Penn State Sports Magazine
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N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 6 15 W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M Alex Creamean — Men's Golf Creamean tied for fifth at the Cullan Brown Inter- collegiate in Lexington, Ky., finishing with 15 birdies on his way to posting a 5-under 208. The senior from Winnetka, Ill., fired a 3-under 68 in the final round of the tournament, which took place Oct. 5-6 at the Lexington Country Club. His strong fin- ish helped Penn State move up seven spots in the team standings over the last 18 holes, ultimately finishing fifth in the 15-team field. Creamean was one of four PSU golfers to finish below par in the final round. He helped the Lions card the sixth-lowest single- round score in program history at 12-under 272. Aby Deverka — Field Hockey Deverka was second in the Big Ten with an aver- age of 4.20 saves per game through Penn State's first 10 contests. The junior goalkeeper from Hous- ton had 6 saves against Rutgers on Oct. 2, helping the Nittany Lions earn a 1-0 win, the first Big Ten victory of Hannah Prince's coaching tenure. Two days later, Deverka made a pair of saves in a 3-2 overtime victory over No. 19 Lafayette, giving PSU its first ranked win of the Prince era. In September, Deverka was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after making 13 saves in victories over Villanova and Delaware. Kendall Northern — Women's Volleyball Northern enjoyed a near-perfect night in Penn State's sweep of Northwestern on Oct. 9 at Rec Hall. A freshman middle blocker from Cincinnati, she totaled a career-high 12 kills on .923 hitting, with no errors on 13 attacks. Northern, who also had 3 blocks, helped the 18th-ranked Nittany Lions hit .421 as a team in running their record to 11-4 overall and 3-2 in Big Ten play. She's seen her role increase as the Big Ten season has gone on. On Oct. 3, she had 7 kills and 2 blocks in a 3-1 victory over visiting Iowa. Nick Sloff — Men's Cross Country Sloff was saluted by the Big Ten and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association af- ter finishing first in the Gold Race at the Paul Short Run on Oct. 2 in Bethlehem, Pa. The senior middle- distance standout from State College covered the 8-kilometer course in 23:59.8, becoming the first Nittany Lion to win the race since Evan Dorenkamp in 2023. Following his performance, which helped PSU finish second in the team standings, Sloff was saluted as the USTFCCCA's Division I Men's National Athlete of the Week and Big Ten Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week. — Matt Herb PENN STATE'S TOP PERFORMERS BWI Recruiting Podcast! BWI LIVE Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday Join us at 10 a.m. on YouTube to be part of the conversation! We'll take select questions and interact with your comments from the chat during the show. youtube.com/c/bluewhiteillustratedvideo Your home for the Penn State Recruiting Show from Blue White Illustrated with T Frank Carr, Ryan Snyder, and Sean Fitz Follow us on YouTube and enable alerts - new highlights and videos uploaded regularly! Listen to the podcasts on Apple and Spotify Watch all of our shows on YouTube on the Blue White Illustrated channel