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Seton Hill baseball team looks for World Series title
Will the third time be the charm for Seton Hill baseball coach Marc Marizzaldi? He sure hopes so. Seton Hill qualified for the College World Series for the third time, the second time in NCAA Division II, by winning the Atlantic Regional on May 30. The Griffins made the NAIA...
LaVar Arrington, 3 Steelers among Western Pa. stars nominated for College Football Hall of Fame
Nominees for the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame class include several Western Pennsylvania stars with roots in Bethel Park, Slippery Rock and many places in between. Plus, there are three who made their mark with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The ballot was emailed Wednesday to more than 12,000 NFF members...
W&J utility man Tyler Horvat earns first-team All-America honor
One of the premier two-way utility talents in Division III baseball, sophomore Tyler Horvat seemed to have an impact in every one of Washington & Jefferson’s 37 wins this season. The Penn-Trafford product was honored for his contributions by being named to the D3Baseball.Com All-America First Team. Horvat, an outfielder...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Latrobe grad Zach Kokoska shines in Big 12 tourney
Kansas State junior slugger Zach Kokoska (Latrobe) is among the top home run hitters in NCAA Division I baseball. He also was one of the top players in the Big 12 Tournament. After he helped the Wildcats (34-23) reach the semifinals, Kokoska was named to the all-tournament team. In five...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: More accolades for Seton Hill’s Pellis
Tommy Pellis could land with a major league organization with the draft looming. The Seton Hill grad student outfielder will have plenty of awards on his resume for the scouts. Pellis’ latest honor in an All-American nod from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. His career season earned him a...
Seton Hill baseball advances to NCAA Division II World Series
The Seton Hill baseball team is bound for Cary, N.C. The Griffins earned a trip to the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary after winning the Atlantic Regional championship Sunday afternoon. Seton Hill defeated Millersville (30-15) for the second consecutive day, this time with an 8-5 triumph, to seal...
Hempfield’s Morgan Ryan to finish career at Seton Hill
Morgan Ryan has one more year of college softball left. She will play it in her backyard. The recent Notre Dame grad who was a supreme talent at Hempfield will chase a master’s degree at Seton Hill. While she’s at it, she will play a fifth year as a member...
Gateway grad Dylan Urban earns AMCC postseason honors at La Roche
Dylan Urban made the most of his senior season with the La Roche baseball team. The Gateway graduate and Redhawks center fielder was selected the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference all-star first team after a season in which he finished third on the team in batting with a .366 average. In...
Seton Hill baseball moves 1 win from national finals
The Seton Hill baseball team is one win away from advancing to the finals of the NCAA Division II tournament. Vincenzo Rauso hit a three-run home run and starting pitcher Ben Vicini threw five effective innings as the Griffins defeated Millersville 5-2 in their second game at the Atlantic Regional...
Seton Hill’s Sam Hartman wins pair of national track titles
Sam Hartman had so much fun winning a national track championship that he decided to do it twice. The headband-clad junior from Seton Hill doubled down at the NCAA Division II outdoor track & field championships by winning titles in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles Saturday in Allendale, Mich. He...
Norwin grad has career year for Seton Hill baseball
Owen Sabol got a taste of college baseball right away when he arrived at Seton Hill. He played in 10 games and started nine of them. But then the pandemic kicked in and the season was sawed off 13 games in. That’s when the waiting game began for 2021. It...
Seton Hill baseball clobbers Bloomsburg in Atlantic Regional opener
Vincenzo Rauso and Jack Oberdorf hit three-run bombs in the first three innings as Seton Hill jumped all over Bloomsburg en route to a 15-3 victory at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional in Charleston, W.Va. The Griffins will meet Millersville at 3 p.m. Friday. The winner moves on to...
Seton Hill baseball shifts focus to NCAA regional tournament
A disappointing weekend of baseball at Seton Hill couldn’t keep the Griffins down for long. Of course, being rewarded with a top seed in the NCAA Division II regionals helped with the pain of losing out on a conference title. But a trip to the ice cream stand was just...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Jeannette grad Ciara Gregory promoted at Charlotte
Charlotte women’s basketball promoted former standout guard and Jeannette alum Ciara Gregory to a full-time assistant coach. The promotion comes after Gregory served as a graduate manager for two seasons. Gregory, who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with an American studies minor in 2017, completed a master’s degree this...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Greensburg’s Goetz makes run at NCAA golf regional
Mark Goetz already had made school history by qualifying for the NCAA Regional round. But the senior golfer from West Virginia nearly took it a step further. Goetz, a Greensburg native who attended The Kiski School, played his way into the lead on the final day of the regional and...
Seton Hill gets top seed in NCAA Division II regional baseball tournament
Seton Hill baseball received the top seed in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region despite losing the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship game Saturday to Bloomsburg. The Atlantic Region tournament will be played in Charleston, W.Va. beginning Thursday. The Griffins (35-6) will play the winner of the game between No....
A-K Valley campus clippings: Another top honor for Knoch grad Jordan Geist at Arizona
Jordan Geist enjoyed another banner season in the throwing events for the University of Arizona. The Knoch graduate and Wildcats junior picked up his third Pac-12 postseason award, earning Men’s Field Athlete of the Year for the second time (also in 2019). Geist also was named Men’s Freshman of the...
Penn-Trafford grad Jordan Sabol has big year for Saint Vincent baseball
Saint Vincent baseball coach Mick Janosko knew he had someone special in Jordan Sabol during the shortened 2021 season. And when he talks about Sabol, you can understand what makes him so special. Sabol is a leader even though he’s only a sophomore. He started in center field for the...
Seton Hill baseball falls to Bloomsburg in PSAC championship series
Home runs have been a friend of Seton Hill baseball this season, but the long ball came back to haunt the Griffins in their bid for a third Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship in five years. Bloomsburg homered five times to produce all its runs, and the Huskies won the...
Seton Hill, Bloomsburg split first 2 games of PSAC finals, setting up Saturday showdown
Down a game in the best-of-3 championship series, Bloomsburg rode freshman Michael Standen’s five-hitter to a convincing 9-2 victory over No. 6 Seton Hill on Friday in the second game of a doubleheader in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament at SHU Baseball Complex. Anthony Viggiano hit a grand slam,...
Westmoreland County CC looks to stay hot at regional tournament
Westmoreland County Community College baseball coach Mike Draghi said he knew his team was better than its record. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many National Junior College Athletic Conference Division III teams in Region XX opted not to play this spring. That left WCCC scrambling to find opponents; the result...
Seton Hill, Bloomsburg to meet for PSAC baseball title
PSAC baseball championship series (best of 3) Bloomsburg (21-15) vs. Seton Hill (34-4) When: Friday, Saturday (Game 1, noon Friday, Game 2 to follow; Game 3 Saturday if needed) Where: Seton Hill Baseball Complex, Greensburg Coaches: Mike Collins, Bloomsburg; Marc Marizzaldi, Seton Hill What’s next: The winner advances to the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin grad Thrift transferring to Youngstown State
Jayvon Thrift said transferring will bring his college football career, one that still is getting off the ground, “full circle.” That is because the school where he is headed to is the place where he initially planned to play. Thrift, a Norwin graduate, is leaving West Virginia to join the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Another Big Ten title for Penn State’s Holmberg
A pair of Hempfield alums were crowned conference champions at the NCAA Division I level Saturday. Penn State grad student Maddie Holmberg won the heptathlon at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 5,839 points. Holmberg finished first in the long jump (6.16 meters) and the 200-meter dash (24.5...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Led by Osikowicz, Seton Hill softball clean up postseason awards
Jenna Osikowicz played a key role at Hempfield, helping the softball program win three WPIAL titles and two PIAA championships. Now a senior right fielder at Seton Hill, Osikowicz brought her winning mentality to the Griffins — and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Osikowicz, who helped lead Seton Hill to...
