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Osikowicz, Ryan lead Seton Hill to victory in Division II World Series
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....
Darien Lantz named women’s basketball coach at UPG
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 softball drops opener at D2 World Series
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)...
Breaking down Seton Hill softball’s competition at NCAA Division II World Series
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)...
Seton Hill softball set for World Series run in Denver
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 names Dominick Nania new wrestling coach
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...
Seton Hill freshman Gravatt has bright future as javelin specialistVideo
Sami Gravatt’s first foray into track and field was nothing to put in the scrapbook. A soccer player in her youth, Gravatt was asked to try discus in middle school, and she said it “wasn’t good.” While playing soccer at Manchester Township High School in her native New Jersey, Gravatt...
Patrick Comer named athletic director at Westmoreland County Community College
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...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Jeannette’s Gio Vonne Sanders eyes transfer options
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...
Shaler grad Miller aims to sharpen mental skills to reach potential with Carlow women’s golfVideo
Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra once quipped that baseball “is 90% mental, and the other half is physical.” Berra’s fuzzy math aside, his point is clear: Sports can be just as much about the mind as they are the body. Perhaps nowhere is this more applicable than in golf,...
Seton Hill baseball drops pair to West Chester in regional finals
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,...
Former Hempfield teammates help Seton Hill softball reach college World Series
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...
Seton Hill baseball continues hot hitting, routs West Chester; softball suspended
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...
Seton Hill softball, baseball teams win NCAA regional games
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...
Burrell grad Taylor Johnson saves her best for last with W&J trackVideo
Ask Derek Workman about one of his athletes, and the fourth-year W&J track and field coach is more than happy to talk. He will gush at length about some quality or some performance related to said athlete. Stories abound, but there is one tale Workman said he will tell far...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Palmer Jackson named all-ACC
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...
Seton Hill lacrosse standout Jackie Frank pointing the way
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...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grads earn 1st-team honors for Seton Hill
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....
6 PSAC baseball teams headed to NCAA Atlantic Regional
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...
Seton Hill softball wins Atlantic Region title
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...
Seton Hill softball gets past Shippensburg to reach NCAA regional final
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...
Seton Hill softball makes winner’s bracket final at NCAA regional
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...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin grad Emily Brozeski wins Atlantic 10 title
Emily Brozeski won the heptathlon in record fashion Sunday at the Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships in Richmond, Va. The Duquesne sophomore and Norwin graduate captured gold with a school-record 5,122 points, posting first-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and long jump. She took second in the...
Penn State New Kensington baseball, softball teams cap spring seasons
The Penn State New Kensington baseball team concluded its regular season last week with a 16-2 loss at Westmoreland County Community College. PSNK finished the season 7-24 overall with a 3-12 mark in the Penn State University Athletic Conference. The team’s conference victories came against Penn State Fayette and a...
Seton Hill softball, women’s lacrosse qualify for NCAA Division II tournaments
Seton Hill’s softball team will play in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history. The Griffins are one of five teams from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference that were selected Monday. The others selected are Kutztown, Bloomsburg, Mercyhurst and Shippensburg. Seton Hill earned the second seed in...
