Feb. 11, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. - The Penn State Lady Lions are teaming with several other Penn State athletics teams to hold an All-Sports Clinic on Sunday, Feb. 15 as part of the National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) celebration. The clinic is open to boys and girls that are in eighth grade or younger and will take place on Sunday, Feb. 15 in the Multisport Facility off of Dauer Drive, adjacent to the Bryce Jordan Center, prior to the Lady Lions' game against Minnesota at 2 p.m.
Clinic registration will begin at 11 a.m. and the clinic will begin at 11:30 a.m. with an autograph session at 12:30. Clinic attendees will receive a free ticket to the Lady Lion game and the opportunity to purchase $5 tickets for their parents. Fans should park in Lot 44, as they would for the Lady Lion game, and enter the Multisport Building through the door that faces Lot 44.
Representatives from the women's fencing, women's volleyball, women's ice hockey, field hockey, women's lacrosse, women's gymnastics and the Lionettes will participate in the clinic. The clinic will feature several stations, so that kids can get a hands-on experience for many different sports, and will conclude with an autograph session.
Reservations are encouraged, but not required. Please send an RSVP to psuladylions@gmail.com. All clinic participants will receive their ticket to watch the Lady Lions take on Minnesota at 2 p.m. at registration. Clinic participants are required to sign a waiver in order to participate.
The 2014-15 Penn State Lady Lion Basketball season is presented by Kish Travel and Kish Insurance. The Lady Lions return to the BJC on Wednesday to meet Michigan State at 7 p.m. on Dollar Dog Night. Penn State will also host Minnesota on Sunday at 2 p.m. There's a pregame National Girls and Women in Sports Day Clinic with other women's sports teams. Participants get a free ticket to the game and parents get a $5 ticket.
Lady Lion Basketball single-game tickets are available by calling 1-800-NITTANY. Single-game tickets range from $10-17 for adults and seniors and $5-11 for youth (12 and younger). The PNC Flex Books are $120 and give fans 12 vouchers, 10 that can be redeemed in any combination for Nittany Lion and Lady Lion Basketball tickets throughout the year and two extra vouchers for the Nittany Lions' Coaches Vs. Cancer game and the Lady Lions' Pink Zone game.
The Ninth Annual Pink Zone at Penn State presented by Mount Nittany Health will be held Sunday, March 1 in the Bryce Jordan Center when the Lady Lions take on Wisconsin. The time for the game will be determined later in the season. Last year, the Lady Lions donated a record $310,000 to breast cancer causes. All totaled, the Lady Lions have donated more than $1.135 million for breast cancer research and awareness in the first eight years. This year's fundraising efforts will benefit the Mount Nittany Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and Lewistown Hospital. For more information on the Pink Zone at Penn State, visit the official Pink Zone website at www.pennsylvaniapinkzone.org.
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