The Lady Lions were outpaced by the Buckeyes from the opening tip.
“Are you doing things that you can translate from the practice gym to make it easier for you to serve in the competition gym? I think we need to make a little bit better headway there, and I think we will.”
Kern scored a career-high 22 points and Brown added 11 in the Nittany Lions upset win.
The Nittany Lions have had ups and downs, but their culture was never in question.
The Nittany Lions defeated a top-15 opponent for the second time this season.
Traynor and the Philadelphia Waterdogs reached the final before falling to the Boston Cannons.