May 21, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State baseball team celebrated Senior Day on Saturday (May 17) after a 7-6 loss to Michigan State, but from the looks on the players faces they knew the outcome could have been different. Five unearned runs ended up being the difference, but head coach Rob Cooper knows the program made progress during his first season at the helm.
"I was happy with our progress and some of the things we were able to do this season," said Cooper. "The guys that are returning know there are things they need to work on and our coaching staff knows there are things we need to do better, as well. The biggest thing in changing a culture and a mindset is to get the players to play hard and compete each day and I feel like this team did that."
All weekend, Penn State had their opportunities to take down the Spartans, falling by scores of 4-2 and 4-1 in a doubleheader on Friday. However, in each of those games the Nittany Lions brought the game tying run to the plate in the ninth inning. On Saturday, they entered the ninth trailing by just a run and three seniors coming to the plate.
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