After Fridays' game against Ohio State, the Penn State women's lacrosse team walked off the field in utter disbelief after the Buckeyes' game winning goal with no time left on the clock upset the No. 8 Nittany Lions, 9-8, at Jeffery Field.

For the six departing seniors on the team, this was not how they had envisioned their last game at Penn State.

"As seniors we wanted to come in and take care of this game," senior attacker Lindsay Dutch said. "It just did not happen for us, and that is frustrating."

With three seconds left, the Buckeyes took the ball out behind the Lions goal after a missed shot, and with no time left on the clock, Jessica Patane shot the winning goal.

After the goal, the referees conversed with each other for a few minutes to make sure the goal counted, unsure if it had happened before the clock hit zero. Sure enough, the goal stood for the Buckeyes.

The Lions went up 4-1 to start the game behind goals by four different players. However, by the end of the first half, the team began to lose much of the emotion and momentum that carried it through the first half.

The Buckeyes then began a 6-1 run with 10:10 left in the first half, taking a 7-5 lead with 24:49 remaining. And they would never trail again.

Penn State did tie the game at eight with 4:04 left after a goal by Lindsay Dutch.

"We started strong, but by the end of the first half we became a little complacent and lost our focus," senior defender Renee Cipro said. "That is what ultimately cost us the game."

This complacency caused the team to execute poorly on offense and created its inability to stop the Buckeyes on defense, something uncharacteristic of the team.

The Lions were without one of their top scorers, junior midfielder Jessi Lieb, after she partially tore her plantar spacial on her right foot April 14 against No. 1 Northwestern. She will now be forced to sit out the rest of the season.

Even with missing one of their biggest threats, the Lions outplayed the Buckeyes on the offensive side of the ball, outshooting them, 29-18, and dominating draw controls by 14-4.

Yet the team was inconsistent the entire night, only shooting 28 percent and committing 11 turnovers.

"We should have won this game," Penn State head coach Suzanne Isidor said. "We dominated on time of possession and shots taken, however, we were poor on attack and our defense could not get the job done and stop the Buckeyes from scoring when they had the ball."

On the defensive side of the ball, the Lions lacked much of the intensity they have played with throughout the year.

A focal point of this year's team, the defense has been able to pick up the slack of the offense in games they have lacked production.

However this game was a different story.

Penn State's defense could not contain Ohio State's weapons, allowing the Buckeyes to shoot 50 percent from the field and ultimately gave up the winning goal with no time left on the clock.

With their loss on Friday, the Lions move to 0-3 in conference play and will travel to Baltimore this Friday where they will face American Lacrosse Conference rival, No. 16 Johns Hopkins.

"While it is tough for the team not to dwell on this lose, we realize that this game against Johns Hopkins is a must win if we hope to have a favorable seed in the conference tournament and make the NCAA tournament," Isidor said.