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Seton Hill grad student softball player Jenna Osikowicz is breathing rarefied air. The Hempfield alum became the first softball player from Seton Hill to be named a National FastPitch Coaches Association All-American. The outfielder was selected for the second team. Osikowicz already had been named the PSAC West Athlete of...

The problem with elimination games is that someone has to get eliminated. That someone Saturday was Seton Hill, which fell to Cal State Dominguez Hills, 9-6, for its second loss in the double-elimination NCAA Division II Softball World Series in Denver. The Atlantic Regional champion Griffins end a season that...

Josh Shields and Nico Megaludis aren’t ready to hang up their headgear just yet. The Franklin Regional grads recently competed in the U.S. Open freestyle wrestling tournament and the World Team Trials and just came up short of making the team. But they’re looking for another shot down the road...

The Seton Hill softball team rebounded from an opening loss in the NCAA Division II World Series and stayed alive with an 8-1 victory over Adelphi (N.Y.) in the loser’s bracket game Friday night in Denver. The Griffins (42-11) will take on Cal State Dominguez Hills (42-22) at 4:30 p.m....

Barely done with her playing days, Darien Lantz is ready to take on her first head-coaching job at the collegiate level. Lantz was announced Friday as the new women’s basketball coach at Pitt-Greensburg. She replaces Kelsey Oddis, who resigned and accepted another on-campus position. Lantz was an assistant at Thiel...

Seton Hill will have to rally in the loser’s bracket to make a run at its first NCAA softball title. The Griffins were blanked, 4-0, by Auburn-Montgomery in the first game of the Division II World Series on Thursday night in Denver. Freshman pitcher Avery Dickerson held Seton Hill (41-11)...

NCAA Division II World Series Thursday at Denver First round 1 p.m.: No. 1 UT Tyler (45-7) vs. No. 8 Cal State Dominguez Hills (41-21) 3:30 p.m.: No. 4 Southern Indiana (49-11) vs. No. 5 Rogers State (53-10) 6 p.m: No. 2 Adelphi (47-13) vs. No. 7 North Georgia (48-11)...

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say the Seton Hill softball team has a “Mile High” feeling. That’s because the Griffins are headed to Denver, the Mile High City, to participate in the NCAA Division II World Series. They’ll open with No. 3 seed Auburn Montgomery (48-11) at 8:30 p.m....

Saint Vincent College announced it was adding a men’s wrestling program in March. Tuesday, the school named a coach. Hempfield graduate Dominick Nania was hired as the school’s newly relaunched program. He was selected from a large list on candidates. Nania has more than six years of wrestling coaching experience...

Patrick Comer will lead Westmoreland County Community College sports into the future. Comer, of Greensburg, was named the school’s next athletic director. From the start, he will oversee an important move by the college. WCCC is primed to compete in NJCAA Division II and will offer scholarships to athletes starting...

Gio Vonne Sanders entered the transfer portal looking for an opportunity with another Division I program. The former St. Francis (Pa.) standout defensive back out of Jeannette has a few bites on the line. Northeast Conference teams Duquesne and Sacred Heart, who know Sanders well, have offered scholarships. He recently...

The Seton Hill baseball team fell one win short of advancing to the Super Regional, dropping a pair of games to West Chester in the Atlantic Regional final Saturday. The Griffins (33-19-1) lost 5-4 in the first game and 9-6 in 11 innings in the second game. In the opener,...

Morgan Ryan and Jenna Osikowicz are no strangers to the big stage. In Little League, they helped West Point win a Junior League World Series title in 2014. They helped Hempfield win consecutive PIAA Class 6A titles, and now they’ve helped the Seton Hill softball team reach the NCAA Division...

Before this week, the Seton Hill baseball team struggled offensively. Things sure have changed at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional at West Chester. After pounding out 19 hits against Slippery Rock on Thursday, the Griffins added 21 hits on Friday and routed West Chester, 18-7. Omar Ward (The Kiski...

The Seton Hill softball team moved a game closer to qualifying for the NCAA Division II World Series on Thursday by defeating host Kutztown, 7-0, in the Atlantic Super Regional Championship. Morgan Ryan, the Notre Dame transfer who played at Hempfield, threw a six-hit shutout and helped her cause with...

Notre Dame junior golfer Palmer Jackson, a Franklin Regional alum, was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team. Jackson has nine top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments and averages 70.15, which ranks 16th in the nation. He made national watch lists for the Hogan Award and Haskins Award and will play...

One of the leading scorers in NCAA Division II lacrosse played one varsity game as a high schooler. Let that sink in. It suffices to say Seton Hill graduate student Jackie Frank has made up for lost time, as she has 43 goals and 65 assists this season and was...

Coming back to Seton Hill for a fifth season has brought Jenna Osikowicz riches: an NCAA Division II Atlantic Region title, a second straight PSAC West title and now, a second consecutive PSAC West Athlete of the Year award. An outfielder from Hempfield, Osikowicz also made the all-conference first team....

Six baseball teams from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference made the field for the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Tournament, including Seton Hill, Slippery Rock and Gannon. The double-elimination tournament begins Thursday. There are two Atlantic Region “pods.” The winners will meet in a Super Regional for a spot in...

It was a super Saturday for Seton Hill. The softball team took another step toward its first national championship by advancing to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Super Regional for the first time. The Griffins left little doubt that they belonged in the next round of the postseason. They dusted...

Jenna Osikowicz scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly by Brooklyn Fukushima in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Seton Hill defeated Shippensburg, 3-2, Friday in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg. The win advances the Griffins to Saturday’s championship at noon. Osikowicz, who had three...

Morgan Ryan threw five scoreless innings and catcher MacKenzie Zang drove in two runs to lead Seton Hill to a 3-0 victory over Clafin, S.C. on Thursday in the 2022 NCAA Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg. The Griffins also got a key RBI hit from Brooklyn Fukushima. Seton Hill is now...