By Jeff Sattora, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Despite getting 10 hits on offense, the Penn State baseball team was never able to truly get in a rhythm Friday night, falling 7-3 at home vs. the Michigan Wolverines.

Joey DeBernardis and Jordan Steranka were once again bright spots for the Nittany Lions offense as they were able to gain a 2-1 lead in the fourth off of a DeBernardis homer and Steranka triple.  But unfortunately for Lions fans the team was never able to capitalize more than that. 

Michigan bounced back to score four runs in the fifth and never look back for the win. 

Even with the tough loss, the team is looking to bounce back tomorrow in the second game of the three game series. 

"It's going to be big, we need those two wins (Saturday and Sunday) especially being down in the conference right now," said DeBernardis. "We just got to come back out tomorrow." 

"We're getting to a point now where we have to win, win every game," echoed disappointed head coach Robbie Wine following the loss.

Despite the tough loss the team does have a few positives looking ahead. 

"We're hitting the ball, we're just not getting timely hits," said Jordan Steranka on one positive moving forward. 

That sense of urgency and positives will be huge motivators for the Lions as they look to bounce back in game two of their three game series vs. Michigan Saturday at 2:05 pm.