As the livestream for the Penn State Field Hockey team’s first home game of the 2025 season got underway shortly after 5:00 p.m. ET this past Friday night, the B1G+ announcers opened up by discussing one key topic: how would this Nittany Lion team move forward following the graduation of Phia Gladieux?
It was a fair talking point and a reasonable question to ask, one Gladieux herself acknowledged in a conversation with us early last month.
It became an even bigger question after the team’s season-opening 5-1 road loss against the No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers the previous Friday evening, and it made the first of back-to-back weekend homestands that much more intriguing for the young team.