THIS WEEK
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (8-7, 2-4 B1G) treks to Piscataway, N.J., for a Big Ten road game at Rutgers. The Nittany Lions will face the Scarlet Knights on Friday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m.
The Nittany Lions are coming off a split weekend at home, dropping a game to No. 7 Michigan before turning around to post a 2-1 overtime victory over Michigan State. Penn State got goals from Julienne van Bekkum and Ella Jennes in the win over the Spartans on Sunday.
Phia Gladieux leads Penn State with 42 points off 19 goals and four assists. Van Bekkum has 11 off three goals and a team-best five assists while Jennes has six off two and two. Freshman keeper Aby Deverka has 68 saves on the year while senior Lauren Delgado has nine and a 4-0 record.
Rutgers enters the weekend with a 6-7 mark, 3-4 in the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights won twice at home last weekend, downing Michigan State 2-0 and then upsetting Ohio State 1-0 on Sunday. Penn State owns a 20-9-3 lead in the all-time series between the two schools.
Penn State closes out the regular season next Friday, Nov. 1, with a home game against Maryland. The Nittany Lions and Terrapins battle at 4 p.m. on Char Morett-Curtiss Field.
Fans are encouraged to follow the Nittany Lion field hockey team online at www.GoPSUsports.com (click teams, click field hockey), on X and Instagram @pennstateFH and on facebook at www.facebook.com/pennstatefieldhockey.
THIS WEEK’S ACTION
#17 Penn State (8-7, 2-4 B1G)
at Rutgers (6-7, 3-4 B1G)
Friday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m.
Series History: Penn State leads 20-9-3
NOTES
NEW STADIUM, NEW INFO!
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO...
The Penn State Field Hockey Complex has some new policies in place! Check out the key ones heading into the 2024 season:
• Gates open 1 hour prior to game time
• The Field Hockey Complex is not a clear bag facility, however, bags
brought into the facility will be checked upon entrance
• Outside food and beverages are prohibited. Concessions will be avail
able for purchase
• Pets, except for service animals, are prohibited from inside the stadium.
NITTANY LIONS DOWN MICHIGAN STATE IN OT
Julienne van Bekkum scored late in regulation and Ella Jennes ended the game late in overtime as Penn State downed Michigan State 2-1 in overtime on Oct. 20. Senior keeper Lauren Delgado picked up the win in the cage for Penn State as well.
GLADIEUX SCORES TWICE IN 5-0 WIN AT OHIO;
BECOMES PSU’S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER
Phia Gladieux scored twice in Penn State’s 5-0 road win at Ohio University on Sunday, Oct. 14. In doing so, she set a new record for career points at Penn State. Gladieux left Athens Ohio with 200 points off 93 goals and 14 assists (at the time of that game), breaking the mark of 196 (Candy Finn, 1978-81).
GLADIEUX BECOMES PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME
LEADER IN GOALS SCORED IN GAME AT NU
Senior Phia Gladieux scored Penn State’s only two goals in a tough 7-2 loss at No. 2 Northwestern on Oct. 6. The second goal was the 91st of her career, making Gladieux the all-time leader in goals scored at Penn State (breaking the old mark of 90 set by Candy Finn, 1978-81).
GLADIEUX NAMED B1G OFFENSIVE A.o.W. (9/29)
Phia Gladieux was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 29, 2024. Gladieux had an eight point weekend, leading the Nittany Lions to wins over Indiana (3-2) and Lafayette (5-1) at the Field Hockey Complex. She had a goal and an assist vs. IU on Friday (9/27) and two goals and an assist against the Leopards two days later (9/29).
FOUR DIFFERENT NITTANY LIONS SCORE
IN 5-1 WIN OVER LAFAYETTE
Four different Penn Staters scored goals in Penn State’s 5-1 non-conference win over visiting Lafayette on Sunday, Sept. 29. Phia Gladieux had two goals and an assist, Natalie Freeman scored for the second time this year, Julienne van Bekkum picked up her second goal of the season and Morgan McMenamin tallied her first career goal in the victory. Katelyn Strawser and van Bekkum also had assists while freshman goalie Aby Deverka had six saves.
PENN STATE DOWNS INDIANA 3-2 IN B1G OPENER
Penn State held on for a 3-2 win over visiting Indiana on Friday, Sept. 27, in the conference opener for the Nittany Lions. Natalie Freeman and Phia Gladieux scored in the first half to give Penn State a 2-1 lead at the break. Drew Taylor notched a third quarter goal that proved to be the difference in the 3-2 win.
PENN STATE DOWNS BUCKNELL 2-1 IN OT ON
GLADIEUX’S TWO LATE GOALS
Penn State trailed homestanding Bucknell into the fourth quarter on Sept. 22 in Lewisburg, 1-0. But senior Phia Gladieux scored twice late to lead the Nittany Lions to a 2-1 come from behind win in overtime. Gladieux tied the game up in the fourth period and then scored just over 1:00 into extra time to carry Penn State to victory.
GLADIEUX NOTCHES 10 POINTS IN TWO GAMES AS LIONS BEAT KENT STATE AND NO. 15 PRINCETON
Senior Phia Gladieux continued to dominate the competition, collecting 10 points in two games as the Nittany Lions won twice over the weekend. Gladieux has now scored in every one of Penn State’s six games. Gladieux scored two goals and had an assist in Penn State’s 4-1 win at Kent State on Friday. Two days later, Penn State welcomed No. 15 Princeton to the Penn State Field Hockey Complex and Gladieux notched five points again. She scored Penn State’s first two goals, both unassisted, to keep PSU close to the Tigers. She then set up Sophia Mannino’s game winning goal with 1:14 left, getting the assist, in the 3-2 win over the ranked Tigers.
PENN STATE TAKES DOWN NO. 15 PRINCETON;
DEVERKA’S SEVEN SAVES EARNS B1G HONORS
Phia Gladieux twice and assisted on the third goal as Penn State rallied late for a 3-2 win over No. 15 Princeton on Sept. 15. Gladieux and Madison Tambroni teed up Sophia Mannino for the game winner with just over 1:00 to play, capping off the rally for the win. Freshman keeper Aby Deverka had seven saves in the game as well. Her seven saves against the ranked Tigers earned her a second Big Ten Rookie of the Week award (for the week ending Sept. 15, 2024).
NITTANY LIONS PICK UP ROAD WIN AT KENT STATE
Phia Gladieux scored twice and had an assist in Penn State’s 4-1 win at Kent State on Sept. 13. Senior keeper Lauren Delgado had two saves and picked up her first win in the cage for the Lions. Joining Gladieux with goals were senior Sophia Mannino and junior Ella Jennes.
GLADIEUX’S HAT TRICK, STRAWSER AND
VAN BEKKUM’S GOALS, LEAD LIONS TO WIN AT UD
Phia Gladieux scored three times, including the game winner late, and true freshman Katelyn Strawser and grad student Julienne van Bekkum each picked up their first goals as Nittany Lions, to lead Penn State to a 5-4 win at Delaware.
GLADIEUX SCORES TWICE, DEVERKA TALLIES 14 SAVES IN TOP-TEN OPENING WEEKEND
Senior Phia Gladieux scored goals in each of Penn State’s opening weekend games and true freshman Aby Deverka collected 14 total saves against two top-ten ACC opponents. Gladieux had Penn State’s goal (from a Julienne van Bekkum assist) and Deverka had 11 saves in Penn State’s 2-1 loss to No. 3 Virginia on opening night, Friday, Aug. 30. Two days later on Sept. 1, Gladieux scored again and Deverka had three saves in a 2-1 loss to No. 10 Syracuse.
DEVERKA EARNS B1G FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
HONORS ON OPENING WEEKEND
True freshman Aby Deverka tallied 14 saves against No. 3 Virginia and No. 10 Syracuse on opening weekend for Penn State, her first collegiate games. Starting from the onset, Deverka had 11 saves against the third-ranked Cavaliers and three against No. 10 Syracuse and was honored as Big Ten Freshman of the Week (9/3/24) to begin the season.
SENIOR TRIO NAMED 2024 TEAM CAPTAINS
The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team voted seniors Phia Gladieux, Julia Lamb and Drew Taylor as team captains during the second week of preseason practice. This marks the first time each of these Nittany Lions has been voted captain by her teammates.
RECORD WATCH
Career Goals:
1: PHIA GLADIEUX (20-Prsnt.) -- 93
2: Candy Finn (78-81) -- 90
3: Christine McGinley (90-93) -- 86
Career Points:
1: PHIA GLADIEUX (20-Prsnt.) -- 200 (93, 14)
2: Candy Finn (78-81) -- 196 (90, 16)
2: Christine McGinley (90-93) 00 180 (86, 8)
PARKING INFORMATION /
FIELD HOCKEY 2024:
USE PARK MOBILE!:
https://psu.parkmobile.io/field-hockey-complex
* Parking is allowed in Jordan East and Stadium West
* Parking for Yellow H Shields is available after 4pm on Fridays and on the weekends
* East Deck at $1 an hour as it’s the closest hourly parking space.
* Please make sure your correct license plate is uploaded on your park mobile account. Parking rates are subject to change day of due to other events on campus.
* Doors for the Stadium opens 1 hour before game time. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the stadium.
Parking remains available on https://psu.parkmobile.io/field-hockey-complex, with presales at $5.50 until 12:01 am the day of the event, and continuing through the event at $10. Parking purchased for Stadium West is valid in the Yellow H Shields and Wagner lots beginning at 5 pm on weekdays and all weekend, except when the lot is held for Men’s Hockey games and select other events.
New this year, day of parking will also be available through ParkMobile and Honk, the new on-demand parking provider for campus. There will be NO CASH sales this year. When Field Hockey overlaps with Bryce Jordan Center events at a higher rate, purchases on psu.parkmobile.io will end 2 hours prior to the event, after which the day of price will be the higher of the rates.