Today in Penn State sports: Jan. 20, 2018
Everything you missed in Penn State sports — and isn’t listed elsewhere in the CDT — from Saturday:
Track and field
Rivers sets school record
CLEMSON, S.C. Penn State sophomore Danae Rivers broke her own school record in the 800 meters Saturday, clocking a time of 2 minutes, 3.13 seconds — 0.91 seconds faster than her previous best.
Against nine other competitors, however, she still finished second in the race — beating out everyone but Adidas’ Natoya Goule, who had a time of 1:59.86. Rivers beat the third-place finisher by more than eight seconds.
Other highlights included Isaiah Harris breaking the facility record in the 600 meters with a time of 1:16.55. State College grad Bryce Williams also had a first-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 52-0.
Men’s volleyball
Penn State edges Southern Cal
LOS ANGELES Penn State left southern California with a split showing after outlasting No. 13 Southern California in a five-set marathon to close the AVCA Showcase at Pauley Pavilion.
The No. 9 Nittany Lions had four players post double digits in kills in the 23-25, 25-21, 28-26, 19-25, 17-15 victory, which followed a four-set loss to UCLA on Thursday.
Aidan Albrecht led the way with 18 kills and three aces, while 15 kills each came from Matt McLaren, Jalen Penrose and Cal Mende. Luke Braswell directed the offense to .285 hitting with his 60 assists, and Braswell and Penrose also had four blocks apiece.
Jack Wyett’s 20 kills and Sam Lewis’ 11 blocks paced the Trojans.
Penn State (3-1) continues its challenging stretch with a visit to No. 1 and defending champion Ohio State on Jan. 28. The Buckeyes beat USC on Thursday and lost to UCLA on Saturday.
Men’s gymnastics
PSU grabs win over Army
UNIVERSITY PARK Penn State captured five event titles en route to a win over Army West Point, 407.600-384.100, at Rec Hall.
The event winners included Stephen Nedoroscik (pommel horse), Greg Tamargo (still rings, vault), freshman Brennan Pantazis (parallel bars) and Alex Frack (high bar). Pantazis also won the all-around title.
Women’s hockey
Nittany Lions fall in OT
UNIVERSITY PARK A night after falling to Syracuse in overtime, Penn State experienced deja vu — losing to the Orange again in overtime Saturday, this time by a 2-1 score.
The Nittany Lions lost 3-2 in overtime Friday.
“Our kids played hard,” coach Jeff Kampersal said in a news release. “It is disheartening to lose twice the way that we did.”
With 1:06 left in overtime Saturday, Syracuse’s Savannah Rennie netted her second goal of the season. PSU goalie Hannah Ehresmann finished with 32 saves.
Men’s tennis
Penn State shuts out Colgate
UNIVERSITY PARK The Nittany Lions won every match Saturday en route to a 7-0 win over Colgate.
The singles winners included Gabriel Nemeth, Alp Sentay, Zach Lieb, Matt Galush, Chris Kuhnle and Noah Sutter. Only Sutter went to a third set, as he won 0-6, 7-6, 10-7. Penn State’s double teams also won all three matches.
Fencing
Mixed success in dual series
QUEENS, N.Y. The Penn State men’s team finished 3-2 on the weekend, while the women were 2-3 in a series of duals against Harvard, Columbia, St. John’s, Notre Dame and Ohio State.
Andrew Mackiewicz led the men with a 13-2 record in saber. For the women, Anastasia Kalonji was 12-3 in epee.
This story was originally published January 20, 2018 at 11:27 PM with the headline "Today in Penn State sports: Jan. 20, 2018."