UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State offense was in need of a spark to get things rolling in the second game of a doubleheader against Robert Morris Wednesday evening.
The Nittany Lions had already dropped the first game against the Colonials 3-1, a game that saw them only amass three hits.
Enter Alyssa VanDerveer, who in the third inning hit a two-run homerun to provide that spark and jumpstart a six run inning for the Lions. Penn State (11-14) went on to win the game 8-5.
The homerun was VanDerveer's team leading fifth of the season, and eighteenth of her career.