The Penn State Nittany Lions men's lacrosse team represents

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(NCAA) Division I

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History

Penn State was an independent varsity

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program from 1913 through 1999 until it joined the

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(ECAC) from 2000-2009. Penn State was a member of the

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(CAA) Conference from 2010 -2014. Penn State joined the newly formed lacrosse

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(B1G) starting in 2015. The current head coach is Jeff Tambroni since 2011, who was hired after a successful ten-year run as head coach at

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, including making it to two championship weekends with a close loss in the 2009 NCAA finals. He is among the winningest Division I lacrosse coaches with 200 career wins, was 2009 USILA Division I Coach of the Year, and three-time conference Coach of the Year with Penn State. He played collegiate lacrosse at

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, where he ranks among the school's all-time greats after he earned three All-America awards and three national championships resulting in induction into their Hall of Fame. Penn State has made seven appearances in the

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Tournament with a record of 4-7. The first appearance coming in

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resulted in a first-round loss to Towson 11-6. In

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, they lost to Maryland in the first round 14-10. The Nittany Lions made the tournament in

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as the #8 seed, the first time they achieved a seeding in the NCAAs, losing to Yale 13–10. Penn State appeared in

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as the #7 seed but was eliminated in the first round by Towson 10-8. 2019 was their best season, the Nittany Lions were Big Ten Conference season and

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champions for the first time and entered the

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tournament as the #1 seed. They had victories over UMBC 25-10 and Loyola 21-14 to advance to Championship weekend before their season came to an end with a 21-17 loss to Yale in the semifinals. They have had 140

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and 12 Scholar All-Americans. There are two Nittany Lions in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Glenn "Nick" Thiel, who was instrumental in making lacrosse at Penn State a viable sport, and Tom Hayes, an All-American player and later long time coach at Drexel and Rutgers.

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Chris Hogan was a standout lacrosse player for Penn State from 2008 to 2010. Drew Adams '09, Hogan '10, Austin Kaut '13, Chris Sabia '19, Grant Ament '20, Gerard Arceri '21, and Mac O'Keefe '21 are Penn State lacrosse alumni playing professional lacrosse in the

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. In 2013, Kaut was named the first Penn State NCAA Division I goaltender of the year. Ament had a record-breaking year in 2019 when he was the first Nittany Lion awarded the NCAA Division I Outstanding Attackman of the Year, voted Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, and became the record holder for most assists (96) and assists per game (5.65) for a season, and most points (tied 25) and assists (18) in the Championship Tournament. He also holds the records for most points (126) in a Big Ten season, and career points and assists in the Big Ten (284 and 191). O'Keefe is among the leaders in most career goals (221) in the history of Division I NCAA lacrosse, most goals in a Big Ten season (78 in 2019), and most goals in a Championship Tournament game (tied 9 vs Loyola in 2019) Penn State has played

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more than any other school and is 22-46 against them as of 2021. Since 1998, Penn State and Rutgers have played annually for the Friendship Cup. Penn State has won the Friendship cup 13 times and Rutgers has won it 8 times as of 2021. When Michigan began Division I lacrosse play in 2012, the only Big Ten schools at the time (Penn State, Michigan and Ohio State) began playing annually for the Creator’s Trophy. The tradition continues today among the three original members. Penn State claimed the Creator's Trophy in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 (3 way tie), 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024. (2020 - no Creator's Trophy games due to Covid).

Season Results

The following is a list of Penn State's results by season as an NCAA Division I program: {, class="wikitable" † NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.

Alumni in the
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(4)

{, class="wikitable" , - align="center" , 2014 , Austin Kaut , Goalie , 6'1 , 197 , Boston Cannons (MLL) , 3rd round (19th overall) ,

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, None , None , - align="center" , 2019 , Chris Sabia , Defense , 6'2 , 200 , Chrome LC , 2nd round (10th overall) , Waterdogs LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2020 , Grant Ament , Attack , 5'9 , 165 , Archers LC , 1st round (1st overall) , Archers LC , 1x All Star ('21) , 1x McEneaney ('21) , - align="center" , 2021 , Mac O'Keefe , Attack , 6'0 , 180 ,

, 1st round (6th overall) ,

, None , None

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History

Season Results

Alumni in the Premier Lacrosse League The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is a professional field lacrosse league in the United States. The league comprises eight teams. Its inaugural season debuted on June 1, 2019, and included a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 major- ... (4)

See also

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Alumni in the
Premier Lacrosse League The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is a professional field lacrosse league in the United States. The league comprises eight teams. Its inaugural season debuted on June 1, 2019, and included a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 major- ...
(4)