Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer The baseball was bouncing everywhere except off the Nittany Lions’ bats in the bottom of the fifth inning against Kent State — but they found a way to score seven runs. The Penn State baseball team (10-13) used the big fifth to defeat the Golden Flashes, 10-8, Wednesday at [...]

Penn State enters conference play with a 10-13 record, winners of four of the last five. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Following a 9-8 loss at Kent State on Tuesday, the Penn State baseball team bounced back 24 hours later with an impressive 10-8 victory over the Golden Flashes on Wednesday evening at Medlar Field at [...]

Nittany Lions and Golden Flashes reconvene in Happy Valley on Wednesday to conclude the home-and-home. KENT, Ohio – Despite battling back from an early deficit, the Penn State baseball team couldn’t hold on as it dropped a 9-8 final to Kent State on Tuesday afternoon. Seven different Nittany Lions posted a hit, led by junior [...]

Nittany Lions look to extend three-game winning streak on Tuesday. • The Penn State baseball team looks to ride the momentum from three-straight wins into a home-and-home series with Kent State beginning Tuesday. Following Tuesday’s 3:00 p.m. road tilt at Kent State, the teams reconvene at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Wednesday evening at [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Sunday was the wrong day to play Kent State. Two days after defeating the Golden Flashes, the Penn State baseball team lost, 10-5, to Kent State in the championship game of the Coca-Cola Classic in Rock Hill, S.C. The Nittany Lions (6-10) held Kent State to six hits Friday [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Kent State hit a home run and six doubles to fuel a 10-5 victory over the Penn State baseball team (6-10) in Sunday’s championship game of the Coca-Cola Classic. The Golden Flashes jumped out to a 4-0 lead after four innings. After Penn State cut the lead to 4-2, [...]

Penn State will face Kent State in a home-and-home in less than two weeks. ROCK HILL, S.C. – Playing its third game in the span of 24 hours, the Penn State baseball team didn’t have enough as it dropped a 10-5 final to Kent State in the Coca-Cola Classic Championship Game on Sunday. Junior Ben [...]

The Nittany Lions topped 2009 NCAA Tournament participant Kent State by a 7-3 final at the Coca-Cola Classic at Winthrop University. This video package includes game highlights (footage of all seven runs scoring) and interviews with Mike Wanamaker, Jordan Steranka and Mario Eramo.

Penn State will face the Golden Flashes two more times on Mar. 30 and 31. ROCK HILL, S.C. – Strong pitching from redshirt senior Mike Wanamaker (Upper Nyack, N.Y.) coupled with a balanced offensive attack led the Penn State baseball team to a 7-3 win over Kent State to open the Coca-Cola Classic on Friday. [...]

By Alex Angert Collegian Staff Writer The Penn State baseball team snapped its seven-game losing streak Friday morning, defeating Kent State 7-3 in the first round of the Coca-Cola Classic. The Nittany Lions got on the board early and never looked back, getting a strong pitching performance out of Mike Wanamaker. The starting pitcher went [...]

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