A team’s nonconference schedule is of paramount importance in lacrosse. It makes up a larger percentage of a team’s schedule than in a majority of NCAA sports.
For Penn State, eight of its 13 games will fall outside of Big Ten play. For coach Jeff Tambroni and his staff that leaves a lot of wiggle room in terms of who the Nittany Lions will see each spring.
However, that doesn’t mean they just get to pick eight teams off of a board and that they will then see all eight the next year.
“What you want and what you are able to get are typically two different things for Penn State,” Tambroni said.