The Penn State men's lacrosse team had a four-goal lead over ECAC opponent Loyola in the team's matchup on Saturday, and sophomore goalie Drew Adams was putting on a goaltending clinic, with ten saves on thirteen shots.

"He's a terrific goalie," Loyola head coach Charles Toomey said. "He might be the best goalie in the country in my opinion, and today we had to get shots inside to be able to give ourselves a chance."

Following a Loyola penalty, the Nittany Lions had a man advantage and were headed into the final quarter of play. For those in attendance at Holuba Hall, it seemed certain that the Lions would get their first win of the season.

Unfortunately for the Lions, Loyola's speedy offense took control and didn't look back.

With 14:51 remaining, Loyola got started when attacker Ryan Rabidou scored shorthanded. Seventeen seconds later, Loyola's Shane Koppens added another shorthanded goal.

Rabidou and Koppens would go on to combine for five goals and four assists, contributing to a furious 7-2 run that culminated in Koppens scoring the game winning goal with four seconds to play in Loyola's 10-9 win.

Penn State junior defender Tommy Zichelli stood in disbelief, watching Loyola celebrate.

"We played the best first half I think we've played all season. Then at the end we just fell apart defensively." Zichelli said. "They took it to the goal when they needed to and we made a couple of mistakes and they capitalized on them."

The Greyhounds cued in on Penn State's mistakes by adjusting in the fourth quarter. Toomey said his team needed to change its strategy on offense if they wanted to find ways to score against Adams.

"When we put a little speedy guy down there, No. 11 Ryan Rabidou, it opened up some things inside, because we weren't able to score on Drew Adams from the outside," Toomey said. "That adjustment alone really helped us offensively."

In addition to the offensive adjustment, Loyola also opted to change goalies. Sophomore goalie Alex Peaty was pulled after allowing four goals in the first 11 minutes and replaced him with junior Connor Locke.

Toomey said the change in goal helped the Greyhounds both offensively and defensively.

"I give credit to Connor Locke for being able to come in because that's a tough thing to do, to come off the bench and see a game shot," he said. "He made some great saves for us and let us run a little bit because I thought he cleared the ball very well."

Penn State head coach, Glenn Theil said his team didn't adjust to Loyola's goalie change, as the Lions' attack shot at Locke's strengths down low.

The inability to adjust not only dropped the Lions' record to 0-3, but it also cost them a pivotal win in the ECAC conference opener.

"That was all about getting one up on everybody in the league and getting in first place in the league," Thiel said. "Now, we're playing from behind.