Mike Jacober is a senior captain on Penn State's men's lacrosse team. According to his teammate and good friend Marc Young, Jacober's immediate family was in attendance at just about all of his lacrosse games this year.

Unfortunately, the Jacober family will never again get a chance to see Mike play.

On Saturday afternoon, a single-engine plane carrying Jacober's father, mother and younger brother crashed on Route 150 near Bellefonte. In all, six people were on board the plane, all of whom died instantly.

The plane was on course to land at University Park Airport where the Jacober family would then travel to Bigler Field to root for Mike Jacober as the Nittany Lions took on Fairfield.

It's been confirmed that Jeffrey Jacober, Mike's father, was the pilot of the plane. Mike Jacober's 15-year-old brother, Eric, was seated in the seat normally reserved for the co-pilot.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation and according to Senior Air Safety Investigator Paul Cox, an investigation of this magnitude can take up to a year before concrete evidence is obtained.

The Lions held a team meeting shortly after the game ended. Young said he's yet to speak with Jacober but the news has saddened the team immensely.

"He's one of my best friends on the team. Never in a million years do you want this to happen to anybody," Young said.

"Our prayers go out to him and his family, they are great people," he said.

All six people on the plane were residents of Providence, R.I., which is the hometown of the Jacobers.

Senior co-captain Will Jones has accompanied Mike Jacober on his way back to Providence, where memorial services for the family will take place later this week.

Obviously shaken, Jones declined to comment further on the situation.

Although not entirely certain, Young said Jacober had a pretty good idea that his family would be attending the game on Saturday, which began at 1 p.m.

"We're broken up and very distraught about it," sophomore defenseman J.T. Farcosky said. "We're at a loss for words."

Farcosky noted that Jacober is an integral part of the Lions team, both on and off the field.

"He's a great leader and a role model. He's a guy you look to for direction," Farcosky said.

"We're gonna have to be his family now," he said.