District College category, Page 44
Westminster heads up PAC preseason men’s basketball poll
A championship in the spring is just as impressive as one in the winter, as Westminster showed last season. The Titans finished 11-1 in a truncated 2020 season and raised the trophy in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. That run of success has the team on top of the PAC Men’s...
Cal U football moves to No. 3 in national rankings
Cal U rose a spot to No. 3 in the latest American Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll, equaling the Vulcans’ highest ranking in the poll. The Vulcans (8-0, 5-0 PSAC), who are coming off a 42-14 win over Seton Hill, are one of four undefeated teams in Division II...
Westmoreland County Campus Clippings: Seton Hill women’s basketball team headed to Montana
The Seton Hill women’s basketball team will open the season earlier than usual, and more than halfway across the country. After last season was canceled because of the covid pandemic, the Griffins are stretching out and hitting the road. The team will get things started at the D2CAA Tip-Off Classic...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson on Haskins Award watch list
If golf had a Heisman Trophy, this would be it. The Fred Haskins Award has been given out for 52 years to the country’s most outstanding collegiate golfer. Palmer Jackson could be the next recipient. Jackson, a junior at Notre Dame and a Franklin Regional graduate, was one of 15...
New head coach has plans to grow CCAC Boyce baseball program
Bill Spina wasn’t ready to walk away from all the sweat equity he put into the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus’ baseball program. Spina, a Plum graduate, will take over the program as coach this year following the resignation of his friend, Austin Long. Long took a position...
District college football roundup: CMU defense shuts down Saint Vincent
Tre Vasiliadis ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns to lead Carnegie Mellon (6-2, 6-1) to a 34-7 victory over Saint Vincent (4-4, 3-4) in PAC play Saturday. Carnegie Mellon’s defense shut down Saint Vincent’s run game, giving up zero rushing yards. The Bearcats’ Brady Walker threw for 208 yards...
College football preview capsule: Seton Hill vs. Cal (Pa.), Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Seton Hill (4-4, 2-3 PSAC West) vs. No. 4/14 Cal (Pa.) (7-0, 4-0 PSAC West) 4 p.m., Saturday at Adamson Stadium, California Series: Cal (Pa.) leads, 8-0. Last meeting: Cal (Pa.) 28, Seton Hill 14 (2019) About Seton Hill: The Griffins blanked winless...
College football preview capsule: Saint Vincent vs. Carnegie Mellon, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1 p.m.
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Carnegie Mellon (5-2, 5-1 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (4-3, 3-3 PAC) 1 p.m., Saturday, Chuck Noll Field, Unity Series: CMU leads, 7-5-1 Last meeting: Sept. 28, 2019: CMU 49, Saint Vincent 14 About Carnegie Mellon: The Tartans have won four consecutive games and outscored...
Gannon, Shippensburg ranked atop PSAC women’s basketball preseason poll
Defending conference champion Gannon and Shippensburg are the favorites to win titles in the Pennsylvania State Athetic Conference West and East divisions, according to preseason coaches polls. Gannon went 13-1 in a season shortened by the covid pandemic, a year after the Golden Knights finished 25-6. Gannon returns key players...
Shippensburg, IUP tabbed as favorites in PSAC men’s basketball preseason poll
After averaging 77.6 points and going 24-7 last season, including an 18-4 mark in conference, the Shippensburg men’s basketball team is expected to repeat in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division. IUP, meantime, is the favorite to win the West Division. Shippensburg brings back three starters, including grad student...
Penn State QB Sean Clifford, Slippery Rock’s Henry Litwin among Campbell Trophy finalistsVideo
IRVING, Texas — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, Iowa State All-America tight end Charlie Kolar and Michigan star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson are among 13 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, which honors the top scholar-athlete in college football. The National Football Foundation chooses finalists from all levels of college football,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill’s Wolf leads pack at PSAC cross country championships
The pack was chasing a Wolf at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference cross country championships at Kutztown. At least that was the case down the stretch. Seton Hill senior Sydney Wolf became the first woman in school history to win a PSAC final as her final 300-meter push gave her...
Penn State New Kensington men’s soccer optimistic entering postseason
After a regular season full of positive outcomes for the Penn State New Kensington men’s soccer team, the Lions turn their attention to a quest for gold this week at the Penn State University Athletic Conference tournament. PSNK (11-4 overall) finished conference play 8-2 and will be the No. 3...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg tennis players honored
Pitt-Greensburg’s queens of the court cleaned up when the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference postseason awards came out last week. Sophomore Emily Ruhlman was named the conference player of the year for the second straight season, and Doug Smeltzer was a co-coach of the year recipient. Six Bobcats players received first-...
Highlands grad Brayden Thimons key cog in Westminster’s staunch defenseVideo
Westminster’s Scott Benzel has been coaching college football for two decades. As such, he can appreciate a guy who brings a little swagger to a defense. For the Titans, that guy is Highlands grad Brayden Thimons. Thimons, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound senior, spearheads a defense that held high-powered Washington & Jefferson...
District college football roundup for Oct. 23, 2021: Cal (Pa.) makes comeback to down IUP
Cal (Pa.) made a furious comeback, blocking a punt with 35 seconds left and scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 11 seconds to go, to defeat IUP, 38-34, in the Coal Bowl on Saturday afternoon. IUP took a 34-24 lead on a 35-yard field goal by Tyler Luther with 5:08 to...
College football preview capsule: Saint Vincent at Waynesburg, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Saint Vincent (3-3, 2-3 PAC) vs. Waynesburg (1-5, 1-4 PAC) 1 p.m., Saturday, Wylie Stadium, Waynesburg Series: Waynesburg leads, 20-15-34 Last meeting: April 17, 2021: Saint Vincent 56, Waynesburg 26 About Saint Vincent: The Bearcats look to snap a two-game losing streak and push...
College football preview capsule: Seton Hill at Clarion, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Seton Hill (3-4, 1-3 PSAC West) vs. Clarion (0-6, 0-3 PSAC West) Noon, Saturday at Memorial Stadium, Clarion Series: Clarion leads, 5-2. Last meeting: Clarion 42, Seton Hill 16 (2019) About Seton Hill: The Griffins dropped a 14-10 decision to Gannon at home....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grad Michelle Burns returning to Point Park for 5th year
At Point Park, the fire still Burns. Star point guard Michelle Burns (Hempfield) is back for a fifth basketball season after averaging 20.8 points as a senior last winter, and she is expected to be one of the best again in the River States Conference, She has a full-time job...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg women’s tennis wins 1st AMCC title
Pitt-Greensburg is headed to the NCAA Division III women’s tennis tournament. The Bobcats won the first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship in program history over the weekend. Top-seeded UPG defeated No. 2 Penn State Behrend, 5-4, to complete a sweep — AMCC regular-season and tournament titles — while avenging a...
Apollo-Ridge grad Emily Bonelli making most of opportunities for Pitt-Greensburg
Soccer competition was never far away for Apollo-Ridge graduate Emily Bonelli growing up. She had a full-size goal that her dad built in her backyard. And she had a future Division I goalie living under the same roof: older sister Megan. Another older sister, Sarah, also went on to play...
Franklin Regional grad Brooke Horvath having strong freshman season for Westminster soccerVideo
Westminster women’s soccer player Brooke Horvath entered the week second the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in scoring. She had nine goals and eight assists (26 points) for the Titans, who sat atop the PAC at 6-0-0. Not bad for a freshman who nearly gave up on soccer. Horvath, a Franklin Regional...
Gateway grad Brady Walker coming into his own at quarterback at Saint Vincent
Brady Walker had a front-row seat for a wild college football game Oct. 2. The Gateway grad, a starting junior quarterback for Saint Vincent, helped lead the Bearcats to a come-from-behind 42-40 Presidents’ Athletic Conference victory over Case Western Reserve. Saint Vincent trailed 14-0 after the first quarter but came...
District college football roundup: IUP shocks No. 6 Slippery Rock
Harry Woodbery threw for 312 yards and five touchdowns to lead IUP to a 48-21 upset of No. 6 Slippery Rock in PSAC football Saturday. Apollo-Ridge grad Duane Brown caught six passes for 136 yards and a touchdown while teammate Irvin Charles added five receptions for 64 yards and three...
Norwin alum McCauley to lead Saint Vincent men’s volleyball
Kate McCauley brings a wealth of experience to her new position at Saint Vincent College. McCauley, a Norwin and SVC grad, was named the head men’s volleyball coach at her alma mater. She currently is a third-year assistant with the women’s volleyball team and works as positions manager of operations...
