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The Long Game

From our November/December 2014 issue: They were categorized as “extramurals.” They were discouraged from being too competitive. They made their own pregame meals. Fifty years after the humblest of beginnings, Penn State’s first women athletes look back on the their time as unwitting pioneers.

Black and white photo of the first PSU women's field hockey team on the field, by Penn State Archives

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By Lori Shontz ’91 Lib, ’13 MEd Edu WC
Photos by Penn State ArchivesNovember / December 2014

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