Jeff Vella stories, Page 4

The new Morgan Ryan no longer strikes out batters at a dizzying rate. The Hempfield graduate and Notre Dame sophomore no longer starts every important game. Don’t think for a second, though, she’s no longer an effective and valuable player. Ryan has established herself as the primary reliever for the...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. McHugh becomes Penn State’s first women’s swimming national champion Ally McHugh won the 1,650 freestyle in 15 minutes, 39.22 seconds at the NCAA championships Saturday in Austin, Texas. McHugh, who took silver in the event...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. OT goal pushes Robert Morris hockey into conference semifinals Justin Addamo scored with less than four minutes left in overtime, lifting the Colonials past Bentley, 3-2, in the deciding game of their best-of-three Atlantic Hockey...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Diaz, Lombardi lead Crimson Hawks to PSAC title Jacobo Diaz had 14 points and 12 rebounds as No. 2 IUP topped Mercyhurst, 56-49, on Sunday for the 10th conference championship in school history. Dante Lombardi...

Every week, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Seton Hill women pull another big upset Megan Marecic (Bethel Park) had 22 points and 13 rebounds as the visiting Griffins knocked off No. 8 IUP, 71-59, in their PSAC regular-season finale Saturday. Seton Hill...

The softball season is underway in NCAA Division I, II and NAIA, and it opens in Division III this weekend. Here are some top area players to watch: Kaitlyn Beers, IUP Junior second baseman earned PSAC Central Athlete of the Year last season after leading team with 33 RBIs, 46...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Chatham men make school history Isaiah Brown scored 22 points, and the Cougars topped Westminster, 64-61, on Saturday for their first PAC title in any team sport since joining the conference in 2007-08. Anthony Bomar...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. La Roche men’s basketball makes conference history Austin Hannes (Knoch) scored 16 points, helping the Redhawks rout Penn State Altoona, 95-61, on Saturday and become the first team in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference history to...

Four years ago, Isaiah Brown traveled nearly 1,000 miles to join a first-year college basketball program in an unfamiliar city. That inaugural season at Chatham — which coincided with the school’s first coed undergraduate class — brings back fond memories, even though the team went 5-22. “A lot of times,...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Robert Morris women make history with victory Isabella Posset (Beaver) made a layup with 38 seconds left, and the Colonials clipped Bryant, 59-56, on Saturday to become the first women’s team in Northeast Conference history...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Westminster men hand Saint Vincent 1st PAC loss Sophomore Isaac Stamatiades recorded 19 points — including back-to-back 3s in overtime — and added a career-best 16 rebounds to lead the Titans past the Bearcats, 87-80,...

A torn labrum, broken ankle and broken knuckle in a 16-month span were enough. So Cal (Pa.) basketball player Seairra Barrett opted for lots of milk, protein and vitamins before this season in an attempt to shield herself from more injuries. “In my head, something wasn’t right because I kept...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Chatham women end W&J winning streak at 11 Katie Sieg (Serra Catholic) scored 25 points, and the Cougars hit a single-game school-record 17 3-pointers en route to a 72-70 victory over Washington & Jefferson in...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Hills earns MVP at NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Slippery Rock running back Wes Hills ran 10 times for 78 yards and scored his National Team’s only touchdown in a 10-7 loss to the American Team on...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Slippery Rock men knock off No. 3 IUP Micah Till finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds, and The Rock held the previously unbeaten Crimson Hawks to a season-worst shooting percentage in a 74-69 PSAC...

The IUP men are back in the rarefied air of Division II college basketball, off to a 13-0 start and holding the No. 3 spot in the polls. Yet they’re not even the top-ranked team on their campus. That honor belongs to the women, who are 11-0 and ascended to...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Saint Vincent men stay perfect in PAC Cletus Hilton (Seton LaSalle) scored a personal-best 20 points — 10 more than his previous high — in an 89-65 rout of Bethany on Saturday. Hilton, a transfer...