As a full moon illuminated the night sky in State College, No. 19 Penn State was busy in six time zones over to the West, facing yet another top-ranked opponent in its nonconference schedule.
The Nittany Lions have played well in most sets during their daunting nonconference schedule but could never find enough overall success to earn a match win against a ranked opponent. They stayed true to that trend as the team lost to No. 3 Hawaii in three sets (25-13, 25-23, 25-12) inside the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu on Saturday, falling to 5-12 on the year.