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Penn State Falls Short in First B1G Loss

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Nittany Lions returned to Panzer Stadium and Big Ten play Saturday evening to take on seventh-ranked Northwestern in their 2018 THON game.

A 46-hour no sitting, no sleeping dance marathon, THON is an annual event run by Penn State students each year. Throughout the year, Nittany Lion student-athletes from variety of Penn State sports participate in THON, giving back to the cause in support of childhood cancer.

"Any game we get to go out there and play for the kids is a big deal for us," Katie O'Donnell said. "We are just happy it was a great game to do it for.