A loss was inevitable, but it doesn’t make it any easier to swallow.
But it wasn’t a strictly negative experience for Penn State, either.
“We weren’t really sticking to our identity for the full 60 minutes. Win or lose that game, throughout the weekend, that was the big message. We’re going to have to fix it either way,” captain Chase Berger said after Saturday’s loss to Arizona State. “The loss sucks, but it’s a long season. At the end of the day, if we learn from this loss, that’s all that matters.”
Rather than dwell on their first loss of the season to the Sun Devils, the Nittany Lions will look to get back on the winning track in this weekend’s home-and-home series against Robert Morris.