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2023-24 Penn State Nittany Lions

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ZedLeppelin

Motormouth
Just getting a 2023-24 thread up and running, since the 2022-23 season is over.
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It will be interesting to see if Jeff Kampersal grabs anyone from the transfer portal for next season. According to collegecommitments.com, Penn State only has two defenders and one forward coming next season. Gone are defenders Rene Gangarosa, Izzy Heminger, and Mallory Uihlein, so the defense will have their work cut out for them, with only four left on the roster before this incoming freshman pair.

The offense is good and returns all but grad transfers Eleri MacKay and Courtney Correia, but those two really made a mark in their year at Penn State.

Overall, the biggest change will be a defense without Gangarosa, Heminger, and Uihlein.
 
Yes, I agree with all your thoughts above. There are still a ton of girls in the portal and I am hoping that other players are either attracted by the success of Mackay and Correia in their one year at PSU or the amount of playing time that will be available with Gangarosa, Heminger and Uihlien moving on. Penn State is not the top destination for transfers, yet! I was kind of surprised that Bilka did not want to play with Janecke and Zanon. I really hope someone on PSU is doing their homework on getting someone(s) that can keep the momentum going.
 
Reddington said:
Yes, I agree with all your thoughts above. There are still a ton of girls in the portal and I am hoping that other players are either attracted by the success of Mackay and Correia in their one year at PSU or the amount of playing time that will be available with Gangarosa, Heminger and Uihlien moving on. Penn State is not the top destination for transfers, yet! I was kind of surprised that Bilka did not want to play with Janecke and Zanon. I really hope someone on PSU is doing their homework on getting someone(s) that can keep the momentum going.
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Didn't Newkirk play with Barnes while at BC? One would have hoped that would have had some influence in consideration of PSU as an option. Penn State hasn't announced any incoming transfers publicly, but hopeful they land some talent as it seems the blue chip players have all landed elsewhere.
 
Vintagejersey said:
Didn't Newkirk play with Barnes while at BC? One would have hoped that would have had some influence in consideration of PSU as an option. Penn State hasn't announced any incoming transfers publicly, but hopeful they land some talent as it seems the blue chip players have all landed elsewhere.
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Yes, Newkirk played with Barnes at BC and I had similar hopes! Last year PSU announced their incoming transfers in June so hopefully there will be some good news on the transfer front. I think there's room for transfer players for at least one forward and one defender based on who graduated and announced incoming freshman.
 
Barnes would have been nice (she sure gave up a lot of breakaways against PSU though), but Bilka would have been nicer. I also thought Coomey might end up back at BU. There are a couple of leading scorers from Ivies that might translate like Correia did. There are some nice players from Syracuse, Maine and St Lawrence and Kelsey King from Minn State and etc. I just hope the evaluation of talent is as good as it was last year, because Mackay and Correia really came in and helped.

On another note Madsen scored in the championship game for the whitecaps. I noticed Brennerman played in five games and another PSU alum, Chantal Burke, played in 1. There is still no Heising sighting though.
 
Rightnut said:
Top 4 Def. More defensive than offensive but will stick some offense in from time to time. Physical and smart. Good skater and good leader. Will improve your team for sure.
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Thanks for that - it sounds like just what Penn State needs going into next season, having lost three defenders to graduation. Maceachern shouldn't have to worry about offensive play.
 
The Women's hockey team raised the most money for THON, received a Team Engagement Award for volunteering in the Community, had a player on the Nittany All Academic team and had a player win the coveted Ms Penn State award for contributions to the team and to Penn State. You couple that with an NCAA bid and things are looking good at Penn State. That doesn't even include having the youngest player on the National team.

Hopefully, the coaching staff can keep the momentum going.
 
Reddington said:
The Women's hockey team raised the most money for THON, received a Team Engagement Award for volunteering in the Community, had a player on the Nittany All Academic team and had a player win the coveted Ms Penn State award for contributions to the team and to Penn State. You couple that with an NCAA bid and things are looking good at Penn State. That doesn't even include having the youngest player on the National team.

Hopefully, the coaching staff can keep the momentum going.
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Twitter link of photos of the Nittany Awards last night including a team photo: https://twitter.com/PennStateWHKY/status/1648307213092503557

Raising the most money for THON is quite a feat given there are teams with much larger social media followings than PSU women's hockey. Tessa was at the awards last night so she made a quick trip back from Ontario and I'm sure is back in class today. We're nearing the end of the semester here at PSU so it's crunch time.
 
Good eye on Dawes. When I read to see if Coomey was helping out in the Tournament, I did notice his name. Which led me to see if Brandwene was still at Alvernia and he is.

Nice for Janecke. I would have liked Zanon to have suited up also. Oh welllll.

I had the PSU fan as being older, but I might have to reevaluate based on the comment on social media followers. Whomever had responsibility for the women's hockey team's content brought it to a new level this year.

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