District College category, Page 63

Nate Davis thinks worldly and reacts positively as he navigates through his final basketball season at Seton Hill. He takes the bad with the good and remains magnanimous no matter the outcome of games. This has been a trying year for the Griffins (2-13, 1-9) but Davis, the third-leading scorer...

When running back Tim Smith committed to Fairmont State during his senior season at Penn Hills, he knew he would have to compete for starting time with a crowded backfield. But after two years of battling for playing time, Smith has decided to transfer to Slippery Rock for a fresh...

Jenna Cole is one of those rare cases: a basketball player who gets to celebrate the 1,000-point mark twice in her college career. Cole, a Norwin graduate and a senior forward at La Roche, accomplished the feat over the weekend as she scored her 1,000th point as a player at...

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s men’s and women’s basketball teams remain in the top 10 of their respective national Division II polls released Tuesday afternoon. The Crimson Hawks men, coming off Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference victories over Mercyhurst, Slippery Rock and Gannon, moved up two spots to No. 7 in...

The WPIAL-infused Shippensburg men’s basketball team is riding a five-game winning streak, which includes an upset over No. 8 West Chester. The Raiders (12-3, 8-1 PSAC) were lauded for their recent success by being named the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Team of the Week. Coached by Latrobe...

It took Bob Rukavina a much shorter time to reach 500 miles than 500 wins, but the latter is well within his grasp. A Lower Burrell native who has traveled 65 miles to work almost every day for 30 years to coach the Pitt-Johnstown men’s basketball team, Rukavina needs one...

Men’s bowling is back at Saint Vincent. The college announced the addition of the sport, which was part of Bearcats athletics until 1982 but has been absent for 38 years. The club team will begin play in the fall and will be coached by Jeff Zidek, who also coaches the...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Gilbert ties W&J record with 40 points Junior Lauren Gilbert (Baldwin) made 13 of 24 shots and 7 of 10 3-pointers, leading the Presidents past Waynesburg, 95-84, in a PAC game Saturday. Her career-best 40...

Sabrina Bowman won multiple WPIAL swimming championships during her days at St. Joseph. When she arrived at St. Francis (Pa.) in the summer of 2016, she set her sights on winning more gold. The decorated, Division-I performer immediately established herself and has made an impact at numerous meets and invitationals....

A smile crawled across Matt Johnson’s face as he talked about his basketball team and its inner workings. “It’s been a lot of fun,” the junior point guard at Pitt-Greensburg said. “What we’re doing hasn’t happened by accident. It’s nice to see the whole team commit to the same thing...

Men’s bowling is back at Saint Vincent. The college announced the addition of the sport, which was part of the Bearcats’ athletic program until 1982 but has been absent for 38 years. The club team will begin play in the fall and will be coached by Jeff Zidek, who also...

North Allegheny alum Drago Marjanovic gave Gannon men’s water polo an added boost after being named varsity Division II All-America by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches. Marjanovic, 20, was one of eight players tabbed for the first team. “He is an international student and only a sophomore,” said...

Pitt-Greensburg became U-P-3 on Tuesday night. The men’s basketball team made a school-record 20 3-pointers in a 103-80 victory over visiting Penn College at Chambers Hall. Sophomore guard Jojo France connected connected on 6 of 12 3s, while junior guard Matt Johnson was 4-for-7 from deep. Both players had 18...

La Roche’s Jenna Cole had been waiting for a breakout game this season. It finally happened over the weekend. The senior forward out of Norwin put up a season-best 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to power the Redhawks (6-4, 6-0) AMCC) to a 61-57 victory over D’Youville. Cole is...

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team moved up three spots to No. 8 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll released Tuesday afternoon, while Cal U slipped six spots to No. 15. The poll is the first released since Dec. 17 because of...

A number of local college football players are in Fort Worth, Texas to take part in the College Gridiron Showcase, an invite-only “all-star” event for many of the country’s top seniors. The showcase runs from Jan. 3-8 at McNair Stadium. Among the local contingent is West Liberty strong safety Logan...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. RMU women’s hockey wins in final seconds Wisconsin transfer Kyleigh Hanzlik, playing in her second game for Robert Morris, scored with seven seconds left as the Colonials edged Colgate, 6-5, in the third-place game of...

A number of local college football players are in Fort Worth, Texas to take part in the College Gridiron Showcase, an invite-only “all-star” event for many of the country’s top seniors. The showcase runs from Jan. 3-8 at McNair Stadium. Area players attending the event are cornerback Reid Harrison-Ducros and...

Pine-Richland product Dan Petcash has been working diligently and carving out minutes for himself in the Binghamton men’s basketball team’s rotation of contributors all season. In the Bearcats’ 13 games, the freshman guard has averaged more than 10 minutes of playing time. Against Hartwick College on Dec. 29, Petcash was...

It’s more than a mantra for the Seton Hill women’s basketball team. It’s a fashion choice. Players received T-shirts that read “3eton Hill” — a play on the program’s propensity for shooting 3-pointers. Some love the shirts. A few find them tacky, but there’s no denying all 14 Griffins support...

Look for homecomings to be a popular theme among some local college basketball players as the calendar turns to 2020. A number of area alums will return to the region with their teams as conference play heats up. Cal (Pa.) senior Monica Burns (Hempfield) probably will draw a crowd of...

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference was well-represented on the Don Hansen Football Gazette NCAA Division II All-Super Region 1 teams, which were released this weekend. Harlon Hill Trophy winning quarterback Rolan Rivers III of Slippery Rock was named offensive player of the year, while Shawn Lutz of Slippery Rock picked...

Iowa star wrestler Spencer Lee, a junior 125-pounder and two-time NCAA champion, pulled out of the reputable Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Hoffman Estates, Ill. due to a medical forfeit. Lee reached the semifinals but forfeited to Mike DeAugustino of Northwestern, allowing DeAugustino to advance to Saturday night’s finals to...