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Penn State men’s lacrosse defense preview | All three returning starters the key to success

Over the past few seasons, all eyes have been on Penn State’s offense.

Last year, Grant Ament and Mac O’Keefe led a Nittany Lion team that had a great shot at winning a national championship before the coronavirus pandemic cut the season short.

While the offense will look a little different without the presence of Ament, who graduated and became the first overall pick in the Premier Lacrosse League College Draft, coach Jeff Tambroni will have a different group returning most of its playmakers from a season ago.

That group? Defense.

Last season, the key to success for Penn State’s defense was to fill the shoes left by four-year starter Chris Sabia, who joined the PLL after his senior year in 2019.