Penn State looked unstoppable after the opener loss against No. 3 Stanford. However, coach Erica Dambach’s squad seemed to have hit the wall in recent games.
It started with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against No. 22 West Virginia, going the full 110 minutes on the road. The team was able to snag a home win against James Madison, but not before coming back from conceding a goal less than a minute into the match, and almost conceding an equalizing penalty had it not been for Kat Asman’s heroics.
A tenacious effort by Oklahoma State saw the Nittany Lions take their first defeat in five games — thanks to a Kim Rodriguez goal just over a minute into the second overtime period — while also exposing some of the lingering problems on the team.