Collegian Staff Writer

In his 26 years of coaching and playing baseball at the collegiate and professional level, Robbie Wine has never seen a season begin the way this one did.

After snow canceled Penn State’s opening series last week, the baseball team traveled to Florida for the second annual Big Ten/Big East Challenge to open up the season this weekend — one unlike any other for the coach and the players.

All three games, which were played against Cincinnati, St. John’s and Notre Dame, went into extra innings, and all three ended with the home team walking off for the win, two of which were in Penn State’s favor.

via PSU walks off with pair of wins in wild weekend – The Daily Collegian Online.

• Connecticut 9 Indiana 5
• Louisville 5 Minnesota 4
• Seton Hall 3 Northwestern 0
• Notre Dame 9 Penn State 8 (10)
• Rutgers 6 Purdue 5
• St. John’s 6 Illinois 4
• Iowa 11 Villanova 2
• Michigan 4 South Florida 2
• Michigan State 17 West Virginia 5
• Cincinnati 12 Ohio State 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Despite a pair of home runs from junior Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.), including one in the ninth to even the score, the Penn State baseball team fell to Notre Dame, 9-8 in 10 innings, at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge on Sunday. For the third straight day, the Nittany Lions went to extra innings, but unfortunately, the game once again ended in a walk-off. This time, it was the Fighting Irish who celebrated following a fly ball that got caught up in the wind, allowing the winning run to cross the plate. Penn State finishes the challenge with a 2-1 record for the second straight season.

via Baseball Drops Heartbreaking 9-8 Final to Notre Dame in 10 Innings – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.

• Ohio State 2-0
• Penn State 2-0
• Northwestern 2-0
• Louisville 2-0
• Villanova 2-0
• Saint John’s 2-0
• Indiana 1-1
• Michigan State 1-1
• Iowa 1-1
• Illinois 1-1
• Connecticut 1-1
• Cincinnati 1-1
• South Florida 1-1
• West Virginia 1-1
• Minnesota 0-2
• Michigan 0-2
• Purdue 0-2
• Notre Dame 0-2
• Rutgers 0-2
• Seton Hall 0-2

• Louisville 17 Michigan State 6
• St. John’s 2 Michigan 1
• South Florida 12 Illinois 3
• Ohio State 10 Notre Dame 2
• Northwestern 7 Rutgers 5
• Cincinnati 7 Purdue 6
• Connecticut 8 Minnesota 2
• West Virgnia 9 Iowa 5
• Penn State 3 Seton Hall 2 (13)
• Villanova 8 Indiana 1

• Louisville 2 Michigan 0
• Illinois 11 Notre Dame 1
• Ohio State 4 South Florida 2
• St. John’s 5 Minnesota 4
• Villanova 13 Purdue 5
• Indiana 10 West Virginia 8
• Penn State 5 Cincinnati 4 (12)
• Michigan State 5 Seton Hall 3
• Northwestern 6 Connecticut 5 (10)
• Iowa 6 Rutgers 3

CLEARWATER, Fla. – One day after staging a dramatic extra inning win, the Penn State baseball team continued its heroics Saturday, coming back to top Seton Hall, 3-2 in 13 innings at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge. The Nittany Lions trailed heading into the bottom of the eighth until junior Heath Johnson (Alamagordo, N.M.) drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly. That set the stage for junior Mario Eramo (Houston, Texas), who provided Penn State’s second walk-off single in as many days.

via Nittany Lions Walk Off With Second Straight Extra Inning Win, 3-2 Over Seton Hall in 13 – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.