach Cael Sanderson, claimed its sixth NCAA team title in the last seven years, its second straight and its seventh overall.
The Penn State men's hockey team captured its first Big Ten tournament championship on March 18, defeating Wisconsin in a double-overtime thriller 2-1.
No. 1 Penn State overwhelmed Maryland today (Feb. 12) to clinch the 2017 Big Ten regular season championship in wrestling, finishing the regular season 13-0. It is the Nittany Lions' fourth regular season title.
With Penn State's victory over Wisconsin on Dec. 3, the Nittany Lions not only earned the 2016 Big Ten championship, but the University's 100th Big Ten championship or tournament title.
Penn State returns to the Rose Bowl and also makes its first trip to a California bowl for the first time since the 2008 season when the Nittany Lions take on Pac-12 foe USC in the 103rd annual Rose Bowl Game at 5 p.m. on Jan. 2.
Penn State student-athletes have shined during the opening week of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eleven Nittany Lions across seven teams have competed thus far, with four more set to begin action next week, as well as one former student-athlete who is coaching. Former Nittany Lion fencing All-American Miles Chamley-Watson earned the 30th Olympic medal by a Penn State student-athlete, as he helped the United States men’s foil team win the bronze medal Friday (Aug. 12).
Penn State student-athletes earned two medals during the opening week of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and nine Nittany Lions will be seeking similar success during the final week of competition.
This July, Christopher Cantine, a senior business management major, will represent Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Canada on the 2016 CAN-AM Challenge College Basketball Tour. The eight-day trip will take Cantine through Ontario, making stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Brampton, Oakville and Niagra Falls, where he will compete against Canadian college teams along the way.
