UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Coming off a big win over No. 5 Yale, Penn State takes on another nationally-ranked Ivy League opponent when it takes the field with No. 6 Penn on Saturday. The game, which is a part of the Crown Classic, is scheduled for 4 p.m., at American Legion Memorial Stadium.
The Nittany Lions are 2-3 on the season following their win over Yale at Panzer Stadium. The Quakers are 1-1.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Saturday, March 5 | 4 p.m.
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SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State leads 26-14-1 in the all-time series with Penn. The teams first played in 1913.
• The Lions have won the past four games against Penn, winning four straight years from 2017-20. Three of those wins came by just one goal, including an 18-17 overtime win on the road in 2020 in the most recent matchup.
• Jack Kelly has totaled five goals and one assist in three career games against the Quakers. He assisted on the overtime winner scored by Mac O'Keefe in the 2020 win.
• Jack Traynor has tallied four goals and one assist in two career games against Penn.
SCOUTING THE QUAKERS
• Penn is 1-1 with a 10-8 loss to No. 3 Georgetown and a 14-13 overtime win over then-No. 7 Duke.
• The Quakers advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament in 2019, which was their last completed season.
• Penn was picked second in the Ivy League Preseason Poll, coming in behind Yale, which Penn State upset in its most recent game.
• Dylan Gergar is the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week after scoring six goals in the overtime win over Duke.
• Gergar, a senior attackman, and Sam Handley, a senior midfielder, were named to the Tewaaraton Watch List at the start of the season. Handley was a first-team All-American in 2019.
VS. THE IVY LEAGUE
• Penn State is 55-46-1 against current members of the Ivy League.
• The Lions have played six of the seven teams in the Ivy League. They have never played Brown.
• Penn State is 11-8 against current members of the Ivy League during head coach Jeff Tambroni's time with the team. Under Tambroni, the Lions have a winning record against Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.
UP NEXT
• Penn State is back at Panzer Stadium to take on its third-straight Ivy League opponent. The Lions host Cornell at noon on Saturday, March 12.
• The Big Red are ranked ninth and in the country and is 3-0 with wins over Albany, Lehigh and Hobart.
Craig Houtz