Two days. Two outcomes. Two feelings.

In a weekend when the Penn State Lady Icers hopped on the bus to take on the University of Rochester and the Syracuse Warrior's adult club team, their two contests were nothing alike.

Rochester, a newborn to the collegiate hockey scene, formed its team in 1999. The unknown squad was no challenge for the Lady Icers on Saturday, as Penn State put on a show in handing Rochester a 17-1 embarrassment on their home ice.

The game brought yet another hat trick to senior standout Andrea Lavelle, as the senior netted five goals to help pace the Icers to another lopsided victory.

"We get those games once in a while," Lavelle said. "We just kind of walked all over them."

The Icers toyed with Rochester for all 45 minutes of play, as Penn State controlled the puck in Rochester territory for almost the entire game. Katie King, Lauren Shaw and Faryn Shapiro all added two goals of their own to help lead their line.

The Icers used a team effort in unleashing a barrage of shots on the Rochester goalie Awista Ayub. Although Rochester was no match for the Icers, coach Billie Willits used the game to practice passing, cycling and other game techniques the Icers will need to implement in order for future success.

For the Icers, Sunday was no day of fun.

In a game in which the Icers looked to avenge last season's loss to the adult club Syracuse Warriors in the Erie Valentine Tournament, the more experienced Warriors once again overmatched the Icers on way to a 7-1 victory.

King got the Icers on top with a slapshot goal to give the Icers the first score of the afternoon. The Warriors then put together seven unanswered scores to send the Icers reeling.

"They're a good team," Shapiro said. "But there's no reason we should have lost by six goals."

The Warriors played an extremely physical game, but it was the Icers who were penalized for a number of checking penalties that led to two Warrior power play goals.

Syracuse, led by women ages 21-45, displayed their savvy with exceptional skating and phenomenal passing. The solid Warrior team did not present many scoring opportunities for the Icers.

"The game was played in front of our own net, rather than theirs'," freshman Stephanie Feyock said. "It led to a lot of goals."

Three balanced Warrior lines broke down the Icers, as they intercepted weak passes by Penn State, which resulted in two breakaway goals.

The Icers stuck with the Warriors for one period of play, as goalie Jessica Gurskey allowed just two first period scores and kept the Icers in contention through the first 15 minutes.

But Penn State got frustrated and unraveled, as they could not handle the odd-man rushes the Warriors used against the Icers.

"We're not used to losing," Lavelle said. "We got down a couple of goals, and we got sloppy and lost our focus."

Although the Syracuse game was no success, the Icers got much needed experience for the high level of competition they will be seeing in the national tournament. All teams look for any positive they can take from a loss, and this Penn State team is no different, as they will look to crack out their game faces and get nasty in games to come.

"This is our wakeup call for nationals," Feyock said.