Penn State Midfielder Matt Donnelly (11) tries to take the ball away from Maryland midfielder Connor Kelly (1) during a lacrosse game against Maryland at Panzer Stadium on Sunday April 8, 2018. Penn State lost 13-12.
Samantha WilsonWhile Penn State won’t be taking part, the NCAA Tournament gets underway this weekend as 16 teams are only two wins away from playing on Memorial Day Weekend.
After getting four teams into the tournament a season ago, the Big Ten surprised many by only slotting two teams into the tournament, Maryland and Johns Hopkins. All the way back in January, before the regular season got rolling, many felt that two and maybe all three of Rutgers, Ohio State and Penn State would be in the field but none of them ended up making it.