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FOOTBALL 3-0 AUGUST 31 W IDAHO..........................................................79-7 SEPTEMBER 7 W BUFFALO....................................................45-13 14 W PITT........................................................... 17-10 27 at Mar yland.............................................. 8 p.m. (FS1) OCTOBER 5 PURDUE................................Noon (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 12 at Iowa..................................................................TBA 19 MICHIGAN............................................................. TBA 26 at Michigan State...................................................TBA NOVEMBER 9 at Minnesota......................................................... TBA 16 INDIANA................................................................ TBA 23 at Ohio State......................................................... TBA 30 RUTGERS.............................................................. TBA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL 6-1 AUGUST 30-31 Penn State Classic at University Park, Pa. 30 W HOFSTRA................................................3-0 31 W HOLY CROSS.......................................... 3-0 W WICHITA STATE....................................... 3-0 SEPTEMBER 6 W at Iowa State..................................................3-0 7 W LSU at Ames, Iowa......................................... 3-0 13-14 Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge at University Park, Pa. 13 L STANFORD..............................................3-1 14 W OREGON.................................................3-0 20 PITT 22 at Pitt................................................................1 p.m. 25 MICHIGAN STATE............................... 8 p.m. (FS1/BTN) 28 RUTGERS.......................................................... 7 p.m. OCTOBER 2 at Wisconsin.............................................9 p.m. (BTN) 5 IOWA.................................................................7 p.m. 11 MARYLAND................................................... 7:30 p.m. 12 OHIO STATE....................................................... 7 p.m. 18 at Michigan........................................................7 p.m. 20 at Michigan State....................................2 p.m. (ESPN) 23 ILLINOIS................................................... 8 p.m. (BTN) 26 at Mar yland....................................................... 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 at Iowa..............................................................8 p.m. 2 at Nebraska.........................................8:30 p.m. (BTN) 8 INDIANA....................................................... 7:30 p.m. 9 PURDUE............................................................ 7 p.m. 15 at Illinois........................................................... 8 p.m. 17 at Northwestern.................................................2 p.m. T H E M A I N E V E N T WOMEN'S SOCCER RUTGERS @ PENN STATE 7 P . M . | O C T . 3 | J E F F R E Y F I E L D | B T N Penn State and Rutgers have some history. During the Nittany Lions' 2015 national championship season, the Scarlet Knights were one of only three teams to beat them, and the Knights did it again the following year, bouncing PSU from the Big Ten tour- nament with a 2-0 win. In 2017, it was PSU that eliminated Rutgers from the league tourney, and the Lions also took a regular-season game from their border rivals last season. This year's meeting should add to the luster of one of the Big Ten's better ri- valries. As of early September, the Scarlet Knights were one of three Big Ten teams in the United Soccer Coaches' Top 25, leaping into the poll at the No. 21 spot a

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