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Nittany Lions place a pair on All-Conference and All-Freshman Teams. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following an action-packed 2010 season, three Penn State baseball players were honored with postseason Big Ten awards, as announced at the Big Ten banquet on Tuesday evening. Junior catcher Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) was named First Team All-Big Ten while freshman outfielder [...]

Team W-L Pct RPI 1 Michigan 34 – 20 – 0 0.630 67 2 Michigan State 34 – 19 – 0 0.642 82 3 Indiana 25 – 25 – 0 0.500 91 4 Ohio State 28 – 21 – 0 0.571 92 5 Iowa 25 – 26 – 0 0.490 123 6 Minnesota 24 – [...]

Team W-L GB Pct 1 Minnesota 15 – 9 – 0 – 0.625 2 Michigan 14 – 10 – 0 1 0.583 3 Iowa 13 – 11 – 0 2 0.542 3 Northwestern 13 – 11 – 0 2 0.542 5 Purdue 12 – 12 – 0 3 0.500 5 Indiana 12 – 12 – [...]

Nittany Lions wrap up and down campaign with hard-fought defeat. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Despite holding a 4-3 lead after six full innings, the Michigan bats exploded for four runs in the seventh to down the Penn State baseball team, 7-4 on Saturday’s Senior Day at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Freshman Steve Snyder (West [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Faced with a scenario every baseball player dreams about, Jordan Steranka came through for the Penn State baseball team to cap a 6-5 comeback win over Michigan Friday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Nittany Lions (22-29, 9-14 Big Ten) trailed 5-1 entering the bottom of the [...]

Jordan Sterenka comes up with a two out full count bases loaded game winning single. As good as the moment was, the play at the plate was a lot closer than it ever should have been. Robbie Wine inserted pitcher Jesse Alfreno as a pinch runner for Sean Deagan after Deagon had smashed a ground [...]

Despite the thrilling comeback, Penn State was eliminated from postseason contention due to scores in other Big Ten games. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Trailing by four runs heading into the bottom of the ninth and down to the game’s final strike, sophomore Jordan Steranka (Pittsburgh, Pa.) capped a furious five-run Penn State rally with a [...]

Down 5-1 in the ninth, they come back to score five to top Michigan. Jordan Steranka lines a two out bases loaded single up the middle to score two for the win. Despite getting a poor jump on the 3-2 pitch, pinch runner Jesse Alfreno scores the winning run on a close play at the [...]

Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist Ben Heath blasts his 19th home run of the season in the loss. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team sent the go-ahead run to the plate in the eighth and ninth innings, but fell short in a 6-3 setback to Michigan on Thursday night in the opening game [...]

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Penn State enters the weekend two games out of a postseason berth. • Despite struggling at Minnesota last weekend, the Penn State baseball team is still very much in the race for a Big Ten Tournament berth heading into a key series vs. Michigan to close the regular season. Gametimes are set for 6:35 p.m [...]

A disastrous weekend leaves the Nittany Lions all alone in last place and a real long shot to make the conference tournament (top six go). Team W-L GB Pct 1 Minnesota 13 – 8 – 0 – 0.619 2 Michigan 12 – 9 – 0 1 0.571 2 Purdue 12 – 9 – 0 1 [...]

Penn State still in the hunt for a Big Ten Tournament berth with one series remaining. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Despite taking its first lead of the series, Minnesota answered with eight unanswered runs on its way to a 8-1 win over the Penn State baseball team on Sunday afternoon at the Metrodome. The Nittany Lions [...]

Penn State stands two games out of a Big Ten Tournament berth with four games remaining. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Penn State baseball team fell victim to a dominant pitching performance by Minnesota’s TJ Oakes, mustering only four hits in a 5-1 loss on Saturday afternoon at the Metrodome. Senior Louie Picconi (North Merrick, N.Y.) [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Minnesota pitcher T.J. Oakes dominated Saturday as the Penn State baseball team lost 5-1 to the Golden Gophers at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Gophers got to Penn State starter Steven Hill for two early runs when left fielder Andy Henkemeyer hit a run-scoring double and later scored [...]