Something happened to the No. 2 Penn State Ice Lions that hasn't happened for a while.

They lost.

Granted, not before they extended their winning streak to nine games by beating No. 7 Marist 6-4 on Friday night. But then on Saturday they lost 4-1 to No. 5 Siena.

Penn State battled back from a 4-0 deficit against Marist scoring six unanswered goals to beat the Red Foxes.

"We settled down, made adjustments, and played better defense," said head coach Mo Stroemel.

Against Siena they weren't as lucky. They got down early by two goals and came back to cut the lead to one, but the Saints kept them at bay and added two more goals to seal the victory.

"We have been playing from behind and that's not going to cut it," said goalie Dan Koletsky.

Sometimes athletes try to blame losses on other things, but the team knows it didn't play well especially in the first period in both games. Against Siena they played on an Olympic-sized rink, which is much larger than a typical rink they are used to playing on.

"[The size] of the Olympic sized rink was hard to adjust to, but it is no excuse for losing," said Pat McCullough.

The Ice Lions got out of the weekend unscathed in the injury department. Koletsky played both games because Simon Morris got sick on Saturday and wasn't able to play.

Defensive zone troubles are what did the Ice Lions in during both of the games despite the victory Friday night. They spent too much time running around and had some mental errors that handed them their fate. The Ice Lions got away from playing the man and didn't look around them. They will work on it in practice but it doesn't change the outcome of the game. The players are looking forward to playing Siena again knowing that they should have beat them this weekend.

"We have to get out of the mind set that we are great because anybody can beat if they have the desire," said Stroemel.