On Thursday, Penn State ace Marlaina Laubach showed that a dominant effort on the mound can end an opponent's season.
But the script was flipped on the Nittany Lions during the second round of the Big Ten tournament.
Illinois got an outstanding effort from its own ace, Breanna Wonderly, as it went on to beat Penn State 3-0 and bounce the Nittany Lions from the Big Ten tournament, ending their season.
Penn State needed to win the conference tournament in order to receive an auto-bid for the NCAA tournament.
Wonderly limited Penn State to just three hits over seven innings, retiring 14 batters in a row at one point, to carry the Illini to victory.