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Saint Vincent men’s volleyball team launches after short prep time, casts eye toward futureVideo
Serves zipped past the end line. Pass attempts went astray. Spikes died in the heart of the net. A ragged 3-0 loss to Penn State Behrend on Sunday wasn’t what the Saint Vincent men’s volleyball team wanted in its inaugural match at Carey Center. But the result almost didn’t matter....
Seton Hill athletic programs have dealt with tragedy before
Seton Hill once again is mourning the tragic loss of someone from one of its athletic programs. Freshman baseball player Maclean Maund was killed Saturday from injuries he sustained in a vehicle accident on Route 130 near Jeannette. The 19-year-old was a budding, left-handed pitcher who led Penn-Trafford to the...
Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph hits ground running as Edinboro football coach
Jake Nulph hit the ground running when he was named the football coach at Edinboro on Jan. 19. From meeting players and getting settled into his new surroundings to assembling a coaching staff and making contact in the final stages of the recruiting season, the Apollo-Ridge graduate has not had...
Slippery Rock’s Shawn Lutz, Roland Rivers awarded NCAA Division II honors
The 2019 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-American team was announced on Monday, and Slippery Rock quarterback Roland Rivers III and coach Shawn Lutz were among the top honorees. Rivers, who threw for 4,460 yards and 52 touchdowns this year, was named the Offensive Player of the Year, and Lutz...
Weekend College Top 10: IUP men, women stay in 1st place
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Miller helps No. 7 IUP men improve to 17-1 Malik Miller scored a career-best 27 points, and the Crimson Hawks held off Clarion, 82-71, in a PSAC game Saturday. IUP (12-1 conference) trailed three times...
Jenna Lafko blossoms as junior, helps Saint Vincent women climb to top of PAC
Saint Vincent women’s basketball coach Jimmy Petruska can see it already. Some day, his junior point guard, Jenna Lafko, is going to be a coach. Not only are X’s and O’s in her blood — her father, Joe, is the longtime boys basketball coach at Hampton — Lafko, Petruska said,...
Saint Vincent set to host 1st men’s volleyball match in school history
Saint Vincent added men’s volleyball this season, the 24th sport at the Latrobe college. On Sunday, the newest team will make its home debut. The Bearcats (0-2) will take on Penn State Behrend at 1 p.m. at the Carey Center. “It’s going to take a lot of momentum and energy...
Signing day draws near for Jeannette grad Robert Kennedy
Decision time is nearing for Robert Kennedy, but the former Jeannette football star is not tipping his hand. Kennedy, a standout safety at Lackawanna College, has plenty of Division I scholarship offers to mull over, which was his goal when he opted for the junior college route in 2018. Now,...
Robert Morris men easily outpaced by St. Francis Brooklyn
NEW YORK — Chauncey Hawkins and Deniz Celen scored 15 points apiece as St. Francis Brooklyn easily defeated Robert Morris, 78-57, on Thursday night. AJ Bramah had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Colonials (9-11, 5-2 Northeast Conference). Dante Treacy added 13 points. Josh Williams had 10 points. Unique...
Former North Allegheny golfer Meyer looks to build on solid freshman season at Penn State Behrend
To Penn State Behrend men’s golf coach Erik Barzeski, North Allegheny alum Ryan Meyer is the ideal player. Meyer, a freshman, was named the 2019 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Newcomer of the Year. He made second team all-conference. “He’s dependable, competitive and even-keeled,” Barzeski said. “He works hard, shows up...
After trying freshman year, Hampton grad Laryn Edwards stepping up for Loyola (Maryland)
Adversity often strikes at the worst times. For former Hampton point guard Laryn Edwards, where WPIAL section titles and state playoff berths seemed to come easy, the road got rough after she committed to Loyola (Maryland). The freshman point guard was hitting her stride last season when a bout of...
Campus clippings: No slowing down Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball
The Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team is on a roll. The Bobcats made it five straight wins with a 58-45 victory over D’Youville on Monday as the Bobcats outscored the hosts in the fourth quarter, 18-4, in Buffalo, N.Y. Junior Nadege Durand powered UPG (9-7, 7-4) with 25 points and 19...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Point Park’s Burns reaches 1,000 points
Heading into Saturday’s game at Ohio Christian, Michelle Burns needed six points to reach 1,000 for her career at Point Park. Burns, a junior guard, took away the suspense in a hurry. The Hempfield alum scored the first seven points for the Pioneers to top the milestone, but they went...
Latrobe grads Austin Butler, Reed Fenton to meet as college opponents
Austin Butler and Reed Fenton used to be high school teammates on high-scoring boys basketball teams at Latrobe. But Wednesday night, they will meet for the first time as college opponents. Butler, a junior guard at Holy Cross, will join the Crusaders (2-17, 1-5) in hosting Fenton and Lehigh (5-13,...
Weekend College Top 10: IUP women surge past Cal (Pa.)
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. No. 8 IUP women outlast No. 20 Cal (Pa.) in PSAC showdown Lexi Griggs (Vincentian) recorded a season-high 22 points as the Crimson Hawks downed the Vulcans, 76-61, on Saturday in a rematch of last...
Shippensburg men lean on W.Pa. contingent to overpower Seton Hill
Remnants of the WPIAL and vicinity were on display Sunday at Seton Hill, where as many as eight former basketball players from the area were on the floor at once. Carlos Carter, a former Indiana star and a sophomore forward at Shippensburg, played 11 minutes before taking a seat on...
Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph named Edinboro football coach
Edinboro hired Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph as its football coach Sunday. Nulph replaces Wayne Bradford, who parted ways with the school in November. Nulph was a defensive backs and special teams coach at IUP in 2019 and a special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Duquesne in ‘18. Nulph...
Derry grad Zach Baum having another strong season for Saint Vincent swimming
Derry alum Zach Baum is having another fine season on the Saint Vincent men’s swimming team but said all that matters is making the NCAA championship. A junior, Baum made a “B” cut of 48.69 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly. The time ranks him among the top Division III performers...
Pitt-Johnstown coach Bob Rukavina, Lower Burrell native, reaches 500 wins
Longtime Pitt-Johnstown men’s basketball coach Bob Rukavina joined the 500-win club Saturday as the Mountain Cats defeated visiting Slippery Rock, 72-69. Rukavina, a Lower Burrell native who has traveled to and from his hometown to work for over three decades to coach UPJ, is now 500-347 since taking over the...
No. 1 wrestlers Spencer Lee, Luke Pletcher, Chris Eddins are on top
It’s no secret over the past 15 years, Westmoreland County has produced some of the best wrestlers in the state and the country. Teams and individuals have thrived during the span. Franklin Regional won consecutive state team titles in 2014 and ’15. Kiski Area and Latrobe teams have placed second...
Quaker Valley grad Jackovic eager to make impact at Army
Quaker Valley alum Ryan Jackovic saw no playing time as a freshman on the Army football team, but the season was not wasted. “The (upperclassman) players have been great mentors on and off the field,” he said. “That will help me better focus on the things I need to improve.”...
‘Mr. Seton Hill’ Nate Davis takes lessons from Griffins’ trying season
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...
Penn Hills grad Tim Smith sees greener pastures at Slippery Rock
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...
‘Transformed’ Monica Burns has happy homecoming with Cal women’s basketballVideo
The transformation began last summer. Monica Burns, all but finished with college basketball after two eye-catching years at Wheeling Jesuit, came to Cal (Pa.) to get a master’s degree in cybersecurity. She had a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. It seemed almost criminal a player of her caliber was wasting...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin grad Cole hits milestone, again
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...
