No. 24 Penn State left Minneapolis in disappointment following a 3-0 loss to the No. 20 Golden Gophers, despite all three sets coming down to the wire. It was a series of mishandled balls and faulty serves that accounted for the defeat.
The Nittany Lions returned home to Happy Valley on Sunday for their Military Appreciation Day match against Ohio State. The Buckeyes took the blue and white to a fifth set, but Penn State claimed a 3-2 victory at home.
Penn State blazed to an early 7-4 lead. However, after a series of missed digs by Jocelyn Nathan and Caroline Jurevicius, Ohio State turned the tides in its favor.