The Penn State club baseball team knew that it would have the home-field advantage on Saturday against West Virginia, but it never expected to have the weather advantage.

The sun would shine whenever Penn State was on the field to play defense. Every time West Virginia took the field, it started to snow.

With the weather on its side, the club team won all three games of the tripleheader, 9-0, 10-3 and 15-0.

"It was so weird," Penn State pitcher Greg Lisa said. "Every time they played the field it just started snowing. We would come out and the sun would come out. It seemed to work in symphony."

Playing for the first time at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Saturday, Penn State and West Virginia decided to make the series a tripleheader as opposed to playing the final game yesterday because of the weather.

As the snow fell, the players had to find ways to keep themselves warm.

"Luckily, we were in this nice stadium," Lisa said. "We would go indoors between innings and ride the bike just to keep ourselves comfortable."

Lisa pitched the third game of the series, a five-inning game that was shortened because of the mercy rule.

As a pitcher, Lisa had to keep his arm loose without having it stiffen in the cold.

"It really was interesting pitching in that kind of weather," Lisa said. "But pitching in that stadium gets the adrenaline flowing. I was pumped up."

In the first game, Penn State pitcher Pete Chalfin once again dominated, as he improved upon his one-hit outing from the week before.

This week he was one walk away from a perfect game as he completely shut down West Virginia's bats.

"Pete was just dominant," Lisa said. "The fact that he was a walk away from a perfect game really set the tone for us."

First baseman Victor Evangelist had the first hit at Medlar Field for the club team.

Outfielder Rudy Hersh and third baseman Dave Brodeur also led the offense with multiple hits throughout the day.

In the second game, senior Brian Binder held off the West Virginia offense, holding it to three runs and getting the win in the 10-3 game.

Lisa gave up only two hits in the finale, as the offense picked up about the same time as the snow.

Penn State will be playing on the field one more time this Friday and Saturday against Pittsburgh and hopes that the weather will be nicer to showcase the new field.

But Lisa said that the snow was something different to play in while playing on the minor league field.

"The snow really was the X-factor in the games," Lisa said.

"Though it was the same for both teams, it did add a different dimension to the game."