THIS WEEK
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (3-3, 0-0 B1G), under the guidance of head coach Lisa Bervinchak Love, travels to Lewisburg, Pa., on Sunday, Sept. 22, for a non-conference road game. The Nittany Lions and Bison will tangle at 1 p.m.
The Nittany Lions are coming off a two-win weekend. Penn State picked up a 4-1 win at Kent State on Friday afternoon and then returned home to down No. 15 Princeton 3-2 at the Field Hockey Complex on Sunday. Senior Phia Gladieux led Penn State over the weekend, notching 10 points off four goals and two assists. She had two goals and an assist in each win. Sophia Mannino also scored twice, including the game winner late in the game against Princeton.
Gladieux leads Penn State with 22 points off 10 goals and two assists. She has scored in all six of Penn State’s games this year. Gladieux is inching closer to Penn State’s all-time records in both goals scored and points. Mannino is second on the team with five points off two goals and an assist and Julienne van Bekkum has four off one and two. Freshman goalie Aby Deverka has 33 saves and a .702 percentage with a 2-3 mark in the cage for Penn State.
Bucknell enters the weekend with a 2-4 mark. The Bison host Boston University on Friday, Sept. 20, post-press. Bucknell lost 4-2 to Wagner on Friday of last week but rebounded for a 2-1 victory over Columbia on Sunday. Penn State leads the all-timer series with Bucknell 45-2-2.
Penn State has a two-game home stand next weekend. The Nittany Lions open up Big Ten action on Friday, Sept. 27, hosting Indiana at 4 p.m. Two days later, Penn State welcomes Lafayette to the Field Hockey Complex for a 1 p.m. contest.
Fans are encouraged to follow the Nittany Lion field hockey team online at www.GoPSUsports.com (click teams, click field hockey), on X and Instagram @pennstateFH and on facebook at www.facebook.com/pennstatefieldhockey.
THIS WEEK’S ACTION
#20 Penn State (3-3, 0-0 B1G) at Bucknell (2-4*)
Sunday, Sept. 22, 1 p.m.
Series History: Penn State leads 45-2-2
*Bucknell hosts Boston on friday, 9/20
NOTES
NEW STADIUM, NEW INFO!
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO…
The Penn State Field Hockey Complex has some new policies in place! Check out the key ones heading into the 2024 season:
• Gates open 1 hour prior to game time
• The Field Hockey Complex is not a clear bag facility, however, bags
brought into the facility will be checked upon entrance
• Outside food and beverages are prohibited….
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