March 4, 2014
By Tyler Feldman, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The hardware still resides in Happy Valley.
On an emotional senior day, No. 12/8 Penn State (22-6, 13-3) topped Michigan (17-12, 8-8), 77-62, to earn at least a share of the Big Ten regular-season championship for the third straight season.
"It's pretty unbelievable," said senior guard Maggie Lucas. "I don't think many people believed in this. People within the program just worked so hard for this. I give a lot of credit to our entire team. The young players bought into what we had to accomplish and trusted the coaches and the older players in what it takes to get here. I'm so proud to be a Lady Lion today."
For Lucas and her other senior counterparts - Talia East, Ariel Edwards and Dara Taylor - the Class of 2014 claimed its third straight Big Ten regular-season title, a feat that the Blue and White have never accomplished before.
"It's the first time in program history that we have won three Big Ten Championships in a row," said Penn State head coach Coquese Washington. "For a program that has such a storied legacy, to be able to do something that this program hasn't done before, it's pretty hard."
Despite this being the third year in a row that the Lady Lions have won at least a share of the regular season title, winning has not gotten old for the players or the coaching staff.
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