After a seven-hour drive to Massachusetts, the Penn State ACHA Division II Ice Lions had only one goal in mind: A victory against Holy Cross.

Not only did the Ice Lions (4-1) come back home with the win, they managed to defeat Holy Cross (2-3) twice.

The Ice Lions won the first game, 4-2. Sophomore Connor McLean scored two minutes into the first period, while freshman Matt Markovich, who scored his first goal of the season, tied the game up by scoring the second goal 13 minutes into the second period.

Senior Pete MacGregor added the third goal four minutes into the third period and senior Bobby Finney scored the final goal with 40 seconds left on an open-net goal.

Penn State coach Pat Fung said that the team played really well even though it had a long ride from Penn State.

"In the first period, we played very good," Fung said. "In the second period, we were taking penalties and that slowed us down, but we fought back and dominated them in the third period."

Although the Ice Lions were still committing a lot of penalties during the game, Fung said that that is something they still need to work on.

"They called fair penalties," he said. "They were not a ridiculous amount."

The second game against Holy Cross was an even greater success with a 5-2 win. Senior Liam Callahan dropped in the first goal for the Ice Lions 17 minutes into the opening period while freshman Colin Roth scored the second goal a minute later.

Senior Steve Wedner was the first to score early in the third period, but the Ice Lions redeemed themselves throughout the period with two more goals by junior Mike Sulkes and senior captain Adam Levine.

Levine thought the two games really showed their possible strengths and weaknesses.

"We had really good team defense," he said. "But we had trouble putting the puck in the net. It was hard to finish, and we showed a lot of progress from last game to this game."

Fung said that the second game against Holy Cross went better than the first.

"We are much bigger, faster, and stronger, and they could not keep up," he said. "In the second period, we had more penalties again, and we were going into the third period with a tie. We knew what we had to do."