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. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Penn State Nittany Lions
Conference historyAtlantic 10 (1983–1991)
UniversityPennsylvania State University
Head coachRob Cooper (8th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania
Home stadiumMedlar Field at Lubrano Park (2007–present)
(Capacity: 5,570)
NicknameNittany Lions
ColorsBlue and White[1]
         
College World Series runner-up
1957
College World Series appearances
1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1973
NCAA Tournament appearances
1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 2000
Conference champions
1996

College World Series

Penn State baseball has appeared in the College World Series five times. Its best result was runner-up in 1957.[2][3]

Championship Results

College World Series[2][3]

YearRank
19524
19572
19594
19636
19738

Super Regionals[3]

YearRank
20002

Regionals[3]

YearRank
20001
19765
19753
19754
19744
19731
19722
19713
19703
19673
19631
19623
19591
19583
19571
19563
19553

All-Time Scores
  • 1952 (2-2)
    • Penn St. 5, Texas 3
    • Penn St. 12, Duke 7
    • Missouri 3, Penn St. 2
    • Holy Cross 15, Penn St. 4
  • 1957 (3-2)
    • Penn St. 7, Florida St. 0
    • Penn St. 4, Texas 1
    • California 8, Penn St. 0
    • Penn St. 5, Notre Dame 4
    • California 1, Penn St. 0
  • 1959 (2-2)
    • Penn St. 5, Connecticut 3
    • Oklahoma St. 8, Penn St. 6
    • Penn St. 7, Clemson 0
    • Oklahoma St. 4, Penn St. 3
  • 1963 (1-2)
    • Arizona 8, Penn St. 1
    • Penn St. 3, Western Mich. 0
    • Texas 6, Penn St. 4 (10innings)
  • 1973 (0-2)
    • Arizona St. 3, Penn St. 1
    • Oklahoma 6, Penn St. 0

[2]

Awards

Jace Diesing Sr. Most Outstanding Player Award

  • 1957: Cal Emery

[2]

Shutouts
  • 1957: Ed Drapcho, Penn St. vs. Florida St., 6-8-57 (7-0)
  • 1959: Ron Riese, Penn St. vs. Clemson, 6-15-59 (7-0)
  • 1963: Dick Noe, Penn St. vs. Western Mich., 6-11-63 (3-0)

[2]

References
  1. Penn State Artwork (PDF). November 6, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. "GENERAL CWS RECORDS" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. "Penn State University College World Series History". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 12 February 2017.


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