For the first time since 2012, the Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team had a name called in the MLB Draft — this year, they had two. Both third baseman Jim Haley and closer Jack Anderson heard their names called Saturday afternoon in the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft. With their selections, Haley and Anderson became the first two Nittany Lions drafted under head coach Rob Cooper, who took over the program prior to the 2014 season. Haley, a junior, was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays ... Read More
Playoffs on line for Penn State baseball in series vs. Iowa
The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team began its 2016 campaign in Cuba, but as it ends the regular season, the team will be back home in familiar digs in Medlar Field at Lubrano Park for a three-game series against Big Ten-foe Iowa. Iowa will be a pivotal match-up for head coach Rob Cooper’s Nittany Lions, which control their postseason destiny. Winning two out of three games all but clinches a trip to the Big Ten tournament and a chance to play their way to Omaha and the College World ... Read More