UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men’s lacrosse will play a quartet of regular season games on network television, including three on the Big Ten Network and one on ESPNU.
All four nationally televised games are scheduled against opponents ranked in the preseason USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse KANE Men’s D1 Media Poll. Each game is scheduled against a Big Ten opponents.
The first TV contest of the season comes against consensus preseason No. 1 Maryland on the Big Ten Network on Saturday, March 21 at Panzer Stadium. The Terrapins suffered a similar fate to the Nittany Lions last year, dropping to Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament semifinals. Last season, UMD got the better of the Nittany Lions in both meetings, once on the road and once in the Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Penn State will go back-to-back weeks on BTN, next facing Ohio State on Saturday, March 28. The Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have split the last four meetings. The 2026 meeting is set for Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
The next week, Penn State heads to Homewood Field to face off against Johns Hopkins on Saturday, April 4. The game between the two top 20 teams is set to broadcast live on ESPNU, with faceoff set for noon.
PSU will finish out the regular season on Friday, April 17 at Rutgers. The 8 p.m. faceoff is set for the Big Ten Network at SHI Stadium. The Blue & White defeated the Scarlet Knights in the last four consecutive meetings.
The trio and the rest of the Nittany Lions are set to kick of the 2026 campaign next week when the team hosts Colgate on Sunday, February 1 at 12 p.m. in Holuba Hall. For fans at home, the action will be streamed live via B1G+.
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