It won't take much for the Lady Icers to pick themselves up off the ground after a heartbreaking loss in Massachusetts two weeks ago.

The No. 15 Penn State Lady Icers (4-3, 3-1 ECWHL) have turned their attention from the weekend split with the University of Massachusetts to the upcoming weekend series. They are set to play Norwich University tomorrow and Sunday at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion. Game 1 will begin at 10:15 p.m. tomorrow and Game 2 will be at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday.

The series against the University of Massachusetts-Amherst only set fuel to the Lady Icers' fire. The weekend began with an intense 3-2 victory, but ended on an unfortunate note with a 5-1 loss.

Sophomore goalie Melanie Kleinmann admits to the team's overall second game jitters.

"Basically, we came into that game too tense. I don't think we were over-confident at all. We were just a little nervous. You could tell from the warm-ups and our frustration, yelling at each other. That's not our team. But, by the third period, we cleaned up our act," Kleinmann said.

Following the weekend in Massachusetts, the team realized the fundamentals that had to be worked on in order to improve their game for the series against Norwich University. With last weekend off, the team had a significant amount of practice time.

Penn State head coach Michael Brinton dedicated a solid portion of practice over the past two weeks to offense and offensive strategy.

"We worked a lot on passing and the team worked together passing the puck. I felt we were really bad with passing and receiving. We weren't getting our heads up. We spent a lot of time on passing and offensive zone to find the open man," he said.

In addition to concentrating on offense, the goalies on the team, Kleinmann and Gena Goldbaum, have been receiving more individual attention from the assistant coaches.

The upcoming Lady Icers' opponent, Norwich University, has yet to play a league game so far this season. Some players see this to be an advantage in their favor.

Captain Ashleigh Kinder said, "I see it as an advantage because we came off a competitive weekend playing the University of Massachusetts. We are definitely more prepared for this weekend rather than if we hadn't played any league games."

Brinton, on the other hand, is a little unsure of what Norwich will throw in their direction. He does feel confident that his team will show what they are capable of and their hard work will show through on the ice.

"We will see. Every time you play a team that hasn't played another team or you haven't played against yet, you never know. I think we will be able to beat them," he said.