The roster for the No. 7 Penn State field hockey team is starting to look like a casualties of war list.

Junior forward Kiley Kulina, who broke her foot in Friday's battle against conference rival No. 5 Michigan, will be out of action at least for the rest of the regular season and the Big Ten Championships. Also while fighting the Wolverines, freshman midfielder Neilye Stoner shattered her thumb and will be out for the remainder of the year.

In addition to these most recent injuries, squad leader Mandy Robinson suffered a stress fracture in her hip several weeks ago and will sit out for at least the rest of the regular season.

The bullet-riddled Lady Lions (13-4. 4-1 Big Ten), who have suffered defeats in their last two outings against the Wolverines and Sunday against No. 6 Princeton, will try to repair their battle lines when they wage war against Pennsylvania (3-10) at 7 p.m. today at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

"We don't want to take anyone for granted right now, but this should be a good game to pull ourselves back together again," sophomore goalkeeper Annie Zinkavich said. "We need to get back on the right track and working together again and the game against UPenn should be a good time to do that."

Penn State's lines broke down early in Friday's game against Michigan and Penn State coach Char Morett, as well as several players, said the team played tentatively.

Zinkavich described players as being afraid to have the ball. The Lions appeared gun shy when they did have the ball, and were almost afraid to shoot. The four shots Penn State got during the game were not nearly sufficient to come away with the win.

With all the emphasis placed on that one game, the loss was devastating. In addition to team morale being at a season low, the players were never more battle-weary.

"That game took a lot out of us," sophomore Jill Martz said. "Because it was to Michigan, who is a great opponent, it was not such a terrible loss, but we all worked really hard and after losing we were all really down."

The loss of confidence, in addition to the loss of several offensive weapons, led directly to Penn State's loss to Princeton.

Although the Lions looked sluggish in the first portion of the game against Princeton, Zinkavich said that was because the players playing in Kulina's and Stoner's positions were just adjusting to the new spots and the goalie said she saw definite signs of improvement as the game wore on.

Even with three starters out of the lineup, Morett, who gave most of the bench players some game time earlier in the season, can breathe easier knowing she has back-ups with at least two or three games experience.

Facing Pennsylvania, who has one of the worst records of Penn State's opponents this year, should prove easier than the last two games. In addition to rebuilding the team's confidence, it could put them back on track for their post season goals.

"It's still possible to tie for the Big Ten Title and win the Big Ten Championship and after that I think we have a shot at the NCAA Tournament," Zinkavich said. "I'd like to think we're not going to say, 'We can't win so we shouldn't even try.' We might not win it all this year, but we may as well go down with a fight."