At this point, the whole celebration thing has become routine.

Shake hands with the defeated through the net, get in a celebratory circle with the teammates, give the crowd a wave and jog off the court victorious.

Halfway through the Big Ten schedule, the No. 2 Penn State women's volleyball team is not only undefeated in conference play but has gone unblemished this season (21-0, 10-0 Big Ten).

This weekend was just another page in the same old story, as the Nittany Lions downed Michigan, 3-1(24-30, 30-27, 30-25, 30-26), on Friday and Michigan State, 3-0 (30-18, 30-22, 30-13), on Saturday.

Perhaps the only real shock this weekend was the one game they lost on Friday. In 20 matches this season, the Lions have lost a total of six games. In conference play, Penn State has only lost two games.

The one game lost to the Wolverines was partially attributed to the use of the 6-2 offense as opposed to the single-setter 5-1 Penn State is used to.

"We struggled last night, but he had us in there for a reason," freshman setter Alisha Glass said on Saturday night. "Sometimes you just have to go back to your comfort level."

The Lions looked out of sync in the first game of the Michigan match. The setters had a difficult time getting it to the middles and as a team Penn State was unable to get into a productive rhythm.

Penn State head coach Russ Rose said that he thought Michigan's solid play, coupled with the Lions inability to smoothly transition to the 6-2, factored into the relatively close match.

"I was stubborn and didn't want to revert to the 5-1 because I thought the 6-2 would work," he said.

With the 6-2, Glass and fellow freshman Jessica Yanz directed the offense and -- as usual -- looked to the outsides a good deal.

Freshman outside hitter Megan Hodge picked up her sixth career double-double with 25 kills and 20 digs. Sophomore libero Roberta Holehouse had a career-high 26 digs.

But on Saturday, Rose went with Glass and the 5-1 throughout and received a more consistent performance. Glass was steady and distributed the ball to the middles a bit more than the Lions were used to.

Though Hodge again led with 14 kills, junior middle hitter Melissa Walbridge had eight kills at a .800 clip.

"I felt like our passing was good enough where she had the opportunity to run me more in the middles," Walbridge said.

"I think it was probably best so far this year for us."

Senior opposite Cassy Salyer also received a few more sets her way and had seven kills on .375 hitting.

Rose said he was unsure if the 6-2 would be making a return this season. He said that he might "dabble with it again," but said that it might be better to examine such things during the spring.

So, at this point, Rose is going to take the second half of the Big Ten schedule day-to-day.

"That's kind of how sport can be," he said. "You're as good as your last match."