Center for Sports Surface Research
The Center for Sports Surface Research at Penn State is an intercollege program managed within the College of Agricultural Sciences’ Department of Plant Science. The center is dedicated to the improvement of all sports surfaces. Through cooperative scientific inquiry the center’s members expect to improve performance and safety on all sports surfaces.
News and Information
May 21, 2021
Dissecting Infield Playability
A baseball often touches two different surfaces during the same play. This sets baseball apart from other ball sports. Learn about the importance of baseball infield mixes in this article.
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May 18, 2021
Penn State's Fresh Cut Grass Podcast features graduate student Evan Mascitti discussing his research on baseball infield mixes
See Episode 9 for insight into Evan's baseball infield mix research
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May 12, 2021
Staph infection turf study yields insight in coronavirus survivability on fields
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April 6, 2021
New Research Paper Documents Survival of Staphylococcus aureus applied to Poa pratensis L. and synthetic turf
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