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The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Lady Lions.^[1]

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All-America

The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport.

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Allen, Texas

Allen is a city in Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas, and a northern suburb in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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American Collegiate Hockey Association

The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association.

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American Volleyball Coaches Association

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is an organization of over 9,000 members, incorporated as a private non-profit educational corporation in 1981, as the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association.

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Anthony Cassar

Anthony Cassar (born March 9, 1996) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler.

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Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was a college athletics organization in the United States, founded in 1971 to govern women's college competitions in the country and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions).

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Atlantic 10 Conference

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located mostly on the East Coast and Midwest of the United States: Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

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Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League

The Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League (ACCHL) is a non-NCAA collegiate ice hockey league in the mid-atlantic and southeast regions of the United States.

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Atlantic Hockey

The Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) was an NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States.

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Atlantic Hockey America

Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is a college ice hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Beaver Stadium

Beaver Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in Penn State University Park.

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Big Ten baseball tournament

The Big Ten baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference.

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Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.

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Big Ten Universities

Big Ten Universities is a Division 1-A college rugby conference founded in summer 2012 by ten of the twelve schools that then made up the Big Ten Conference (which has since expanded to 14 members).

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Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the women's college basketball regular season.

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Bo Nickal

Bo Dean Nickal (born January 14, 1996) is an American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the UFC middleweight division.

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Bryce Jordan Center

The Bryce Jordan Center is a 15,261-seat multi-purpose arena in State College, Pennsylvania, United States, on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University.

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Cael Sanderson

Cael Norman Sanderson (born June 20, 1979) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who is the current head coach of Penn State's wrestling team.

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California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), also known in athletics as Long Beach State University (LBSU), is a public research university in Long Beach, California.

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Canada women's national soccer team

The Canada women's national soccer team (Équipe du Canada de soccer féminine) represents Canada in international soccer competitions.

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Carmelina Moscato

Carmelina Moscato (born May 2, 1984) is a Canadian soccer coach and former professional player who is currently an assistant coach for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Carolyn Kieger

Carolyn Kieger (born August 17, 1983) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Pennsylvania State University Lady Lions basketball team.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Cheerleading

Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement.

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Christa Harmotto

Christa Deanne Harmotto Dietzen (born October 12, 1986) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for the United States women's national volleyball team.

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Clarisa Crowell

Clarisa Crowell is an American former softball player and current head coach at Penn State.

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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.

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A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best college football team.

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College Hockey America

College Hockey America (CHA) was a college ice hockey conference in the United States.

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College ice hockey

College ice hockey is played principally in the United States and Canada, though leagues exist outside North America.

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College rugby in the United States

College rugby is played by men and women throughout colleges and universities in the United States.

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College sports

College sports or college athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games.

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Collegiate Rugby Championship

The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) is an annual college rugby sevens tournament.

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Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling, commonly referred to as folkstyle wrestling, is the form of wrestling practiced at the post-secondary level in the United States.

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Dad Vail Regatta

The Dad Vail Regatta is the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the United States, drawing over a hundred colleges and universities from North America.

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Dartmouth Big Green

The Dartmouth College Big Green are the varsity and club athletic teams representing Dartmouth College, an American university located in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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Division 1-A Rugby

Division 1-A Rugby (formerly known as the College Premier Division) is the highest level of college rugby within the United States and is administered by USA Rugby.

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Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League

The Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League (ECWHL) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Women's Division 1 club level hockey-only college athletic conference for women's hockey teams.

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Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

The Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) is a college athletic conference whose member schools compete in men's volleyball.

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Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League

The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) is a collegiate hockey conference at the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division I level.

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Eastern Wrestling League

The Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) was an NCAA Division I wrestling-only conference.

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Erin McLeod

Erin Katrina McLeod (born February 26, 1983) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Stjarnan of the Icelandic Besta deild kvenna.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Fencing

Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Fiesta Bowl

The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Fight On, State

"Fight On, State" is the official fight song of The Pennsylvania State University.

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Final four

In sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament.

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Florida Gators

The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville.

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Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance.

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Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball

The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball team for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy (also known simply as the Heisman Trophy) is awarded annually since 1935 to the most outstanding player in college football.

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Honda Sports Award

The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports.

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Horace Ashenfelter

Horace Ashenfelter III (January 23, 1923 – January 6, 2018) was an American athlete.

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IC4A

IC4A Championships (Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America) is an annual men's competition held at different colleges every year.

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The Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (abbrevriated ISFA) was a sports government body that ruled the practice of college soccer in the United States from 1905 to 1958.

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Jason Nolf

Jason Michael Nolf (born January 10, 1996) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms.

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Jeffrey Field

Jeffrey Field is an outdoor college soccer stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, on the campus of Pennsylvania State University.

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Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent Paterno (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach.

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John Cappelletti

John Cappelletti (born August 9, 1952) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and the San Diego Chargers.

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Lacrosse in Pennsylvania

Lacrosse has been played in Pennsylvania since the 19th century.

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Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy

The Lambert Trophy was an annual award given to the best team in the East in Division I FBS (formerly I-A) college football.

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Linebacker

Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football.

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List of Big Ten Conference women's basketball regular season champions

The Big Ten Conference began sponsoring women's basketball during the 1982–83 basketball season.

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List of college athletic programs in Pennsylvania

This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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List of college athletics championship game outcomes

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), founded in 1906, is the major governing body for intercollegiate athletics in the United States and currently conducts national championships in its sponsored sports, except for the top level of football.

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List of NCAA Division I ice hockey programs

The following is a list of the 64 schools that fielded men's ice hockey teams in NCAA Division I in the most recent 2023–24 season, plus the 44 schools that fielded women's teams in the de facto equivalent of Division I, the NCAA's National Collegiate division.

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List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships

This is a list of U.S. universities and colleges that have won the most team sport national championships (more than 15) that have been bestowed for the highest level of collegiate athletic competition, be that at either the varsity or club level, as determined by the governing organization of each sport.

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List of Penn State Nittany Lions bowl games

The Penn State Nittany Lions football have competed in 53 bowl games compiling a record of 31–20–2 (.608).

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Medlar Field

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park is a 5,570-seat baseball stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, that hosted its first regular season baseball game on June 20, 2006, when the State College Spikes lost to the Williamsport Crosscutters, 5–3.

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Megan Hodge

Megan Hodge Easy (born October 15, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with the US team and played for Pennsylvania State University's volleyball team.

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The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in college football.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.

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The Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan State Spartans and Penn State Nittany Lions.

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Michigan Wolverines

The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan.

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Mike Gambino

Michael L. Gambino (born July 9, 1977) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions.

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Minor league

Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports.

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Montclair, New Jersey

Montclair is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Mount Nittany

Mount Nittany is the common name for Nittany Mountain, a prominent geographic feature in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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NACDA Directors' Cup

The NACDA Directors' Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the NACDA Learfield Directors' Cup or simply as the Directors' Cup, is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities in the United States with the most success in collegiate athletics.

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Natalie Dell

Natalie Dell O'Brien (born February 20, 1985), formerly known as Natalie Dell, is an American female crew rower.

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National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) is a professional organization for college and university athletic directors in the United States.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.

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National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association

The National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (NCRHA) is an "incorporated not-for-profit corporation" which operates a national collegiate inline hockey league consisting of five divisions of competition (Division I, Division II, Division III, Junior College Division and AA Division).

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum, is located in Sparks, Maryland, at the USA Lacrosse headquarters.

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Navy blue

Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally.

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NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series (MCWS) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

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The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States.

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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national championship.

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NCAA Fencing Championships

The NCAA Fencing Championships are awarded at the annual tournament held in March to determine the NCAA's national collegiate individual and team championships in fencing.

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NCAA men's lacrosse championship

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship refers to one of three championships in men's field lacrosse contested by the NCAA since 1971 to determine the top team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III.

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NCAA men's volleyball tournament

The NCAA men's volleyball tournament, officially titled the NCAA national collegiate men's volleyball championship, is an annual competition that determines the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in American college men's volleyball.

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NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

The NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship refers to one of three championships in women's indoor volleyball contested by the NCAA since 1981.

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Nittany Lion

The Nittany Lion is the eastern mountain lion mascot of the athletic teams of the Pennsylvania State University, known as the Penn State Nittany Lions.

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North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels (also Carolina Tar Heels) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Ohio State Buckeyes

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio.

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Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling

The Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling team represents the Ohio State University and competes in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA Division I level.

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Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling

The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team is the most successful NCAA Division I athletic program of all time in any sport.

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Onward State

Onward State is a student-run news website geared toward members of the Penn State community in Pennsylvania.

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Patrick Kraft

Patrick Kraft is an American college athletics administrator.

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Pegula Ice Arena

The Pegula Ice Arena is a 6,014-seat multi-purpose arena in University Park, Pennsylvania on the campus of Penn State University.

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Penn State Blue Band

The Pennsylvania State University Marching Blue Band, known generally as the Blue Band, is the marching band of Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State child sex abuse scandal

The Penn State child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of child sexual abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky, an assistant coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team, over a period of at least fifteen years.

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Penn State Golf Courses

The Penn State Golf Courses are two 18-hole courses located in State College, Pennsylvania, operated by Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State Lady Lions basketball

The Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University and plays its home games in the Bryce Jordan Center.

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Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Lady Lions.

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Penn State Nittany Lions baseball

The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Penn State Nittany Lions basketball

The Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team representing the Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey

The Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing Pennsylvania State University.

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The Penn State Nittany Lions team represents the Pennsylvania State University in college football.

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Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey

Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey, formerly known as the Penn State Icers (the name for the former ACHA team), is a college ice hockey program that represents the Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State Nittany Lions men's lacrosse

The Penn State Nittany Lions men's lacrosse team represents Pennsylvania State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse.

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Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer

The Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State Nittany Lions men's volleyball

The Penn State Nittany Lions men's volleyball program has had a long tradition at Penn State University.

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Penn State Nittany Lions softball

The Penn State Nittany Lions softball team represents Pennsylvania State University in NCAA Division I college softball.

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Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey

Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey is a college ice hockey program that has represented Penn State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I since the 2012–13 season.

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Penn State Nittany Lions women's lacrosse

The Penn State Nittany Lions women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing Pennsylvania State University as part of the Big Ten Conference.

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Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer

The Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team at Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball

The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball program has had a long tradition, founded in 1976 by Tom Tait, long-time coach of the Penn State men's team, who coached the women's team from 1976 to 1979 and was named a USA Volleyball All-Time great coach in 2007.

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Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling

The Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling program is an intercollegiate varsity sport at Pennsylvania State University.

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Penn State women's ice hockey club

The Penn State Women's Ice Hockey Club (also known as the Penn State Lady Ice Lions) represents Penn State University (PSU) in Women's Division 1 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and in the Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA).

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Pepperdine Waves

The Pepperdine Waves are the athletics teams of Pepperdine University, located outside the city of Malibu, California.

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PPG Paints Arena

PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh that serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Rec Hall

Recreation Building, often referred to as Rec Hall, is a field house on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University.

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Rocky Hill, New Jersey

Rocky Hill is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Russ Rose

Russell David Rose (born November 29, 1953) is an American author, professor and was the women's volleyball coach at Penn State University (1979–2021).

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Stanford Cardinal

The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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State College Spikes

The State College Spikes are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League.

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State College, Pennsylvania

State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Stone Valley Recreation Area

The Stone Valley Recreation Area is an outdoor recreational and educational facility that is operated by Pennsylvania State University.

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Student athlete

Student athlete (or student–athlete) is a term used principally in universities in the United States and Canada to describe students enrolled at postsecondary educational institutions, principally colleges and universities, but also at secondary schools, who participate in an organized competitive sport sponsored by that educational institution or school.

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Subaru Park

Subaru Park is a soccer-specific stadium located in Chester, Pennsylvania, located next to the Commodore Barry Bridge on the waterfront along the Delaware River.

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Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States.

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Syracuse University

Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States.

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Texas Longhorns

The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin.

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Texas Longhorns men's basketball

The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball competition.

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Three-peat

In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments.

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U.S. Center for SafeSport

The United States Center for SafeSport is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization set up to reduce sexual abuse of minors and athletes in Olympic sports in the United States.

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UCLA Bruins

The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles.

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United States Croquet Association

The United States Croquet Association (USCA) fosters croquet in all its forms, from the familiar nine-wicket croquet game to the modern sport of six-wicket croquet.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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United States Fencing Association

The United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing in the United States.

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University Hockey League

University Hockey League (UHL) was an American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division II club level hockey-only college athletic conference with teams in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.

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University of Alabama

The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, the Capstone, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame (ND), is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (USC, SC, Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.

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USA Rugby

USA Rugby (formally the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States.

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USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships

The USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships is an annual competition among the top men's college rugby teams in the country to decide a national champion in rugby sevens.

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USA Ultimate

USA Ultimate is a not-for-profit organization that serves as the governing body of the sport of ultimate (also known as ultimate Frisbee) in the United States.

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USC Trojans

The USC Trojans (also Southern California Trojans) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.

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USC Trojans women's volleyball

The USC women's volleyball team is coached by Brad Keller, who was named to the position on February 20, 2020. Under the last coach, Mick Haley, USC became the first repeat NCAA Volleyball National Champion to go undefeated, as they finished off 2003 with a record of 35–0 while becoming the first school in NCAA history to stay at number one in the coaches poll every week.

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

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Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company founded in Washington, D.C. with operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.

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West Chester University

West Chester University (also known as West Chester, WCU, or WCUPA, and officially as West Chester University of Pennsylvania) is a public research university in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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West Virginia University

West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Women's National Invitation Tournament

The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year.

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Yatesboro, Pennsylvania

Yatesboro is an unincorporated community that is located in Cowanshannock Township, Pennsylvania.

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1957 California Golden Bears baseball team

The 1957 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season.

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The 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball for the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

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The 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match.

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2011 Collegiate Rugby Championship

The 2011 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a rugby union sevens tournament.

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2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2010-11 season.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.

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The 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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2018 National Invitation Tournament

The 2018 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I college men's basketball teams that were not selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA tournament.

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2021 CHA women's ice hockey tournament

The 2021 College Hockey America Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th tournament in league history played between March 4 and March 6, 2021, at the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions

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