A six-game streak is normal for the Penn State softball team, but this kind of streak is unprecedented.

The Nittany Lions' last six games have all been canceled due to weather -- including four games this weekend -- starting last Sunday when a doubleheader against Minnesota at home was rained out. After three-and-a-half innings, a Penn State lead and an Ashley Esparza home run were scratched from the record books.

Penn State (16-12, 2-0 Big Ten) spent a week of practice preparing for its first Big Ten road trip this weekend to No. 9 Michigan.

The Lions went into this weekend's games confident after they knocked off the Wolverines in the Judi Garman Classic on March 17, 5-2 with a 4-4 performance from sophomore Danielle Kinley.

A chance to stun rival Michigan for another time this season was out of the question with well below freezing temperatures that eventually canceled games in Ann Arbor both Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

The team traveled 64 miles northwest to East Lansing in hopes of better weather for its doubleheader with Michigan State yesterday. The conditions were similar, and the Lions were dealt their fifth and sixth straight canceled games.

Although this means that Penn State has missed out on six Big Ten games, it's not a disadvantage. The Lions weren't the only ones caught in a bind this weekend, with all Big Ten games being canceled. The standings remain the same where Penn State sits in third behind Iowa and Ohio State.

"We ran into bad weather, and there are plenty schools that are in the same boat as us," Penn State coach Robin Petrini said. "Of the eight Big Ten teams that were planned to play games this weekend, no one played a game.

"It affects me no more than anybody else."

Unfortunately for the Lions, they weren't able to quickly return home like after last weekend's cancellations. An estimated 15-hour trip this weekend resulting in no games may be frustrating and tiring, but Petrini sees it as any other trip.

"We didn't do anything," Petrini said. We got on a bus ... We drove, just a normal routine. Four of those eight teams that are affected by weather all drove. Everyone is the same."

After Mother Nature had its fun with the Big Ten teams lately, all of the squads will look to get back on the field in the coming week. The first chance to get back on the field for the Lions will be at home on Wednesday against Kent State at 3 p.m..

However, the Lions aren't setting their hopes to high with their recent luck with weather.

"We hope for better weather," Petrini said. "We may run into rain, but we'll see."