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Seton Hill men’s basketball looking for turnaround season
Downplaying a last-place prediction by his coaching peers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division, Kendrick Saunders chooses to teach patience to a Seton Hill men’s basketball team that was itching to get back on the court after a season of inactivity. The Griffins, with three games in four...
Seton Hill women’s basketball gets early start on 2021-22 season
When the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference coaches cast their ballots this year for the league’s preseason women’s basketball poll, Seton Hill’s Mark Katarski again was among those with a vote. Not swayed by the predictions that landed Seton Hill fifth among nine teams in the PSAC West Division, Katarski instead...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Westminster’s Brooke Horvath earns PAC Soccer Newcomer of the Year
Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s soccer teams, get used to the name. Brooke Horvath didn’t waste any time making an impact at the NCAA Division III level, adding leverage to the lineup at Westminster. The Franklin Regional graduate was lauded for her instantly impressive performance, earning PAC Newcomer of the Year....
Saint Vincent’s young lineup prepares for PAC men’s basketball schedule
Shortly after the Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s basketball coaches picked Saint Vincent to finish eighth among the league’s 10 teams, the Bearcats proceeded to lose their regular-season opener by 60 points. Mt. Union, which began the season ranked No. 21 in NCAA Division III, made sure of it with a...
Defending PAC champion Saint Vincent again favored to claim women’s basketball title
It appears it could be another typical season in women’s basketball at Saint Vincent. The Bearcats are overwhelming favorites to repeat as Presidents’ Athletic Conference champions after completing an abbreviated 10-0 schedule a year ago, capped by a victory over Washington & Jefferson in the PAC Tournament championship game. “Typical...
PSU New Kensington women’s basketball continuing program’s construction
In basketball, a “brick” is typically not a good thing. But for Meaghan Volek and the Penn State New Kensington women’s basketball team, they’re hoping to pile them up. “Our slogan for our program is that we’re building brick by brick,” said Volek, a Kittanning grad who coached at Burrell....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Siblings excel for college teams
Sibling rivalries are a thing of the past for a number of Westmoreland area brothers and sisters who are rooting for one another to succeed at the college level. At Grove City this season, the men’s soccer team had the Kimmich brothers, Matt and Luke, from Franklin Regional. Both defenders...
4 PAC football teams earn bowl bids
Four football teams from the Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference will continue their seasons Saturday with bowl games. The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced its eight-game lineup Monday. The schedule is as follows (some times to be announced): • Asa S. Bushnell Bowl Hobart (8-2) at Westminster (8-2), 1 p.m....
Saint Vincent receiver Molayo Irefin has breakout seasonVideo
Molayo Irefin’s sophomore season ended on the Saint Vincent bench Saturday. Injured on the second play of the previous week’s game against Westminster, the wide receiver from Maryland only could watch as the Bearcats routed Bethany, 52-7, to finish 5-5. So Irefin played essentially only eight games this season. That...
Greensburg Salem grad Chris Klimchock ready for 1st year leading UPG men’s basketball
Chris Klimchock is happy to be home. But now it’s time to get to work. Klimchock is in his first season as Pitt-Greensburg’s men’s basketball coach, making a return to an area where he starred in high school and college. After spending eight years as an assistant, including the last...
With normalcy back, coach Kelsey Oddis and UPG women’s basketball team motivated
Kelsey Oddis and her team got sick of waiting. They were more than ready to get back to normal and get back to basketball. Oddis, who is in her second year — but first full season — as Pitt-Greensburg’s women’s basketball coach, took over the program shortly before finding out...
Slippery Rock, Carnegie Mellon earn bids into NCAA football playoffs
Slippery Rock received an at-large bid from the NCAA on Sunday, joining Carnegie Mellon as the only Western Pennsylvania college football teams qualified for the Division II or III playoffs. Carnegie Mellon already was assured a spot in the 32-team Division III playoffs as an automatic qualifier from the PAC,...
District college football roundup: CMU wins share of PAC title, earns NCAA bid
Carnegie Mellon is sending longtime football coach Rich Lackner out with a trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Tre Vasiliadas ran 38 times for 191 yards and a touchdown to become the fourth CMU player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season as the Tartans defeated Case Western,...
Norwin graduate Declan O’Brien playing big role for Allegheny football
Declan O’Brien is hungry for more. The Norwin graduate has emerged as one of Allegheny’s top receivers as a sophomore, and he credited some of his success to a bulkier frame. After being listed at 138 pounds as a high school junior, he entered college at 150. Now, he said...
College football preview capsule: Bethany at Saint Vincent
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Bethany (1-8, 1-7) at Saint Vincent (4-5, 3-5 PAC) 1 p.m., Saturday, Chuck Noll Field, Unity Series: Bethany leads, 12-5 Last meeting: March 26, 2021: Saint Vincent 35, Bethany 6 About Bethany: The Bison enter this week on a three-game losing skid and were...
College football preview capsule: Seton Hill at Lock Haven
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Seton Hill (4-6, 2-5 PSAC West) at Lock Haven (1-9, 0-7 PSAC East) 1 p.m., Saturday at Hubert Jack Stadium, Lock Haven Series: Seton Hill leads, 2-0. Last meeting: Seton Hill 27, Lock Haven 10 (2015) About Seton Hill: Seton Hill has struggled...
Latrobe’s Austin Butler among Westmoreland County faces in new places this college hoops season
Fifth-year seniors and transfers are now a part of college sports, remnants of a life-changing pandemic that shook up programs at all levels, from Division I to NAIA and junior college. College basketball season is beginning this week across the country, and the game is no stranger to fluctuating rosters....
Westmoreland County Community College runners have high expectations for national meet
The Westmoreland County Community College cross country team is headed south to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III meet. For a change this year, it’s the WCCC men’s team, not the women, taking center stage Saturday at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, 80 miles southeast of Atlanta. “The...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grad Tara Zollinger leads Shippensburg back to NCAA Tournament
Tara Zollinger had instant success when she took over the Shippensburg field hockey team, guiding the Raiders to back-to-back NCAA Division II championships — the only coach to do so. Three years later, the Hempfield graduate is still at it. Zollinger led the team this season to a perfect regular...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: GCC grad Mikayla Bisignani up for top award
Mikayla Bisignani is up for one of the top awards in women’s college sports. The Greensburg Central Catholic graduate who had a strong combo swimming and track and field career at Johns Hopkins is one of nine finalists for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The award is...
Freeport grad Thomas helps Chatham women’s soccer maintain streak of PAC final appearancesVideo
To mount a defense of its Presidents’ Athletic Conference title, the Chatham women’s soccer team needed to replace several key defenders who graduated. Defense was one of the primary reasons for the Cougars winning the 2020-21 title: They shut out seven of their 11 opponents last season, which was shortened...
District college football roundup: No. 15 Slippery Rock knocks off No. 3 Cal (Pa.)
Noah Grover threw for 466 yards and four touchdowns as No. 15 Slippery Rock jumped out to an early three-touchdown lead and upset No. 3 California, 38-26, in PSAC play Saturday afternoon. Cinque Sweeting caught seven passes for 177 yards and a touchdown for Slippery Rock (9-1, 6-1) while Jermaine...
Saint Vincent football set to take on reigning PAC champ Westminster
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Saint Vincent (4-4, 3-4 PAC) at Westminster (6-2, 6-1 PAC) 1 p.m. Saturday, Harold Burry Stadium, New Wilmington Series: Westminster leads 16-3 Last meeting: Westminster 42, Saint Vincent 14 on Sept. 21, 2019 About Saint Vincent: In last week’s 34-7 loss to Carnegie Mellon,...
Seton Hill football faces big test against IUP
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference IUP (5-3, 4-2 PSAC West) vs. Seton Hill (4-5, 2-4 PSAC West) Noon Saturday at Offutt Field, Greensburg Series: IUP leads 7-0 Last meeting: IUP 50, Seton Hill 23 (2019) About IUP: Special teams have haunted the Crimson Hawks in their past two...
Saint Vincent picked for top spot in PAC women’s basketball preseason poll
After winning its second women’s basketball conference championship last year, Saint Vincent is the favorite to repeat. The Bearcats begin the season No. 1 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. Saint Vincent, coached by Jimmy Petruska, now in his 12th season, finished 10-0 (7-0 PAC) in a shortened...
