Blue White Illustrated

February 2017

Penn State Sports Magazine

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Nittany Lion fans have made Penn State the nation's premier program in home attendance across a range of fall and winter sports. Through the completion of the fall regular season and the 4rst three months of the hockey campaign, fans have boosted Penn State into the top 10 in average home attendance in 4ve sports, the most in the nation, according to NCAA and USCHO attendance data. The Penn State 4eld hockey, football, men's ice hockey, women's soccer and women's volleyball teams all ranked in the top 10 in attendance at the end of the fall semester. The Nittany Lion 4eld hockey team, the 2016 Big Ten tourna- ment champion, led the nation in aver- age home attendance, according to the NCAA. Louisville, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for second nationally with three teams in the top 10 in average home attendance in the seven sports in the survey. All seven Penn State fall/winter squads in the survey ranked in the top 4ve in av- erage home attendance among Big Ten institutions, with 4eld hockey and women's soccer leading the conference. Football, men's ice hockey and women's ice hockey were No. 3. In addition, Penn State was No. 1 na- tionally in wrestling home attendance with an average of 9,429 a5er three home dual meets. The Nittany Lions drew a crowd of 15,424 to the Bryce Jordan Cen- ter for their Dec. 4 win over Lehigh and had sold out 32 consecutive duals in Rec Hall with two more Big Ten home meets remaining in the 2016-17 season against Illinois and Maryland in February. "Penn State has a student, alumni and fan base that is second to none, and it shows every week with the type of sup- port all 31 of our programs receive," said Brad Keen, Penn State's assistant ath- letic director for marketing. "Our stu- dent-athletes and coaches are all very appreciative of our fans' passionate sup- port and feel fortunate to be a part of such a loyal and enthusiastic Penn State family." ■ FALL/WINTER SPORTS Penn State leads nation in attendance for home events AVG. NATIONAL CONF. SPORT ATTENDANCE RANK RANK Field hockey 640 1 1 Football 100,257 7 3 Women's volleyball 3,385 5 4 Men's soccer 1,547 29 5 Women's soccer 1,329 8 1 Men's ice hockey 5,959 6 3 Women's ice hockey 435 14 3 *Attendance averages through the end of the regular season for fall sports teams, Dec. 4 for men's and women's ice hockey teams P E N N S T A T E A T T E N D A N C E

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