YOUNGSTOWN — Throughout the offseason, Youngstown State felt like it had found some answers after its struggles last season.

Following Thursday’s season-opening 24-15 victory over Mercyhurst at Stambaugh Stadium, the Penguins may still have some lingering questions on both sides of the ball.

“It’s a win. I don’t think we’re all satisfied, but it’s the first time we got to play,” head coach Doug Phillips said. “We gotta dig into the film and see areas where we can get improvement. … We’re going to learn a lot about our guys. For a lot of them, it’s the first time under the lights, not at night, but under the lights for Youngstown State University. We get back to work tomorrow and we get ready to move onto Week 2, and I want to see drastic increases in how we play next week.”

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