Penn State roundup: Women’s lacrosse falls in Big Ten quarterfinals, men’s lacrosse preps for Big Ten tourney and more
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STATE COLLEGE The Penn State women’s lacrosse team fell to Johns Hopkins in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals, 11-9, on Thursday evening.
The No. 6-seed Lions (4-9) suffer an early exit from a Big Ten tournament that was being held at Panzer Stadium, but they did make it interesting against the No. 3-seed Blue Jays (8-5).
Johns Hopkins carried a 9-2 lead into halftime behind a strong first half from Mackenzie Heldberg, who had four goals. But Penn State battled back behind five second-half goals from senior Quinn Nicolai.
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The team yielded in four of its singles matches, as well as three in doubles.
The other victory came from Christian Lakoseljac, who swept No. 15 Alex Brown, 7-6 (12), 6-3.
Eala’s efforts earned an early praise from team head coach Jeff Zinn.
“I have good points and bad points to take away from the match,” said Zinn in an interview with the university’s official website.
“Good points are that Christian and our new freshmen, Miko Eala, played really well.”
The team seeks to regain bearings when it faces Northwestern on Sunday (Monday in Manila).
Eala has spent a few years as a scholar at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain along with his sister before jumping into the US collegiate scene.