Good morning, State College.

Retired teacher Edward Fitgerald III received the Madison Award on Oct.

3 at Constitution Day in State College for nearly 30 years of training students as poll workers. He is honored for boosting civic participation and has passed the program to government teacher Allyson Durney.

Penn State women's hockey shut out Syracuse four to zero on Saturday at Tennity Ice Pavillion.

Goalie Maddy Campbell saved 30 shots while Nicole Hall scored two goals, earning the team's first shutout of the season.

Penn State fell to USC 31-23 in the White Out game (reporters cited missed tackles and weak secondary play) as the Nittany Lions were unable to pull ahead.

At the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Penn State’s women’s cross country team set season-best times to finish 14th among 33 teams—outsprinting several nationally ranked programs—and will next race at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana on Friday, Oct.

16 at 11 a.m.

No. 17 Penn State men's hockey lost 6-3 to Sacred Heart on Saturday night at Martire Family Arena after tying 3-3 before three final-minute goals sealed the win.

The team will open its home schedule against Quinnipiac at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16 (at Pegula Ice Arena).

Armstrong Nnodim, Penn State's defensive tackle, is a game time decision for today's White Out against No. 19 USC after being upgraded from questionable to probable on Friday.

His potential participation may shape the defensive front as the team faces the Trojans.