Penn State field hockey was shut out in its first two quarters of the 2024-2025 season, which ultimately came back to hurt the Nittany Lions as their comeback chance was squandered by Virginia.
Losing a tight matchup 2-1, Penn State couldn’t locate an offensive spark against the Cavaliers, an NCAA Tournament semi-finalist team from last season. However, this year the blue and white is a squad full of fresh faces who are just beginning to make their mark.
The game started off slowly, After an early goal by Virginia, Penn State could’t get anything going for over 30 minutes.