District College category, Page 45
Seton Hill to take on Gannon in PSAC showdown
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Gannon (2-4, 1-2 PSAC West) vs. Seton Hill (3-3, 1-2 PSAC West) 4 p.m. Saturday at Offutt Field, Greensburg Series: Gannon leads 6-1 Last meeting: Seton Hill 25, Gannon 21 (2019) About Gannon: The Golden Knights have put together some decent offensive numbers...
Saint Vincent set to take on Grove City in PAC matchup
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Grove City (5-1, 4-1 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (3-2, 2-2 PAC) 1 p.m. Saturday, Chuck Noll Field, Unity Series: Grove City leads, 10-6 Last meeting: March 19, 2021: Grove City 37, Saint Vincent 14 About Grove City: Wolverines QB Josh Ehst has completed 96...
Campus clippings: UPG women’s tennis team repeats as regular-season conference champ
Regular season champions for the second straight season. That was the title bestowed on the Pitt-Greensburg women’s tennis team after an 8-1 win over Penn State Altoona capped a 6-0 run through AMCC play and improved the Bobcats to 8-2. The doubles teams of Cathryn Rossi and sophomore Isabella Lane;...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Logan Wiland carries Seton Hill to victory
Seton Hill running back Logan Wiland needed an ice bath Sunday morning. The grad student carried the football 38 times and gained 178 yards Saturday in Erie as the Griffins rallied past Mercyhurst, 19-17, for another grind-it-out victory, its first of the season in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Wiland...
Alle-Kiski Valley Campus Clippings: IUP’s Brown does it all
Duane Brown was a double-edged sword that cut through the Clarion football team Saturday. The IUP junior punt returner and receiver from Apollo-Ridge earned Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Special Teams Athlete of the Week honors after totaling 75 yards on three punt returns in a 58-21 victory over the Eagles....
Hempfield graduate Justin Sliwoski relishes chance to start at St. Francis
Hempfield graduate Justin Sliwoski hopes to take care of patients someday as a physician’s assistant. He is good with a different kind of patience, as well. Sliwoski made his first collegiate start Oct. 2 for St. Francis (Pa.), the first time he started a game since his senior year of...
Saint Vincent football slowly coming around under 3rd-year coach Smetanka
After an 0-4 start to his first year as football coach in 2019 at Saint Vincent, Aaron Smetanka since has guided the Bearcats to a combined 8-6 mark while his third season marches on. They are 3-2 this year and angling for just their second winning record since the school...
Undefeated Washington & Jefferson rolls past Saint Vincent
Justin Heacock threw five touchdown passes as Washington & Jefferson stayed undefeated in convincing fashion with a 63-22 PAC victory over Saint Vincent on Saturday. Heacock was 16 for 18 passing for 188 yards. EJ Thompson had 122 yards rushing and two touchdowns for the Presidents (6-0, 5-0). Andrew Wolf...
High-scoring Saint Vincent travels to No. 12 Washington & Jefferson
Presidents’ Athletic Conference Saint Vincent (3-1, 2-1 PAC) at No. 12 Washington & Jefferson (5-0, 4-0) 2 p.m., Saturday, Cameron Stadium, Washington Series: Washington & Jefferson leads, 11-1 Last meeting: April 4, 2021: Washington & Jefferson, 42, Saint Vincent 14 About Saint Vincent: Quarterback Brady Walker threw two touchdown passes,...
Seton Hill seeks 1st PSAC West win of season at Mercyhurst
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Seton Hill (2-3, 0-2 PSAC West) at Mercyhurst (1-4, 0-2 PSAC West) Noon, Saturday at Saxon Stadium, Erie Series: Tied: 3-3 Last meeting: Seton Hill 30, Mercyhurst 20 (2019) About Seton Hill: After starting the season 2-0, Seton Hill is on a three-game losing streak. The...
Mt. Pleasant grad Luke Hauger is ‘something special’ as Seton Hill’s kicker
When he was a kid, Luke Hauger did what a lot of aspiring boys liked to do in the backyard: He kicked a football. When he got older, he began to play organized sports and kicked with even more frequency. He seemed to really like it. You could say Hauger...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Byers off to good start for Penn State tennis
He went from what could have been in high school to what will be in college. Loren Byers is a sophomore at Penn State, a school that recruited him because he was one of the nation’s top tennis players at the prep level. But Byers, who was ranked No. 46...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Saint Vincent rallies to win PAC barnburner
Down 14-0 after the first quarter, the Saint Vincent football team rallied and won a back-and-forth thriller at Chuck Noll Field on Saturday, 42-40, against Case Western Reserve. Junior Brady Walker threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns, freshman Billy Beck rushed for 93 yards and two scores and sophomore...
High school rivals Green, Aston now pushing each other to new heights for Saint Vincent women’s cross countryVideo
Somewhere, perhaps in a little-used desk drawer in the Saint Vincent athletic offices, there is a picture from the 2017 Westmoreland County Coaches Association cross country championships. The snapshot shows Hempfield’s Laura Aston and Latrobe’s Sydney Green running against each other as they so often did in high school. Bearcats...
District college football roundup: Saint Vincent tops Case Western in 42-40 slugfest
Brady Walker threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns as St. Vincent overcame a slow start to defeat Case Western, 42-40, in a PAC slugfest Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats (3-1, 2-1) trailed 14-0 late in the first half before Walker hit Antonio Zambrano with a 7-yard scoring pass with 1:09...
Saint Vincent hosting Case Western Reserve in PAC showdown
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Case Western Reserve (2-2, 1-2 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (2-1, 1-1 PAC) 1 p.m. Saturday, Chuck Noll Field, Unity Coaches: Greg Debeljak, Case Western Reserve; Aaron Smetanka, Saint Vincent Series: Case Western Reserve leads 6-1 Last meeting: In 2019, Case Western Reserve 34, Saint...
Seton Hill set to host Edinboro in PSAC matchup
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Edinboro (0-3, 0-1 PSAC West) vs. Seton Hill (2-2, 0-1 PSAC West) 6 p.m. Saturday at Offutt Field, Greensburg Coaches: Jake Nulph, Edinboro; Daniel Day, Seton Hill Series: Edinboro leads 6-1 Last meeting: Edinboro 37, Seton Hill 10 (2019) About Edinboro: The Fighting...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent routs Thiel in PAC football
Saint Vincent was met with little resistance in its third football game of the season as the Bearcats cruised past Thiel, 41-7, to move to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Brady Walker threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns, freshman Billy Beck scored two touchdowns and...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Westminster’s Powell nets late winner
Mackenzie Powell made her first college goal count. The freshman at Westminster, who played at Penn-Trafford, scored with just eight seconds remaining to lift the Titans to a 1-0 victory over Oberlin. Her big performance earned her the PAC Rookie of the Week. Powell has played in seven games, with...
Derry graduate Justin Huss emerges as super sophomore for W&J
Justin Huss used his sprinter’s speed to score 32 touchdowns as a senior at Derry, so it should come as no surprise that he went untouched on his first collegiate score. Huss, a sophomore at Washington & Jefferson, returned a kickoff 74 yards for a touchdown in a victory over...
Valley grad Vaun Ross keeps working despite record-setting game for Allegheny footballVideo
Vaun Ross was irritated. He dropped two passes in Allegheny’s 36-28 loss to Wabash on Sept. 18 and wanted to do something to ensure it didn’t happen again. The following Tuesday, during a rainy practice in Meadville, the Valley graduate continually rolled the ball in a puddle and smeared his...
Thomas Jefferson grad Dunsey to play basketball at Saint Vincent
Not only does he have the height and brawn, he has the smarts. Thomas Jefferson graduate Ethan Dunsey plans to continue his basketball career at Saint Vincent. Dunsey, a 6-foot-6, 245-pound frontcourt player, was awarded the Chancellor’s Scholarship — the college’s highest level of merit scholarship — for his academic...
District college football roundup: Slippery Rock rolls past Seton Hill
Andrew Koester had a big game, throwing for 323 yards on 18 of 31 passing with five touchdowns, to lead Slippery Rock (4-0, 1-0) to a 41-17 victory over Seton Hill (2-2, 0-0) on Saturday. Koester found Jermaine Wynn Jr. five times for 111 yards and two touchdowns and Henry...
Riverview grad Michael Komaniak shines in leadership role for W&J men’s soccer
Michael Komaniak is dangerous. The opponents of the Washington & Jefferson senior forward know that all too well. Point Park saw that first-hand Sept. 1. The Presidents team co-captain and Riverview graduate made his presence felt throughout the nonconference season opener. Komaniak factored into all three goals in W&J’s 3-2...
Saint Vincent heads to Thiel for PAC showdown
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Saint Vincent (1-1, 0-1 PAC) vs. Thiel (0-3, 0-2 PAC) 7 p.m. Saturday, Alumni Stadium, Greenville Series: Saint Vincent leads, 8-5, since 2007; 11-11 overall Last meeting: Oct. 12, 2019: Saint Vincent 41, Thiel 18 Coaches: Mike Winslow, Thiel; Aaron Smetanka, Saint Vincent About...
