Author: Zack Rickens

About the Author

Zack Rickens

is a senior broadcast journalism student minoring in procrastination. He hails from the booming metropolis of Harrisburg and can usually be found eating Suzie Wong egg rolls. He enjoys long walks to the Phyrst and is probably ranting about sports on Twitter (@slickrick717). He can be reached at zackrickens@onwardstate.com.

Ryky Smith’s Walkoff Single Completes Sweep Of Pitt

By Zack Rickens

One at-bat was all Ryky Smith needed. The senior from York came in as a pinch runner and executed a perfect hit-and-run play in the bottom of the ninth to score Jim Haley from third and end the game in walk-off fashion, 8-7 in front of more than 1,000 fans at Medlar Field Wednesday night.

Nine-Run First Inning Boosts Baseball Past Kent State, 15-5

By Zack Rickens

4/22/15 5:31 am

The Nittany Lions scored nine runs and sent 13 batters to the box in the first inning to earn a road win and split the season series at Kent State Tuesday night, 15-5.

First Inning Runs Propel Penn State Baseball Over Bucknell

By Zack Rickens

4/16/15 5:17 am

Eight runs in the first two innings proved to be enough as Penn State baseball defeated Bucknell 11-2 on a brisk Wednesday evening at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. It was the second meeting between Bucknell (18-17) and Penn State (12-20) in just over a week. The Nittany Lions took the contest last Tuesday, 4-2, and earned a season sweep of their non-conference, in-state foe with a win Wednesday.

Five Lions To Quarterfinals, Penn State In Fourth Place After First Day of NCAAs

By Zack Rickens

3/20/15 5:07 am

Cael Sanderson's squad wrapped a successful first day of the 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Thursday night, finishing in fourth place with 18.5 points behind Oklahoma State (19.5), Iowa (21), and Ohio State (23).